Chapter Summaries

After Exalted Emperor defeated Jiucheng’s team, Jiucheng lost the national number-one Gan ranking and confronted his attachment to the mid-core playstyle. Su Hang celebrated his top spots on both leaderboards, then discovered that his support Dolia was the famous Whale Overlord Liuli, who sent him a friend request.

• Exalted Emperor’s team took the Tempest Dragon and won the match with a final push, securing first place for his Gan on the national server while Jiucheng fell to second.
• Maoshen told Jiucheng he was afraid to abandon the mid-core playstyle, and Jiucheng admitted that losing had awakened him from his dream of reclaiming his old glory.
• Maoshen saved the replay for Old Zhan and the others to study before the Overlord Feast, where Exalted Emperor would be AG’s biggest opponent.
• Su Hang’s livestream viewers celebrated Exalted Emperor’s number-one rankings on both leaderboards and urged him to identify Dolia, whom he initially suspected was Yugong.
• Su Hang checked the match results and recognized Dolia’s ID as Liuli, the wealthy Whale Overlord, then wondered whether Yugong was her alternate account after comparing their profiles.
• Liuli sent Su Hang a friend request with the message, “What a coincidence.”

Yugong Liuli revealed herself to Su Hang and agreed to support him online at the Overlord Feast. After teasing his sister Jiang Sui and agreeing to lend her his Gan badge for photos, Su Hang learned that her friend had bought him an Emperor figurine and discovered he knew the friend’s older sister.

• Yugong Liuli recognized Su Hang as Exalted Emperor, introduced herself, and agreed to play support for him online at the Overlord Feast finals.
• Su Hang reflected on his late support teammate Lone King and decided to recruit the rest of his team for the tournament.
• Jiang Sui tried to prank Su Hang with a reaction test, but he tricked her into tapping the tissues and then let her photograph his Gan Major National Badge.
• Jiang Sui asked Su Hang for money for her friend’s birthday and explained that the friend had bought him an Emperor figurine for one hundred thousand yuan.
• Jiang Sui named her friend’s older sister, and Su Hang froze in recognition.

The Overlord Feast organizers revealed that Exalted Emperor could challenge any lane, prompting debate over which position he would choose. At home, Su Hang gave Jiang Sui a hundred thousand yuan and refused to attend Huyan Lan’s sister’s birthday party, until a photo of Huyan Lan left him stunned.

• The organizers announced the Overlord Feast challengers and clarified that Exalted Emperor could challenge any lane because he had not chosen a position.
• Netizens argued over whether Exalted Emperor would challenge mid, jungle, farm lane, or another position while Exalted Emperor counted his money.
• Su Hang gave Jiang Sui a hundred thousand yuan, and she tried to persuade him to attend her best friend’s birthday party with Huyan Lan.
• Su Hang recalled that he and Huyan Lan had fought as children because he had mistaken her Shadow Beast costume for a real monster.
• Jiang Sui sent Su Hang a recent photo of Huyan Lan, and he reacted in shock at her appearance.

Brother Mo mocked the Overlord Feast challengers and bet that Exalted Emperor would fail, promising to lick a toilet clean if he succeeded. After the qualifiers were announced, Su Hang chose to challenge the clash lane, revealing that it was his signature position.

• Brother Mo ranked the streamers as trash or NPCs and the KPL pros above them, then called Exalted Emperor trash and vowed he would fail his challenge.
• Brother Mo promised to lick a toilet clean on stream if Exalted Emperor succeeded in his challenge.
• Su Hang dismissed Brother Mo as a jumping clown but said he would satisfy his desire to lick a toilet clean.
• The Overlord Feast organizers announced Shiyue, Zhongyi, Zihuan, Gu Shi, and Wuwei as the five lane qualifiers.
• Su Hang chose the clash lane, surprising his more than 200,000 viewers, and revealed that it was his signature position.

Exalted Emperor chose to challenge for the Clash Lane Overlord title, surprising professional players who had expected him to compete in another role. As Shiyue prepared to face him with Mulan, Fly wondered whether Exalted Emperor might ultimately be aiming to challenge him.

• Wanmo and Huahai realized that Exalted Emperor was challenging for the Clash Lane Overlord title, and Shiyue received notice that he would face him.
• Huahai warned Shiyue to treat Exalted Emperor like Xuanran, estimating that his clash-lane skill was at champion-player level.
• Shiyue chose Mulan, his favorite clash-lane hero from before he went pro.
• At the RW Xia training base, Yaodao speculated that clash lane was Exalted Emperor’s true main role, while Fly wondered if he planned to challenge him later.
• Fly and Yaodao saw Shiyue lock in Mulan, and Fly reacted with shock to Exalted Emperor’s hero choice.

