Chapter Summaries

Zhongyi watched as all nine members of Imperial Crown gathered in Jixia Academy, drawing a massive crowd of fans and leaving him ignored. Just as the square filled to capacity, [Imperial Emperor] arrived.

• Zhongyi’s hopes that a player recognized him were dashed when the player only asked for directions, so he decided to leave Jixia Academy and play ranked matches.
• Yuejing appeared in the square, and Zhongyi recognized him as Imperial Crown’s mid-lane Uncrowned King as fans rushed to greet him.
• Wangsun arrived, followed by vice-captains Jueying, Yujingzi, and Huranlang, drawing a growing crowd.
• Shejun, Hanlu, Ganglie, and Babaili appeared, completing Imperial Crown’s nine core members and attracting thousands of players to the square.
• As the square’s population reached its 9999+ limit, [Imperial Emperor] entered Jixia Academy.

Su Hang encountered Zhongyi in Jixia Academy and was recognized as Imperial Emperor, drawing a huge crowd of Honor of Kings players. He met Imperial Crown’s nine members, who asked him to join their team match the following night.

• Su Hang entered the crowded Jixia Academy plaza and spotted Zhongyi from AG.
• Zhongyi recognized Su Hang as Imperial Emperor, checked his profile, and asked to take a photo with him.
• After Zhongyi’s discovery spread through the plaza, thousands of players rushed to welcome Imperial Emperor.
• Imperial Emperor joined Imperial Crown’s nine members, and Yuejing asked the crowd to stay quiet while announcing a skin giveaway.
• Jueying asked Imperial Emperor to take part in Imperial Crown’s team match the following night.

Su Hang agreed to join the Imperial Crown’s tenth civil war after Jueying publicly challenged him, bringing back memories of the first civil war and his former teammates. The challenge lineup grew formidable as three vice captains and team leader Wangsun joined Jueying’s side against him.

• Zhongyi realized the Imperial Crown’s civil war might be fought publicly and recalled how Imperial Emperor had defeated Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord in the first one.
• Su Hang received Jueying’s invitation, reflected on his estrangement from the former vice captains, and recognized the public challenge as a trap aimed at his pride.
• Su Hang accepted the civil war, and Jueying proposed a best-of-three format with each of them leading a team.
• Yujingzi and Huranlang joined Jueying’s side to challenge Su Hang, prompting players to compare the matchup to the first civil war.
• Wangsun also joined Jueying’s side, leaving Su Hang to face a lineup of three Uncrowned Emperors and the strongest Uncrowned King.

Yuejing joined Jueying’s side, creating a formidable challenger lineup for Imperial Crown’s civil war against Su Hang’s team. Su Hang accepted the stakes of the match—the Imperial Crown captaincy—and the coming showdown became a major online event, ending with Imperial Crown revealing three surprising commentators.

• Yuejing joined Jueying and the other challengers, completing a lineup that drew astonished reactions from the plaza crowd.
• Su Hang assessed the challengers’ strength and declared that he had grown far stronger over the past ten years.
• Baili, Shejun, Hanlu, and Ganglie argued over their chances before Jueying asked Su Hang whether the teams were acceptable.
• Su Hang agreed to the team division and named the Imperial Crown captaincy as the winner’s reward.
• Imperial Crown announced that the civil war would be streamed, and Imperial Emperor led the online prediction vote despite being the underdog.
• Imperial Crown revealed three special commentators, stunning netizens with their names.

Menglei, Fly, and Huahai sent representatives to commentate Imperial Crown’s livestreamed internal match, drawing attention to its feud with Imperial Emperor. Huyan Lan revealed that Imperial Emperor had betrayed her and two partners, and planned to resume her life-and-death fights with Su Hang in two days.

• Netizens explained that Menglei, Fly, and Huahai had sent representatives to watch Imperial Crown’s internal match and assess Imperial Emperor, their longtime enemy.
• Huyan Ya asked Huyan Lan about marriage, and Huyan Lan clarified that she and Su Hang were not dating.
• Huyan Lan told Huyan Ya that two men had hurt her, including Imperial Emperor, who had betrayed her and two other partners.
• Huyan Ya changed the subject to Huyan Lan’s gift for Su Hang, an official Imperial Emperor Armor suit intended for his upcoming birthday.
• Huyan Lan revealed that she planned to resume her life-and-death-agreement fights with Su Hang in the mountains the day after tomorrow.

At the Chongqing Wolves base, Fly left for Chengdu to commentate Imperial Crown’s internal match despite his teammates’ fears. Xiaopang revealed that Fly had once struggled with mental health problems, then claimed his condition was split personality disorder.

