Chapter Summaries

Su Hang exposed Jueying as Hundred Demons Nurarihyon and ordered Imperial Crown to remove him, investigate the team, and publicize his betrayal. He left the core members to carry out sweeping disciplinary measures under Wangsun’s supervision.

• Su Hang joined Imperial Crown’s core group call and accused Jueying of betraying him and plotting against the team as Hundred Demons Nurarihyon.
• Jueying admitted that Su Hang had uncovered his hidden identity and begged to be forgiven.
• Su Hang ordered the Core Committee to vote Jueying out as head of personnel and temporarily took over the department’s authority.
• Su Hang assigned Shejun and Hanlu to try and banish Jueying, Yuejing to publish an account of his betrayal, and Huranlang to investigate Imperial Crown members linked to the Hundred Demons Team.
• Su Hang ordered Ganglie to freeze holiday benefits, Baili and Yujingzi to document and teach the incident, and Wangsun to obtain member contracts and oversee the orders.

Jueying exposed the Imperial Crown core members’ past betrayals to shatter Su Hang’s faith in their loyalty, then revealed that Su Hang was the famous Exalted Emperor, Captain of Sovereign Dominion. The chapter left Imperial Crown stunned by the Imperial Emperor’s real identity.

• Jueying announced that the core committee had unanimously given him control of legal affairs, judgment, and personnel, and the core members laughed at Su Hang’s orders.
• Su Hang insisted that Imperial Crown’s bonds rested on loyalty, while Jueying argued that the members followed him only for personal gain.
• Jueying played a recording in which Wangsun, Yuejing, Ganglie, Chou Ox, Huranlang, Yujingzi, and Jueying confessed to betraying the Imperial Emperor through the seven sins.
• Su Hang hoped Shejun and Hanlu remained loyal, but they admitted that they had betrayed him too, leaving him hollow and despondent.
• Jueying revealed that Su Hang was the 2025 national physique competition champion, top college entrance exam scorer, and popular King of Glory streamer known as Exalted Emperor, Captain of Sovereign Dominion.

Su Hang admitted to Imperial Crown that he was Exalted Emperor and said he had founded Sovereign Dominion to destroy Imperial Crown, prompting the core members to unanimously exile him. After Jueying mocked him and collected his ten-yuan penalty, Huyan Lan and the others heard the recording, and she confronted Su Hang with a cleaver.

• Su Hang confirmed that he was Exalted Emperor and claimed his purpose in founding Sovereign Dominion was to destroy Imperial Crown.
• Jueying called for a vote, and every Imperial Crown core member voted to exile Su Hang from the team.
• Su Hang sent a ten-yuan penalty red envelope, which Jueying claimed almost entirely, then Jueying warned that Sovereign Dominion's core members would betray Su Hang too.
• Huyan Lan, Hu Xiao, Yin Long, and Jiang Sui reacted with shock and distress after hearing Jueying's recording.
• Huyan Lan grabbed a cleaver, confronted Su Hang in his bedroom, and demanded to know whether he was Imperial Emperor.

Su Hang admitted to Huyan Lan that he was Imperial Emperor, but he could only apologize instead of saying the words she wanted to hear. Huyan Lan, Hu Xiao, Yin Long, and Jiang Sui left the Sovereign Dominion Team and Su Hang’s home, leaving him alone as a storm began.

• Su Hang confirmed to Huyan Lan that he was Imperial Emperor and repeatedly apologized, refusing to lie or tell her he loved her.
• Huyan Lan dropped her cleaver and quit the Sovereign Dominion Team, followed by Hu Xiao and Yin Long.
• Jiang Sui arrived with a suitcase, rejected Su Hang’s plea for her to stay, and left the team and their home.
• Alone, Su Hang reheated the food Jiang Sui had prepared, but found it impossible to swallow, then drank sugar-free cola.
• Su Hang watched rain and lightning gather outside his window.

