Recaps

Sun Fei questioned the mysterious voice about Diablo World, his unusual abilities, and the purple portal, learning that Diablo World was a real world and the portal led to a complete Divine Domain world. The voice left Sun Fei with more questions but revealed that he could become the realm’s master.

• The mysterious voice returned and told Sun Fei it was a fading fragment of consciousness left by a soul that had died a thousand years earlier.
• The voice explained that Diablo World was a real world created by powerful beings from the Azeroth Continent, not a computer game.
• The voice said Sun Fei had chosen himself and claimed he was incomparable to mortals, gods, and demons, then laughed at his guess that he was the creator god’s bastard son.
• The voice revealed that the peaceful world beyond the purple portal was the reward for clearing all seven Diablo World classes: a complete Divine Domain world that Sun Fei could master at once.

Sun Fei learned that he could refine the [Primordial Divine Domain] with the Power of Faith, then began the process and lost awareness of time. Meanwhile, Barcelona’s army besieged Saint Petersburg after crushing Zenit’s forces and conquering vast southern territories.

• The mysterious voice told Sun Fei that the [Primordial Divine Domain] could be refined with the Power of Faith and that his Diablo experience points were Primordial Divine Power he was reclaiming.
• Sun Fei followed the voice’s instructions and began merging the Power of Faith into the [Primordial Divine Domain], knowing failure would leave him a Peak Demigod Class forever.
• Sun Fei became completely absorbed in refining the [Primordial Divine Domain] and lost track of time.
• Granero surveyed the Barcelona army outside Saint Petersburg and feared that Zenit could not withstand the invasion.
• Granero recalled how Barcelona had conquered more than ten million kilometers of Zenit territory, killed over two hundred million people, and routed four hundred thousand troops in less than half a month.
• Granero remembered that Dominguez and Chambord’s experts had briefly raised hopes by defeating Barcelona’s forces, but Barcelona’s renewed assault had quickly shattered them.

Granero watched Barcelona’s forces besiege Saint Petersburg and learned how three Demigod-level experts had shattered the Zenit army on the southern frontier. As the capital struggled to hold out, he wondered where Sun Fei was and whether Zenit could survive the war.

• Granero recalled how the defeated Zenit army returned to Saint Petersburg, and the city prepared its defenses before Barcelona’s forces arrived.
• Saint Petersburg repelled Barcelona’s first assault, then endured renewed attacks with help from Emperor Yassin and a mysterious Chambord City Demigod-level expert.
• The second prince and surviving generals told Granero that three Barcelona Demigod-level experts had overturned Zenit’s successful campaign and routed its four-hundred-thousand-strong army.
• Granero remembered how Chambord City’s soldiers had protected the retreating survivors and wondered why Emperor Yassin and Martial Saint Alexander had not intervened.
• Watching the siege, Granero thought of Sun Fei and wondered when the King of Chambord would appear.

Three Barcelona Demigods attacked Saint Petersburg’s protective barrier, prompting Emperor Yassin, Hasselbaink, and Frank Lampard to confront them. The battle began with Lampard trapping the two Barcelona Demigods beside Busquets in spheres of silver light.

• Busquets, Alves, and Masiqielanuo emerged from the Barcelona camp and attacked Saint Petersburg’s Protection of Mother Earth barrier.
• Granero watched Busquets probe the barrier for weaknesses while the city’s giant crossbows failed to harm the Barcelona Demigods.
• Emperor Yassin, Hasselbaink, and Frank Lampard appeared to defend Saint Petersburg, reassuring the soldiers on the wall.
• The two groups of masters attacked without speaking, beginning their battle in the sky.
• Lampard sent out two silver flames that became spheres of light and imprisoned Alves and Masiqielanuo.

Emperor Yassin and his allies fought Barcelona’s Demigods to a standstill, while Lampard’s star-powered armor let him match Alves. The battle ended without a winner, and Emperor Yassin rejected Busquets’s offer to make peace and submit to Barcelona, then challenged Alves to face him one-on-one.

• Emperor Yassin and Hasselbaink attacked Masiqielanuo and Busquets, giving Busquets time to recover from his near-fatal injuries.
• Lampard summoned golden armor through the power of the stars and fought Alves on equal terms with a Demigod Dou Weapon.
• Emperor Yassin, Masiqielanuo, and Busquets stopped fighting as neither side could gain an advantage without a prolonged battle.
• Busquets urged Emperor Yassin to end the war and pledge allegiance to Barcelona, but Emperor Yassin refused, citing the slaughter of Zenit’s people.
• Emperor Yassin told Alves he would kill him in three moves, and Alves’s anger gave way to sudden fear.

