Recaps

Emperor Yassin fought D'Alessandro to a standstill until Suleiman Kerimov, Emperor of Anzhi, arrived to help D'Alessandro kill him. As the two prepared to attack Yassin together, another supreme expert announced their arrival from the imperial capital's walls.

• D'Alessandro drew the Demigod Dou Weapon Star Mark and attacked Emperor Yassin, but Yassin blocked his strikes.
• D'Alessandro and Emperor Yassin fought at close range for dozens of minutes before separating, both showing signs of injury.
• Suleiman Kerimov appeared and revealed that he and D'Alessandro had planned to kill Emperor Yassin together.
• Emperor Yassin remained calm as D'Alessandro and Suleiman declared that their two-against-one victory was certain.
• An unfamiliar supreme expert called out from the imperial capital's walls, offering to join the fight.

Sun Fei revealed himself as the Guardian Martial Saint and joined Emperor Yassin against Emperor Suleiman Kerimov and Klimov. After Sun Fei and Klimov clashed weapons and were both thrown back, Sun Fei judged that he could defeat the Anzhi emperor and resolved to kill him.

• Sun Fei removed his black cloak, revealed his identity to the nobles and soldiers, and flew to Emperor Yassin’s side.
• Emperor Yassin praised Sun Fei’s efforts, while Sun Fei apologized for the trouble Chambord City had brought upon Zenit.
• Emperor Suleiman Kerimov denounced Yassin for sheltering Sun Fei and sent Klimov to attack him.
• Sun Fei donned the Immortal King set, summoned the Immortal King's Soul Crusher, and met Klimov’s beast bone in a powerful clash.
• Sun Fei and Klimov were both sent flying, but Klimov was driven farther back and left with numb arms.
• Sun Fei dismissed Klimov’s strength and resolved to destroy him.

Sun Fei and Emperor Klimov prepared to unleash their full power, but Emperor Yassin ordered Sun Fei to stand down and faced Klimov and D'Alessandro alone. As Yassin began fighting them, the elements of heaven and earth turned against him, revealing that he was undergoing a trial that might advance him to the Demigod realm.

• Emperor Klimov transformed into a giant and challenged Sun Fei, who readied the Immortal King Set to fight him.
• Emperor Yassin ordered Sun Fei to withdraw, then declared that he would face Klimov and D'Alessandro by himself.
• Yassin told Sun Fei to watch closely as D'Alessandro and Klimov attacked him.
• The forces and laws of heaven and earth erupted around Yassin, and Sun Fei realized he was enduring an elemental trial that could mean he was advancing toward the Demigod realm.

Emperor Yassin began the Demigod trial, and D'Alessandro and Klimov attacked him to prevent him from passing it. After more than three hours inside the gray layer of chaos, D'Alessandro and Klimov burst out, laughing as the chapter left Emperor Yassin's fate unknown.

• Emperor Yassin's power triggered heaven and earth's Demigod trial, shocking Sun Fei and the people watching from the imperial capital.
• D'Alessandro and Klimov realized Emperor Yassin might become a Demigod and agreed to kill him before he could pass the trial.
• D'Alessandro unleashed the God-Slaying Art with the Star Mark, while Klimov attacked with his beast-bone club.
• The trial and the three masters' attacks formed a vast gray storm of chaos that hid the battle from the people at the capital.
• After more than three hours, D'Alessandro and Klimov shot out of the storm and laughed, while Emperor Yassin remained unseen.

D'Alessandro and Klimov revealed that they had mortally wounded Emperor Yassin with the Star Mark, while Sun Fei failed to stop the blade from draining Yassin's life. As Sun Fei prepared to attack them, a whisper told him to protect Yassin's body.

• D'Alessandro and Klimov watched the elemental storm clear, both badly wounded but triumphant.
• The storm revealed Emperor Yassin standing apparently unharmed, until the Star Mark was seen piercing his heart and emerging from his back.
• Sun Fei stopped Arshavin, the eldest princess, and the imperial nobles from rushing to Yassin, then tried unsuccessfully to heal him or remove the rapier.
• D'Alessandro and Klimov proclaimed Zenit's defeat and threatened to wipe out its people as Yassin's vitality faded.
• Sun Fei erupted in grief and killing intent, but a whisper told him not to fight and to protect Yassin's body.

Sun Fei defended Emperor Yassin’s body from D'Alessandro and Klimov while a faint trace of vitality persisted within it. When D'Alessandro’s attack vanished near the corpse, the two powerhouses fled, suspecting Emperor Yassin had awakened a domain.

