Recaps

Sun Fei defeated Delixi and turned his fury on the officials and soldiers responsible for torturing his personal guards. He trapped the fleeing men, punished Soroyev and the others, and prepared to make Delixi suffer the same torment he had inflicted on others.

• Sun Fei refused to kill Soroyev and instead sent silver-white energy into him, leaving him writhing in agony.
• An Iron-Blooded Camp officer charged Sun Fei and burst apart before reaching him.
• Mataisen ordered everyone to flee, but Sun Fei’s stomp knocked them all down and his force sealed the hall.
• Sun Fei condemned the assembled officers and soldiers as shameful trash while Ribery revived Arthur with a Full Rejuvenation Potion.
• Sun Fei recognized Alpha, blamed him for acting maliciously again, and killed him with a wave of his hand.
• Sun Fei turned back to the wounded Delixi and asked whether he wanted to experience being skinned himself.

Sun Fei avenged the nineteen slain warriors by killing Delixi through repeated flaying. He then turned his attention to Mataisen, the Military Department’s special envoy.

• Delixi secretly unleashed Emperor Yassin’s golden sword energy at Sun Fei, but Sun Fei stopped it between two fingers.
• Delixi begged Sun Fei for mercy and offered to become his servant, but Sun Fei refused.
• Sun Fei flayed Delixi, restored his skin with Full Rejuvenation Potion, and repeated the ordeal nineteen times until Delixi died.
• Arthur wept as he saw his fallen companions avenged.
• Sun Fei turned to Mataisen and told him it was his turn.

Sun Fei stopped Mataisen from killing himself and assigned Ribery and Arthur to take control of Twin Flag City and punish the soldiers responsible for torturing the empire’s men. He then flew toward Saint Petersburg with Mataisen, determined to confront the eldest prince, Arshavin.

• Sun Fei used his Moon Class power to stop Mataisen from taking his own life and condemned him for the deaths of nineteen imperial soldiers.
• Sun Fei ordered Ribery and Arthur to seize control of Twin Flag City, investigate the executioners, and decide how to deal with Soroyev and the other nobles.
• Ribery worried about Sun Fei going to the imperial capital, but Sun Fei said he intended to end the danger posed by the eldest prince.
• Sun Fei took Mataisen and flew away from Twin Flag City without an escort.
• After roughly thirty minutes, Sun Fei reached the outskirts of Saint Petersburg and dived toward the imperial capital.

Sun Fei flew toward Saint Petersburg and ignored warnings from the Great Strength Corps, prompting the capital’s defenses to mobilize and attack him. He emerged from the combined assault unharmed and reached the city’s protective barrier.

• The Great Strength Corps fired warning bolts at Sun Fei and ordered him to land, while Mataisen mocked him.
• Sun Fei silenced Mataisen with a surge of force and sped past the camp without revealing his identity.
• The Great Strength Corps alerted Saint Petersburg, and the capital sounded its alarms and raised a powerful protective magic array.
• Sun Fei charged toward the capital’s barrier as its defenders unleashed a massive combined attack.
• A Five-Star Class Dou Qi master saw Sun Fei emerge unharmed and shout that he was already close.

King of Chambord Alexander arrived at Saint Petersburg and declared that he had come for Andrei Arshavin alone, not to attack the city. The imperial capital’s leaders reacted to the assault, while Arshavin was left stunned by Alexander’s announcement.

• An attacker crossed the capital’s defenses and evaded a massive barrage from the city wall’s defenders.
• Alexander announced that he had come for Andrei Arshavin and warned the defenders not to attack again.
• Second Prince Dominguez, Paris, and Granero recognized the possibility that Alexander was behind the attack.
• The Knights’ Hall commander ordered the ten Judgment Knights to remain at their towers and await his orders.
• The emperor told a palace guard to wait rather than activate the palace array or send the Divine Dragon Guard.
• Alexander’s announcement interrupted Andrei Arshavin as he questioned the Military Department’s leaders about the attacker.

Sun Fei stormed into the imperial capital and confronted First Prince Arshavin at the Military Department, accusing him of plotting to murder soldiers on the northwestern front. After effortlessly bypassing the city’s defenses and defeating two New Moon Class attackers, Sun Fei gave Arshavin one chance to use any remaining tricks before throwing something down at him.

