Recaps

Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries harassed Danni Lizi and the children at the Ringbearer Restaurant, and Owen retaliated when one of them injured Little Miaoli. Owen claimed to serve King Alexander as the Slaughter Thorn, leaving the mercenaries’ leader alarmed.

• The Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries forced the restaurant’s second-floor customers downstairs and leered at Danni Lizi.
• A tall, thin mercenary tripped Little Miaoli and demanded that Danni Lizi pay him ten gold coins or drink with his group.
• Inzaghi led Danni Lizi and the children toward the stairs while Owen blocked the tall mercenary and offered him ten coins.
• When the mercenary attacked, Owen swiftly severed his leg at the knee, prompting the others to surround him with weapons drawn.
• Owen rebuked the mercenaries and claimed he was Michael Owen, the Slaughter Thorn serving King Alexander, startling their leader.

Owen forced the Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries to apologize, then Inzaghi settled Danni Lizi and the children in his residence. The group split up to pursue their business, with Inzaghi flying toward Sky City on the winged black dog.

• Owen ordered the mercenaries who had whistled at Danni Lizi to slap themselves three times, and they obeyed.
• Owen warned the Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries to behave in Chambord City before leaving the inn.
• Inzaghi led the children away after they had eaten, and a silver-haired mage from the Fire Blood Mercenary Corps passed by his group.
• Inzaghi brought Danni Lizi and the children to his residence and arranged for their registration and new clothes.
• Inzaghi left with Trezeguet, Owen, Cavani, and Raúl, then flew toward Sky City on the winged black dog.

Inzaghi returned to Sky City after surviving the journey to Hot Springs Pass and reported to Sun Fei, who tasked him with investigating mercenary groups and honing his strength in the city's turmoil. Sun Fei then completed the Rite of Passage trial on Nightmare Difficulty and received the ancient guardian Talic's power.

• The transformed big black dog detected a pursuer, blasted the figure out of hiding with a fireball, and carried Inzaghi to Sky City.
• Inzaghi reported his trip to Hot Springs Pass, including Kulun's death and the survivors; Sun Fei praised his decisions and ordered Danni Lizi and the children investigated for possible residence in Chambord.
• Inzaghi warned Sun Fei that the Wind-Racing Horse and Fire Blood mercenary groups might be plotting against Chambord and its upcoming grand wedding ceremony.
• Sun Fei told Inzaghi to investigate the mercenary groups quietly and to train through real combat amid the disorder in the city.
• Sun Fei entered the Diablo World on Nightmare Difficulty and completed the Rite of Passage trial, after which Talic became a golden statue and his power flowed into Sun Fei.

After Sun Fei and Elena defeated the Nightmare Difficulty Ancient Guardians, they entered the Worldstone Keep to fight toward Baal before their game time ran out. Back in God King Hall, Sun Fei sensed a threat to Chambord City, then learned that several people had broken through to Moon Class.

• Sun Fei and Elena defeated Talic, Korlic, and Madawc, gaining new strength and combat skills in Nightmare Difficulty.
• Sun Fei warned Elena that enemies might disrupt their wedding, and they agreed to kill anyone who caused trouble.
• Sun Fei and Elena entered the Worldstone Keep and fought through its first two levels before their daily game time ended.
• Sun Fei returned to God King Hall, reflected on the threats gathering against Chambord City, and anticipated bloodshed on the wedding night.
• Several people in the void around God King Hall broke through to Moon Class, and Sun Fei celebrated the boost to Chambord City's strength.

Sun Fei watched six veteran Chambord masters break through to the initial moon class stage in Sky City and gave each a Dou Weapon suited to his skills. They survived the heavenly and earthly elemental trials, completing their transformation into moon class masters.

• Drogba, Pierce, Torres, Čech, Oleg, and Robben broke through to the initial moon class stage while cultivating in seclusion.
• Sun Fei sent the six men Dou Weapons he had selected to match their fighting styles and abilities.
• The six masters communed with their weapons as Sun Fei warned them to prepare for the elemental trials.
• Elemental storms gathered over Sky City and assailed the six stone halls as the newly advanced masters endured their trials.
• Sun Fei watched from the Throne of Chaos, drew Little Overlord onto it, and saw the six masters successfully complete their trials after about an hour.