As Barcelona’s army continued to threaten Saint Petersburg, Christo took command of the west gate, puzzling Red Beard Granero. Emperor Yassin spoke with Akinfeev about their long friendship and the losses surrounding Empress Julie and their missing son.

• After three days without effective attacks, Red Beard Granero estimated that Barcelona’s forces outside Saint Petersburg numbered about 300,000.
• Granero learned that Christo had replaced General Di Santo as commander of the west gate and went to see him.
• Akinfeev questioned whether Emperor Yassin trusted Christo to defend the west gate, and Yassin asked how long Akinfeev had served him.
• Emperor Yassin recalled his eight sworn companions and praised Akinfeev’s decades of service.
• Emperor Yassin and Akinfeev remembered Empress Julie, their son’s disappearance, and the catastrophe that had nearly killed Yassin.

Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Mushnikov had secretly remained in Saint Petersburg during the crisis twenty years earlier and saved the third prince from the palace attack. He began explaining how he discovered the child’s survival, leaving the prince’s whereabouts and the reason he had not returned still unrevealed.

• Emperor Yassin recalled the Empress of Light’s death and the third prince’s disappearance, which had left him devastated for twenty years.
• Emperor Yassin revealed that Mushnikov had stayed behind in Saint Petersburg instead of accompanying him, and had helped Akinfeev oversee the capital.
• Emperor Yassin explained that Mushnikov had thwarted the attackers and saved the third prince at the critical moment.
• Akinfeev reacted with joy and relief, then asked where the prince had been and why Emperor Yassin had not brought him back.
• Emperor Yassin began recounting how he found a secret signal Mushnikov had left in the palace four days after his return.

Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev how Mushnikov rescued the third prince during the palace upheaval and brought him to Chambord City. He explained that he kept the child’s identity secret because powerful enemies hunted him, and that the prince’s brain injury led him to abandon plans to raise the child as Zenit’s ruler.

• Emperor Yassin recalled finding Mushnikov’s secret signs and learning that he had rescued the third prince and fled north.
• Mushnikov evaded pursuit for more than twenty days, brought the prince to Chambord City, and died from his injuries.
• Akinfeev grieved over Mushnikov’s sacrifice, and Emperor Yassin reassured him that he had done his best during the palace upheaval.
• Emperor Yassin explained that the omens at the prince’s birth had prompted the enemies to hunt the newborn, so he never acknowledged the child publicly.
• Emperor Yassin said the prince had suffered brain damage during the flight, and he had chosen not to make him ruler of Zenit.

Emperor Yassin revealed to Akinfeev that Alexander was his long-lost third prince, though Akinfeev questioned what had become of the old king’s son. At Saint Petersburg’s west gate, Christo trapped Granero with armed soldiers and magical crossbows after Granero challenged his command.

• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Alexander was his son, the third prince of the Zenit Empire.
• Akinfeev celebrated Alexander’s power but wondered what had happened to the old king’s son.
• At the west gate, an officer rebuked Granero for arriving late to pay respects to Christo, and Granero answered by asserting his authority.
• Granero accused Christo of neglecting the defenses and violating military regulations by summoning the other gate commanders.
• Christo ordered soldiers to seize Granero, then had magical crossbows aimed at him and threatened to kill him.

Golden Lion Frank Lampard stopped Fourth Prince Christo from using Chambord City's crossbows against Granero and his men. Elsewhere, Emperor Yassin revealed how Mushnikov saved the third prince by exchanging him with the old King of Chambord’s newborn son, and acknowledged his debt to Chambord.

• Christo ordered the city’s defensive crossbows to fire on Granero after Granero insulted him and dared him to give the order.
• Lampard stepped out in support of Granero, and the crossbowmen lowered their weapons rather than challenge the Quasi-Extreme Dao master.
• Lampard and Granero left the wall with their group, while Christo cursed and slapped an officer who suggested sending the Judgment Knights after Lampard.
• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Mushnikov had secretly exchanged the third prince for the old King of Chambord’s newborn son, then hid the prince in the Endless Forest Sea.
• Yassin admitted that the exchange led to the death of Chambord’s child and said he had always felt indebted to the old King of Chambord.

