Recaps

Sun Fei explained how he had provoked Iaquinta to disrupt the Spartak Martial Saint’s composure and momentum before Krasic’s duel. Krasic and Iaquinta traded their first attacks at the summit, and Krasic appeared to have the upper hand, though neither had yet revealed their full strength.

• Sun Fei recalled using Iaquinta’s earlier attacks to diminish his momentum and wondered whether his bad feeling concerned Krasic.
• Krasic formed a giant cyan runic sword and attacked Iaquinta, who countered with a flaming shield and avoided the sword by moving at tremendous speed.
• Iaquinta reappeared beside Krasic on Lightning and praised his strength after twenty-six years, while Krasic calmly extinguished the flames around them.
• The assembled warriors watched the duel, and Sun Fei prepared to intervene if Krasic showed signs of faltering.
• Sun Fei judged that Krasic had gained the advantage in their opening exchange but remained wary because the Martial Saints had not yet used their true killing moves.

Iaquinta revealed his beast-soul bond with a tenth-tier Brown Bear of Flame and attacked Krasic at Sword Peak. Krasic wounded Iaquinta, but Iaquinta healed instantly, and Krasic prepared to unleash the first form of the Heaven Sword.

• Iaquinta declared his plan to kill Krasic and destroy Zenit, then summoned the Brown Bear of Flame through his beast-soul bond.
• Krasic revealed his Dou Weapon, the Heaven Sword, and used it to repel the Brown Bear of Flame.
• Krasic turned his sword attack toward Iaquinta and inflicted deep wounds on his shoulder, abdomen, arm, and neck.
• Iaquinta used the Brown Bear of Flame's healing ability to recover from his wounds and claimed he could outlast Krasic.
• Krasic drew the Heaven Sword and announced the first form, Heaven Judges Sin.

Krasic used the Three Forms of the Heaven Sword to overwhelm Iaquinta and kill his Brown Bear of Flame, leaving the Spartak Martial Saint close to defeat. Just as the Zenit masters began to celebrate, a silver sword light pierced Krasic’s chest and sent him reeling in midair.

• Krasic unleashed Heaven Judges Sin and pierced Iaquinta’s flame form, but Iaquinta transferred the wound to the Brown Bear of Flame through their Beast Soul Warrior Contract.
• Iaquinta attacked Krasic with the Whip of the Flame God, but Krasic’s Heaven Questions Punishment severed the Brown Bear of Flame’s forelimb and split the mountaintop.
• Krasic and Iaquinta fought at close range, and Iaquinta exchanged wounds recklessly while transferring his injuries to his magical beast.
• Krasic used Heaven Pardons Sin to send Iaquinta flying and destroy the Brown Bear of Flame, leaving Iaquinta grievously wounded.
• A silver sword light suddenly pierced Krasic’s chest, and he began to fall from the sky.

Huntelaar and Costacurta joined Iaquinta in attacking the injured Krasic during the Martial Saint Battle, while Sun Fei fought Costacurta to protect him. As Gilano began chanting a forbidden spell, a purple-flamed saber suddenly struck toward the crown prince.

• Huntelaar ambushed Krasic, who fought back and then defended himself against Huntelaar's rapid sword thrusts while still injured.
• Iaquinta ordered an attack, and Costacurta struck Krasic with a saber, sending him flying through the air.
• Sun Fei attacked Costacurta with the Tribal Guardian and Mythical Sword, killing three of the general's guards before Elena's arrows helped him drive Costacurta back.
• Sun Fei noticed Gilano preparing a powerful spell and realized the crown prince intended to join the assault on Krasic.
• As Gilano chanted, a purple-flamed saber slashed toward him.

Ziyan and the Chambord experts tried to stop Gilano from completing his spell while Zenit’s forces fought the invading Spartak and Ajax warriors. Gilano’s Spatial Chain Swamp unexpectedly captured Iaquinta and Huntelaar, revealing that he had turned against the attackers and leaving Costacurta stunned.

• Ziyan attacked Gilano, but his magical shield stopped her saber while he continued chanting.
• Sun Fei tried to reach Gilano, but Costacurta intercepted him as Tanasha and Paris ordered their allies into battle.
• Dominguez fought among the Zenit warriors, who killed the Spartak soldiers and Huntelaar’s four guards at the cost of four dead and five badly wounded.
• Chambord’s experts and Ziyan battered the shield protecting Gilano, while his four maids held their formation despite their injuries.
• Gilano completed Spatial Chain Swamp and sent golden chains across the battlefield as Sun Fei leaped to protect Krasic.
• The golden chains seized Iaquinta and Huntelaar instead of Krasic, and Costacurta realized Gilano had attacked his former allies.