Sun Fei watched six of his subordinates complete their breakthroughs to Moon Class and brought them together in the God King Hall, where he promised each a Golden Sacred Peak. Two days before his wedding, Chambord City was plunged into sudden darkness, and brilliant stars appeared across the sky.

• Drogba, Pierce, Čech, Torres, Oleg, and Robben stabilized their auras after breaking through to Moon Class, with Čech and Torres reaching the highest levels among them.
• Sun Fei used the laws of heaven and earth to transport the six from their stone halls to the God King Hall.
• The six thanked Sun Fei, and he told them each of the twelve Golden Sacred Peaks would have one of them.
• Two days before Sun Fei's wedding, the sky over Chambord City suddenly darkened and brilliant, colorful stars appeared.

A strange celestial phenomenon sent ancient starlight into six peaks behind Chambord City, alarming outsiders and prompting factions to investigate. In a guarded mercenary courtyard, the scarred captain sensed danger just as an unknown person appeared at the gate.

• The sky darkened over Chambord City, and stars formed six constellations whose starlight flowed into six peaks behind the city.
• The phenomenon ended, leaving the visiting factions confused and uneasy as they investigated the mountain and the source of the strange power.
• In a secluded courtyard, Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries mocked the Fire Blood mercenary group while their scarred captain worried they were being watched.
• The scarred captain ordered his men to leave and lie low before the Dragon-Hunting Operation began the next day.
• The captain and his companions grabbed their weapons when an unknown person silently appeared at the courtyard gate.

Michael Owen and a hidden ally ambushed the mercenaries plotting to kill the King of Chambord, and the ally identified himself as González Raúl, the White-Robed Thorn. Meanwhile, three strangers sought the Fire Blood mercenary captain and were admitted to the inn’s backyard.

• Michael Owen confronted the Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries and learned they planned to hunt down the King of Chambord.
• The scar-faced captain and his mercenaries attacked Owen with a formation battle technique, but an unseen ally caught the captain from behind.
• Owen defeated the more than twenty mercenaries while the ally held the captain hostage.
• González Raúl revealed that he was the White-Robed Thorn, one of the Four Thorns under the King of Chambord.
• Lisa and another female mercenary stopped three strangers at the inn’s backyard entrance until a woman in black mage robes invited them inside.

Philip Inzaghi and the Four Thorns captured Laura and the members of the [Fire Blood] mercenary corps to question them about the [Dragon Hunt Plan]. They brought the captives to a blood-soaked underground torture hall, where Laura recognized the person being tortured.

• Philip Inzaghi confronted Laura and demanded information about the [Dragon Hunt Plan], while warning her not to resist or summon help.
• Cavani and David Trezeguet stopped the redhead and the girl with the black ponytail from slipping away, and Laura agreed to go with Inzaghi.
• Inzaghi ordered the capture of everyone in the courtyard; the mercenaries had their Dou Qi sealed, and Laura was bound with anti-magic shackles.
• The captives were transported to a dark underground passage and led into a torture hall filled with bloodstained instruments.
• Laura saw the person being tortured in the center of the hall, narrowed her eyes in surprise, and then appeared to understand what was happening.

Laura and Barrios confessed details of the Dragon Hunt Plan after Chambord City’s torture broke the captured mercenaries. Sun Fei ordered Philip and the others to root out the infiltrating squads while he prepared to enter seclusion until his wedding.

• Laura recognized Barrios and the captured Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries, realizing their information about the Dragon Hunt Plan had been exposed.
• Inzaghi warned Laura that Chambord City’s torture devices could break even powerful prisoners, and Barrios soon begged for mercy and confessed.
• Laura agreed to tell her captors everything, while the Fire Blood mercenaries watched in fear.
• Sun Fei rejected Oleg’s offer to attack the mercenaries’ bases and ordered him to give a sealed scroll to Philip.
• Sun Fei instructed Philip and the others to root out the Dragon Hunt squads but avoid provoking the two group leaders, then announced he would enter seclusion until the wedding.