Emperor Yassin explained to Akinfeev that Frank Lampard was Mushnikov’s junior fellow disciple and the trusted guardian Mushnikov had secretly arranged for the third prince. He revealed that Lampard had crippled his own powerful lightning-element cultivation to conceal his strength while protecting the prince.

• Akinfeev worried that Lampard’s rapid rise and mysterious origins might conceal an ulterior motive.
• Emperor Yassin assured Akinfeev that Lampard was trustworthy and revealed that he had met him long ago.
• Yassin explained that Mushnikov arranged for his junior fellow disciple to protect the hidden third prince and eventually bring him to Yassin.
• Yassin identified Lampard as Mushnikov’s junior fellow disciple and recalled his extraordinary martial talent.
• Yassin revealed that Lampard had crippled his Half Moon Class cultivation, dispersed his lightning-element Dou Qi, and switched to water-element cultivation to hide his strength.

Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev how Mushnikov and Lampard had protected his missing third son, Alexander, and explained his long-standing support for Chambord City. He revealed that he intended Alexander to inherit the throne, while hoping his other sons could accept and support him.

• Emperor Yassin explained that Mushnikov hid his connection to Lampard and entrusted him with protecting the third prince, while Lampard dispersed his cultivation and remained in Chambord City.
• Akinfeev realized why Emperor Yassin had repeatedly protected Chambord City and supported Alexander despite disputes and complaints from nobles.
• Emperor Yassin recalled his regret over losing his son and said he had become more patient with his children, including Dominguez and Arshavin, despite their rivalry.
• Emperor Yassin explained that he had allowed Christo to take over the western city gate's defense to give him a chance to prove himself.
• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Alexander was the best choice to inherit the throne, comparing his sons and judging the others unfit for the position.

Emperor Yassin entrusted Akinfeev with a secret decree of succession and gave one of his sons another chance, while waiting to see whether Alexander would accept his true parentage. In Chambord City, Torres learned that the Barcelonans had invaded Zenit and set out to tell Alexander that his kingdom urgently needed him.

• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev he would formally acknowledge Alexander as his son after the war and worried whether Alexander would return to him.
• Emperor Yassin gave Akinfeev a sealed secret decree of succession and recalled their past before sending him away.
• After hearing a report from a black-clad guard, Emperor Yassin spared a reckless son and warned that he would have no place if he failed again.
• Torres returned to Chambord City and learned from Brook that the Barcelonans had invaded Zenit, Constantine had been captured, and Alexander and Luffy were missing.
• Best described Chambord's worsening military situation, and Torres hurried back toward the Land of Exile to inform Alexander.

Brook and Best learned of Alexander’s plan to bring the Behemoth Orc Clan into the empire and mobilized Chambord City to prepare for their migration while buying him time. Meanwhile, Sun Fei continued refining the Divine Domain World as growing faith from Zenit’s people and the Behemoth Beastmen hastened his progress.

• Brook stopped Torres from acting until he explained the situation in the Land of Exile and delivered Alexander’s instructions and letter to Brook and Best.
• Brook and Best discussed Alexander’s plan, organized Chambord City’s preparations, and ordered Inzaghi and Charsi’s team to help ready teleportation stations and military support.
• Best sent Torres back to the Land of Exile with a recording scroll and promised that the preparations for the Behemoth Beastmen’s migration would be complete within twenty days.
• Torres and several Behemoth Beastmen masters left for the Land of Exile without him having time to visit his family.
• Sun Fei remained cocooned in the Divine Domain World as faith from Zenit’s people and the Behemoth Beastmen gathered around him and transformed the world.
• The mysterious voice observed that Sun Fei might refine the Divine Domain World ahead of schedule.

Wars spread across every region of Azeroth, while Zenit continued to hold Saint Petersburg against Barcelona’s assault. Granero realized that Barcelona had feigned a retreat to lure Zenit’s elite warriors from the walls, just as powerful attackers and the main army charged back.

• The Dwarf and Gnome clans fought back against human empires that had enslaved and abducted them, while wars and political divisions engulfed the other regions of Azeroth.
• The Zenit defenders repelled Barcelona’s attacks at Saint Petersburg, but the fourth prince Christo repeatedly risked elite Star-Rank Warriors by sending them out to collect military merit.
• Granero condemned Christo’s actions and decided to seek help from the second prince and Emperor Yassin.
• More than two hundred Zenit Star-Rank Warriors defeated a group of Barcelona magicians after the enemy appeared to retreat.
• Granero noticed that Barcelona’s powerful figures and main army had turned back toward Saint Petersburg and realized the retreat had been a trap.

