Chapter Summaries

Su Hang’s team faced Yujingzi, the Imperial Crown’s powerful vice captain, in a ranked match, while Fly reassured his viewers that Yujingzi’s Baili Xuance lacked his signature techniques. The game began with Su Hang’s Ma Chao killing Lady Sun for first blood, and Fly’s Guan Yu soon defeated Sun Ce.

• Fly explained Yujingzi’s standing on the Imperial Crown team and said his Baili Xuance pick left him without his usual immortal techniques.
• Su Hang recognized Yujingzi as an opponent he had last faced three years earlier and looked forward to testing his skill again.
• Fly arranged with Su Hang to split the mid-lane waves, while Shi agreed to make do with a support gem.
• Su Hang and Dun dived Lady Sun beneath the tower, and Su Hang’s Ma Chao killed him for first blood thirty seconds into the match.
• Fly’s Guan Yu, aided by Shi, defeated Sun Ce in the top lane.

Fly and Su Hang turned their rivalry into a contest to see who could kill Yujingzi’s Xuance first. They repeatedly hunted him across the map until his record reached 3/18/0 by the late game.

• Fly challenged Su Hang to compete over who could kill Yujingzi first, and Su Hang agreed.
• Su Hang’s Ma Chao and Fly’s Guan Yu coordinated a mid-lane ambush and killed Yujingzi under his tower.
• Fly and Su Hang repeatedly pursued Yujingzi in the enemy jungle, sometimes disputing whether a kill counted.
• The two continued hunting Yujingzi across the map, eventually trapping and killing him near the crystal base.
• By fifteen minutes, Yujingzi’s Xuance had a 3/18/0 record, and the other players urged the teams to surrender.
• Yujingzi finally spoke after being targeted throughout the match.

Su Hang and Fly spent a sixty-minute ranked match competing to kill Yujingzi, leaving Yujingzi with a 3/50/0 record before their team won. Su Hang narrowly beat Fly in their contest, accepted his friend request, and then noticed Yujingzi's record.

• Yujingzi refused to surrender as Su Hang and Fly repeatedly hunted his Baili Xuance, while the match dragged on and both teams' high-ground towers fell.
• Yujingzi's deaths rose to 3/50/0 as super minions devastated both teams and his teammates struggled to defend their lanes.
• At the fifty-nine-minute mark, super minions destroyed Yujingzi's crystal and ended the match after an hour.
• Su Hang compared the results and saw his Ma Chao had narrowly beaten Fly's Guan Yu, scoring 30/0/35 against Fly's 28/2/32.
• Fly sent Su Hang a friend request, Su Hang accepted it, and he paused his livestream to get a drink before freezing when he noticed Yujingzi's record.

After crushing Yujingzi in a ranked match with Fly, Su Hang apologized and sent him 10,000 yuan, then considered Yujingzi’s invitation to the Imperial Crown’s tenth-anniversary gathering. The team’s nine core members convened over the viral 3/55 defeat, and Jueying declared it a provocation and a declaration of war against Imperial Crown.

• Su Hang listened to Yujingzi’s recalled voice message, realized he had been crying over the match, and sent him an apology and a 10,000-yuan red envelope.
• Yujingzi told Su Hang he did not blame him, asked whether Fly was a friend or an enemy, and invited him to Imperial Crown’s tenth-anniversary offline gathering.
• Su Hang told Yujingzi that Fly could be called a friend and considered whether to attend the gathering.
• A video of Yujingzi’s 3/55 defeat became a major Douyin gaming trend, with viewers condemning Su Hang and Fly and awaiting Imperial Crown’s response.
• Yugong Nishang joined a call with Imperial Crown’s nine core members to discuss the match, and Jueying called the defeat a provocation and declaration of war against the team.

Imperial Crown's core members decided to protect Exalted Emperor because they believed the captain was grooming him as a future opponent, and they agreed that Wangsun would protest Fly's actions. Yujingzi revealed that the captain would attend the team's tenth anniversary gathering, and the group voted to notify Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord.

• Yujingzi said the captain regarded Exalted Emperor as a possible friend, and Yugong Nishang convinced the group that the captain was raising him to become a worthy opponent.
• Imperial Crown's members agreed to protect Exalted Emperor and have Wangsun lodge a formal protest against Fly with Jinan RW Xia and the KPL League.
• Yujingzi announced that the captain would attend Imperial Crown's tenth anniversary gathering, and all nine core members committed to attending in person.
• Yujingzi explained that the captain had kept titles vacant for Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord, so the group voted on whether to invite them.
• The vote passed five to four in favor of notifying Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord, while Yugong Nishang fantasized about meeting the captain.

