Chapter Summaries

Su Hang rejected AG's offer to pay him to withdraw from August's Overlord Feast and vowed to challenge its players. At AG's training base, Menglei learned that Pei Qian's call with Su Hang had caused the dispute and asked to hear the recording.

• AG recruitment manager Pei Qian offered Su Hang a million-yuan commercial partnership if he withdrew from the Overlord Feast, then threatened to organize a boycott if he refused.
• Su Hang rejected Pei Qian's demand, declared he would compete, and warned AG's Overlord players before hanging up and blocking Pei's number.
• Su Hang searched for information about the Overlord Feast and resolved to challenge the unhealthy practices in the KPL scene.
• Menglei visited AG's training base and found Yinuo, Zhongyi, and the others upset while Pei Qian and head coach Zhan Yuwen looked uncomfortable.
• Zhan Yuwen explained that Pei Qian had argued with Su Hang after AG approached him about going pro, and Menglei asked Pei to replay the recorded call.

Menglei discovered that AG's players were letting their championship success and hopes for the Overlord Feast cloud their judgment, and he agreed with Zhan Yuwen on how to handle an apology to Exalted Emperor. Pei Qian and Yinuo then planned to retaliate against Exalted Emperor, with Yinuo asking Pei Qian to contact Nuanyang.

• Menglei listened to Pei Qian's call with Exalted Emperor and confronted him for threatening the streamer and damaging AG's reputation.
• Yinuo, Zhongyi, and Xuanran defended AG and criticized Exalted Emperor, prompting Zhan Yuwen to take Menglei aside and explain that the players' arrogance and fixation on the Overlord Feast were worsening the team.
• Menglei agreed to Zhan Yuwen's plan to apologize publicly if Exalted Emperor spoke out and privately otherwise, though he believed AG should apologize publicly either way.
• Pei Qian vowed to punish Exalted Emperor and proposed using AG's connections to arrange streamers and boosting groups to snipe him.
• Yinuo said they would need a King-Titled Player to threaten Exalted Emperor, then asked Pei Qian to contact Nuanyang and tell him he wanted to eat carp.

Su Hang streamed his face reveal after his Douyin account passed 100,000 followers, then announced his goal of making his account the greatest in King's history. He climbed to Glory 90 stars with a perfect win and MVP record and prepared for four increasingly difficult matches toward 100 stars.

• Su Hang went live, discovered his Douyin account had reached 200,000 followers, and revealed his face to the audience.
• Viewers praised Su Hang's looks and sent expensive gifts after his reveal.
• Su Hang confirmed he intended to reach Legendary 100 Stars while keeping his win streak and MVP record intact.
• Su Hang played ten matches with Sun Quan over three hours, winning all of them and rising from Glory 58 stars to Glory 90 stars.
• Su Hang recognized that high-star matches were more difficult and steeled himself for the next four matches, where he would try to surpass the point his old account's MVP streak had ended.

Su Hang advanced to Glory 99 stars with three consecutive MVP wins before matchmaking paired him against KPL pros Nuanyang and Zimo. Nuanyang decided to target Su Hang relentlessly over his threat to crush AG, leaving the match poised for a fierce confrontation.

• Su Hang won three Glory matches in a row as Sun Quan, earning an MVP and three stars in each to reach 99 stars.
• Su Hang was matched with Nuanyang and Zimo, while his lower-star teammates recognized the pros and looked to him to carry the match.
• Nuanyang’s livestream viewers celebrated the matchup and anticipated that he and Zimo would end Su Hang’s MVP streak.
• Nuanyang recalled that he targeted people who had humiliated his close friend Yinuo, and that Yinuo had asked him to retaliate against Su Hang after Su Hang threatened AG.
• Nuanyang and Zimo chose to pressure Su Hang aggressively, with Nuanyang vowing to make his gaming name haunt Su Hang.

Su Hang chose Marco Polo for his promotion match to one hundred stars and was surprised when his support teammate, Yugong, picked Su Lie and shared every Marco Polo skin with him. The gesture reminded Su Hang of the Gold player he had once berated after a failed promotion match, and the chapter left him reconsidering that old encounter.

• Su Hang reassured his livestream viewers that he could beat the strong opponents despite his low-star Glory teammates.
• Su Hang told his teammates to choose heroes they knew well and locked in Marco Polo after the system offered him three fill-in marksmen.
• Su Hang explained Marco Polo's weak early game, strong late game, and support pairings to his viewers.
• The fourth-slot teammate, Yugong, picked Su Lie, asked whether the match was Su Hang's promotion game, and shared his Marco Polo skins.
• Su Hang recalled berating a support after losing his promotion match to one hundred stars when he was eight, then later discovering that the player had been Gold.