Su Hang chose Mulan for his clash-lane challenge against eStar’s Shiyue, turning the matchup into a mirror duel. After both players farmed until level four, Su Hang silenced Shiyue with a lightning-fast combo and claimed First Blood.

• At the Chengdu AG Super Play Club training base, Xuanran and the others watched as Shiyue picked Mulan and Su Hang locked in Mulan too.
• Su Hang told his livestream audience that his Mulan was better than Fly’s, then entered the game against Shiyue.
• Both players cleared the opening minion waves cautiously, and Jierui explained that Mulan had little room to fight before level four.
• When the level-four wave arrived, Su Hang flashed in and used an advanced Mulan combo to kill Shiyue before he could respond.
• The game announced First Blood, and Jierui sent Su Hang an expensive gift while asking if he had just performed Thirteen Slashes in two seconds.

Su Hang used his speed and a risky tower dive to bait Shiyue into a fight, then won the duel with a near-impossible Mulan combo. He left Shiyue defeated at one percent health while the stream erupted in confusion and excitement.

• Su Hang explained that his thirteen-strike combo took about 1.5 seconds, astonishing the viewers and leading them to declare him favored against Shiyue.
• Su Hang decided to end the match quickly because Wuyue Plaza would close soon and he wanted to buy discounted sugar-free cola.
• Su Hang dove Shiyue's tower, cleared the minions, and deliberately tanked tower shots until his health was critical before retreating.
• Shiyue took the bait and charged out from under the tower, but Su Hang silenced him with a faster combo and switched to heavy-sword form.
• Shiyue escaped the crowd control with resistance boots and nearly killed Su Hang, but Su Hang reversed his heavy-sword second skill's push and killed Shiyue with only one percent health remaining.

Su Hang defeated Shiyue in a six-minute Mulan duel, secured a challenger spot, and stunned professional players with his mastery of Mulan’s Twin Walk. At the RW Xia training base, Fly admitted Su Hang was better at clash-lane duels and said his play reminded him of the captain of Imperial Crown.

• Jierui and Chaomeng explained that Su Hang had performed Mulan’s difficult Twin Walk, and Su Hang said he could execute it in ninety-eight of a hundred matches.
• Su Hang killed Shiyue under the tower, took the first tower, won the duel three kills to zero in exactly six minutes, and secured a challenger spot.
• At the eStar training base, Shiyue wondered why Su Hang had beaten him so thoroughly, while Huahai called Su Hang a gaming monster and planned to approach him through his girl account.
• At the RW Xia training base, Fly said Su Hang was better than him in clash-lane duels and explained that Su Hang’s Mulan reminded him of the captain of Imperial Crown.

At AG’s training base, the team reacted to Exalted Emperor crushing Shiyue and feared he could threaten their Overlord titles. Yinuo approved Pei Qian’s plan to isolate Exalted Emperor’s team and field AG’s strongest lineup at the offline competition.

• Xuanran, Zhongyi, and Yinuo concluded that Exalted Emperor’s clash-lane skill and hand speed made him a formidable threat after he defeated Shiyue.
• Zhongyi said he was confident he could win the Jungle Overlord title, but worried about AG’s 5v5 match if Exalted Emperor beat Xuanran in their one-on-one.
• Yinuo called for Pei Qian, who proposed using AG’s influence to keep top players from joining Exalted Emperor’s team and sending all five AG starters into the 5v5 match.
• Xuanran, Zhongyi, Yinuo, and Pei Qian bickered about their education levels before Yinuo told Pei Qian to prepare the plan.

Su Hang tested whether his system missions applied to his old account, then claimed 96 badges from it before returning to the Exalted Emperor account. Preparing for the Overlord Feast tournament, he recruited Huahai as jungler and asked his old team to fill the remaining positions while warning them about returning rivals.

• Su Hang received 355 available talent points and a mission to create a team and recruit at least four members within 120 days.
• Su Hang logged into his old account, confirmed that the system mission was tied to the Exalted Emperor account, and claimed 96 badges, a personal record.
• Huahai offered to join Su Hang's Overlord Feast team as jungler to repay a favor, and Su Hang accepted.
• Su Hang planned the lineup with Liuli at roamer, Huahai at jungler, and himself at clash lane, leaving mid lane and farm lane open.
• Su Hang asked his old team's administrators to find available players for the tournament and send participants red envelopes.
• Su Hang warned the administrators that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord had returned to their QQ server and might be seeking revenge.

Yun Shu learned that the Imperial Crown Team’s captain was recruiting teammates for Exalted Emperor at the Overlord Feast and hoped to help him, but the team chose Yuejing for the mid lane. She feared Yuejing would use the opportunity to win the captain’s favor, leaving her furious and jealous.