• Sun Fei sensed a stubborn trace of vitality inside Emperor Yassin’s cold body and took a stand to protect it.
• D'Alessandro and Klimov noticed strange fluctuations and charged at Sun Fei and Emperor Yassin’s body.
• Sun Fei unleashed a newly evolved Undefeated Emperor Fist, knocking both opponents back despite their greater strength.
• After a prolonged fight, Sun Fei took heavy injuries while blocking the pair’s attacks on Emperor Yassin’s body.
• D'Alessandro’s punch vanished before it reached Emperor Yassin, and D'Alessandro and Klimov retreated in fear of a possible domain.

Emperor Yassin awakened as a Demigod after his domain destroyed the Star Mark and restored his body. He healed Zenit City’s walls and soldiers, while D'Alessandro and Suleiman Kerimov struggled against the pressure of his power; he then enveloped Sun Fei in golden light.

• Sun Fei realized that a domain was protecting Emperor Yassin’s body, and D'Alessandro’s punch vanished before reaching it.
• Emperor Yassin’s final drop of blood fell from the Star Mark, which vibrated violently and consumed all its divine essence.
• The Star Mark shattered, and its destruction caused a powerful backlash that made D'Alessandro spit blood.
• A heartbeat from Emperor Yassin’s body forced warriors across the area to struggle against their own racing hearts.
• Emperor Yassin opened his eyes as a Demigod, restored the imperial walls and wounded soldiers, and drew the people of Zenit City to their knees.
• Emperor Yassin’s power pressed down on D'Alessandro and Suleiman Kerimov, then enveloped Sun Fei in golden light.

Emperor Yassin healed Sun Fei and revealed his new Demigod power, then captured D'Alessandro and suppressed him beneath a rune-marked peak. Klimov explained how Yassin had used the two enemies to share the pressure of his ascension trial, but claimed he could still escape and planned to reach the Demigod realm himself.

• Emperor Yassin restored Sun Fei's injuries and left a seed of divine power inside him, while Sun Fei worried about what the emperor might intend.
• D'Alessandro and Klimov fled, but Emperor Yassin pulled them back from more than a hundred kilometers away with a wave.
• Emperor Yassin suppressed D'Alessandro beneath a rocky peak marked with six golden runes and said Maradona could come retrieve him.
• Klimov accused Emperor Yassin of using him and D'Alessandro to share the pressure of the ascension trial, allowing Yassin to reach the Demigod realm.
• Klimov said he had learned from the battle and would reach the Demigod realm within a year, while insisting Emperor Yassin could not stop him from leaving.

Emperor Yassin overwhelmed and killed Emperor of Anzhi Klimov, crushing his escaping soul and ending the conspiracy against Zenit. As Zenit’s people hailed him, Sun Fei asked permission to lead an expedition against the Anzhi Empire.

• Emperor Yassin repeatedly struck Klimov with metal mountains, while mysterious apparitions helped Klimov escape until Yassin overwhelmed them with an attack reinforced by eighteen Sub-Divine Runes.
• Yassin crushed Klimov’s body against a rune-covered metal altar, leaving only his head alive; Klimov warned that a true god stood behind the Anzhi Empire.
• Yassin destroyed Klimov’s head and then crushed the Spiritual Power that fled from it, killing him and shattering the conspiracy against Zenit.
• Zenit’s people knelt and celebrated Yassin, and Sun Fei joined them in proclaiming the emperor’s greatness.
• Sun Fei asked Yassin for permission to lead an expedition and destroy the Anzhi Empire.

After Emperor Yassin became a demigod, he ended the crisis facing Zenit and agreed to let Sun Fei lead a campaign against Anzhi after three months. As Yassin prepared to leave, the Continent Martial Saint Maradona arrived in Saint Petersburg with an aura that matched his.

• Sun Fei asked Emperor Yassin for permission to march against the Anzhi Empire, and Yassin agreed to delay the campaign for three months.
• The people of Zenit celebrated Yassin's rise to demigodhood and the end of the immediate threat of war.
• Emperor Yassin healed the devastated land and told Sun Fei to learn from the birth of a demigod.
• Sun Fei recognized that Yassin had planted a seed of divine power within him and that the battle had given him valuable insight.
• Maradona arrived in Saint Petersburg, revealing an aura as powerful as Emperor Yassin's.