The Imperial Crown Team demanded Fly apologize for targeting Yujingzi, while sparing Exalted Emperor, and Fly was benched and suspended. As Xiaopang urged him to return to the Wolves, Daozai announced that Mountain Lord had arrived and asked to see Fly.

• The Imperial Crown Team threatened consequences unless Fly posted a public apology, but said it would not hold Exalted Emperor accountable.
• RW Xia removed Fly from its starting clash lane position, and the KPL League suspended him.
• Xiaopang told Fly that he needed a powerful team’s backing and urged him to return to the Wolves.
• Daozai rushed into the training room and told Fly that Mountain Lord, captain of Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest, had come to see him.

Fly met Mountain Lord expecting a legendary adult player, only to discover he was a childlike man named Hu Baobao. After Fly verified his identity, Mountain Lord invited him to join the Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest Team.

• Wolves players and coaches gathered outside Mountain Lord’s VIP lounge, and Xiaopang and Daozai escorted Fly to the door.
• Fly entered the brightly lit lounge and found a little boy in a tiger-head hat eating candied hawthorn, who claimed to be Mountain Lord.
• Mountain Lord showed Fly his King of Glory account and ID card, confirming that he was 28 and was the real Mountain Lord.
• Mountain Lord recalled the details of his old solo match against Fly, dispelling Fly’s remaining doubts.
• Mountain Lord invited Fly to join the Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest Team, leaving Fly stunned.

Mountain Lord recruited Fly to lead Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest and help a coalition of teams defeat Imperial Crown, while Fly eagerly accepted the chance to see Imperial Emperor fall. At home, Jiang Sui asked Su Hang to make her Sovereign Dominion’s vice captain, then revealed that she had an Overlord qualification.

• Mountain Lord offered Fly short-term and permanent contracts and asked him to lead Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest to beat Imperial Crown.
• Mountain Lord told Fly that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, the Wolves, AG, and eStar would support the campaign against Imperial Crown.
• Fly accepted the short-term contract on the condition that Imperial Crown’s captain be allowed to leave with dignity, then privately admitted he was excited to see Imperial Emperor brought down.
• Jiang Sui told Su Hang that she had screened more than 500 applicants for Sovereign Dominion and asked him to make her vice captain.
• Su Hang told Jiang Sui to reach Mighty King and said vice captains needed Overlord-level skills or the Overlord title.
• Jiang Sui lowered her head and asked Su Hang when he had found out, implying she was an Overlord.

Jiang Sui pretended to be the Whale Overlord, but Su Hang exposed her and explained how an Overlord player could earn Sovereign Dominion’s vice-captain position. When the Grinding Overlord Tai Sui applied, Su Hang searched his account and was shocked by what he found.

• Jiang Sui claimed she was the Whale Overlord, but Su Hang showed her Liuli’s place as Sovereign Dominion’s vice-captain and called out her bluff.
• Su Hang told Jiang Sui that Sovereign Dominion’s vice-captain applicants had to face him in a one-on-one match, with a possible salary of one hundred thousand a month for a winner.
• Jiang Sui received a message from Tai Sui, who applied to become Sovereign Dominion’s vice-captain.
• Jiang Sui explained that Tai Sui was one of the Seven Great Overlords recognized by players, alongside Liuli, without competing in the Overlord Feast.
• Su Hang searched Tai Sui’s Honor of Kings account and was shocked by its data.

Su Hang investigated Tai Sui’s account and found a player with nearly 40,000 games who had never climbed above Diamond, then recruited him to test for Sovereign Dominion’s vice-captain position. Their mirror match began with Shangguan Wan’er, and Su Hang froze when he saw Tai Sui’s first purchase.

• Su Hang examined Tai Sui’s stats and wondered why he had remained in Diamond despite playing for ten years.
• Su Hang sent Tai Sui a friend request, and Jiang Sui left to use the bathroom shortly before Tai Sui accepted it.
• Tai Sui repeatedly praised Jiang Sui and pressed Su Hang to give her a raise and a leadership position.
• Su Hang told Tai Sui he would need to pass a personal assessment to become vice-captain and proposed a mirror one-on-one match.
• Tai Sui chose Shangguan Wan’er, and Su Hang started the match before freezing at the first item Tai Sui bought.