Inzaghi and the Four Thorns secretly wiped out the mercenary squads hidden in Chambord City, acting on information Barrios and Laura had revealed. The Wind-Racing Horse commander Meierbeili recognized the King of Chambord’s involvement but chose to delay retaliation, while the golden-masked leader of the Fire Blood mercenary corps began assessing Laura’s disappearance.

• Inzaghi and the Four Thorns slaughtered the hidden mercenary squads across Chambord City and removed the bodies without leaving traces.
• Meierbeili and Isakson discovered that the Wind-Racing Horse squad had been killed, and Isakson sensed that the assassins belonged to the King of Chambord and included a Nine-Star Class assassin.
• Meierbeili concluded that the King of Chambord had uncovered part of the plan, but ordered experts elsewhere to hold back and postponed settling the blood debt until the wedding night.
• The golden-masked figure questioned three subordinates about Laura and the other missing members of the Fire Blood mercenary corps.
• The golden-masked figure deduced that an attacker around Moon Class strength had captured Laura and asked what they should do next.

A hidden alliance of Moon Class experts gathered to plan the destruction of Chambord City and the death of King of Chambord Alexander. The mysterious organizer revealed that he wanted only one woman from the city, leaving the assembled powers astonished.

• A golden-masked Fire Blood commander dismissed Laura’s safety as unimportant and said she would be fine.
• Moon Class experts gathered in a concealed underground chamber in Chambord City for a secret alliance meeting.
• Meierbeili arrived and traded hostile words with the golden-masked representative of the rival Fire Blood mercenary group.
• A figure shrouded in silver mist appeared unnoticed beside the staff and announced that the alliance would kill Alexander to prevent him from becoming a threat.
• The silver-mist figure promised the gathered experts Chambord’s treasures in exchange for their contributions, while claiming his own side wanted no wealth.
• Meierbeili questioned the figure’s motives, and the figure revealed that he wanted one woman from Chambord City.

Sun Fei and Elena fought through the Nightmare Difficulty Throne of Destruction and entered the Worldstone Chamber, where they faced a far more powerful and intelligent Baal. The next day, Sun Fei, Angela, and Elena honored Chambord City's dead before the wedding celebrations began, with danger still expected after nightfall.

• Sun Fei and Elena cleared the Throne of Destruction and its summoned hordes, and Elena reached level 96 and the peak of Moon Class.
• Sun Fei entered the Worldstone Chamber and confronted Baal, who warned that his power was returning and the battle was not the end.
• On the morning of his wedding, Sun Fei joined Angela, Elena, and Chambord City's officials and royal family members in a private ceremony on East Mountain.
• Sun Fei, Angela, and Elena paid respects to Chambord City's past kings, the God of War, and warriors who had died defending the city.
• Sun Fei stood with his two brides-to-be overlooking Chambord City, as the city prepared to celebrate and demons were expected to run rampant that night.

As Chambord prepared for Sun Fei’s wedding to Angela and Elena, a hidden assassin watched him and vowed to strike that night. Meanwhile, Sun Fei advanced beyond Moon Class Great Perfection in the Diablo World as his body underwent a major transformation.

• Sun Fei held Angela and Elena’s hands at sunrise, then sent them back to prepare for the wedding.
• Sun Fei sensed a hidden observer and vanished from East Mountain, while a Shadow Tentacle assassin escaped and planned to kill him that night.
• Chambord’s citizens prepared for the wedding, and the imperial delegation led by Dominguez arrived in the city.
• Sun Fei’s body began transforming in Hell Difficulty as energy from Korlic and Talic merged with the power he gained from killing ten Quill Rats.

After killing Baal, Sun Fei entered Hell Difficulty, where he reached level 1 and began clearing its first quest before hearing a mysterious voice. On his wedding day, he appeared before Chambord’s cheering people and set off for the chancellor’s residence.

• Sun Fei and Elena killed Baal, earning powerful set items and the Nightmare Difficulty Worldstone.
• Sun Fei purified the Worldstone, then entered Hell Difficulty and found that its monsters were vastly stronger.
• After killing ten Quill Rats, Sun Fei reached level 1 and felt immense power, though he could not sense the power of laws or form a Great Sun Phenomenon.
• Sun Fei cleared the Den of Evil, completed the first Hell Difficulty quest, and heard the mysterious voice again.
• On his wedding day, Alexander joined the procession and rode toward the chancellor’s residence as Chambord’s people cheered.