Krasic’s Heaven Questions Punishment shattered Milano’s Spatial Chain Swamp and badly wounded Iaquinta and Huntelaar, exposing Milano’s secret allegiance to Zenit. With the enemy’s scheme unraveling, Krasic stepped forward to challenge the three surviving foes and a hidden figure in the sky.

• Krasic used Heaven Questions Punishment to break the golden runes and wound Iaquinta and Huntelaar.
• Sun Fei saw Iaquinta had lost an arm and Huntelaar had suffered severe wounds, while Krasic remained standing despite his own injuries.
• Milano healed his four maids, and Sun Fei realized the crown prince had secretly allied with Zenit and helped Krasic set up the attack.
• The eldest princess and Witch Paris confronted Costacurta, who defended Iaquinta and Huntelaar and prepared to fight.
• Sun Fei tried to give Krasic a Full Rejuvenation Potion, but Krasic refused it and challenged the three enemies and the unseen figure in the sky.

Krasic confronted the mysterious assassin who had once hunted Sun Fei, then revealed overwhelming strength against the four enemy Moon Class masters. After sending Zenit's warriors aside, he drove his opponents into retreat and pursued them, intent on killing them all.

• The mysterious assassin descended from the sky and attacked Krasic, while Sun Fei recognized him as the Moon Class master who had once nearly killed him.
• Krasic shattered the assassin's attack with a vastly strengthened [Heaven Questions Punishment], prompting Iaquinta, Huntelaar, and Costacurta to join the fight.
• Zenit's warriors charged to protect Krasic, but he pushed them back and told them to remember the empire's pride and glory.
• Krasic overpowered Costacurta, Huntelaar, and Iaquinta, seriously wounding them and leaving Iaquinta terrified.
• Iaquinta warned Amauri to retreat, and Huntelaar and Costacurta fled, but Krasic pursued all four and declared that none would escape.

Krasic killed Iaquinta and drove the other three Moon Class masters to flee the summit of Martial Saint Mountain. As they escaped on griffins, an imperial voice summoned golden dragons from the Zenit palace, which tore the griffins apart.

• Krasic struck down Amauri, Costacurta, Iaquinta, and Huntelaar with sword beams, then beheaded Iaquinta on the summit.
• Amauri panicked and fled with Huntelaar and Costacurta as the three remaining masters abandoned the fight.
• Huntelaar whistled for Ajax griffin riders, and the three wounded masters climbed onto griffins using dangling ropes.
• The masters taunted Krasic as the griffins carried them toward safety, while Krasic and Gilano stayed behind.
• A commanding voice from the Zenit imperial palace summoned golden dragons, which caught and tore apart all five or six griffins.

Emperor Yassin’s Dragon Fist appeared to drive off the attackers, but Sun Fei discovered that Krasic was fatally wounded. Krasic revealed that his heart was gravely injured, leaving Sun Fei with little time to save him.

• Huntelaar and the other fleeing masters fell into the imperial capital as golden dragons swept across the sky and vanished.
• A Church divine master recognized the attack as Emperor Yassin’s Dragon Fist, raising hopes that the emperor was still healthy.
• Krasic collapsed, bleeding from his wounds, and Sun Fei caught him as Martial Saint Mountain’s disciples formed a protective circle around them.
• The princes and nobles departed, while Sun Fei gave Krasic a Full Rejuvenation Potion that had no effect.
• Krasic told Sun Fei that even a god could not heal his injuries and pointed to his heart.

Sun Fei learned that Krasic had used a forbidden technique that left him with only a short time to live, and he accompanied the dying Martial Saint to Sword Peak’s cliff edge. Krasic turned to ash in the wind, leaving Zenit without its Martial Saint and Sun Fei with a warning to protect the empire rather than blindly seek revenge.

• Sun Fei realized Krasic had used Emperor Yassin’s Dou Qi Channel Revitalization and Surge Forbidden Technique and could not be saved by his Diablo items.
• Krasic acknowledged his fate and led Sun Fei to the cliff, explaining that his mission was complete.
• Sun Fei vowed to destroy Ajax, Eindhoven, and Spartak, but Krasic urged him to remember responsibility and protection and not seek revenge without knowing the truth.
• Krasic asked Sun Fei to protect Zenit and Tanasha if they needed him, and Sun Fei promised to help the eldest princess.
• Krasic declared himself free of all bonds and debts, then crumbled into ashes that scattered across the Zenit Empire.

