Chapter Summaries

Emperor Hero escaped the shrine with Liuli while the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons pursued him. Yugong Youjing ordered Nishang’s helicopter shot down, and Gūji Ema arrived at the command post to confront him.

• Emperor Hero rode away with Liuli as viewers celebrated his survival and rescue.
• The Night Parade of a Hundred Demons chased Emperor Hero, and Nishang explained that his cousin Yugong Youjing led the family’s criminal enforcers.
• Nishang warned that Youjing would kill anyone who blasphemed against the Yousu Fox God and might kill Nishang as well.
• The helicopter pilot reported that a Type 93 missile vehicle had locked onto their aircraft.
• Yugong Youjing ordered Lian Shou to shoot down Nishang’s helicopter and rejected Gūji Ema’s demand to withdraw the order.
• Gūji Ema burst into the command tent after Yugong Youjing hung up on her.

Yugong Youjing confronted Gūji Ema over her past abuse and her son Yugong Nishang’s betrayal, but withdrew the order to shoot down Nishang’s aircraft after Ema threatened Xue Ji. Meanwhile, Imperial Emperor continued his motorcycle chase with the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons and entered the dangerous Kyoto South Expressway while trying to get his passenger to the airport.

• Gūji Ema pleaded with Yugong Youjing to spare Yugong Nishang, and Youjing accused her of abusing him and engineering his birth to advance her own ambitions.
• Gūji Ema threatened to have Xue Ji executed if Youjing killed Nishang, so Youjing ordered his troops to escort her away.
• Lian Shou told Youjing that a missile vehicle had locked onto Nishang’s aircraft, but Youjing withdrew the order to fire and told the troops to stand by.
• The missile lock disappeared, and Yugong Nishang and Hu Xiao realized the aircraft was safe for the moment.
• Yugong Nishang told the livestream that Imperial Emperor was heading for Kyoto International Airport with his sister so they could escape to Huaxia on his private plane.
• Imperial Emperor raced onto the Kyoto South Expressway with dozens of Night Parade of a Hundred Demons riders close behind him.

Great Tengu pursued Su Hang on the expressway and was ordered to cause a crash that would kill Shrine Maiden Liuli, but Emperor Hero’s punch brought back memories of how Imperial Emperor had once stopped him from continuing his revenge killings. Great Tengu crashed, survived, and realized the punch had saved him from becoming Yugong Youjing’s scapegoat.

• Zashiki and Xue Ji urged Great Tengu to knock Su Hang off the road, revealing that Yugong Youjing wanted Shrine Maiden Liuli killed.
• As Great Tengu swerved toward Emperor Hero, a raised fist triggered memories of how Imperial Emperor had recruited him after he killed three people who had framed him.
• Great Tengu recalled turning himself in and later being rescued by Yugong Youjing, while recognizing that he had pledged to serve only Imperial Emperor as a scapegoat.
• Emperor Hero punched Great Tengu off his Kawasaki H2, causing the motorcycle to crash and explode while Great Tengu escaped with minor injuries.
• Great Tengu reported that the pursuit had failed and reflected that Emperor Hero’s punch had saved him from becoming Yugong Youjing’s scapegoat.

Su Hang’s escape through Kyoto ended when he appeared to run out of gas, and Yugong Youjing’s forces surrounded the motorcycle. When the helmet and disguise came off, the livestream revealed Phoenix and Silver Dragon in place of Exalted Emperor and Liuli, leaving everyone wondering where the real pair had gone.

• Yugong Youjing ordered Xue Ji to follow Su Hang and learned that the airport had been shut down, but Su Hang turned back into central Kyoto and briefly entered the crowded exhibition center.
• After five hours of pursuit, Xue Ji reported that Su Hang had stopped on a main road, apparently out of gas, and Yugong Youjing ordered his forces to surround him.
• Yugong Youjing arrived and split the helmet of the rider dressed as Emperor Hero, revealing Phoenix beneath it.
• The woman in the wedding dress revealed herself as Silver Dragon, shocking the viewers who had believed she was Liuli.
• Fly deduced that Phoenix and Silver Dragon had switched places with Exalted Emperor and Liuli, and asked where the real pair were.

Su Hang and Yugong Liuli hid in Kyoto’s International Exhibition Center after switching identities with Huyan Lan and Yin Long to evade capture. Su Hang waited for Huaxia’s Kyoto Consulate General to issue an emergency shelter notice, which would let them reach safety inside the consulate.