• Yun Shu uploaded a fitness video and saw that her flight from Xuancheng to Chengdu for the Overlord Feast had been booked.
• Yun Shu recalled that Coach Su had blocked her on WeChat after she discovered he was Exalted Emperor.
• Yun Shu opened the Imperial Crown Team’s QQ group and saw that the captain had asked Jueying, Yujingzi, and Wangsun to find teammates for Exalted Emperor.
• Yun Shu read that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord were also mentioned, then watched the admins discuss who would help Exalted Emperor.
• Mao Rabbit · Yuejing volunteered to play mid lane, and the admins unanimously approved him.
• Yun Shu realized Yuejing might use the chance to gain the captain’s favor and angrily threatened him.

At the Xu Fu Festival in Kyoto, Yugong Liuli shortened the kagura dance so she could help Exalted Emperor pursue the Clash Lane Overlord title. Meanwhile, the tenth Overlord Feast began in Chengdu, where the defending Overlords took their seats as the first challenger was about to be announced.

• At Yugong Shrine, Yugong Nishang asked Yugong Liuli to perform the shortened kagura dance, and she agreed so she could help Exalted Emperor.
• Yugong Liuli thought about her Senior and hoped to be matched with him again this season.
• In Chengdu, fans watched a retrospective of past Honor of Kings Overlords as the Overlord Feast crowd filled the stadium.
• Tianyun welcomed the audience and introduced defending Overlords Xuanran, Xiaopang, Changsheng, Yinuo, and Dashuai.
• Tianyun announced that the challengers had drawn their order and began introducing the first challenger.

Gu Shi faced Yinuo in the Farm Lane Overlord one-on-one, determined to prove that top streamers could challenge professional players. As their Lady Sun match began, Su Hang met Huahai in the audience, and Huahai asked him to predict the winner.

• Tianyun introduced Gu Shi, and Monkey Media streamers cheered him on as he took his place opposite Yinuo.
• Yinuo mocked Gu Shi and claimed streamers were far inferior to professional players, leaving Gu Shi humiliated but resolved to beat him.
• Tianyun drew Lady Sun for the match, and both Gu Shi and Yinuo locked in the hero at the referee's command.
• Huahai recognized Su Hang as Exalted Emperor, greeted him, and asked who he thought would win the Gu Shi–Yinuo matchup.

Su Hang prepared for his one-on-one match against Xuanran and revealed that he knew immortal techniques for other clash lane heroes besides Mulan. After Yinuo defeated Gu Shi to defend his Farm Lane Overlord title, the great streamers urged Su Hang to win for their circle, and he agreed.

• Su Hang told Huahai that Yinuo was far stronger than Gu Shi in a one-on-one match and said he was not worried about facing Xuanran.
• Huahai warned Su Hang that the host would choose their heroes by lot, but Su Hang said he knew immortal techniques for other clash lane heroes too.
• Yinuo defeated Gu Shi, retained the Farm Lane Overlord title, and became the first player to defend an Overlord title at this year's Overlord Feast.
• Sang Jie and the other great streamers lamented Gu Shi and Zongshi's losses, while Zongshi declared Su Hang their last hope.
• Zongshi and the great streamers asked Su Hang to beat the professional players, and Su Hang thanked them and promised to handle it.

Su Hang, competing as Exalted Emperor, clashed verbally with KPL pro Xuanran before their Charlotte mirror match began. As the duel started, Yun Shu assured Huahai that Su Hang would win because the Imperial Crown Team captain held him in high regard.

• Su Hang took his seat onstage, ignored host Tianyun's charm, and traded barbs with Xuanran over their experience playing Honor of Kings.
• Xuanran grew furious at Su Hang's taunts, but Yinuo warned him not to fall for the provocation.
• When Charlotte was revealed for the mirror match, Xuanran boasted about being the KPL's top Charlotte while Su Hang quietly prepared his account.
• Xuanran and Su Hang entered the match room, selected Charlotte with different skins, and began their one-on-one duel.
• In the spectator seats, Yun Shu told Huahai that Su Hang would win because the Captain of the Imperial Crown Team valued him, leaving Huahai shocked.

At a major level and gold disadvantage, Exalted Emperor fought Xuanran’s Charlotte and retreated beneath his tower, while professional players speculated that his Flash might enable Charlotte’s legendary Fourteen Light Slashes combo. Xuanran held back from diving the tower, but Exalted Emperor suddenly called out a Swift Light Triangle Sword as Xuanran turned away.

• Xuanran used Weaken to reach level four first and freeze the minion wave, leaving Exalted Emperor behind in level and gold.
• Fly told Yaodao that Flash might let Exalted Emperor perform Charlotte’s Fourteen Light Slashes, a combo proposed by the Captain of the Imperial Crown but never demonstrated in a match.
• By six minutes, Xuanran had reached level ten and built a substantial lead over Exalted Emperor, who was level eight and behind in equipment.
• Xuanran activated Weaken and fought Exalted Emperor, reducing his health to a sliver while losing about half his own.
• Exalted Emperor retreated beneath his tower and recovered some health from minions, while Xuanran chose not to dive after him.
• As Xuanran turned to leave, Exalted Emperor called out, “Swift Light Triangle Sword!”

