Recaps

Sun Fei discovered that his Power of Faith vanished whenever he tried to use it to transform his domain, and suspected his Diablo World powers made the usual path to godhood unsuitable for him. He returned to the Diablo World to seek answers and entered its mysterious reward world, where an icy voice addressed him.

• Sun Fei sensed a stream of Power of Faith from the Behemoth Orc Clan and began trying to merge the force into his domain.
• Sun Fei twice failed to condense the Power of Faith into a point because it disappeared from his domain without a trace.
• Sun Fei realized that his power came from the Diablo World and concluded that he might need to discover his own path to godhood.
• Sun Fei returned to the Diablo World after a month away and entered the purple portal to the reward world.
• A mysterious, icy voice told Sun Fei that they could now have a proper talk.

Sun Fei questioned the mysterious voice about its identity, the Diablo World, and his unusual powers, learning that the world behind the purple portal was a complete Divine Domain world. The voice left the deeper mysteries unresolved, but revealed that Sun Fei could become its ruler.

• The mysterious voice returned and told Sun Fei it was a remnant consciousness that would soon disappear.
• Sun Fei learned that the Diablo World was a real world created by powerful beings on the Azeroth Continent, not a computer game.
• The voice refused to explain why Sun Fei had been chosen or why he alone could absorb the mysterious energy, while mocking his guess that he was the God of Creation's illegitimate son.
• The voice revealed that the peaceful world beyond the purple portal was the reward for clearing all seven Diablo classes.
• The voice identified the portal world as a complete Divine Domain world that Sun Fei could rule outright.

Sun Fei learned that he needed to master the Power of Faith to refine the mysterious Divine Domain world, then began the dangerous process. Meanwhile, Granero watched Barcelona’s army besiege Saint Petersburg after Zenit’s forces had suffered a devastating defeat.

• The mysterious voice told Sun Fei that the Power of Faith could let him refine the Divine Domain world and that his Diablo World experience points were Primordial Divine Power he was reclaiming.
• Sun Fei learned that refining the world was irreversible and that failure would leave him at Peak Demigod Class, so he focused and followed the voice’s instructions.
• Sun Fei drew on the Power of Faith and began merging it into the world, losing awareness as he devoted himself to the process.
• At Saint Petersburg’s southern gate, Granero watched Barcelona’s army mass outside the capital and feared Zenit could not withstand its attack.
• Granero recalled how Barcelona had conquered vast territory, killed millions, and defeated Zenit’s forces despite an earlier victory by Second Prince Dominguez’s troops and Chambord experts.

Granero recalled how the Barcelona army had besieged Saint Petersburg after crushing Zenit's Southern Frontier forces, and how the capital’s defenses and Chambord’s aid had barely held the city. As the siege continued, he wondered whether Zenit could survive and why Sun Fei had not appeared.

• Granero remembered the panic in Saint Petersburg as the battered remnants of the Zenit army returned and the city prepared its defenses.
• The Barcelona army attacked Saint Petersburg, but its magical barrier and weapons forced the invaders to suspend their first assault after heavy losses.
• Granero learned from the Second Prince and returning generals that three Barcelona Demigod-level masters had turned the Southern Frontier campaign into a crushing defeat.
• Chambord’s masters and soldiers helped protect the retreating Zenit forces, though many Chambord warriors were killed or wounded.
• Granero stood on the city wall and wondered whether Zenit could win the war, thinking of Sun Fei as he waited for the King of Chambord to appear.

Three Barcelona Demigods attacked Saint Petersburg’s magical shield, while Emperor Yassin, Hasselbaink, and Frank Lampard rose to defend the city. The battle began, and Lampard surprised everyone by trapping two Barcelona Demigods in spheres of silver light.

• Busquets, Alves, and Masiqielanuo appeared above the Barcelona camp and began testing Saint Petersburg’s magical shield.
• Granero watched the Zenit soldiers fire enchanted crossbow bolts at the Barcelona Demigods, but the bolts vanished before reaching them.
• Yassin, Hasselbaink, and Lampard flew out from Saint Petersburg to face the three Barcelona masters.
• Lampard raised a hand and trapped the two Barcelona Demigods beside Busquets in spheres of pale silver light.

Emperor Yassin, Hasselbaink, and Lampard halted the fighting against Barcelona’s Demigods after neither side could gain an advantage. Busquets urged Zenit to submit to Barcelona, but Emperor Yassin refused and left Alves shaken by his claim that he could kill him in three moves.