After Krasic died defending Zenit, Sun Fei accepted command of Martial Saint Mountain’s forty masters and vowed to avenge him. News of the battle spread across the empire as Zenit continued its war against Spartak.

• Sun Fei mourned Krasic’s death, kept the four green spikes, and vowed to kill Huntelaar, Costacurta, Amauri, and their royal families.
• Sun Fei returned to the battlefield, where the affiliated kingdoms’ masters grieved for Krasic and learned that only fifteen of their original twenty-five remained.
• The forty masters of Martial Saint Mountain knelt and pledged to serve Sun Fei under Krasic’s orders, and Sun Fei accepted them.
• Sun Fei left the ruined Sword Peak with his new force, while the other masters recognized his rising power.
• Reports of the battle spread through Zenit, recounting Krasic’s death, Sun Fei’s fight with Costacurta, and Emperor Yassin’s Dragon Fist.
• Zenit’s southern war against Spartak remained unsettled as Arshavin faced Marchisio’s army.

After Zenit declared war on Eindhoven and Ajax over Krasic’s death, Sun Fei was summoned to meet the imperial leaders. Meanwhile, Costacurta, Huntelaar, and Amauri hid in the capital and learned that Krasic had died, while debating the threat posed by Sun Fei.

• Zenit’s imperial family and military announced war on Eindhoven and Ajax, stirring anger and fighting spirit across the empire.
• Sun Fei received a summons from the imperial family and entered the capital to meet its leaders.
• Costacurta, Huntelaar, and Amauri discussed their failed ambush, Krasic’s power, and the danger Sun Fei might pose in the future.
• Lan Ji returned with food and reported that Krasic had died from his injuries.

The wounded Moon Class masters learned that Zenit had declared war on Ajax and Eindhoven and planned to recover in hiding. Tanasha summoned Sun Fei and told him the military headquarters had appointed him first commander of a war zone, leaving him to choose between two new battlefields.

• Frankie told Costacurta, Amauri, and Huntelaar that Martial Saint Iaquinta had died, Krasic had killed him, and Zenit had declared war on Ajax and Eindhoven.
• Costacurta, Amauri, and Huntelaar decided to heal their injuries and escape Saint Petersburg while Frankie gathered news.
• Sun Fei met Tanasha at the imperial palace, ate breakfast, and said he would find the missing masters himself.
• Tanasha showed Sun Fei a map marking the empire’s second and third battlefields and said he had five days to lead the [Wolf Fang Legion] to war.
• Tanasha told Sun Fei he could choose which of the two battlefields to command.

Sun Fei learned that the eldest princess knew the truth about Krasic and described a conspiracy against the weakened Yassin, whose former followers had been eliminated one by one. The chapter ended with Sun Fei discovering that Church experts had occupied the capital during Krasic’s final battle.

• Sun Fei questioned his appointment as theater commander, and the eldest princess said Yassin and the military command had already made the decision.
• The eldest princess revealed that she knew about Krasic’s relationship with Sun Fei and explained that Krasic had also guided her.
• The eldest princess recounted how Yassin’s enemies exploited his grave injuries, eliminated twenty-three of his supporters, and targeted his last powerful ally.
• Sun Fei asked why no imperial expert had helped Krasic, and the eldest princess told him that Kaká and Church experts had visited the capital during the battle.
• Sun Fei suspected the Holy Church’s involvement in Krasic’s death.

Sun Fei learned more about the Church and the empire’s hidden conflict, then chose the Ajax battlefield for the Wolf Fang Legion’s campaign. The eldest princess revealed that Angela had already secured the legion’s supplies through her diplomatic gifts.

• The eldest princess explained that Huntelaar had betrayed Krasic and that the Spartak Empire’s twin Martial Saints, Iaquinta and Amauri, had plotted to weaken the empire.
• The eldest princess identified the black token as the Martial Saint Token, which gave Sun Fei authority over capital experts below Moon Class.
• Sun Fei chose the Ajax battlefield and said the Wolf Fang Legion would be ready to march within three days.
• Sun Fei warned that he would kill whoever delayed his legion’s weapons, provisions, armor, and pay.
• The eldest princess told Sun Fei that Angela had persuaded officials and nobles to guarantee the Wolf Fang Legion’s supplies before he became legion commander.

Sun Fei pressed the eldest princess for news about the three Moon Class fugitives and hinted that he had prepared a show. In Saint Petersburg, Frankie tried to move her injured father and his companions to a safer hiding place, but Zenitian forces surrounded them with a powerful young master at their head.