• At Chengdu AG, Zhongyi showed off his in-game photo with Imperial Emperor, and Menglei revealed that Imperial Emperor had invited him to join Imperial Crown nine years earlier.
• Menglei confirmed he would commentate Imperial Crown’s internal match and left the AG players stunned with his old screenshot.
• At Wuhan eStar, Huahai exaggerated his invitation to commentate the match while Wanmo listened in disbelief.
• Xiaopang and Daozai worried that Imperial Crown might target Fly, but Fly reassured them and boarded a taxi for Chengdu.
• Fly pretended to be sick to send Xiaopang back for medicine, then left without him.
• Xiaopang told Daozai that Fly had once needed medication for mental health problems and identified his condition as split personality disorder.

At the tenth Imperial Crown Civil War Day livestream, commentators Menglei, Fly, and Huahai discussed predictions for the Captain’s first match, with streamers favoring him and KPL professionals backing the Vice Captain. Fly suddenly left the studio and logged into Honor of Kings, thinking the Captain and the others must be waiting.

• Menglei, Fly, and Huahai went live as the audience count rapidly passed two million, and Fly revealed that his friend Chou Ox · Babaili was an Imperial Crown core member.
• The commentators introduced the tenth Imperial Crown Civil War Day and read predictions: 189 streamers favored Imperial Emperor, while all 189 KPL players predicted a loss to Jueying and the others.
• Menglei said he personally favored Imperial Emperor but expected Jueying’s side to win, while Huahai deferred judgment until the BP phase.
• Fly predicted a complete victory for Jueying’s side, then showed signs of distress and left the studio for the restroom.
• After splashing cold water on his face, Fly’s pain vanished, and he logged into Honor of Kings, thinking the Captain and the others were waiting.

Su Hang’s team gathered for an Imperial Crown intra-team match, settled their roles, and heard that he planned to use a powerful new lineup system. The chapter ended as Su Hang began naming it: “Dolia plus...”

• The team members complained that Chou Ox was late, but Su Hang asked them to wait until Chou Ox joined.
• Chou Ox arrived and apologized, and Su Hang assigned Hanlu to mid, Shejun to farm lane, and Ganglie to roam.
• Ganglie and Chou Ox argued over clash lane, but both accepted Su Hang’s orders when Shejun reminded them of the team’s principles.
• Chou Ox asked to play jungle because his real-life physical condition prevented him from playing clash lane, and Su Hang agreed to take clash lane himself.
• The team discussed several established lineup systems, but Su Hang rejected them and announced that he had developed a new one.
• Su Hang began revealing the lineup’s name, saying, “Dolia plus...”

Imperial Emperor and Jueying entered the Imperial Crown civil war match with no bans, and commentators praised Jueying’s coordinated lineup while struggling to explain Imperial Emperor’s picks. Imperial Emperor shocked the livestream by choosing the reworked Erlang, whom Huahai declared incompatible with Dolia and certain to lose.

• Menglei and Huahai explained that both teams left the ban phase empty as a tradition of confidence in Imperial Crown civil wars.
• Jueying completed a lineup of Guan Yu, Jing, Shen Mengxi, Lady Sun, and Taiyi Zhenren, which Huahai praised as a strong dual-core composition.
• Imperial Emperor picked Luminous, Mai Shiranui, Goya, and Dolia, prompting Huahai to call the lineup a conventional pickup-team composition.
• Viewers speculated about which clash-lane hero Imperial Emperor would pair with Dolia before the team locked in Erlang.
• Huahai criticized the reworked Erlang’s damage and claimed Dolia and Erlang formed no composition, declaring Imperial Emperor certain to lose.

Su Hang led Imperial Emperor into an unusual opening, sacrificing the blue-side jungle to secure first blood against Jueying’s Lady Sun. As Jing took the abandoned jungle resources, the commentators judged Imperial Emperor’s strategy a major loss, but Su Hang headed toward mid lane to respond.

• Su Hang predicted Jueying would invade the blue side and ordered Imperial Emperor to give it up while he, Dolia, and Goya prepared a level-one dive on Lady Sun.
• Su Hang’s Erlang and his teammates killed Lady Sun beneath the farm-lane tower at thirty-nine seconds, earning first blood.
• Jing began clearing Imperial Emperor’s blue-side jungle, while Su Hang set out toward mid lane and vowed to make her pay for the resources.
• Menglei and Huahai praised the first-blood play but concluded that losing the blue-side jungle made Imperial Emperor’s opening a strategic disaster.
• Menglei noticed Su Hang’s move toward mid lane, and Huahai looked up in surprise.