Imperial Crown publicly exiled Xiang Yang, then announced that its nine core members had unanimously exiled captain Imperial Emperor for betraying the team. As the community demanded an explanation, an insider described a team-wide purge and said he had been exiled and charged a 10-million-yuan penalty for messaging Imperial Emperor.

• Imperial Crown announced that Xiang Yang had violated team rules and would never be recruited again.
• Imperial Crown's upper management accused Imperial Emperor of committing all seven forms of betrayal and announced his exile after a unanimous vote by the nine core members.
• Lop-Eared Rabbit reported that Imperial Crown had entered a state of emergency and that Huranlang was leading an investigation, with members who had contacted Imperial Emperor facing exile.
• Lop-Eared Rabbit said Huranlang had exiled him for messaging Imperial Emperor and that Imperial Crown demanded a 10-million-yuan contract penalty.
• Lop-Eared Rabbit said he could not afford to challenge Imperial Crown's legal team and would pay the penalty, as reports of exiles and penalties spread and panic grew within the team.

Players at several KPL training bases reacted with disbelief and anger to Imperial Crown exiling Imperial Emperor on charges of seven betrayals, arguing that he was humble, patient, generous, and self-disciplined. The chapter ended with Huahai worrying about how Exalted Emperor had taken the news and wondering whether he was all right.

• At the Chengdu AG training base, Yinuo, Zhongyi, and Menglei defended Imperial Emperor's humility and generosity, disputing the claims that he was arrogant or greedy.
• At the Chongqing Wolves training base, Fly explained that gluttony meant indulging desires without restraint and argued that Imperial Emperor was temperate and chaste, while wondering what had happened at the Imperial Crown meeting.
• Fly recalled that his second personality, Chou Ox, had attended the meeting and left a tearful video warning him not to log into the Chou Ox accounts.
• At the Wuhan eStar training base, Wanmo and Qingrong argued that Imperial Emperor was neither wrathful nor envious, citing his patience and his support for former members who founded rival teams.
• Wanmo suggested that Exalted Emperor might benefit from Imperial Emperor's exile, but Qingrong rebuked him, and Wanmo apologized to Huahai.
• Huahai wondered how Exalted Emperor felt about Imperial Emperor's exile and asked whether his brother was all right.

Zhou Keyu found Su Hang devastated by Imperial Crown's betrayal and tried to take him to a hospital, but Su Hang drove him away. The next morning, Sovereign Dominion announced that its three vice captains and team leader had quit, leaving readers to wonder whether Exalted Emperor had also betrayed his core members.

• Zhou Keyu entered Su Hang's dark apartment and found him sitting vacant before the television amid dozens of empty sugar-free cola cans.
• Zhou Keyu urged Su Hang to seek psychological treatment, but Su Hang insisted he was fine and demanded more cola.
• When Zhou Keyu tried to take him to the hospital, Su Hang violently shook him off, shattered a marble tabletop with a punch, and ordered him to leave.
• Zhou Keyu fled, then returned to leave two cases of sugar-free cola at the door and promised to visit again the next day.
• Sovereign Dominion announced that Vice Captains Long, Feng, and Hu, along with team leader Tai Sui, had left the team.
• Netizens speculated that Exalted Emperor might have betrayed Sovereign Dominion's core members, as Imperial Crown had banished Imperial Emperor.

Zhou Keyu helped Su Hang regain a faint desire to live by reminding him that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord had remained loyal to him despite leaving Sovereign Dominion. The story ended with Imperial Crown announcing the three Champion Emperors' return, a post that went viral across Huaxia.

• Zhou Keyu visited Su Hang and found him in despair after Imperial Crown's core members had left Sovereign Dominion.
• Zhou Keyu reminded Su Hang that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord had repeatedly chosen to be loyal to him, Su Hang, rather than to his identities as Imperial Emperor or Exalted Emperor.
• Su Hang blamed himself for not revealing that he was Imperial Emperor sooner, but Zhou Keyu insisted that Su Hang had done nothing wrong and encouraged him to keep striving to change the world.
• Su Hang's gaze sharpened and his will to live returned as he accepted Zhou Keyu's comfort.
• An Imperial Crown announcement celebrating the three Champion Emperors' return went viral across Huaxia.