• Sun Fei regretted neglecting Angela and resolved to speak with her about her plans while preparing for the coming war.
• An Iron-Blooded Camp soldier delivered a report to the eldest princess, who said the search for the three fugitives needed more time; Sun Fei demanded results within three days and invited her to see his planned show.
• Frankie urged Costacurta and the others to leave their courtyard, while Huntelaar insulted her and rejected her warning about contacting their hidden agents.
• Costacurta sent Frankie to buy ingredients for honey-glazed cod, and she grew suspicious as she left the courtyard.
• Zenitian soldiers and twenty Martial Saint Mountain masters surrounded the courtyard, and Frankie recognized the young Zenitian who had nearly killed her the night before.

Sun Fei led the eldest princess and a force of imperial guards and Martial Saint Mountain disciples to the Official Courier Station District, where he found Costacurta, Amauri, and Huntelaar. After revealing that he had traced Amauri’s mental imprint, Sun Fei confronted Huntelaar and attacked him.

• The eldest princess followed Sun Fei to the Official Courier Station District with three hundred Royal Imperial Guards, while Martial Saint Mountain disciples joined them on the way.
• Sun Fei led the encircling force to a small courtyard and destroyed the hall with the Dou Weapon Heaven Sword, exposing Costacurta, Amauri, and Huntelaar.
• The Royal Imperial Guard and Martial Saint Mountain disciples demolished the surrounding buildings to prevent the three men from escaping.
• Sun Fei told Costacurta that Amauri’s mental imprint had allowed him to track their hiding place, leaving Amauri shocked.
• Huntelaar mocked Sun Fei’s strength, and Sun Fei rushed forward to punch him as Huntelaar drew his sword.

Sun Fei avenged Krasic by brutally defeating Huntelaar, Amauri, and Costacurta despite suffering severe wounds himself. After crippling all three Moon Class powerhouses, he drank a Full Rejuvenation Potion and made clear he would not let them die easily.

• Sun Fei struck Huntelaar in the abdomen, overcame his sword wound, and beat him into submission before the watching crowd.
• Sun Fei pulled the longsword from his chest and charged Amauri and Costacurta, fighting both Moon Class powerhouses at once.
• Sun Fei and his two opponents separated with severe injuries, while Amauri and Costacurta collapsed, unable to fight.
• Sun Fei cut the tendons in the hands and feet of Huntelaar, Amauri, and Costacurta and destroyed their Dou Qi channels.
• Sun Fei refused Amauri's plea to kill him, drank a Full Rejuvenation Potion, and began treating his wounds.

Sun Fei recovered from his wounds after defeating Huntelaar, Amauri, and Costacurta, and the forty disciples of Martial Saint Mountain swore allegiance to him. The Eldest Princess then asked him to hand the captured fighters over to the empire’s military department, leaving Sun Fei to consider the demand.

• A young disciple of Martial Saint Mountain used his Dou Qi to help Sun Fei heal his wounds.
• The forty disciples swore to follow Sun Fei, and Sun Fei accepted their allegiance with the Heaven Sword.
• Paris, Granero, and Dominguez discussed Sun Fei’s growing power and left the scene.
• Frankie watched from the crowd, realized her father had sent her away to protect her, and feared for his safety.
• Royal Imperial Guard prison soldiers chained Huntelaar, Amauri, and Costacurta, and the Eldest Princess arrived to request their transfer to the military department.
• Sun Fei responded to the Eldest Princess’s request with a weary smile.

Sun Fei captured the three Moon Class conspirators and left the eldest princess to turn them over to the military, while grieving over Krasic’s death. Church observers debated whether Sun Fei was the suspected necromancer, and the eldest princess began searching for the woman who had helped the prisoners.

• Sun Fei asked the eldest princess to share any intelligence extracted from Huntelaar, then urged her to go easy on Costacurta before leaving with the Martial Saint Mountain disciples.
• Zenit’s soldiers and citizens applauded Sun Fei as a hero for helping Krasic defeat the conspirators and capturing the three masters.
• Two Church agents discussed Sun Fei’s rising strength and whether his temperament linked him to the suspected necromancer, while disagreeing about his identity.
• A tearful girl watched the guards take Costacurta, Huntelaar, and Amauri away in steel prison wagons but did not dare attempt to rescue her father.
• Ziyan found scraps of food and broken lacquerware, and the eldest princess concluded that a young woman had aided the prisoners and ordered a search for her.