• Emperor Yassin and Hasselbaink attacked Masiqielanuo and Busquets, but Busquets recovered from his near-fatal wounds with support and potions.
• Lampard drew on the power of the stars, donned golden armor, and fought Alves on equal terms with his Demigod Dou Weapon.
• Emperor Yassin called a halt to the battle, and the Barcelona fighters withdrew from their attacks.
• Busquets praised Zenit’s strength and offered Emperor Yassin a place in Barcelona’s service, but Emperor Yassin refused to surrender.
• Emperor Yassin told Alves he would kill him in three moves, and Alves lost his courage.

As Barcelonan forces gathered outside Saint Petersburg, Christo unexpectedly took command of the west gate, alarming Granero. Emperor Yassin explained his trust in the prince to Akinfeev while recalling their shared past and the losses that still burdened him.

• Granero estimated that around three hundred thousand Barcelonans had gathered outside Saint Petersburg and noted that troubles elsewhere kept Leo Messi from joining them.
• Christo replaced General Di Santo as commander of the west gate, and Granero went to investigate the unexpected appointment.
• Akinfeev questioned Emperor Yassin’s decision to entrust the west gate to Christo.
• Emperor Yassin recalled how Akinfeev and his eight sworn brothers had helped him build Zenit, and spoke of the deaths of the others.
• Emperor Yassin reflected on Empress Julie’s death and the disappearance of their third son after the great upheaval.

Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Mushnikov had secretly stayed in Saint Petersburg and rescued the third prince during the palace attack twenty years earlier. Yassin began explaining why the prince had not been brought back, leaving the details of his fate unresolved.

• Emperor Yassin recalled the empress Julie’s death and the disappearance of his three-day-old third prince.
• Emperor Yassin revealed that he had left Mushnikov in Saint Petersburg while he went on his mission.
• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Mushnikov had saved the third prince from the attackers.
• Akinfeev rejoiced that the third prince had survived and asked where he had been for twenty years.
• Emperor Yassin began recounting how he discovered Mushnikov’s secret signal four days after returning to the capital.

Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev how Mushnikov rescued the newborn Third Prince during the palace upheaval and brought him to Chambord City, where Yassin later found him. Yassin explained that he kept the boy’s identity secret because powerful enemies hunted him, and that he eventually gave up secretly raising him after discovering the child had been left dull-witted by an injury.

• Emperor Yassin recalled finding Mushnikov’s signals and learning that Mushnikov had carried the Third Prince north to Chambord City before dying of his wounds.
• Akinfeev grieved that he had failed to protect the imperial family, and Emperor Yassin reassured him that he had fought bravely.
• Emperor Yassin confirmed that he had found Mushnikov’s body, Julie’s remains, and his son in Chambord City.
• Akinfeev asked why Yassin had not brought the Third Prince to the imperial capital, and Yassin explained that the heavenly signs at the boy’s birth had made him a target for the people behind the palace upheaval.
• Emperor Yassin said he had secretly watched the Third Prince but never acknowledged him, then discovered that an injury from his escape had left him dull-witted and unable to cultivate.
• Emperor Yassin said he had abandoned plans to raise the Third Prince as heir, believing the boy would be better off living safely as an ordinary person.

Emperor Yassin revealed to Akinfeev that Alexander was his long-lost third prince, then the fourth prince Christo confronted Granero at the west gate and trapped him under threat of magic crossbows. Christo claimed Dominguez could not protect Granero, leaving him and his men surrounded.

• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Alexander was his son with Julie and the third prince who had disappeared twenty years earlier.
• Akinfeev celebrated Alexander’s identity and questioned what had happened to the old king of Chambord City’s son.
• At the west gate, a general rebuked Granero for arriving late to pay his respects to Fourth Prince Christo.
• Granero defended his rank and accused Christo of endangering the city by summoning the other gate commanders during a military crisis.
• Christo ordered his soldiers to seize Granero, and armed troops surrounded him and his men.
• Magic crossbows aimed at Granero as Christo threatened that Dominguez could do nothing if he ordered Granero killed.

Fourth Prince Christo tried to have Granero killed with Chambord City's weapons, but Frank Lampard intervened and escorted Granero away. Emperor Yassin then explained how the third prince had been saved as an infant, leaving him burdened by guilt over the child who died in his place.