Su Hang and Yugong’s Su Lie coordinated to ambush Meng Ya and Mozi, giving Marco Polo first blood before Su Hang’s teammates conceded kills elsewhere. Su Hang accepted that he could not rely on most of his team, but trusted Su Lie.

• Su Hang noticed that Yugong played Su Lie with the habits of a highly skilled national-server player and followed his plan to ambush the enemies stealing the Crimson Golem.
• Su Lie stunned Meng Ya and Mozi against a wall, then flashed in front of Marco Polo to block Mozi’s cannon while Su Hang pursued Meng Ya.
• Su Hang dodged Mozi’s attack and killed Meng Ya, earning first blood; the viewers praised the pair’s teamwork.
• Su Hang complimented Yugong, who said Su Hang was only the second player to understand his approach and rhythm.
• Ma Chao killed Sun Ce, then Yao killed Xiao Qiao, giving back Su Hang’s team’s early advantage.
• Su Hang decided he could expect little from his teammates except Su Lie.

Nuanyang and Zimo tried to gank Exalted Emperor’s Marco, but Yugong’s Su Lie anticipated their ambush and helped Marco kill them both. Nuanyang was left shocked, wondering how Su Lie had found them.

• Marco killed Meng Ya and Mozi, giving Exalted Emperor’s farm lane an early lead.
• Nuanyang told Zimo to join him in ambushing Marco from the enemy’s blue-side jungle brush.
• Yugong’s Su Lie charged into the brush and knocked Nuanyang and Zimo into the air.
• Marco used his ultimate on Nuanyang and Zimo, while Su Lie blocked Mozi’s attempt to interrupt him.
• Marco killed Nuanyang’s Yao and Zimo’s Ma Chao, leaving Nuanyang stunned by Yugong’s ability to predict their ambush.

Su Hang and Su Lie dominated the match, but their teammates repeatedly ignored warnings and died, leaving the pair to face the enemy team’s Dark Tyrant attempt. Su Hang raced toward the pit, determined to contest the objective despite the odds.

• Su Hang praised Su Lie’s game sense, and Su Lie said Su Hang ranked second among the expert players he had fought alongside.
• At seven minutes, Su Hang’s Marco Polo led the game in kills and gold while Su Lie protected him and their team overwhelmed the enemy farm lane.
• Sun Ce and Sun Wukong ignored Su Hang’s warnings and attacked Nuanyang’s Yao, who killed Sun Wukong and then Sun Ce.
• Zimo’s Ma Chao killed Xiao Qiao, leaving Su Hang and Su Lie with three teammates who were all 0-6.
• Su Lie warned that the enemy was starting the Dark Tyrant, and Su Hang rushed to the pit, urging his team to give everything they had.

Exalted Emperor’s Marco Polo and Su Lie ambushed Nuanyang’s team at the Dark Tyrant, turning a two-versus-five fight into a pentakill and team wipe. Nuanyang tried to deny that they would lose, but Exalted Emperor had already reached their high ground.

• Nuanyang led his team to attack the Dark Tyrant while Zimo worried Exalted Emperor might contest the dragon.
• Exalted Emperor charged into the pit with Su Lie as the Dark Tyrant knocked Nuanyang’s team into the air.
• Exalted Emperor froze all five enemies, and Su Lie’s ultimate launched them into Marco Polo’s barrage.
• Exalted Emperor claimed the Dark Tyrant, a pentakill, and a team wipe.
• Zimo warned Nuanyang that they were likely to lose, and Nuanyang heard that Exalted Emperor had reached their high ground.

Su Hang reached Legendary King at 102 stars with an all-win, all-MVP record, then befriended the expert support Yugong. Yugong was secretly the purple-haired young woman who admired the legendary leaderboard player she called Senior, and she hoped to team up with him again in the S40 season.

• Su Hang won his final match with Su Lie's help, reached 102 stars, and ended his livestream after celebrating his all-win, all-MVP achievement.
• Su Hang inspected Yugong's profile, suspected the support might resemble a gifted player he had met before, and accepted Yugong's friend request.
• The purple-haired young woman, whose account was set to male, chatted with Su Hang as Yugong and exchanged offers to help each other in the game.
• After Su Hang went offline, the young woman checked the leaderboard and wished to match on the same team as Senior again in the S40 season.

An account named Exalted Emperor stunned Honor of Kings players by reaching Legendary 100 Stars with a perfect win rate and an all-MVP record, prompting speculation about the hidden Champion Emperors. At the RW Xia training base, Fly ruled out Exalted Emperor as a Champion Emperor and revealed that the remaining player he had not challenged was a woman.