King of Chambord Alexander appeared before the people and led a grand procession with Angela and Elena to Tiananmen Square for their wedding ceremony. As the procession crossed Chambord City, hostile observers watched and revealed that a deadly trap awaited him.

• Alexander rode through Chambord City as his subjects cheered, while three cloaked members of the Dragon Hunting Alliance discussed his strength and planned his death.
• A white-robed old man watched Alexander pass and recalled that he had prepared a death trap to avenge his sect and protect Angela's secret.
• War Pirate Meierbeili vowed revenge, the golden-masked mercenary observed Alexander with interest, Prince Gourcuff saw him for the first time, and a dwarf waited to make him prey.
• Dominguez wondered whether Alexander was prepared for the city's danger while Paris looked grave and Granero remained expressionless.
• Alexander emerged from Chancellor Best's residence holding Angela and Elena's hands, and George Best joined them in the wedding carriage driven by Fernando Torres.
• Alexander rode with the procession to Tiananmen Square, where the wedding ceremony would take place.

Sun Fei’s wedding to Angela and Elena began with a grand procession and a climb toward the ceremonial platform, but Meierbeili interrupted the ceremony with a challenge. The chapter ended with Chambord’s warriors blocking Meierbeili and his companions as the square braced for Sun Fei’s response.

• Sun Fei arrived with Angela and Elena as the people of Chambord and the guests welcomed them.
• Sun Fei escorted Angela and Elena along the red carpet beneath magical fireworks and dancers toward the wedding platform.
• Sun Fei and the two consorts began climbing the platform’s steps according to Chambord’s wedding tradition.
• Meierbeili shouted to stop the ceremony and demanded that Sun Fei answer his question.
• Hundreds of Chambord City warriors drew their swords and blocked Meierbeili and the Wind-Racing Horse masters.

At King Alexander's wedding celebration, Meierbeili threatened Chambord City and sent Aiermu to attack its soldiers. Drogba stopped the attack and fought Aiermu in the sky, leaving the first battle between the two sides underway.

• Meierbeili declared Chambord City his enemy after Alexander ignored his threat and continued toward the wedding platform.
• Aiermu revealed himself as a Moon Class expert and launched a pillar of crimson flame at Chambord's Urban Management warriors.
• Drogba appeared and crushed Aiermu's attack with one hand, revealing himself as another Moon Class expert of Chambord City.
• Meierbeili ordered Aiermu to kill Drogba, and Aiermu challenged him to fight in the sky.
• Drogba pursued Aiermu into the air, and the two Moon Class experts began a fierce battle.

As Didier Drogba battled the Bitter-Faced Killing God in the sky, the Wind-Racing Horse mercenary group sent a masked Moon Class mage to challenge Chambord. Fernando Torres rose to meet him, and the Chambordians answered the threats against their king by singing their city’s song.

• Spectators and Prince Dominguez’s companions reacted with surprise to Didier Drogba’s sudden rise to Moon Class strength.
• Meierbeili signaled a masked ice mage to challenge Chambord while King Alexander and his two queens climbed toward the platform’s second tier.
• The masked mage called for a Chambordian opponent, and Fernando Torres revealed his Moon Class strength and flew up to fight him.
• Chambordians celebrated Torres and sang the Song of Chambord City, unnerving those gathered with hostile intent.

After a Wind-Racing Horse master attacked Chambord’s civilians, a powerful Water Curtain Heaven Flower barrier protected them and sealed the square. Prince Cisse of Marseille then demanded that Alexander remove it, threatening to use his Moon Class warriors.

• Meierbeili ordered a Wind-Racing Horse Moon Class master to attack the ordinary Chambord citizens, but a sky-blue magical barrier stopped the sword energies.
• The master struck the barrier with a full-powered punch, which rebounded and broke his right arm.
• The Water Curtain Heaven Flower expanded into a dome around the square, alarming the assembled guests and making Meierbeili suspect Alexander had planned the confrontation.
• Eduardo Cisse, prince of the Marseille Empire, accused Alexander of trapping everyone and demanded that the barrier be removed.
• Chancellor George Best said the barrier would prevent the Wind-Racing Horse group from escaping and harming civilians, but Cisse gave Chambord three breaths to take it down.
• Cisse’s three warriors in Marseille Glory Armor stepped forward, revealing that all three were Moon Class masters.