• Christo ordered his soldiers to fire on Granero after Granero insulted him and challenged him to give the order.
• Frank Lampard stepped out beside Granero and warned that Chambord City's weapons must not be turned against their own countrymen.
• Lampard and Granero left with their companions, while Christo cursed and slapped an officer who urged him to punish Lampard.
• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Mushnikov had switched the infant third prince with the old King of Chambord City's newborn son to save the prince from their enemies.
• Yassin said he had always felt indebted to the old King of Chambord City for the child's death and had therefore cared for the small kingdom.

Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Frank Lampard was Mushnikov’s junior fellow disciple and a trusted protector chosen to safeguard the third prince. He explained that Lampard had sacrificed his powerful Lightning-Element Dou Qi cultivation to hide his strength, but did not reveal why before the chapter ended.

• Akinfeev worried that Lampard’s rapid rise might conceal a plot against the third prince.
• Emperor Yassin assured Akinfeev that Lampard was trustworthy and revealed that he had met him long ago.
• Yassin explained that Mushnikov had entrusted the third prince to Lampard so he could eventually return to his family.
• Yassin recalled that Lampard had abandoned his Half Moon Class Great Perfection Lightning-Element Dou Qi and reduced himself to Three-Star Class Water-Element Dou Qi.
• Akinfeev asked why Lampard had crippled his cultivation, and Yassin did not answer before the chapter ended.

Emperor Yassin explained the history behind Alexander’s survival and Lampard’s sacrifices, then told Akinfeev that he intended Alexander to inherit the throne. He left the succession decision clear, while hoping his other sons would accept Alexander’s rule.

• Emperor Yassin explained that Mushnikov and Lampard concealed the third prince’s identity to protect him from their enemies.
• Emperor Yassin recounted how Lampard dispersed his cultivation, remained in Chambord City, and continued to care for Alexander despite his injuries.
• Akinfeev realized that Emperor Yassin’s past support for Chambord City and Alexander had been motivated by his desire to make amends to his son.
• Emperor Yassin explained that he had granted Christo command of the west gate’s defenses to give his fourth son another chance.
• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Alexander was the best choice to inherit the throne and named the shortcomings he saw in his other sons.

Emperor Yassin discussed Alexander’s place as his long-lost third prince with Akinfeev, then gave another son one last chance after hearing of his misconduct. In Chambord City, Torres learned that Barcelona’s invasion had brought Zenit to the brink and prepared to return to Alexander with the news.

• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev he would formally acknowledge Alexander after the war with Barcelona and worried whether Alexander would accept him.
• Akinfeev reassured Emperor Yassin that Alexander would believe the truth, and the two reminisced about their past before Akinfeev left.
• A black-clad guard reported on his assignment, and Emperor Yassin decided to give his unnamed son one more chance despite his reckless conduct at the west gate.
• Torres returned to Chambord City and learned from Brook that Barcelona had invaded Zenit, Constantine had been captured, Luffy and the Reverse Whale Warship were missing, and Chambord’s forces were stretched thin.
• Prime Minister Best urged that Alexander be notified, and Torres set out to return to him at once.

Best and Brook organized preparations to support Zenit and transport the Behemoth Beastmen to the empire while Sun Fei remained in a deep state of refinement in the Divine Domain world. As faith in Sun Fei surged, the mysterious voice believed he might refine the world ahead of schedule.

• Brook stopped Torres and asked him to explain the situation and Sun Fei's arrangements in the Land of Exile.
• Torres gave Best and Brook the king's plans and letter, and they prepared to recruit the Behemoth Orc Clan and build thousands of teleportation stations.
• Best sent Torres back with a recording scroll and promised that preparations for the Behemoth Beastmen's migration would be completed within twenty days.
• Sun Fei continued absorbing Power of Faith as the Divine Domain world gradually changed and Zenit's people and Behemoth Beastmen increasingly prayed to him.
• The mysterious voice observed that Sun Fei might finish refining the Divine Domain world ahead of schedule.

Wars spread across the Azeroth Continent as rival empires and races fought on every front. At Saint Petersburg, Granero watched Barcelona forces retreat, then realized their withdrawal had been a trap as a renewed assault began.