Imperial Crown announced that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord had returned with their alliances, reuniting its twelve core members and twelve alliances as the team expanded through massive sponsorships and signings. As Imperial Crown began investing in KPL teams, Fly feared it would gain control of the league and undermine fair competition.

• Imperial Crown announced the return of Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord, restoring their titles and reuniting its twelve alliances.
• Netizens reacted to Imperial Crown's surge in power as it signed streamers and secured huge sponsorship increases, pushing its valuation above one hundred billion RMB.
• Menglei learned that the Chen Dragon Alliance planned to invest one billion RMB in Chengdu AG Super Play Club.
• Fly told Xiaopang that the Yin Tiger Alliance would invest five hundred million RMB in the Wolves if they joined Imperial Crown in name, while Yaodao learned KSG would also receive investment and become Imperial Crown KSG.
• Fly warned that Imperial Crown might invest in every KPL team and control both the league and its competitors, threatening the fairness of championships.

At Wuhan eStar, Qingrong, Wanmo, and Huahai feared that Imperial Crown's sudden commercialization under Nurarihyon would turn it into another Hundred Demons, and they believed Exalted Emperor was the only one who could stop it. Su Hang resolved to seek help from Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord, but a news alert announced the Three Champion Emperors' return to Imperial Crown.

• Wanmo and Qingrong discussed how Imperial Crown had acquired all eighteen KPL teams and grown to a commercial value exceeding one hundred billion.
• Huahai warned that Imperial Crown risked becoming another Hundred Demons, and Qingrong said Exalted Emperor was the only one who could defeat it.
• Su Hang watched the finale of Armor Hero: Emperor Hero and reflected on how loyalty had shaped his sacrifices for Imperial Crown.
• Su Hang put on his Sovereign Dominion uniform and decided to apologize to Silver Dragon, Phoenix, Mountain Lord, and the others and ask them to return to his side.
• Su Hang reached for his phone to contact them, but a news alert announced that the Three Champion Emperors had returned to Imperial Crown.

After Imperial Crown’s core members returned under Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord, Su Hang broke down as their betrayal brought back the memories of his previous life and his pact with the Yousu Fox God. He chose to seek revenge on Imperial Crown before accepting the death he had once desired, and the Fox God urged him to use the system’s power to judge the traitors.

• Su Hang saw that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord had led their teams back to Imperial Crown, and he collapsed in anguish over their betrayal.
• Su Hang remembered suppressing his own desires to live up to the virtues expected of Imperial Crown’s loyal Imperial Emperor.
• Su Hang summoned the system, and the Yousu Fox God revealed that he had once made a pact to grant Su Hang the death he wanted.
• Su Hang demanded revenge on Imperial Crown before his death and vowed to punish Silver Dragon, Phoenix, Mountain Lord, and every betraying core member.
• The Yousu Fox God showed Su Hang his gaming talents and urged him to max out Meta Understanding and use the system’s power against Imperial Crown.

Zhou Keyu found Su Hang apparently dead after learning that the Three Champion Emperors had returned to Imperial Crown, but Su Hang revived and demanded an emergency blood transfusion. As Zhou Keyu prepared to donate blood, he realized Su Hang could understand him with uncanny precision.

• Zhou Keyu entered Su Hang's dark apartment and found blood on the floor and Su Hang motionless in an armchair.
• Su Hang opened his blood-red eyes, startling Zhou Keyu, and said he could see clearly in the dark.
• Su Hang told Zhou Keyu he had lost forty percent of his blood and needed an immediate transfusion to survive.
• Zhou Keyu fetched the first-aid kit and learned that Su Hang was type AB while he was type O.
• Su Hang rolled up his sleeve for the transfusion, and Zhou Keyu suddenly froze as he looked at Su Hang in disbelief.