Imperial Emperor's level-three Erlang used minions to evade attacks, then switched to Boots of Resistance to activate Dharma Heaven and Earth and secure a double kill against Jing and Shen Mengxi. Huahai explained the trick to viewers and addressed his brother Exalted Emperor, urging him to keep pursuing his goal of becoming the strongest player.

• Imperial Emperor's Erlang ambushed Yujingzi's Jing in mid lane with Hanlu's Mai, then used a minion to dodge Shen Mengxi's and Taiyi Zhenren's attacks.
• Imperial Emperor's Erlang switched to Boots of Resistance at low health, activated Dharma Heaven and Earth, and joined Mai in killing Shen Mengxi after already defeating Jing.
• Huahai explained that Boots of Resistance granted Erlang enough passive stacks to unlock his ultimate form at level three.
• Huahai recalled his brother Exalted Emperor's ambitions and urged him on livestream to keep striving to become the strongest Honor of Kings player.

Su Hang’s team maintained an early lead, but Yujingzi picked off Hanlu’s Mai just before the dragons spawned. Despite being outnumbered, Su Hang led his team to contest Tyrant, and a fight broke out at the pit.

• Su Hang warned his team about Yujing’s level-four Jing and called out his movements toward the farm lane.
• Hanlu reluctantly gave up a mid wave to support the farm lane, but Yujingzi ambushed his Mai with Z-Shaped Jitter and killed her with Strangulation Technique.
• Su Hang rejected Chou Ox’s suggestion to trade Tyrant for Overlord and promised his team would win the Tyrant fight even four against five.
• Menglei and Huahai expected Imperial Emperor’s side to trade dragons, but all four remaining players headed for Tyrant instead.
• Huahai watched in shock as Imperial Emperor’s side started fighting for Tyrant while a player down.

Su Hang’s Erlang stole the Tyrant and survived the enemy team’s assault, earning a quadra kill with Dolia’s ultimate refresh. Imperial Emperor’s team gained a decisive lead, but the casters warned that Huranlang’s Guan Yu could still threaten them with a flank.

• Su Hang’s Erlang entered the Tyrant pit, stole the objective, and controlled several enemies with Dharma Heaven and Earth.
• Guan Yu flanked and killed Goya while Su Hang used Eye of the Source to heal and attacked Lady Sun, who Taiyi Zhenren revived.
• Su Hang killed Lady Sun and Shen Mengxi, then used Dolia’s refreshed ultimate to survive Jing and Taiyi Zhenren’s attacks.
• Mai arrived and disrupted Jing and Taiyi Zhenren, allowing Su Hang to kill Jing and then Taiyi Zhenren for a quadra kill.
• The casters praised Su Hang’s performance and discussed how Huranlang’s Guan Yu might flank Imperial Emperor’s team later.

Imperial Emperor’s team secured a major lead, but Su Hang warned that Huranlang’s Guan Yu was waiting to ambush their high-ground push. After both teams obtained dragon buffs, Huranlang prepared to strike from the rear, while Su Hang unexpectedly recalled.

• Imperial Emperor’s team took the Shadow Overlord and used its push to destroy three of Jueying’s towers, widening their gold lead to 5,000.
• Hanlu noticed that Jueying’s team was yielding objectives and towers unusually easily, and Su Hang explained they were setting up Huranlang’s Guan Yu to ambush a high-ground fight.
• Su Hang said he had a risky plan and asked his teammates, “Are you willing to die for me?”
• At sixteen minutes, Imperial Emperor’s team secured both the Shadow Overlord and Dark Tyrant, then began pushing Jueying’s high ground.
• Huranlang positioned Guan Yu in the red-buff jungle behind Imperial Emperor’s team, waiting for a fight to begin as his teammates prepared to engage.
• As Jueying’s team prepared to start the high-ground fight, Su Hang’s low-health Erlang unexpectedly recalled to the fountain.

Jueying's team wiped out Imperial Emperor's side in a high-ground fight, but Imperial Emperor's Erlang arrived just in time to turn the chase into a solo pentakill. He stood alone among the fallen opponents as the canyon announced an Ace.

• Jueying's team seized the chance to attack, and Huranlang's Guan Yu shoved three enemies into the high-ground tower while Lady Sun killed Goya, Mai Shiranui, and the Luminous.
• Jueying's team chased the low-health Dolia as Imperial Emperor's Erlang rushed over to help her.
• Imperial Emperor's Erlang arrived and killed Shen Mengxi and Jing, while Dolia refreshed his skill before Lady Sun killed her.
• Erlang's ultimate refreshed, and he killed Lady Sun, Taiyi Zhenren, and Guan Yu in succession, scoring a pentakill.
• Imperial Emperor's team received the Ace announcement as Erlang stood among the fallen enemies.