Su Hang’s Exalted Emperor defeated Xuanran with Charlotte’s Fourteen Light Slashes, then rejected Xuanran’s expectation of humiliation. At the venue, Yun Shu confronted Su Hang about blocking her, and he explained that he had ended their contact after her training course because her feelings for him had been distorted by the method.

• Su Hang’s Exalted Emperor used a minion wave and a flash-auto sequence to chain two Seven-Star Light Sword skills and kill Xuanran’s Charlotte, winning the duel by first blood.
• Spectators recognized the move as Charlotte’s immortal technique, Fourteen Light Slashes, while Xuanran admitted he had failed to perform it in private practice.
• Su Hang refused to mock Xuanran and told him the strong should help the weak, leaving Xuanran stunned before Yinuo reassured him about the upcoming team match.
• Huahai praised Su Hang, who was surprised to find Yun Shu in the streamers’ viewing seats.
• Su Hang ordered Yun Shu to turn around, then asked her to be honest about why she had approached him.
• Yun Shu asked why Su Hang had blocked her on WeChat, and Su Hang said he had told her they would delete each other’s contact information after her fitness course ended.

Yun Shu added Su Hang on WeChat while hoping he could introduce her to the captain of her Imperial Crown Team, and the one-on-one challenges concluded with Su Hang and Zhongyi advancing. As Zhongyi prepared to face the Wolves in the final team match, Su Hang assembled his own team and worried that Liuli would not show up.

• Yun Shu insisted on adding Su Hang on WeChat so she could introduce him to her fitness-minded friends and possibly meet her team captain through him.
• Su Hang told Huahai and Yun Shu that he had never been in a relationship and preferred a pretty, good-tempered girl with sound values, making Yun Shu excitedly believe she fit his captain's preferences.
• Zhongyi defeated defending Jungle Overlord Xiaopang, while challenges in the other lanes failed, and Su Hang drew the order for the final team matches.
• AG and the Wolves fielded their all-star starting lineups for Zhongyi and Xiaopang's Bo1 team match as Tianyun announced the rules and began the match.
• Su Hang told Huahai that their roamer would be comparable to a KPL pro, while the mid laner and farm laner were uncertain, and Huahai offered to call eStar players instead.
• Su Hang checked his friends list and saw that both Yugong and Liuli were offline, leaving him worried that Liuli would stand him up.

At Yugong Shrine, Yugong Liuli finished the sacred sake ritual and logged into Honor of Kings to watch Exalted Emperor compete for the Overlord title. Meanwhile, Yugong Nishang prepared to join the same match, revealing that he was Yuejing, a top-ranked player obsessed with winning over the Captain of the Imperial Crown.

• Yugong Liuli performed the shrine dance with Yugong Nishang, then watched him leave and checked whether she could make it to the Overlord Feast.
• Yugong Liuli learned that Exalted Emperor had reached the final team match with a retired KPL jungler and two randomly recruited teammates.
• Yugong Nishang stayed outside the shrine to play Honor of Kings and ordered his driver to summon a Kabukicho host within twenty minutes.
• Yugong Nishang checked his profile and saw that the Captain of the Imperial Crown still had not accepted his lovers request, despite their one-sided intimacy reaching ninety million points.
• Noon Horse · Jueying tagged Yuejing in the Imperial Crown Team group and told him to prepare for Exalted Emperor's match, and Yugong Nishang replied enthusiastically.

AG crushed Wolves in a one-sided match, with Zhongyi claiming the Jungle Overlord title and AG becoming the first all-Overlord team in KPL history. As Exalted Emperor walked onto the stage, Fly and Yaodao concluded that only the Captain of the Imperial Crown could defeat AG and completed the title of glory as “One Emperor, Three Emperors, Five Kings, and Seven Overlords.”

• AG took Wolves’ high-ground towers, secured the Dark Tyrant and Shadow Overlord, and defeated Wolves in a one-for-five fight before destroying their crystal at nineteen minutes.
• Zhongyi celebrated winning the Jungle Overlord title, while Xiaopang left the stage in tears after losing it.
• Fly comforted Xiaopang, and Yaodao encouraged him to train and try to win the title back next year.
• Fly told Yaodao that AG’s all-Overlord lineup had ended the Big Three’s era and would be difficult for any team to challenge.
• Yaodao suggested that he and Fly help Exalted Emperor, but Fly said only the Captain of the Imperial Crown could defeat AG.
• As Exalted Emperor walked onto the stage, Fly and Yaodao added the Captain of the Imperial Crown to the collective title of glory.