• The Eastern Region erupted into war after human empires enslaved dwarves and gnomes, who struck back with powerful weapons and machines.
• The Western Region split into rival alliances, while the Elf Empire fractured into Green, Blood, and Dark Elves over the new Elf King's legitimacy.
• Goblin expansion threatened Southern Region humanity, prompting Maradona to help bring the Bayern Munich Empire and the Dortmund alliance toward an alliance.
• The Dragon Clan and the Holy Church continued their devastating war in the Central Region, while Barcelona's invasion of Zenit stalled at Saint Petersburg.
• Granero grew furious as Fourth Prince Christo repeatedly sent elite Star-Rank Warriors out to collect heads for military merit, despite earlier losses.
• Barcelona troops ambushed pursuing Zenit warriors, then their army suddenly turned back to attack as powerful figures flew toward Saint Petersburg, and Granero realized the retreat had been a trap.

Disguised Barcelonan warriors infiltrated Zenit City and attacked the west gate while four Barcelonan Extreme Dao experts assaulted the city’s protective array. Granero reached the west gate after the fighting, where a body count revealed that more than fifty infiltrators were still missing.

• Disguised Barcelonan warriors on the wall turned on their Zenit comrades and joined an assault on the west gate.
• Four Barcelonan Extreme Dao experts attacked the city’s protective array, and Emperor Yassin, Hasselbaink, Lampard, and a Chambord City expert rose to confront them.
• Granero rushed to reinforce the west gate and found the enemy fighters apparently dead, with much of the defensive magic equipment destroyed.
• Granero berated Fourth Prince Christo, then ordered the soldiers to count the bodies.
• The count found 571 dead Zenit soldiers and only 100 Barcelonan bodies, leaving Granero to ask where the other fifty-odd infiltrators had gone.

Emperor Yassin arrived at the west gate and punished the fourth prince Christo for his failures, then charged Granero with hunting down the Barcelona infiltrators. Granero began a citywide investigation as his sense of impending danger grew stronger.

• Christo accused Granero of spreading rumors, and Granero warned that fifty Barcelona warriors were missing and might sabotage the Protection of Mother Earth magic array.
• Emperor Yassin ended the argument, pressed Christo to the ground, stripped him of military authority, and demoted him to a sixth-rank noble barred from future office.
• Emperor Yassin apologized to the soldiers for their needless deaths, thanked them for their efforts, and rallied their resolve to defend Zenit.
• Emperor Yassin ordered Granero, also called Esteban, to find the Barcelona spies and authorized him to mobilize troops across the city.
• Granero returned to the Imperial Capital Public Security Office and began organizing a citywide search as his foreboding grew.

Granero investigated how Barcelona spies had evaded the imperial capital’s search and uncovered a connection to an Eindhoven spy network. After interrogations revealed a grave threat to the city’s protective magic array, he rushed to the First Magic Tower.

• Granero told Dominguez about the missing Barcelona spies and asked where the first prince, the eldest princess, and eight hundred thousand troops had gone.
• Paris said Emperor Yassin had likely concealed the withdrawal of the troops, and Dominguez suggested the spies might have disguised themselves as people of Zenit.
• Granero’s search caught an Eindhoven-trained spy, revealing that Eindhoven agents in Saint Petersburg were allied with the Barcelonans.
• Granero’s Thunderbolt Plan captured several underlings, and interrogations eventually revealed a threat to the Protection of Mother Earth magic array.
• Granero notified the imperial family, the Military Department, and Dominguez, then rushed to the First Magic Tower to protect the array’s central hub.

Granero raced to the First Magic Tower and discovered that the fourth prince had entered it, then watched the tower and the Protection of Mother Earth barrier collapse. He led the remaining soldiers and knights toward the tower to hunt the spies responsible, as Saint Petersburg faced destruction.

• Granero rode with several hundred elite riders to the First Magic Tower after receiving Emperor Yassin's golden token.
• A guard told Granero that the fourth prince had entered the tower with about fifty guards, claiming to act on the emperor's orders.
• The ground shook, the First Magic Tower began to collapse, and the Protection of Mother Earth barrier broke.
• Granero sent a trusted knight away with a message, then rallied his men to attack the spies who had sabotaged the tower.
• Granero charged into the collapsing tower, followed by the knights and the remaining imperial soldiers, who sang the empire's song.

Barcelona's four Demigod-level powerhouses attacked Emperor Yassin as the Central Magic Tower collapsed and Saint Petersburg's defenses failed. Dominguez learned that Granero had entered the tower to face the Barcelona spies, but refused to flee and rallied his men to fight.