• Su Hang explained that Huyan Lan and Yin Long were posing as him and Yugong Liuli while the pair hid at the convention center.
• Su Hang revealed that he had abandoned the escape plan to reach Kyoto Airport because the city’s stations, airports, and ports were sealed, and he was waiting for Huaxia to intervene.
• Su Hang explained that he had arranged for Yugong Nishang to livestream the Yugong Family’s human sacrifice practices and his rescue of Yugong Liuli to Huaxia and the world.
• Su Hang recalled how his mother defended him after disciplining him herself, and compared her protectiveness to Huaxia’s responsibility toward its citizens overseas.
• Su Hang told Yugong Liuli that he was waiting for an emergency shelter notice from Huaxia’s Kyoto Consulate General, located across the street from their hiding place.

At Yu Heavy Industries in Kyoto, Lao Zhou and Liu Jie discussed the abduction of shrine maiden Yugong Liuli and Huaxia’s escalating military and diplomatic response. Liu Jie realized the kidnapper was also named Su Hang, Lao Zhou’s grandson, and Lao Zhou reacted in shock.

• Liu Jie shared grilled cod with Lao Zhou, who said he had not visited his grandson Su Hang in three years.
• Liu Jie read reports that Yugong Liuli had been abducted at her wedding by a Huaxia streamer known as Exalted Emperor.
• Liu Jie read news of Huaxia military exercises and consular shelter arrangements as Lao Zhou concluded Huaxia was backing the kidnapper.
• Lao Zhou argued that Huaxia would support the kidnapper only if his actions were righteous, while Liu Jie remained unconvinced.
• Liu Jie told Lao Zhou that the kidnapper was named Su Hang, and Lao Zhou dropped his pickles in shock.

At a Kyoto pleasure house, Kanzaki Sakurazō learned that the Exalted Emperor had rescued Yugong Liuli and then discovered he was A Sui’s brother. He followed his instincts, knocked Oda Kenshin unconscious, and set out to help him.

• Oda Kenshin sheltered Kanzaki Sakurazō at the Kanzaki Clan’s pleasure house after Yugong Liuli was kidnapped.
• Kanzaki Sakurazō told Oda Kenshin that the Exalted Emperor had rescued Liuli, and Oda encouraged him to trust his instincts when someone he cared about was in danger.
• Kanzaki Sakurazō received A Sui’s message asking friends in Kyoto to help her brother, Su Hang, reach the consulate for safety.
• Kanzaki Sakurazō realized the Exalted Emperor was A Sui’s brother and decided he had to help him.
• Kanzaki Sakurazō knocked Oda Kenshin unconscious with a sword hilt and left to help Su Hang.

After Huaxia pressure forced Kyoto’s military and police to withdraw, Yugong Youjing prepared the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons to ambush Su Hang before the consulate’s shelter period expired. The livestream audience learned the force’s overwhelming strength, and Huyan Lan said Su Hang would need powerful help to survive the fight.

• Lian Shou told Yugong Youjing that Huaxia’s demands had ended the military cordon and pursuit, but the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons could still act.
• Yugong Youjing gathered the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons and rallied its members to fight Su Hang for the Yugong Family’s honor.
• Viewers on the Sovereign Dominion livestream discussed the Night Parade’s swordsmanship ranks and concluded that its members were equivalent to five hundred adult fighters.
• Yugong Nishang asked Huyan Lan to assess Su Hang’s chances, and she said he was outmatched unless someone powerful helped him.

Su Hang and Yugong Liuli hid near the Kyoto International Exhibition Center as the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons guarded the route to the Kyoto Consulate General. A timid cosplayer calling himself Demon Blade Musashi volunteered to help Exalted Emperor and faced Great Tengu in a sword test.

• Yugong Youjing spotted someone in red armor and ordered the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons to draw their blades.
• Yugong Youjing and the others mistook the armored figure for a cosplayer and told him to leave, but he announced that he wanted to fight so Exalted Emperor could reach the consulate.
• Demon Blade Musashi claimed to be an eighth-dan practitioner of Niten Ichi-ryū, though Great Tengu judged his sword skills to be those of a beginner.
• Yugong Youjing sent Great Tengu to test Demon Blade Musashi, and the two prepared to fight.

Kanzaki Sakurazō, disguised as Demon Blade Musashi, intervened against the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons and used his two perfected sword forms to defeat the Great Tengu. Xue Ji took over and prepared to use her extended naginata against him.

• Viewers of Sovereign Dominion's livestream speculated about Demon Blade Musashi's identity and why he had come to help Exalted Emperor.
• Jiang Sui and Huyan Ya watched the livestream, and Jiang Sui wondered whether Demon Blade Musashi was her QQ friend Kanzaki Sakurazō.
• The Great Tengu attacked Kanzaki Sakurazō with several techniques, but Kanzaki repeatedly evaded him with Godspeed.
• Kanzaki Sakurazō struck the Great Tengu with Empty Clarity Slash, and Xue Ji ordered the Great Tengu to withdraw.
• Xue Ji explained that Kanzaki had perfected his basic forms and extended her naginata to three meters before facing him.