• Sun Fei shouted that he had come for Arshavin, then dodged the capital’s attacks and used the Throne of Chaotic Times to pass through the magical barrier.
• Sun Fei appeared above the Military Department and knocked aside its giant magical crossbow bolts with a wave of his hand.
• Arshavin accused Sun Fei of violating imperial and military law, and Sun Fei blamed him for plotting the murder of loyal soldiers on the northwestern front.
• Two Imperial Senate guardian experts ambushed Sun Fei, but he struck them down with a single punch.
• Sun Fei challenged Arshavin to use all his remaining backing and tricks, then threw something down toward him.

Sun Fei killed Arshavin’s envoy Mataisen and condemned the first prince for the violence in Twin Flag City, while Arshavin openly defended his authority. As the imperial capital’s forces gathered below, Arshavin waited for the palace to decide his fate and the city looked up at Sun Fei.

• Sun Fei hurled the badly burned Mataisen down before Arshavin, and the envoy died after begging the first prince to save him.
• Arshavin angrily pushed away his guards, then declared that he could take or give whatever he pleased and dismissed the killing of border soldiers as trivial.
• Sun Fei accused Arshavin of hypocrisy and said the first prince had finally revealed his true nature.
• Arshavin held back his anger and waited for the person in the imperial palace to decide what would happen, fearing an outcome that could bring despair beyond the loss of power.
• Imperial security forces, guards, soldiers, and other experts converged on the Military Department as Sun Fei surveyed the gathered princes and capital dignitaries.

Sun Fei confronted a powerful Senate master who attacked him and demanded the Throne of Chaotic Times. Sun Fei smashed the old man away with his war hammer, leaving the imperial capital stunned and warning everyone not to provoke him.

• A Senate master appeared in flames and attacked Sun Fei, while observers realized he seemed to support First Prince Arshavin.
• Sun Fei evaded the attack with the Throne of Chaotic Times, and the old man demanded the throne in exchange for sparing him and Chambord City.
• Sun Fei asked why the old man had not saved Krasic, then cursed him after hearing him dismiss Krasic as a worthless fool.
• Sun Fei summoned Immortal King's Soul Crusher and struck the old man through his fiery defenses, sending him crashing into distant buildings.
• The imperial capital's onlookers watched in shock as Sun Fei declared that anyone who provoked him would face the god of death.

Sun Fei confronted the imperial court, crushed Arshavin and the Iron-Blooded Camp beneath his power, and forced Emperor Yassin to intervene. After Yassin stopped Arshavin from killing himself but made no further move, Sun Fei withdrew, believing he had achieved his aim of warning the empire’s schemers and protecting Chambord City.

• Sun Fei threatened the empire from above the capital, while nobles and officials turned their support away from Arshavin and toward the King of Chambord.
• Sun Fei told Arshavin that his punch would settle their grievances and pressed him and the Iron-Blooded Camp down with overwhelming force.
• As Arshavin resisted being forced to his knees, he drew his sword and turned it toward his own heart rather than submit.
• Emperor Yassin shattered Arshavin’s sword with a distant strike, ended Sun Fei’s pressure, and then remained silent inside the palace.
• Sun Fei recognized Yassin’s intervention as a limit on his actions, decided he had made his warning clear, and vanished from the sky.
• Before leaving, Sun Fei asked an unidentified person why they had stayed hidden and said they had disappointed him.

After confronting the imperial court, Sun Fei returned to Twin Flag City, reassured its garrison, and prepared to grow stronger before the coming turmoil. The Military Department appointed Ribery city lord, while news of Sun Fei’s actions in the capital spread across Zenit.

• The eldest princess worried that her brother had turned Alexander against him, while Ziyan tried to comfort her.
• Sun Fei returned to Twin Flag City and told Ribery and the commanders that matters in the capital had been resolved.
• Ribery reported that the garrison had taken full control of the city, and Sun Fei refused the troops’ offer to make him their supreme commander.
• Sun Fei entered the Diablo World, completed quests in Act IV, and raised his Barbarian to level 85 while keeping Mephisto’s Soulstone and the Hellforge Hammer.
• The Military Department appointed Ribery the second city lord of Twin Flag City, and a returning scout recounted the events in the capital as the story spread across Zenit.