Zhou Keyu discovered that he could no longer enter Su Hang’s perspective, but he agreed to help the wounded Su Hang take revenge on the Imperial Crown in exchange for becoming its next captain. After giving Su Hang a blood transfusion, Zhou Keyu was ordered to cook, and he defiantly refused.

• Zhou Keyu failed to use his six-second character immersion talent on Su Hang, confirmed that Su Hang was alive, and began transfusing him blood.
• Su Hang recalled that he had once given Zhou Keyu 400 milliliters of blood, saving him from severe anemia despite having the wrong blood type.
• Su Hang demanded that Zhou Keyu assist him in taking revenge on the Imperial Crown and threatened to kill him if he refused.
• Zhou Keyu accepted after Su Hang promised him the Imperial Crown captaincy once he reclaimed it and punished its core members.
• After the transfusion left Zhou Keyu weak and restored much of Su Hang’s vigor, Su Hang ordered him to cook, and Zhou Keyu loudly refused.

While eating Zhou Keyu’s cooking, Su Hang learned that Imperial Crown had poached nearly all of Sovereign Dominion’s members and vastly outmatched it in money and influence. Su Hang realized Imperial Emperor’s enormous following could change the balance and ordered Zhou Keyu to publish an announcement that would make Imperial Crown fear Sovereign Dominion.

• Zhou Keyu told Su Hang that Imperial Crown had recruited nearly all of Sovereign Dominion’s members, leaving fewer than a hundred people behind.
• Zhou Keyu compared Imperial Crown’s hundred thousand members, hundred-billion-yuan valuation, and billion fans with Sovereign Dominion’s tiny resources and urged Su Hang to face the odds.
• Su Hang asked how many fans he had, and Zhou Keyu realized that King of Glory players were all fans of Su Hang’s main account, Imperial Emperor.
• Su Hang asked what could make Imperial Crown regard Sovereign Dominion as an equal threat, then told Zhou Keyu to publish an announcement that would make Imperial Crown afraid.

Lin Ying prepared to bind the returning Champion Emperors to Imperial Crown with expensive contracts as the twelve core members reunited for a meeting. Mountain Lord and Silver Dragon confronted the former members over their betrayals, and Phoenix ended the chapter by asking Yuejing whether he had turned Imperial Emperor gay.

• Lin Ying joined the Imperial Crown twelve-core-member group call, intending to secure sky-high contracts for the Three Champion Emperors.
• Mountain Lord berated Ganglie for betraying Imperial Emperor and threatened Huranlang and Shejun when they challenged him.
• Silver Dragon mocked Wangsun for embezzling team funds, then traded accusations with Chou Ox over their past conduct.
• Silver Dragon criticized Hanlu for helping Nurarihyon seize authority, and Hanlu became so angry that he spat blood.
• Phoenix stopped Silver Dragon's taunts and asked Yuejing whether he had turned Imperial Emperor gay.

Phoenix exposed Yuejing and Yujingzi’s past conduct toward Imperial Emperor, leaving Imperial Crown’s core members angered and silenced. Lin Ying tried to placate the three veteran vice captains with a promised gift, and the chapter ended as they opened the image he sent.

• Phoenix and Yuejing argued over their past relationships with Imperial Emperor, and Phoenix mocked Yuejing’s sexual rumors.
• Phoenix accused Yujingzi of hiding his furry interests and trying to draw Imperial Emperor into that community, prompting Yujingzi to mute his microphone.
• Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord challenged Lin Ying’s authority, while Lin Ying privately considered binding them with costly contracts.
• Lin Ying apologized to Imperial Crown’s upper echelon and offered them a gift, then sent an image that left them frozen.

Lin Ying revealed that he had bought a private resort island and planned to use it for Imperial Crown’s tenth-anniversary gathering, but Phoenix accused him of intending to collect compromising evidence on the team’s members. Phoenix, Silver Dragon, and Mountain Lord then competed to become Imperial Crown’s captain so they could take revenge on Imperial Emperor and destroy Sovereign Dominion, and Lin Ying offered to help if they signed contracts.