Chambord City revealed three more Moon Class experts, who used Water God Battle Seals to fight the Marseille Empire’s warriors. As the battles raged, Drogba returned bloodied after killing Aiermu and challenged Sak’s claim to uphold justice.

• Paul Pierce, Čech, and Robben stepped forward to face the Marseille Empire’s three Moon Class experts, stunning the guests.
• Pierce, Čech, and Robben trapped their opponents in Water God Battle Seals and began fighting them one-on-one.
• Alexander continued toward the top of the wedding platform without acknowledging Cisse or Meierbeili.
• Aditosake of the Metz Empire joined the confrontation and accused Alexander of disregarding fairness and justice.
• Drogba fell back into the square badly wounded, while Aiermu crashed down dead.
• Drogba rose, spat blood, and demanded that Sak explain where justice was.

Drogba faced Prince Sak’s threat after killing Aiermu, but a black arrow killed the Wind-Racing Horse Mercenary Corps’ ice mage and Torres returned to stand beside him. Bushy Beard then hesitated to fight the two Chambord experts and challenged them to face him one-on-one.

• Prince Sak ordered Bushy Beard to kill the gravely wounded Drogba and make him suffer.
• A black arrow struck the ice mage out of the sky and pinned him dead beside Aiermu.
• Torres appeared beside Drogba, while Meierbeili trembled with rage and grief over the death of his trusted subordinate.
• Bushy Beard stopped advancing when he saw Torres beside Drogba, despite Prince Sak ordering him to attack.
• Bushy Beard demanded a one-on-one fight, and Drogba and Torres mocked his challenge.

Drogba refused Akinfeev’s offer to fight in his place and faced the Metz Empire’s bearded Moon Class powerhouse despite his severe injuries. As the enemy’s attack closed in, Drogba revealed his strength and launched the Taurus Gold Saint’s ultimate technique, Great Horn.

• Drogba challenged the bearded powerhouse from the Marseille Empire to a one-on-one fight despite his wounds.
• Akinfeev introduced himself as Alexander’s friend and offered to take Drogba’s place, but Drogba insisted on fighting.
• The bearded powerhouse unleashed his Moon Class skill, Dead Water Death Thorn Superimposed Howl, against Drogba.
• Drogba suddenly revealed that he had not been exhausted, summoned a huge shield, and attacked with Great Horn.

Drogba killed the Metz Empire master with Holy Charge, but the Dragon Hunting Alliance seized the moment to attack Chambord City and revealed its overwhelming numbers. The chapter ended with twenty-four enemy Moon Class masters surrounding Chambord’s four fighters and demanding the city’s surrender.

• Drogba used Holy Charge to kill the bearded Metz Empire master in a single strike.
• Dozens of warriors rushed to seize Holy Charge, but Frank Lampard killed three attackers and carried Drogba and the shield back to Chambord City’s camp.
• A brief battle broke out, then both sides withdrew; Chambord had four Moon Class masters able to fight against twenty-four from the Dragon Hunting Alliance.
• The Alliance revealed that its members included forces from six empires, seven families, and two mercenary groups, and threatened to massacre Chambord City unless its defenders surrendered their weapons and treasures.

As the Dragon Hunting Alliance’s Moon Class masters prepared to attack Chambord City, five golden sword strikes killed their vanguard and the King of Chambord, Alexander, appeared atop the white jade platform. He confronted War Pirate Meierbeili and demanded an explanation for disrupting his wedding.

• The Dragon Hunting Alliance’s twenty-four Moon Class masters threatened Chambord City while its people stood together and sang the city’s song.
• Four masked Moon Class masters charged Lampard, Torres, Oleg, and Akinfeev, and Chambord’s defenders prepared to fight.
• Five golden sword strikes descended from the white jade platform and annihilated the charging masters.
• The Dragon Hunting Alliance’s masters panicked and retreated, recognizing that the King of Chambord had attacked.
• Alexander appeared on the platform with his two consorts and demanded that Meierbeili explain his offense against the wedding.