• Honor of Kings players debated Exalted Emperor’s identity after his perfect climb and learned that the community’s top honors were three Emperors, five Kings, and seven Overlords.
• Fly posted that Exalted Emperor was not a Champion Emperor player.
• At the RW Xia training base, Xiaopang discovered that Yaodao had been the King-Titled player who tested him during special training.
• Yaodao asked Fly why he was certain Exalted Emperor was not a Champion Emperor, and Fly said there was no possibility.
• Fly explained that the Champion Emperor player he had not challenged was a woman.

At eStar, Huahai and Wanmo realized Exalted Emperor had not yet revealed his signature role after dominating as a jungler and farm-laner. Su Hang accepted a challenge to earn a gold national badge for a mid-lane hero within three days, after Jiang Sui asked him for proof that her brother was the number one Baturu.

• Wanmo reacted to Exalted Emperor's perfect 100-star run, and Huahai said his dominance rivaled Fly's.
• Huahai pointed out that Exalted Emperor had shown equal strength as a jungler and farm-laner without revealing his signature role.
• Su Hang received a system mission to earn national badge honors for a hero before the season ended.
• Su Hang decided to start from zero hero power and earn a gold national badge within three days, before the July rankings were finalized.
• Jiang Sui explained that she had bragged to a merch collectors' group that her brother was the number one Baturu and wanted a screenshot of a gold-badge mid-lane hero.
• Su Hang promised to earn a gold national badge for a mid-lane hero in three days and asked Jiang Sui which hero's badge she liked best.

Yinuo erupted over Nuanyang’s failure to stop Exalted Emperor and considered replacing him as his hidden weapon. After learning Exalted Emperor planned to earn a national badge on a mid-lane hero in three days, Yinuo decided to use a former King-Titled Player to block his path to the Overlord Feast.

• Yinuo ended his call with Nuanyang and smashed his phone, furious that Nuanyang had failed to defeat Exalted Emperor.
• Pei Qian urged Yinuo to cut ties with Nuanyang and offered to find a former King-Titled Player to serve as his hidden blade.
• Zhongyi explained that Exalted Emperor needed either a joint recommendation or a million followers to qualify for the Overlord Feast, and the group thought he was still far from the follower threshold.
• Zhongyi discovered that Exalted Emperor’s livestream challenge was to earn a national badge on a mid-lane hero from zero experience in three days.
• Yinuo recalled that Exalted Emperor had already achieved an apparently impossible hundred-star run, then told Pei Qian to arrange for a King-Titled Player to stop him.

Su Hang announced that he would earn a national No. 1 mage badge and matched against streamers Lü Dehua and Yun Shu. Yun Shu, a former Imperial Crown Team member trying to protect her national No. 1 Pei Qinhu badge, matched against Su Hang and heard him begin to say something about Lü Dehua.

• Su Hang told his livestream viewers he would earn a mage hero’s national No. 1 badge before the month’s rankings closed, then matched with Lü Dehua and Yun Shu.
• Yun Shu showed viewers her transformation after working out in Jiangcheng and said her fitness coach charged ten thousand yuan per session.
• Yun Shu checked that her Pei Qinhu had fourteen thousand Glory Power and was only tenth nationally, so she planned to grind ranked matches for MVPs.
• Yun Shu’s viewers recalled her history with the Imperial Crown Team, where she had played under the ID [Aries] before leaving.
• Yun Shu picked Pei Qinhu after matching against Exalted Emperor, then heard Su Hang start saying, “Lü Dehua is seriously C--”

Su Hang locked in Gan & Mo and began pursuing a major national badge on the popular mage, then used a calculated play to put Wang Zhaojun behind in mid lane. After spotting Dehua on the enemy team and seeing their Ying being bullied by Lu Bu, Su Hang prepared to intervene.

• Dehua recognized Yun Shu in the draft and refused to give Xijianchui his phone, locking in Lu Bu despite learning that Exalted Emperor was on the enemy team.
• Su Hang chose Gan & Mo, unlocked Gan's Long-Victorious God of War skin, and announced he would try for a major national badge in three days.
• Su Hang cleared the first mid wave faster than Wang Zhaojun and caught Sun Bin's bomb with Flash, then knocked Wang Zhaojun away so the bomb killed two low-health allied minions and gave Sun Bin their experience.
• Su Hang cleared the next wave and saw their Ying being suppressed under the tower by Dehua's Lu Bu, so he decided to teach Lu Bu a lesson.