After Sun Fei consolidated his control over Twin Flag City, he returned to Chambord City and shared dinner with Jessica while disguised as a professor. He then flew toward the Five Sword Heaven Peaks, where strange auras on Golden Leo Peak caught his attention.

• The empire replaced its envoy in Twin Flag City, appointed Frank Ribery as city lord and Fernando Gago as garrison commander, and withdrew the Thunder God's Whip legion.
• Sun Fei returned to Chambord City and admired its lively preparations for his wedding to his two queens.
• Sun Fei visited Jessica at the Soros Chamber of Commerce and shared dinner with her, finding her presence calming after battle.
• Jessica's guards mistook Sun Fei for a rival pursuing her and decided to report him to Director Abramovich.
• Sun Fei flew toward the Five Sword Heaven Peaks, sensed strange auras on Golden Leo Peak, and landed there.

Sun Fei visited Lampard on Golden Leo Peak and discovered that the mountain’s connection to the stars was strengthening Lampard’s power. He found that Akara and Cain had reproduced Diablo shrines, opening the way to greatly increase Chambord City’s strength.

• Sun Fei found that Lampard had built a simple stone hall and lion statue on Golden Leo Peak and had advanced to Mid-Tier New Moon Class Seventh Stage.
• Sun Fei and Lampard sensed a mysterious force linking the mountain to the stars and amplifying Lampard’s Dou Qi.
• Sun Fei recognized the stone pillar outside Lampard’s hall as a Combat Shrine and found a Skill Shrine and an Experience Shrine nearby.
• Lampard told Sun Fei that Akara and Cain had installed the three shrines the previous day.
• Sun Fei realized that the recreated shrines could multiply Chambord City’s strength in a crisis.

Sun Fei reviewed the new shrine prototypes on Golden Leo Peak, supplied Chambord’s warriors with divine herbs, and prepared for the approaching conflict. As his wedding drew near, envoys and visitors from powerful factions crowded Chambord City, leaving the city’s lodging district full and its residents prosperous.

• Sun Fei learned that the Combat, Skill, and Experience Shrines had been erected on Golden Leo Peak and gave Lampard a divine herb to aid his cultivation.
• Sun Fei returned to Sky City, assessed the warriors’ progress, and sent Čech, Pierce, Drogba, Torres, Oleg, Robben, Inzaghi, and others herbs selected for their Dou Qi attributes.
• Sun Fei spent the following days training his spiritual power and leveling in Diablo’s world with Elena as he prepared for an impending war.
• Envoys from empires, merchant groups, mercenary corps, and other powerful factions arrived in Chambord City to attend Sun Fei’s wedding and cultivate friendly relations.
• Chambord’s lodging district filled beyond capacity, and the influx of visitors brought the city’s residents new income and pride.

Chambord City struggled to manage the crowds and petty crime brought by visitors, while earning substantial income from entry and river-crossing fees. As a powerful foreign cavalry force approached, Frank Lampard appeared above the Zuli River.

• Visitors clashed with Chambord City's rules, and officials detained or fined those who stole magical devices.
• Chambordians sold legal guides to outsiders, while Princess in Distress Victoria collected tolls at the city gate and ferry landing.
• More than four hundred armored mounted knights approached Chambord City from the grasslands, prompting speculation about their identity and purpose.
• Frank Lampard shot into the sky from the mountains and appeared above the Zuli River, drawing an excited response from the crowd.

Frank Lampard confronted the Bordeaux Empire’s approaching wedding delegation, then withdrew after its envoys identified themselves. Prince Gourcuff warned his arrogant companions to respect King Alexander, while Chambord restricted the delegation’s access and Alexander stayed away.

• Frank Lampard’s Moon Class aura overwhelmed the approaching Bordeaux knights, whose envoy explained that they had come to congratulate King Alexander on his wedding.
• Lampard left for Golden Leo Peak after hearing the explanation, and four boastful Bordeaux knights mocked the King of Chambord and spoke of challenging him.
• Prince Gourcuff rebuked the four knights and warned them that provoking King Alexander could endanger the Bordeaux Empire.
• The Bordeaux delegation arrived in Chambord City, where its knights were assigned to camp south of the Zuli River and only Gourcuff and senior officers were admitted to the guesthouse district.
• Alexander did not appear to welcome the delegation, and the unexpected events over the following days gradually left observers numb.