Maradona arrived to rescue D'Alessandro after Emperor Yassin defeated him, but crippled his disciple's Dou Qi and severed his ties to Martial Saint Mountain. After Yassin accepted this accounting, Maradona vanished, revealing that he had been only a phantom.

• Maradona appeared before Emperor Yassin, who attacked him with Dragon Fist.
• Maradona broke through Yassin's attempt to stop him and rescued D'Alessandro from beneath the rocky mountain.
• D'Alessandro tried to turn Maradona against Yassin, but Maradona crippled his Dou Qi and expelled him from Martial Saint Mountain.
• Maradona asked whether Yassin was satisfied with his accounting, and Yassin nodded.
• Maradona vanished, and Sun Fei realized that he had been a phantom powerful enough to fight Yassin as an equal.

After Zenit defeated its enemies and Emperor Yassin emerged as a demigod, neighboring empires withdrew, submitted, and sent tribute. As Zenit rebuilt under its princes, political opportunists began calling for the King of Chambord and Chambord City to be restrained.

• After Zenit's victory became known, neighboring countries withdrew their border armies, while the ten invading empires abandoned the southern frontier and offered tribute, reparations, territory, and submission.
• The foreign envoys in Saint Petersburg begged for mercy, but Zenit officials and civilians drove them from the capital with clubs, rotten eggs, and spoiled vegetables.
• The Anzhi Empire declared war over Klimov's death, though it could not immediately attack Zenit and feared Emperor Yassin's power.
• Emperor Yassin stayed secluded and issued edicts, leaving imperial affairs with Arshavin, the eldest princess, and senior officials while Dominguez took charge of the southern frontier.
• Constantine received major rewards for continuing to fight in occupied territory, and the Kingdom of Byzantium rose to become a first-rank empire under Zenit.
• Political opportunists called for the King of Chambord to be punished and demanded that Chambord City surrender its Moon Class masters to the empire.

Sun Fei stayed in the imperial capital after the battle, guiding Luffy’s cultivation and searching for a way to increase his own strength. He then returned to the Diablo World, where he completed a rescue quest and raised his Barbarian Mode to level 86.

• Sun Fei ignored rumors that the Gold Saint experts would serve the Zenit Imperial Family and remained on Martial Saint Mountain as Guardian Martial Saint.
• Modrić brought Sun Fei reports about the Northern Region’s reaction to Emperor Yassin’s rise to demigod level.
• Sun Fei trained Luffy in Rubber Fist for three days, helping him reach the Seven-Star Class Pinnacle.
• Sun Fei practiced Rubber Fist himself, then searched the Demon King's Sharp Sword for an orthodox martial method but found no answer.
• Sun Fei entered the Diablo World, completed the Rescue on Mount Arreat quest by saving fifteen Barbarian warriors, and reached level 86 in Barbarian Mode.

After completing a Diablo World quest, Sun Fei gained fifteen Great Sun-Rank Venerable Barbarian warriors as summonable allies and spent the night cultivating Spiritual Power. On his way to answer Emperor Yassin’s summons, he was confronted by nobles demanding that he disband Chambord City and surrender its Moon Class experts.

• Sun Fei completed the quest and gained the ability to summon fifteen Barbarian warriors once a day for fifteen minutes.
• After leaving the Diablo World, Sun Fei cultivated Spiritual Power through the night and later received Emperor Yassin’s summons.
• Sun Fei descended Martial Saint Mountain with eight guards and headed toward the imperial palace.
• Grant and twenty-two other nobles blocked Sun Fei’s path, claiming they represented the people and were concerned for the empire.
• Grant demanded that Sun Fei disband Chambord City and turn over its Moon Class experts to the imperial family.

Grant and several nobles publicly accused Sun Fei of threatening the empire and demanded he disband Chambord City’s forces. Sun Fei exposed their scheme, buried Grant in the paving, and left for the imperial palace before ordering them all killed.

• Grant and a group of nobles knelt before Sun Fei and demanded he surrender Chambord City’s forces to prove his loyalty to the empire.
• Sun Fei asked Grant who had sent them and how they had known he would pass that way, but Grant claimed they had come on their own.
• Sun Fei denounced the nobles as scheming flies and struck Grant into the stone paving without injuring him.
• Grant and his companions shouted accusations as Sun Fei walked toward the imperial palace, while an invisible force kept them from reaching him.
• Sun Fei stopped and ordered his followers to kill them all.