Su Hang faced Tai Sui in a Wan'er mirror match for the Grinding Overlord assessment, but Tai Sui's clumsy early play and wrong build made Su Hang suspect a trap. After Tai Sui predicted Su Hang's ambush and forced him to use Flash, Su Hang recognized his opponent's skill and prepared to fight seriously.

• Tai Sui bought an Iron Sword by mistake and declined Su Hang's offer to restart the match.
• Tai Sui missed minion last-hits and played awkwardly, leading Su Hang to suspect he was hiding his abilities.
• Su Hang reached level four first, then ambushed in a river brush while Tai Sui remained under his tower.
• Tai Sui paused the game to fix his connection, and Su Hang's younger sister Jiang Sui briefly spoke with him.
• After the pause, Tai Sui predicted Su Hang's hiding place and forced him to use Flash before retreating under his tower.
• Su Hang concluded Tai Sui's game sense rivaled that of a King-Titled Player and vowed to compete for first blood.

Su Hang struggled to ambush Tai Sui’s Wan’er, whose uncanny ability to find his hiding spots seemed connected to repeated lag pauses. After trusting his intuition and abandoning his usual bush, Su Hang watched Tai Sui emerge and cast his second skill toward him.

• Su Hang gained an economy lead and completed Echoing Staff, but Tai Sui retreated beneath his tower and avoided a direct fight.
• Su Hang hid in a bush, but after a connection pause, Tai Sui approached it and canceled his ultimate after two glides, leaving Su Hang impressed and suspicious.
• Su Hang and Tai Sui cleared the wave, while Su Hang grew impatient that the match had lasted nearly six minutes without a kill.
• Tai Sui apologized for another lag spike, and Su Hang told him to switch connections as Jiang Sui repeatedly complained of stomach pain and ran to the bathroom.
• After the game resumed, Su Hang trusted his intuition, left the isolated bush, and moved to the right-side bush.
• Tai Sui emerged from under the tower, changed direction, and threw out his second skill, stunning Su Hang.

Su Hang concluded that Tai Sui was a novice who had been cheating with Jiang Sui’s help, but Tai Sui then performed Wan’er’s flight combo with precision, making Su Hang suspect something uncanny was happening. After killing Tai Sui again with an advanced combo, Su Hang prepared to test his theory.

• Su Hang suspected Jiang Sui had been peeking at his screen and feeding information to Tai Sui, so he decided Tai Sui could not become vice captain.
• Su Hang killed Tai Sui’s Wan’er with a basic flight combo and concluded that Tai Sui was genuinely bad at the hero.
• After respawning, Tai Sui unexpectedly completed all five dashes and flew, matching Su Hang’s movements closely enough to alarm him.
• Su Hang killed Tai Sui with Wan’er’s Z-Shaped Flight, then opened the economy panel to test his suspicion.

Su Hang discovered that Grinding Overlord possessed the extraordinarily rare Replication Talent after seeing him perfectly copy Wan'er's hardest techniques. He prepared to test whether Grinding Overlord could replicate an immortal technique combo, leaving the duel assessment on the verge of its final challenge.

• Tai Sui's Wan'er copied Su Hang's Z-shaped flight, but Su Hang avoided the attack with Moon.
• Su Hang performed Wan'er's King of Hell's Tap Braking, and Tai Sui's Wan'er replicated it flawlessly.
• Su Hang realized Grinding Overlord had the Replication Talent and reasoned that his Diamond-level ability came from the first player he had copied.
• Su Hang recalled that Silver Dragon had copied him at his peak ten years earlier and made that level his own true skill.
• Su Hang prepared to test whether Grinding Overlord could replicate Wan'er's Immortal Technique Combo.

Su Hang tested Tai Sui’s copying talent by demonstrating Wan’er’s Yama’s Nine Slays, then recruited him into Sovereign Dominion as its team manager and second core member. After the duel, Su Hang turned his attention to dealing with someone at home.

• Su Hang deliberately triggered Wan’er’s Resurrection Armor and performed nine dashes, then challenged Tai Sui to copy the technique.
• Tai Sui failed to reset his ultimate’s dash count after reviving, and Su Hang won the duel with his third kill and the destruction of Tai Sui’s tower.
• Su Hang told Tai Sui that he had not qualified for vice-captain but offered him Sovereign Dominion’s team manager position instead.
• Tai Sui accepted the manager role and a core-member slot under the nickname Metal Sovereign, with a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan.
• Su Hang accepted Tai Sui’s team application, appointed him manager, and left to deal with the little padded jacket at home.