Powerful delegations from rival empires and mercenary groups gathered outside Chambord City to congratulate King Alexander on his wedding, while his selective appearances and the growing military presence heightened suspicions. The chapter left Chambord at the center of a looming conflict as the empire delegations positioned themselves and war seemed imminent.

• Meierbeili brought six great generals and valuable wedding gifts to Chambord, but Best received them and kept their troops camped outside the city while Alexander did not appear.
• Alexander warmly welcomed Saint-Germain’s crown prince Gilano, though a mysterious haze concealed his face and his aura awed the visiting warriors.
• Nasri of Marseille, Saha of Metz, and Goodjohnsen of the Fire Blood mercenary group arrived with further delegations over the following days.
• Delegations and elite troops from many powers gathered across the Zuli River, swelling their numbers to nearly ten thousand.
• Observers questioned why Zenit allowed so many foreign forces into its territory without sending protection, as the wedding gathering appeared to be positioning for a coming war.

Sun Fei reviewed his rapid gains in strength and equipment as he prepared Chambord City for his wedding, then killed a trespassing Moon Class master from six kilometers away. After checking on his allies, he noticed Inzaghi’s cultivation had stalled and sent Little Overlord to fetch him.

• Sun Fei recalled reaching level 98 in Barbarian Mode, upgrading his and Elena’s equipment, and strengthening his summoned warriors through the Diablo World quests.
• Sun Fei sensed an intruder near the Twelve Golden Holy Peaks and killed the Moon Class master with a strand of sword energy from six kilometers away.
• Little Overlord comforted Sun Fei with a rare divine herb, and Sun Fei checked the progress of Čech and the others as they trained.
• Sun Fei noticed that Inzaghi’s cultivation had stalled and ordered Little Overlord to bring him to the God King Hall.

Inzaghi’s martial arts progress stalled because his unresolved grief over the people killed in Hot Springs Pass weighed on his state of mind, so Sun Fei sent him there to take revenge. Inzaghi and four other black knights returned to the slums, while Young Master Kulun headed there to prey on a returning mercenary woman.

• Sun Fei told Inzaghi that his stalled progress stemmed from his unresolved grief and permitted him to return to Hot Springs Pass to avenge Uncle York, Tina, and the others.
• Inzaghi knelt to pay his respects, then left the God King Hall with four other black knights.
• The five black knights entered Hot Springs Pass, and their leader’s gaze frightened the guards who tried to collect entry fees.
• Young Master Kulun learned that a mercenary woman had returned and hurried toward the slums with his lackeys, intending to assault her.
• The five black knights reached the edge of the slums and remembered the lives they had endured there before returning as powerful warriors.

Danni Lizi protected the slum orphans and trained them in the courtyard where she had once lived with Uncle York. Philip Inzaghi and his four companions returned to the slums and headed toward the voice of the man they had spent 217 days preparing to kill.

• Danni Lizi led the children through their morning training while girls scavenged nearby.
• Danni Lizi spotted Gale Legion soldiers and extravagantly dressed young men approaching, so she sent the children into hiding and put on her black iron mask.
• Philip Inzaghi, Michael Owen, Raúl, Cavani, and Trezeguet rode through the unchanged slums, remembering their former home and Uncle York.
• A young man threatened to assault Danni Lizi after his men captured and restrained her.
• Inzaghi and his companions recognized the man’s voice and rode toward it.

Danni Lizi and the children were threatened by Young Master Kulun until five black knights silently killed the Gale Legion soldiers holding them. Danni Lizi recognized the young knight at their center, who challenged Kulun to identify him.

• Young Master Kulun slapped Danni Lizi and kicked Miaoli unconscious when she tried to defend her.
• Kulun threatened to kill the children unless Danni Lizi stripped, and she prepared to comply to save them.
• Two Gale Legion officers holding Danni Lizi were silently beheaded, and more than fifty soldiers guarding the children fell dead.
• Five black knights appeared, and Danni Lizi recognized the handsome young knight standing at their center.
• Kulun demanded to know who the knights were, and the young knight replied that he knew Kulun but asked whether Kulun knew him.