Sun Fei rejected Grant and the nobles’ attempt to publicly shame him and ordered the guards to kill them, earning the crowd’s approval. He then met Emperor Yassin in the Hall of Contention, where the emperor silently watched him, leaving Sun Fei waiting to learn why he had been summoned.

• Sun Fei dismissed Grant and the nobles’ accusations and ordered the Martial Saint Mountain guards to kill them.
• The guards killed Grant and more than twenty nobles as citizens praised Sun Fei, while several young men slipped away from the crowd.
• Sun Fei entered the Hall of Contention and found Emperor Yassin waiting in his simply furnished residence.
• Sun Fei paid his respects and sat across from Emperor Yassin, who watched him without speaking.

Sun Fei left the imperial capital with Little Luffy and traveled slowly toward Chambord City, using the journey to teach his disciple about ordinary people’s lives. They arrived at the Zuli River and saw Chambord City’s growth and the prosperous new town across the river.

• After Emperor Yassin summoned Sun Fei and silently dismissed him, Sun Fei returned to Martial Saint Mountain, where a purple-aura figure learned that the imperial family had not punished Sun Fei for killing Grant and plotted to turn Yassin and Sun Fei against each other.
• Sun Fei advised Little Luffy in martial techniques and discussed cultivation with Chris Sutton, then entered the Diablo World and completed the Prison of Ice and Betrayal of Harrogath quests by rescuing Anya and defeating Nihlathak.
• Sun Fei reached level 91 in Barbarian Mode on Hell Difficulty and prepared to face the three ancient guardians on Mount Arreat before confronting Baal.
• Sun Fei left Martial Saint Mountain with Little Luffy and took several days to travel toward Chambord City, showing him settlements and the lives of ordinary people along the way.
• Sun Fei and Little Luffy reached the Zuli River and saw Chambord City’s expanded population and the bustling new town on the southern bank, where Little Luffy pointed out something that astonished him.

Sun Fei returned to Chambord City and inspected its upgraded Black Warships. His arrival was recognized by their captains and Chambord’s officials, and the kingdom erupted in celebration.

• Sun Fei took Luffy to see the two refitted Black Warships, the Black Pearl and the One-Eyed Dragon.
• The Black Pearl’s runic shield blocked Sun Fei, and Captain Jack ordered the crew to aim their cannons at him.
• Sun Fei passed through the shield using the Throne of Chaotic Times and arrived on deck, where Jack and the soldiers recognized their king and bowed.
• Barbossa came aboard from the One-Eyed Dragon and paid his respects to Sun Fei.
• Chambord City’s officials gathered to welcome Sun Fei, and the city celebrated his return.

After returning to Chambord City, Sun Fei kept busy with kingdom affairs and training before joining Elena to clear Hell Difficulty in Barbarian Mode. He defeated Baal and reached level 100, but Barbarian Mode remained at Blazing Sun Class Peak Great Perfection; then he noticed something at Baal’s corpse that filled him with joy.

• Chambord City celebrated Sun Fei’s return as its prosperity and reputation as a haven for merchants, mercenaries, and refugees continued to grow.
• Sun Fei spent several days managing kingdom affairs, training his companions, visiting the Madman’s Laboratory, and fighting in the Diablo World.
• Sun Fei and Elena reached the Throne of Destruction, defeated Baal’s summoned monsters, and entered the Worldstone Chamber.
• Sun Fei and Elena barely survived their battle with Baal, then healed themselves with potions dropped by the demon.
• A golden pillar of light raised Sun Fei to level 100, but Barbarian Mode remained at Blazing Sun Class Peak Great Perfection.
• Elena rose three levels to level 88, and Sun Fei spotted something at Baal’s corpse that made him rejoice.

Sun Fei found the final pieces of the Immortal King Set beside Baal’s corpse and completed the set, gaining immense strength. After he and Elena collected the battlefield’s equipment, he headed to the Worldstone at the center of the chamber.

• Sun Fei identified the Immortal King’s Detail belt and Immortal King’s Will Avenger Guard helmet among Baal’s drops.
• Sun Fei completed the Immortal King Set and received powerful bonuses to his skills, attack rating, life, resistances, and spell damage reduction.
• Sun Fei manifested the full set and struck with his maul, summoning lightning and hurricanes as his attack power rose to rival a Demigod’s.
• Sun Fei and Elena gathered the valuable equipment, though none of it belonged to M’avina’s Battle Hymn Set.
• Sun Fei followed the corridor to the blood-colored altar at the center of the Worldstone Chamber, where the Hell Difficulty Worldstone rested.