Barcelona warriors disguised as Zenit soldiers attacked the west gate while Barcelona’s army and four supreme experts launched a coordinated assault on Saint Petersburg. After Granero reached the gate and found the attackers apparently dead, the body count revealed that more than fifty disguised warriors were still unaccounted for.

• Disguised Barcelona warriors at the west gate turned on Zenit soldiers as the Barcelona army attacked the city and four supreme experts fought Zenit’s defenders in the sky.
• Granero rushed to reinforce the west gate, where he found dead soldiers, damaged siege-defense equipment, and the shaken Fourth Prince Christo.
• Granero berated Christo for his mistakes and ordered the soldiers to count the bodies.
• The soldiers identified 571 dead Zenit soldiers and only 100 Barcelona corpses, leaving Granero to question where the other fifty-odd disguised warriors had gone.

Emperor Yassin punished Christo for his incompetence and disregard for his soldiers, then ordered Granero to hunt down the Barcelona spies hiding in the imperial capital. Granero began a citywide investigation as the danger of their infiltration continued to loom.

• Granero warned that fifty Barcelona warriors were missing in the city, and Christo accused him of treason.
• Emperor Yassin arrived, silenced Christo, and stripped him of his military command and all future civil and military posts.
• Emperor Yassin apologized to the soldiers and thanked them for defending Zenit.
• Emperor Yassin ordered Granero to find the Barcelona spies and authorized him to mobilize troops across the city.
• Granero returned to the Public Security Office headquarters and began organizing a citywide search.

Granero uncovered a Barcelona spy network operating through Eindhoven citizens and learned that it threatened the central hub of Saint Petersburg’s protective magic array. He raced to the First Magic Tower as the capital faced imminent danger.

• Granero visited Dominguez and asked why the first prince, the eldest princess, and most of the empire’s troops were absent from the capital.
• Paris revealed that Emperor Yassin had secretly withdrawn the eight hundred thousand troops and concealed the whereabouts of the royal family members.
• Dominguez suggested that the Barcelona spies had disguised themselves as people of Zenit, prompting Granero to resume his search.
• Granero’s investigators caught an Eindhoven citizen trained by Barcelona, exposing a tightly organized spy network in Saint Petersburg.
• Granero’s interrogation uncovered a plot against the Protection of Mother Earth array, so he notified the authorities and hurried to the First Magic Tower.

Granero rushed to the First Magic Tower after learning that the Fourth Prince had entered it, but the tower began collapsing and the Protection of Mother Earth barrier failed. With Saint Petersburg exposed to the Barcelona forces, Granero led the remaining defenders toward the tower to attack the spies who had sabotaged it.

• Granero rode to the First Magic Tower and learned that the Fourth Prince had entered with guards, claiming to act on Yassin's orders.
• The First Magic Tower shook apart, its statue fell, and its magical alarm sounded across Saint Petersburg.
• The Protection of Mother Earth barrier broke, leaving the capital defenseless against the Barcelona forces.
• Granero sent a trusted knight away with a message, then rallied his men to attack the spies responsible for sabotaging the tower.
• Granero and the remaining knights and soldiers charged toward the collapsing tower, singing the empire's song.

Barcelona’s five Demigods trapped Emperor Yassin as the central magic tower collapsed and Barcelona troops poured into Saint Petersburg. Dominguez refused to flee north and prepared to fight, while Granero’s fate remained uncertain.

• Emperor Yassin rushed toward the central magic tower, but Alves intercepted him and was knocked into a crater by Yassin’s sword strike.
• Masiqielanuo blocked Yassin next, and Busquets and Pedro joined him as Alves returned, surrounding Yassin with all five Barcelona Demigods.
• The Protection of Mother Earth barrier vanished as fires and breaches spread along Saint Petersburg’s walls and Barcelona soldiers entered the city.
• Dominguez learned that the central magic tower had collapsed and that Granero had entered it to confront the Barcelona spies.
• Dominguez declared that he would not flee and called his men to fight as they witnessed Yassin strike Alves down.

As Barcelona’s forces overwhelmed Saint Petersburg, Dominguez organized civilians’ evacuation and sent Paris to lead them toward the north gate while he headed for the imperial headquarters to fight. The city’s nobles reacted in different ways, and Akinfeev gathered the ten Judgment Knights in the Imperial Knights’ Hall.