Jiang Sui celebrated becoming Sovereign Dominion’s team leader and recalled her long-standing wish to help Su Hang defeat Imperial Emperor and claim the genuine Imperial Ring. Su Hang entered her room and confronted her about a secret, leaving Jiang Sui stunned when his next words interrupted her attempt to confess.

• Jiang Sui celebrated her new role as Sovereign Dominion’s team leader, Golden Lord Tai Sui, and her monthly salary of 10,000 yuan.
• Jiang Sui recalled how she had remained stuck in Diamond for ten years and earned the nickname Grinding Overlord.
• Jiang Sui remembered seeing Su Hang wear a cheap imitation of the Imperial Ring and resolved to help him win the real ring by defeating Imperial Emperor.
• Su Hang entered Jiang Sui’s room, searched around, and accused her of lying to him.
• Jiang Sui realized Su Hang had discovered she was the Grinding Overlord and tried to explain, but his next words left her dumbfounded.

Su Hang confronted Jiang Sui over secretly warning the Grinding Overlord and discovered she had hidden more than 300,000 yuan in cash. After he confiscated it, Huyan Ya offered to give Jiang Sui more money and said she and her sister would visit soon with a mysterious gift for Su Hang.

• Su Hang accused Jiang Sui of sneaking a look at his screen and warning the Grinding Overlord, and she apologized.
• Su Hang checked Jiang Sui’s bank account, saw only 300 yuan, and then discovered three bundles of cash hidden in a mini fridge.
• Jiang Sui said she had saved the money for three years to buy Su Hang an Emperor Hero suit of armor, and Su Hang took the money after asking whether it came from anything illegal.
• Huyan Ya called Jiang Sui, offered to transfer her 100,000 yuan and bring another 200,000, and promised to be her personal ATM.
• Huyan Ya told Jiang Sui that she and her sister would visit in a few days and that her sister had a mysterious big gift for Su Hang.

News that Silver Dragon, Mountain Lord, and Phoenix had bought stakes in the KPL Big Three led netizens to conclude that the Champion Emperors were preparing to challenge Imperial Emperor and Imperial Crown for the Imperial Ring. At Jiangcheng No. 1 High School, Lin Ying led the college entrance exam oath and reflected on how far Su Hang's reputation outshone his own.

• Silver Dragon, Mountain Lord, and Phoenix bought stakes in AG Super Play, Wolves, and eStar, while Mountain Lord recruited Fly to lead his team.
• Netizens connected the three Champion Emperors' investments to Imperial Crown's Ten-Year Agreement and the chance to win the Imperial Ring by defeating Imperial Emperor or Imperial Crown.
• Netizens speculated that the Champion Emperors were joining forces with KPL teams to challenge Imperial Crown, and wondered how its leaders would respond.
• Lin Ying led the senior students at Jiangcheng No. 1 High School in their college entrance exam oath.
• Lin Ying saw his photo atop the class of 2023 outstanding-student board and compared it with Su Hang's lone, prominent display on the class of 2022 board.

Lin Ying proposed livestreaming Imperial Crown’s annual civil war to answer Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord’s show of force. He then suggested inviting Captain Imperial Emperor, leaving the group silent as members worried the aging captain might lose and damage his prestige.

• Lin Ying recalled how a boy who dropped his phone introduced him to Honor of Kings and changed his life.
• Shen Monkey told Imperial Crown’s core members that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord had bought into KPL teams and recruited top players.
• Lin Ying proposed livestreaming Imperial Crown’s annual civil war, and Yujingzi and the others agreed.
• Lin Ying suggested inviting Captain Imperial Emperor to compete, but the group fell silent because he had not played in the civil war since 2015.
• Lin Ying regretted his suggestion as he worried that a loss could damage Imperial Emperor’s reputation.

Imperial Crown's core members unanimously decided to invite Su Hang to an internal match at Jixia Academy, and he agreed to join them in the game. Meanwhile, AG Zhongyi tried to show off his Overlord title in the academy square but went unrecognized until a player with a startling ID approached him.

• Lin Ying started a poll, and Imperial Crown's members unanimously voted to invite Su Hang to their internal match.
• Jueying privately invited Su Hang to meet the core members at Jixia Academy, and Su Hang downloaded the mode and entered.
• Zhongyi entered Jixia Academy Square during his livestream, expecting players to recognize his Jungle Overlord title.
• Zhongyi tried to draw attention to himself in the square, but players ignored him and mocked his chat message.
• A male Luminous marksman carrying a crossbow approached Zhongyi, and Zhongyi froze when he saw the player's ID.