Imperial Emperor’s Erlang wiped out Jueying’s team with a pentakill, giving his side the first game and match point. Chou Ox suddenly disconnected before the second game, recommending a player whose Imperial Crown membership had been revoked, while Fly woke up in the restroom confused.

• Imperial Emperor’s Erlang killed all five members of Jueying’s team and destroyed their high-ground tower, securing the first game for Imperial Emperor’s side.
• Huahai worried that his brother Exalted Emperor was nowhere near strong enough to challenge Imperial Emperor, but resolved that Exalted Emperor could grow into a Champion Emperor in the future.
• Chou Ox listened to his teammates praise the pentakill, then prepared to play a blue-collar jungler in the second game.
• When Menglei and Huahai searched the restroom for Fly, Chou Ox told Imperial Emperor he could not play, disconnected, and recommended a player whose Imperial Crown membership had been revoked.
• Menglei and Huahai found Fly in a stall, and Fly said he had apparently fallen asleep.

Yun Shu told her livestream viewers about her feelings for Imperial Emperor and her former master, Chou Ox, before learning she would take part in an Imperial Crown internal match. The chapter ended with Yun Shu excitedly announcing the news to her viewers.

• Yun Shu watched Imperial Emperor's penta kill and answered viewers' questions about her ideal man, saying she liked strong, hot-tempered men.
• Yun Shu admitted that Chou Ox had once made her heart flutter and explained that he had been her leader in Imperial Crown's Ox Alliance.
• Yun Shu revealed that she and Chou Ox had never met in person and that she could not return his feelings because her heart belonged to Imperial Emperor.
• Yun Shu received a message tagging her in Imperial Crown's main group, read it, and announced that she would participate in an internal match.

Yun Shu joined the Imperial Crown's internal match after Chou Ox recommended her, then clashed with Ganglie over his insult to her former alliance leader. She faced pressure from Shejun and Hanlu to apologize, but an authoritative voice interrupted just as she began to give in.

• Yun Shu entered the Imperial Crown's internal match as Aries and discovered she would play alongside Imperial Emperor and other core members.
• Shejun explained that Chou Ox had recommended Yun Shu to replace him as the team's jungler.
• Ganglie insulted Chou Ox, and Yun Shu defended her former alliance leader by trading angry retorts with Ganglie.
• Hanlu praised Yun Shu, but Shejun and Hanlu ordered her to apologize to Ganglie for challenging a core member.
• Yun Shu struggled to apologize under pressure until an authoritative voice suddenly rang out.

The Imperial Emperor defended Yun Shu from Ganglie, then assigned her to play jungle carry for the next in-house match. He planned a jungle-and-marksman dual-carry lineup and chose a fighter-tank, while Yun Shu settled on Pei Qinhu after he rejected her request to play Yun Ying.

• The Imperial Emperor sided with Yun Shu, and Shejun and Hanlu backed her account of Ganglie's provocation.
• Ganglie apologized to Yun Shu and kept his core-member status after the Imperial Emperor considered stripping it from him.
• The Imperial Emperor assigned Yun Shu to jungle carry, and she excitedly discovered that he had visited her game profile before worrying that he might see her linked lover account.
• The Imperial Emperor announced a jungle-and-marksman dual-carry lineup and rejected suggestions to use a tank support or the Da Qiao-Lao Fuzi system.
• The Imperial Emperor said a fighter-tank could set the pace and named his pick, while Yun Shu asked to play Yun Ying and then chose Pei Qinhu after he refused.

Su Hang recognized Yun Shu as Dai Qian and realized she seemed to have feelings for him, while preparing for an offline confrontation with Huyan Lan. During Imperial Crown’s internal match, viewers criticized Yun Shu’s selection, and Fly revealed that Chou Ox liked her but shared a body with his older brother.

• Su Hang recognized Aries as Dai Qian and suspected she was trying to confess her feelings to him.
• Su Hang recalled that Huyan Lan would visit the next day and thought about how much stronger he had become since their past fights.
• Imperial Crown’s internal match began with Yun Shu replacing Chou Ox in the jungle, prompting viewers to attack her and Huahai to defend her.
• Fly explained that Chou Ox had liked Yun Shu for nine years and appointed her to the match to help her gain attention.
• Fly revealed that Chou Ox and his older brother shared one body, with the older brother controlling it most of the time.