• Dominguez led his guards into the panicked streets and ordered soldiers to calm the crowds and guide them toward the north gate.
• Dominguez gave Paris his gold token and ordered her to take the Public Security Office’s elite troops to the north gate and evacuate the civilians.
• Dominguez set off alone toward the imperial headquarters to fight, telling Paris to tell Alexander that he forgave him.
• Nobles throughout the residential district hid, fled, or died in fires, while several hundred young nobles gathered guards and charged toward the fighting.
• Akinfeev sat in the Imperial Knights’ Hall as the ten Judgment Knights knelt before him.

As Barcelonian forces attacked the imperial capital, Akinfeev sent Piasson away with a secret succession decree and other scrolls to deliver to Alexander, while the remaining Judgment Knights prepared for their final battle. At Martial Saint Mountain, Chris Sutton chose to fight and ordered his disciples to protect Luffy’s mother, who then appeared and said they did not need to.

• Akinfeev ordered Piasson to disguise himself, escape, and deliver the sealed succession decree to Alexander, giving him two additional scrolls for protection.
• Piasson accepted the mission and left the hall, while Akinfeev led the other nine Judgment Knights and their retainers toward battle.
• After the Protection of Mother Earth magic array broke, Chris Sutton saw the First Magic Tower collapsing and gathered the disciples of Martial Saint Mountain to fight.
• Sutton summoned his lance and wolf-beast mount, then ordered his disciples to escort Luffy’s mother to Chambord City if possible.
• The wife of One Sword emerged from the trees and calmly told Sutton that escorting her was unnecessary.

As Barcelona breached Zenit's imperial capital, Sutton and the disciples of Martial Saint Mountain chose to fight, while Modrić ordered the Letters and Visits Office to evacuate its archives and establish hidden agents. Emperor Yassin faced four Barcelona Demigods, and Busquets again offered him a place among Barcelona's generals if he submitted.

• A young woman killed herself rather than risk capture by Barcelona, and Sutton buried her before leading the charge toward the southern city gate.
• More than fifty disciples of Martial Saint Mountain armed themselves and rushed down the mountain to fight Barcelona's forces.
• Modrić ordered the Letters and Visits Office's archives transported to Chambord City and tasked the Cold-Blooded Nine Eagles with the move.
• Modrić assigned Koko, Woods, and Brent to implement the dangerous Hidden Thorn Plan and promised compensation for their families.
• Modrić refused to commit the Letters and Visits Office to defend the capital, and its members began carrying out his orders.
• Busquets offered Emperor Yassin a place among Barcelona's ten great generals if he submitted, as four Barcelona Demigods surrounded him.

Emperor Yassin drew on the imperial Power of Faith to overwhelm four Barcelona Demigods, but Leo Messi arrived and effortlessly destroyed his golden Sword Qi. Yassin recognized Messi as Barcelona’s legendary young powerhouse and realized the war was likely being fought over a secret.

• Alves, Busquets, Masiqielanuo, and Pedro attacked Emperor Yassin after taunting him about his missing allies.
• Emperor Yassin gathered golden dragon qi from the imperial capital and shattered the four Barcelona powerhouses’ attacks, injuring them with his Sword Qi.
• Emperor Yassin launched a second wave of golden Sword Qi at the wounded Demigods.
• Four red-and-blue figures appeared and merged into one, and the newcomer caught and dissolved the Sword Qi with ease.
• Emperor Yassin recognized the newcomer as Leo Messi and concluded that Barcelona’s war against Zenit was being fought over a secret.

Emperor Yassin confronted Leo Messi, who revealed that he had condensed a Divinity, and Yassin attacked him with Dragon Fist Sword Qi. At the Military Department, Dominguez rallied the remaining officers to activate the command system and hold their ground as the Barcelona forces advanced.

• Leo Messi told Emperor Yassin that he had condensed a Divinity and urged him to attack while his Imperial Dao Faith remained active.
• Emperor Yassin mocked Messi’s false smile and struck him with Dragon Fist Sword Qi.
• Dominguez arrived at the Military Department and rallied the frightened officers with a speech about defending the empire and their loved ones.
• Dominguez ordered the officers to return to their posts and activate the Military Department’s magical command system, despite the danger of revealing its location to the enemy.