Kanzaki Sakurazō fought Xue Ji and defeated her by enduring a severe shoulder wound long enough to land a powerful slash. Yugong Youjing ordered Zashiki to execute Kanzaki in the most torturous way, while Xue Ji warned that Su Hang could appear at any moment.

• Xue Ji pressured Kanzaki Sakurazō with rapid naginata strikes and demanded that he stop helping the Exalted Emperor, but he refused.
• Xue Ji wounded Kanzaki Sakurazō’s shoulder, and he grabbed her naginata to hold her in place while he prepared to use Godspeed again.
• Kanzaki Sakurazō used Godspeed and Empty Clarity Slash to send Xue Ji flying and injure her.
• Yugong Youjing caught Xue Ji and threatened to kill Kanzaki Sakurazō, but Xue Ji urged him to guard against Su Hang’s possible arrival.
• Yugong Youjing ordered Zashiki to use the most torturous method of execution on Kanzaki Sakurazō.

Kanzaki Sakurazō fought Zashiki while badly wounded, but Zashiki overwhelmed and brutally stabbed him. The chapter ended with Kanzaki Sakurazō dying in the rain.

• Jiang Sui recognized the misprinted Demon Blade Musashi badge that fell from the masked swordsman and suspected he was Kanzaki Sakurazō.
• Kanzaki Sakurazō faced Zashiki outside the Kyoto Consulate General, confident he could counter another two-sword style.
• Zashiki outpaced Kanzaki Sakurazō, explaining that his Yagyū Two-Sword Style used the same principles as Niten Ichi-ryū's Godspeed.
• Zashiki stabbed Kanzaki Sakurazō repeatedly, removed his mask, and taunted him in front of the livestream camera.
• Zashiki stabbed Kanzaki Sakurazō's heart and left him bleeding in the rain, where he died.

Jiang Sui learned that the apparently dead Demon Blade Musashi was her longtime online friend Kanzaki Sakurazō and blamed herself for his sacrifice. Huyan Ya reminded her why Kanzaki had gone to protect her brother, and Jiang Sui asked Huyan Lan to bring the livestream helicopter closer so she could call out to him.

• The livestream audience mourned Demon Blade Musashi after Zashiki stabbed him repeatedly, and Jiang Sui recognized his face as Kanzaki Sakurazō.
• Jiang Sui tried to contact Kanzaki but received no response and broke down, blaming herself for his death because her QQ update had sent him to help her brother.
• Jiang Sui confessed that she had once befriended Kanzaki partly to reclaim a valuable badge, but Huyan Ya reminded her of their ten years of friendship and the clothes he had made for her.
• Huyan Ya said that she and Kanzaki had chosen to love Jiang Sui because she was willing to risk her life to protect the people she loved.
• Jiang Sui realized Kanzaki might have acted to protect her and asked Huyan Ya to call Huyan Lan, then requested that the livestream helicopter move closer so she could shout to him.

Kanzaki Sakurazō sank toward hell after dying from Zashiki’s torture, recalling how A Sui had protected him and resolving to protect her in return. When A Sui called out the words from his badge, he awakened in the street outside the Kyoto Consulate General.

• Kanzaki Sakurazō realized he was dead and sinking into darkness, then remembered A Sui’s promise to protect him and the years she had supported him.
• Kanzaki Sakurazō recalled deciding that the meaning of the sword was to protect those he loved, and vowed to protect A Sui even in hell.
• Kanzaki Sakurazō heard a voice calling his name and struggled toward the white light, believing he had to return to A Sui.
• A Sui urged Kanzaki Sakurazō to remember the words on the back of his misprinted badge: “Kanzaki Sakurazō, peerless under heaven!”
• Time froze outside the Kyoto Consulate General, and Kanzaki Sakurazō opened his scarlet eyes and roared A Sui’s name.

Yugong Youjing decided to seize the Yugong Family heirship to protect Xue Ji, even as Kanzaki Sakurazō appeared to die. Sakurazō suddenly rose from the blood and launched a devastating attack on Zashiki, leaving him badly wounded.

• Xue Ji warned Yugong Youjing that the dead Demon Blade Musashi was Kanzaki Sakurazō, the Kanzaki Clan’s young master, and urged him to order an attempted rescue.
• Yugong Youjing proposed offering Yugong Nishang’s life to appease the Kanzaki Clan and clear his own path to becoming the Yugong young master.
• Remembering Gūji Ema’s threat against Xue Ji, Yugong Youjing resolved to become the family heir and bring the Yugong Family under his control.
• As the streetlights flickered, Kanzaki Sakurazō rose from the blood, despite Zashiki having destroyed his heart.
• Sakurazō leapt at Zashiki with Niten Ichi, shattered his crossed blades, and slashed him from shoulder to legs.