Dehua dominated Ying early, but Su Hang’s Gan & Mo predicted his movements and killed him for first blood. Su Hang then killed Wang Zhaojun and turned his attention to Pei Qinhu, who had just scored a double kill.

• Zhuzi revealed that Dehua used to belong to Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes, astonishing Xijianchui.
• Dehua tried to dodge Exalted Emperor’s Gan’s swords while retreating, but Gan repeatedly hit him at the swords’ intersection.
• Gan predicted Dehua’s ultimate and Flash, landed all four enhanced swords, and killed him for first blood.
• Su Hang explained that countering unpredictable movement meant attacking by instinct, then killed Wang Zhaojun beneath her tower with another full set of swords.
• Pei Qinhu killed Di Renjie and Sang Qi for a double kill, and Su Hang judged that he had skill.

Su Hang used a coordinated bait to help Exalted Emperor's Gan & Mo ambush Yun Shu's team, steal the Tyrant, and wipe out all five enemies. After the team celebrated the triple kill, Su Hang headed toward the enemy fountain with Sang Qi and announced they would dive it.

• Yun Shu gathered her team to take the Tyrant while the enemy Baili Xuance and Ying approached the pit.
• Xuance and Ying dove into the pit, drawing Yun Shu's team into a fight while Exalted Emperor's Gan & Mo secretly positioned himself behind the wall.
• Exalted Emperor's Gan & Mo killed Yun Shu, Lu Bu, and Goya with an eight-sword combo and stole the Tyrant.
• Sang Qi and Di Renjie arrived and killed the fleeing Sun Bin and Wang Zhaojun, completing a team wipe just over four minutes into the match.
• Su Hang led Sang Qi toward the enemy fountain and revealed that he planned to dive it for three assists.

Su Hang’s Gan & Mo fountain-dived Yun Shu’s team for a triple kill, leaving them demoralized as he continued dominating the match. Yun Shu later taunted him to delay the game, and Su Hang decided to indulge her by hunting her down.

• Exalted Emperor’s Gan and Sang Qi fountain-dived Yun Shu, Dehua, and Goya, killing all three while Yun Shu’s team watched in horror.
• After Sun Bin died to Gan & Mo and the enemy team discussed surrendering at six minutes, Yun Shu urged her teammates to keep fighting.
• At six minutes, Su Hang checked the scoreboard and towers, predicting his team would end the match shortly after eight minutes.
• Yun Shu stole Su Hang’s blue buff, but he killed her Pei Qinhu with his ultimate and a slap.
• Yun Shu later taunted Su Hang with recall spam, biting into a mid-lane minion wave before leaping away to waste time.
• Su Hang recognized Yun Shu’s plan to stall for her team’s late-game heroes and said he would give her some proper training.

Su Hang led his team to crush Yun Shu and Dehua’s side, then planned an overnight climb to earn Gan a city-level badge. After the match, Yun Shu recognized Exalted Emperor as her former fitness coach, Su Hang, but reaffirmed her devotion to Imperial Crown’s captain.

• Su Hang repeatedly ambushed Yun Shu’s Pei Qinhu, then led his team to destroy her and Dehua’s crystal at eight minutes and thirty seconds.
• Su Hang finished his first match on the new account with a 15/0/7 record, reached Legendary King with 105 stars, and set a goal of playing 45 ranked matches before noon.
• Yun Shu admitted that being defeated by Su Hang’s Gan had awakened her masochistic feelings and searched for Exalted Emperor’s livestream.
• Yun Shu recognized Exalted Emperor as Coach Su, who had helped her transform her figure.
• Yun Shu opened the profile of Imperial Crown’s captain and reaffirmed her nine-year love for him.

Players and professional Honor of Kings figures were stunned as Exalted Emperor climbed to 218 stars and posted an enormous Gan performance score. At eStar, Qingrong visited Huahai to discuss the Imperial Crown Team’s record-breaking power and revealed that Exalted Emperor was the reason it had surpassed Qingrong’s team.

• A viral Douyin video showed Exalted Emperor reaching 218 stars in Legend and pushing Gan’s ranked performance score past its cap, prompting players to await his Peak Tournament results.
• Wanmo and Huahai reviewed Exalted Emperor’s match history, and Huahai noted that his mid-lane performance slightly exceeded his results in other roles.
• Qingrong arrived at eStar’s training base, signed Wanmo’s shirt, and asked Huahai to talk about the Imperial Crown Team.
• Qingrong told Huahai that the Imperial Crown Team had become the first grassroots team to exceed three million team power.
• When Huahai asked how the Imperial Crown Team had passed Qingrong’s team, Qingrong answered that Exalted Emperor was responsible.