After realizing how deeply Angela had supported him, Sun Fei proposed marriage, and she promised to wait for him until he returned from war. Three days later, he led the newly assembled Wolf Fang Legion toward the Ajax battlefield, facing an almost impossible task against the empire’s elite forces.

• Frankie sensed the Zenit guards closing in, escaped through the crowd, and vowed to rescue her imprisoned father and make his captor pay.
• Sun Fei returned to camp troubled and exhausted, then woke to find Angela watching over him.
• Sun Fei asked Angela to marry him, and she accepted his feelings while urging him to focus on the coming war and promising to wait for him.
• Three days later, the Wolf Fang Legion marched toward the Ajax battlefield after its cavalry vanguard had already departed.
• The empire faced war with Eindhoven and Ajax, while the Wolf Fang Legion received orders to hold the northwest against at least three Ajax legions and later counterattack.
• Tanasha and Paris each gave Sun Fei four magic brocade boxes and advised him to delay the Ajax forces, preserve his strength, and seek help if needed.

Terry and Ruiz, Chambordian scouts, found evidence that Ajax cavalry had crossed into Zenit and were killing civilians near Twin Flag City. When twenty-two Ajax cavalrymen attacked them, the pair fought back and slaughtered most of the enemy.

• Ruiz examined and buried a murdered Zenit civilian, finding an Ajax blood-feather arrow in the man’s back.
• John Terry and Ruiz decided to report that Ajax scouts had pushed deep past Twin Flag City’s defenses.
• Terry and Ruiz spotted twenty-two Ajax cavalrymen and charged them, killing six or seven with arrows.
• The Ajax cavalry closed the distance, but Terry and Ruiz hurled giant axes that killed four more riders and their mounts.
• Terry and Ruiz fought with their axes and killed most of the remaining Ajax cavalry, leaving only four alive.

Terry and Ruiz defeated an Ajax cavalry patrol, captured two survivors, and marked the battlefield with a message from Alexander. The Wolf Fang Legion’s vanguard prepared to reach Twin Flag City at dawn, where Sun Fei revealed he had secretly been observing the commanders’ plans.

• Terry and Ruiz killed or captured the Ajax cavalrymen, then took their weapons, armor, and Sand Tigers and left a bloody message naming Alexander and the Saints.
• Shevchenko’s vanguard camped a hundred li from Twin Flag City after marching more than eight hundred kilometers in two days.
• Drogba praised Terry and Ruiz, and Shevchenko ordered the prisoners interrogated separately for information about Ajax troop movements.
• Shevchenko and Čech reviewed the scouts’ reports and arranged watches before the vanguard’s planned dawn march to Twin Flag City.
• After the other commanders left, Čech and Shevchenko addressed Sun Fei in the rear chamber, and he praised their arrangements.

Sun Fei discovered that Ajaxian forces planned to attack the Zenit camp while studying a history book that explained Moon Class strength and the Ajax Empire. The Ajaxians prepared for a night raid, and Sun Fei left the chapter aware of the threat nearby.

• Sun Fei refused Čech’s suggestion to send a messenger to Twin Flag City, then sensed hostile experts near the camp.
• Koeman and his Earth Tiger knights watched the Zenit camp and decided to attack in two hours, aiming to kill Sun Fei and withdraw.
• Sun Fei studied the Chronicles of Continental Years and learned the stages of Moon Class cultivation and the relative strength of several masters.
• Sun Fei read about the Ajax Empire’s vast desert territory, harsh conditions, and history of sudden raids on neighboring lands.

Ajax Sand Tiger knights led by Koeman launched a surprise raid on the Zenit vanguard camp to kill its commander, only to discover the camp had prepared a trap. After their mounts were subdued and they were surrounded, Koeman demanded that Zenit send out the expert who had stopped his attack.

• Koeman led more than four hundred Sand Tiger knights in a silent charge against the Zenit camp, aiming for the central command tent.
• The Ajax cavalry broke through the barricade and swept through the camp with little resistance, though Yali suspected the Zenit soldiers were deliberately letting them advance.
• Koeman struck the central tent, but a transparent force shield stopped his saber and hurled him back.
• Zenit troops emerged from hiding and surrounded the Ajax knights, while a powerful roar frightened their Sand Tiger mounts into submission.
• Koeman ordered the cavalry to form a defensive circle, then challenged the Zenit commander and demanded that the real expert appear.
• Shevchenko identified himself as commander of the Wolf Fang Legion vanguard, but Koeman insisted he could not have blocked the attack and demanded to see someone stronger.