• Emperor Yassin rushed toward the Central Magic Tower, but Alves intercepted him and was sent crashing into the ground by a single sword strike.
• Masiqielanuo blocked Emperor Yassin next, and Busquets and Pedro joined him to surround the emperor.
• Barcelona's forces poured through breaches in Saint Petersburg's walls as civilians fled amid fires and destruction.
• Dominguez saw the Protection of Mother Earth barrier collapse and learned that Granero had led his men into the Central Magic Tower to confront the spies.
• Dominguez refused to break out for Chambord City and ordered his men to join him in the fight.

As Barcelona forces broke through Saint Petersburg’s defenses, Emperor Yassin could not stop them alone, and the city descended into panic. Dominguez sent Paris to lead civilians toward the north gate while he raced to fight, as the chapter ended with Akinfeev and the Judgment Knights assembled in the Imperial Knights’ Hall.

• Barcelona powerhouses repeatedly blocked Emperor Yassin, showing that the emperor could not turn back the invasion alone.
• Dominguez rallied soldiers to calm the panicked crowds and direct civilians toward the north gate and safety in Chambord City.
• Dominguez gave Paris his golden token and ordered her to lead the Imperial Capital Public Security Office’s elite forces in opening an escape route for civilians.
• Dominguez headed alone toward the Military Department to fight the Barcelona forces, telling Paris to forgive Alexander if she reached him.
• Nobles across the residential district barricaded themselves, fled, or formed armed groups to fight the invaders.
• Akinfeev sat in the central tower as the ten Judgment Knights knelt before him in full armor.

As the Protection of Mother Earth array collapsed and Barcelona’s assault closed in, Akinfeev sent Piasson away with Emperor Yassin’s secret succession edict and other scrolls, ordering him to deliver them to Alexander. Chris Sutton and Martial Saint Mountain’s disciples prepared to fight, while Sutton arranged for Luffy’s mother to be escorted to Chambord City.

• Akinfeev ordered the ten Judgment Knights to prepare for the empire’s final battle, then privately told Piasson to disguise himself and carry a sealed scroll to Alexander.
• Akinfeev gave Piasson a silver scroll containing a light prison and the power of Emperor Yassin’s full-strength strike, and Piasson left with the scrolls.
• Akinfeev led the other nine Judgment Knights and their retainers toward their final battle.
• After the Protection of Mother Earth array shattered, Chris Sutton saw the First Magic Tower collapsing and gathered the disciples of Martial Saint Mountain to fight.
• Chris Sutton told his disciples to get Luffy’s mother out of the capital and take her to Chambord City, but the wife of One Sword appeared and said there was no need.

As Barcelona's invasion overwhelmed the capital, a young woman killed herself rather than fall into enemy hands, and Martial Saint Mountain's warriors charged to fight. Meanwhile, Modrić ordered the Letters and Visits Office to evacuate its records and establish a spy network before the chapter ended with Busquets urging Emperor Yassin to surrender.

• A young woman told Sutton she would not make the empire's warriors risk their lives for her, then took her own life rather than be captured by the Barcelonans.
• Sutton buried the woman and led more than fifty Martial Saint Mountain disciples toward the fighting near the south gate.
• Modrić ordered the Cold-Blooded Nine Eagles to send the Letters and Visits Office's files and records to Chambord City through a teleport array.
• Modrić tasked Koko, Woods, and Brent with the Hidden Thorn Plan and refused to waste the office's forces resisting the fall of the capital.
• Busquets offered Emperor Yassin a place among Barcelona's ten great generals if he surrendered, as four enemy Demigods surrounded him.

Emperor Yassin used the imperial Power of Faith to wound four Barcelona Demigods, but Leo Messi arrived and effortlessly destroyed Yassin’s sword qi. Yassin recognized Messi as Barcelona’s legendary genius and realized Barcelona’s war was connected to a secret.

• Alves, Busquets, Masiqielanuo, and Pedro attacked Emperor Yassin after taunting him over the absent Chambord experts.
• Emperor Yassin gathered the capital’s golden dragon aura and unleashed Dragon Fist Sword Qi, breaking the four Barcelona experts’ domains and injuring them.
• As Yassin launched a second attack, four red-and-blue figures appeared and caught the sword qi, then merged into one man.
• Emperor Yassin recognized the man as Leo Messi and sensed that his power had reached the legendary realm.
• Yassin concluded that Barcelona had started the war to obtain a secret.