After clearing Hell Difficulty in Barbarian Mode, Sun Fei kept the corrupted Worldstone and received the Throne of Destruction as a summonable scene. Over the next two months, he developed Sky City and raised Paladin Mode to level 100 before beginning Assassin Mode ahead of the campaign against the Anzhi Empire.

• Sun Fei stored the Hell Difficulty Worldstone instead of destroying it and received the Throne of Destruction as a reward for clearing Barbarian Mode.
• Sun Fei purified the Worldstone at the God and Demon Altar, unlocked more of Sky City's functions, and arranged for screened residents of Chambord City to move there.
• Sun Fei raised Paladin Mode to level 100 in Hell Difficulty, collected Griswold's Legacy and three Worldstones, but received no answer about gaining strength beyond clearing the game.
• With less than a month before the campaign against the Anzhi Empire, Sun Fei began progressing through Assassin Mode.

Sun Fei prepared Chambord City for an expedition against the Anzhi Empire, strengthening the city and assembling an elite force. After reporting to the imperial capital and securing military funds, he returned to Chambord City to ready the campaign.

• Sun Fei ordered Chambord City to prepare for an expedition against the Anzhi Empire, drawing the attention of powers across the Northern Region.
• Sun Fei advanced his [Assassin Mode] to level 80 and installed the purified [Worldstone] in [Sky City], while using another [Worldstone] and Sub-Divine Runes to strengthen Chambord City's defenses.
• Brook selected a thousand Three-Star Class warriors for the expedition, and Torres joined the force while the other Gold Saints stayed behind to guard Chambord City.
• Sun Fei left Little Luffy in Chambord City and traveled to the imperial capital to report the preparations to Emperor Yassin, who remained in seclusion.
• Arshavin received Sun Fei, offered him two army groups, and allocated the requested military funds after Sun Fei declined the troops.
• Sun Fei settled matters concerning Martial Saint Mountain and the [Letters and Visits Office], then returned to Chambord City.

Sun Fei returned to Chambord City and led a carefree patrol with Angela and Elena before preparing to campaign against the Anzhi Empire. The chapter ended as he led a thousand soldiers out of the city amid the people’s cheers and confident farewells.

• Rumors spread through Saint Petersburg that Emperor Yassin and the imperial family intended to weaken or eliminate Sun Fei.
• Sun Fei spent a day riding through the Endless Forest Sea with Angela, Elena, and the King-Rank Magic Beast Legion.
• Adventurers admired Chambord’s powerful patrol and praised the protection and opportunities available to its residents.
• Three days later, Sun Fei led a thousand Chambord soldiers in ceremonies at the city gates before ordering the expedition against the Anzhi Empire to march.
• Chambord’s people sent off the soldiers with confidence, while their loved ones exchanged promises and farewells.

The Chambord expeditionary force traveled toward the Anzhi Empire while Brook and Best prepared to manage threats at home. After the army destroyed enemy scouts and vanished from sight, two Black Warships appeared near Anzhi territory.

• Brook and Best watched the expeditionary force depart and discussed rooting out spies and relocating Sky City.
• After five days of travel, the expeditionary force camped near the Zenit Empire’s southwestern border.
• Anzhi scouts revealed that their empire was preparing a trap, but Chambord warriors ambushed and killed them and the other watchers.
• The Chambord Expeditionary Army vanished, leaving the Anzhi Empire and other major powers unable to find it.
• Two silver-white Black Warships crossed the sky and reached the border region near the Anzhi Empire.

Sun Fei halted the Black Warship after sensing something strange and descended with Grandpa Cain and the nun to investigate a deserted border town. They found the town overrun by zombies, confirming their fears as Sun Fei prepared to confront the undead.

• Sun Fei ordered the Black Warship and the One-Eyed Dragon to stop after sensing an anomaly below.
• Sun Fei, Grandpa Cain, the nun, Torres, and several students descended near a deserted town on the Dite Empire’s southern border.
• An undead dog attacked Grandpa Cain, but Sun Fei destroyed it before it could reach him.
• Grandpa Cain identified the dog as a creature controlled by dark power, and the group saw zombies wandering through the town.
• Sun Fei told Fernando to protect the students while he, Grandpa Cain, and the nun approached the zombie horde.