• Lin Ying announced that he had permanently bought Holy Spirit Island for a billion and renamed it Imperial Crown Island, a private vacation paradise for the team’s higher-ups.
• Wangsun criticized Lin Ying for wasting money, while Lin Ying defended the island as a place where Imperial Crown’s leaders could relax and indulge themselves.
• Phoenix warned that Lin Ying intended to record the members’ private behavior and use the footage to control them, making Yuejing realize the danger.
• Lin Ying announced that Imperial Crown’s tenth-anniversary gathering would take place on the island, and Phoenix declared that she had returned to become Imperial Crown’s captain.
• Silver Dragon and Mountain Lord also claimed they would become captain, and Phoenix said the three wanted to avenge Imperial Emperor and destroy Sovereign Dominion.
• Lin Ying agreed to help them but sent Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord contracts to sign as assurance.

Lin Ying secured the Three Champion Emperors with billion-yuan contracts and planned to make Shura Captain of the Imperial Crown, turning the team into a second Hundred Demons. After revealing Imperial Emperor’s identity and offering Shura the captaincy, Lin Ying waited for his answer and was stunned by Shura’s reply.

• Mountain Lord, Silver Dragon, and Phoenix signed billion-yuan contracts with Imperial Crown after Lin Ying promised support for their revenge.
• Phoenix asked who would become Captain of the Imperial Crown, and Lin Ying said he would announce his candidate at the next meeting.
• Lin Ying decided Shura should become captain so he could control Imperial Crown from behind the scenes.
• Lin Ying told Shura that Imperial Emperor was Su Hang, Sovereign Dominion’s Exalted Emperor, and that Lin Ying had led the vote to banish him.
• Shura asked whether Yuejing had opposed the banishment, cursed him after Lin Ying said no, and demanded to know why Lin Ying had offered him the captaincy.
• Lin Ying told Shura to consider the offer until the next night, but Shura replied that he needed no time to think, leaving Lin Ying stunned.

After Shura led the Hundred Demons Team’s core members out in protest, Lin Ying resolved to take direct control of the team and Imperial Crown. Sovereign Dominion announced that Imperial Emperor had joined, setting off a surge of support for him and a growing campaign against Imperial Crown.

• Shura announced he was leaving the Hundred Demons Team, and Snow Woman, Zashiki-warashi, and other core members followed, leaving Lin Ying alone in the main group.
• Lin Ying decided to take the captain’s position himself and rebuild Imperial Crown in the image of the Hundred Demons Team.
• Sovereign Dominion announced that Imperial Emperor had joined the team and opened a Douyin account, which quickly attracted more than a million followers.
• Yun Ling said he would support Imperial Emperor over Imperial Crown and left the Imperial Crown fan club and special follows.
• Small Honor of Kings streamers rallied viewers to unfollow Imperial Crown and follow Imperial Emperor, pushing the campaign into Douyin’s top ten trending topics.

Su Hang’s Imperial Emperor account gained 50 million Douyin followers, and he signed a billion-yuan Coca-Cola brand ambassador contract. As unexpected visitors arrived at his home, Su Hang charged at the man in the wheelchair with a punch.

• Su Hang learned that his Imperial Emperor Douyin account had gained 50 million followers and that Imperial Crown was losing followers after he joined Sovereign Dominion.
• Zhou Keyu explained that sponsors were wary of Imperial Crown’s influence, but reported that Coca-Cola offered Su Hang a billion-yuan contract.
• Su Hang signed Coca-Cola’s ambassador contract, and the signing fee arrived in his bank account.
• Two men and a woman arrived at Su Hang’s home, including a wounded swordsman in a wheelchair, a young woman, and a boy with an injured leg.
• Su Hang rushed out and threw a heavy punch at the man in the wheelchair.