Kanzaki Sakurazō overwhelmed Great Tengu and Yugong Youjing, while Xue Ji died protecting Yugong Youjing. Grief-stricken, Yugong Youjing attacked Kanzaki Sakurazō, beginning a duel that could end only in death.

• Kanzaki Sakurazō defeated Great Tengu and disarmed Yugong Youjing after blocking his Amakakeru Ryū no Hirameki.
• Xue Ji took a blade meant for Yugong Youjing and collapsed in his arms.
• Xue Ji died after Yugong Youjing promised to reject the Yugong family's plans and open a flower shop with her.
• Yugong Youjing begged Yousu Fox God to revive Xue Ji, then picked up his sword and vowed to turn Kanzaki Sakurazō into a flower of blood.
• Yugong Youjing and Kanzaki Sakurazō clashed in a duel between Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū and Niten Ichi-ryū.

Su Hang stopped Yugong Youjing and Kanzaki Sakurazō’s deadly duel, and Liuli revived Xue Ji before Yugong Youjing could kill himself avenging her. Kanzaki woke in the Kyoto Consulate General infirmary, where his brother-in-law praised his actions as a real man.

• Su Hang halted Yugong Youjing and Kanzaki Sakurazō’s final attacks and asked Liuli whether Xue Ji could be saved.
• Liuli revived Xue Ji with CPR, and she woke; Yugong Youjing thanked Yousu Fox God and swore to serve him.
• Su Hang released Kanzaki Sakurazō and praised him for helping clear the way to the consulate general; Kanzaki fainted after seeing Su Hang’s face.
• Kanzaki woke in the Kyoto Consulate General infirmary and learned that his sister had gone to negotiate with the Yugong Family.
• Kanzaki’s brother-in-law praised him as a real man, leaving him elated despite the pain from his wounds.

Su Hang and Yugong Liuli faced a scolding at the Huaxia Consulate General in Kyoto until Su Heng arrived to discuss the aftermath of Su Hang’s actions. Su Heng said the country understood Su Hang’s motives and had sent him to bring Su Hang home, but only him.

• Consul Feng scolded Su Hang for causing chaos in Kyoto while Yugong Liuli willingly cared for him.
• Su Heng arrived and revealed that his own world-shocking feat had happened almost ten years earlier.
• Su Heng introduced himself to Su Hang and explained that he had investigated the incident at Yugong Shrine.
• Su Heng praised Su Hang for trying to save Yugong Liuli from human sacrifice and said the country understood his actions.
• Su Heng told Su Hang that he had been ordered to bring him home alone, leaving Su Hang stunned.

Su Hang learned that China could not protect or take Yugong Liuli home because she was Japanese, so Su Heng proposed marriage as a way for her to gain Huaxian nationality. The plan depended on parental consent, and Su Heng revealed that Liuli’s parents had agreed, leaving Su Hang and Liuli stunned by the prospect of marrying.

• Su Heng explained that Chinese diplomatic protections applied only to Chinese citizens, and Su Hang refused to leave Liuli behind.
• Su Heng suggested Liuli acquire Huaxian nationality, but Consul Feng explained the requirements and said she did not qualify through the usual paths.
• Su Heng proposed that Su Hang and Liuli marry so she could apply for nationality through a relative.
• Consul Feng pointed out that they were under the mainland marriage age and would need their parents’ or guardians’ consent to register in Hong Kong.
• After receiving a call, Su Heng announced that Liuli’s parents had agreed to the marriage, and said his wife had secured their consent.

At the Yugong Shrine, the Kanzaki family head removed Gūji Ema as shrine master and arranged for her prosecution after Yugong Xiong learned of her past crimes. She then offered Yugong Liuli the shrine master position on the condition that she marry Su Hang, revealing that he was Su Zhou’s own grandson.

• The Kanzaki family head apologized to Yugong Xiong for Yingzang’s actions, then dismissed Gūji Ema as shrine master and ordered her prosecuted for intentional homicide.
• Yugong Xiong rejected Gūji Ema’s pleas after learning she had framed Yugong Zhaoyan and tried to kill Yugong Liuli to retain her position.
• Detectives escorted Gūji Ema away, and Yugong Xiong agreed to follow the Shrine Alliance’s decision.
• The Kanzaki family head named Yugong Liuli the new shrine master, conditional on her marrying Su Hang and changing her nationality to Huaxian.
• Yugong Xiong refused to marry Liuli to Su Hang until the Kanzaki family head said Su Hang was Su Zhou’s own grandson.