Inzaghi reunited with Danni Lizi and the children after defeating Kulun’s men, then announced his intention to confront the Ptolemy Family. As Danni Lizi urged them to flee, armed forces surrounded the courtyard.

• Inzaghi revealed that Kulun’s men had killed children and York, then killed several nobles and spared Kulun to carry a warning to his father and brother.
• Danni Lizi cautioned Inzaghi that Kulun would return with the Gale Legion, but Inzaghi said he planned to settle the debt with the Ptolemy Family.
• Michael Owen revived the injured girl, and Inzaghi and his companions recognized Danni Lizi as a friend they had believed lost.
• Danni Lizi recounted surviving the massacre and tearfully reunited with Inzaghi, his companions, and the children.
• Danni Lizi urged everyone to leave before Deisler and the Gale Legion arrived, but armed forces surrounded the courtyard and a voice challenged them to escape.

Inzaghi confronted Deisler and the Gale Legion at Hot Springs Pass, then overwhelmed Deisler with his superior Dou Qi and terrifying assassination techniques. Deisler was left helpless as Inzaghi and the other black knights threatened his forces.

• Deisler arrived with the Gale Legion and challenged Inzaghi on behalf of the Ptolemy Family.
• Inzaghi vanished and relentlessly drove Deisler into retreat with an invisible attack.
• Inzaghi reappeared and extinguished Deisler’s flame attack with his overwhelming Dou Qi.
• Inzaghi declared that the Ptolemy Family and Gale Legion were insignificant beside Alexander.
• Deisler threatened to order his archers to fire, but Inzaghi warned him that they would not survive long enough to shoot.
• Deisler realized that Michael Owen, David Trezeguet, González Raúl, and Cavani had disappeared and were poised to assassinate his soldiers.

Inzaghi forced Deisler and the Gale Legion to retreat, then arranged for Danni Lizi and the children to travel to Chambord City. When they returned to the slums with supplies, they found the area sealed off by Gale Legion soldiers.

• Inzaghi demanded that the Ptolemy Family mourn the dead, have old Ptolemy execute Kulun, and face destruction if they refused.
• An unseen attacker severed nearly two hundred bowstrings, and Deisler abandoned resistance and ordered the Gale Legion to retreat.
• Danni Lizi marveled at Inzaghi’s strength and the King of Chambord’s influence.
• Inzaghi gave Danni Lizi gold and sent her with Owen and Raúl to buy carriages, provisions, and travel supplies for the journey to Chambord City.
• Danni Lizi’s party returned to the slums and found Gale Legion soldiers surrounding the area, who ordered them to leave.

Danni Lizi and the others passed through the guarded slums after Owen and Raúl revealed their connection to the King of Chambord. Inzaghi led the rescued children out of Hot Springs Pass, and Inzaghi’s long-stalled bottleneck began to stir.

• Owen cut an officer’s whip with a controlled wind blade, and the officer recognized the King of Chambord’s black knights and let the party pass.
• Danni Lizi and the others reached the clearing, where Ptolemy Family members called for Kulun’s death to appease the King of Chambord.
• Old Ptolemy killed Kulun and warned that he would purge the family and answer for its crimes.
• Inzaghi gathered the children and their belongings, then led them and Danni Lizi’s group out of the slums.
• After they left Hot Springs Pass, Inzaghi felt his bottleneck begin to break.

Inzaghi brought Danni Lizi and the children to Chambord City, where he promised them safe homes and a future as official residents. As they stopped for a meal, he overheard rumors about the King of Chambord and noticed the arrival of the Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries.

• Inzaghi’s Dou Qi surged as he broke through his martial bottleneck, while Owen and the others guarded his carriage.
• Danni Lizi and the children crossed the Zuli River aboard the King Alexander and marveled at Chambord City.
• Inzaghi promised the children homes, food, education, and official residency, then took them to a restaurant.
• Inzaghi overheard mercenaries discuss the Church’s Black-Robed Holy Temple and notable visitors arriving in Chambord City.
• Fifteen or sixteen armed men bearing the Wind-Racing Horse emblem entered the restaurant.