Chapter Summaries

Sun Fei confronted the Blood Blade Mercenary Corps over its role in capturing and selling Chambord City’s mine slaves, then killed David Bentley with a single sword strike. He began slaughtering the mercenaries and shattered the bald giant’s axes, leaving the battle raging.

• Zola and Modrić identified David Bentley, the bald giant, Kasa Sana, and the other Blood Blade leaders as participants in hunting Chambord City’s mine slaves.
• Sun Fei asked the Blood Blade mercenaries if they knew whose deaths he had come to avenge, and David Bentley attacked him with Bitter Ice Blade.
• Sun Fei cut Bentley and his saber in half with Bul-Kathos' Tribal Guardian-Mythical Sword, stunning the mercenaries and relieving the surrounded Soros Merchant Caravan.
• Sun Fei charged the Blood Blade mercenaries and killed four of them before the bald giant attacked with two enormous axes.
• Sun Fei summoned Bul-Kathos' Sacred Charge-Colossus Blade, completed the Bul-Kathos' Children set, and clashed with the giant, shattering his axes and forcing him back as he spat blood.

Sun Fei fought the Blood Blade Mercenary Corps at the lakeshore, fending off their Dark Elf-blooded archer while killing their men. He used three arrows to expose and pin the invisible woman to a stone pillar, leaving her captured as she demanded to know how he had found her.

• Sun Fei disarmed One-Eyed Mad Python and continued slaughtering the Blood Blade mercenaries, while the giant retreated into the crowd.
• The hidden archer attacked Sun Fei with silent arrows and mental bewilderment, but he deflected her shots and resisted her enchantment.
• The archer redirected her arrows toward old Zola and young Modrić, and Sun Fei used Leap to shield them.
• Sun Fei switched to Amazon Mode, summoned a blue bow, and fired three arrows toward the archer's hidden position.
• The arrows struck the invisible woman and pinned her wrists and hair to a stone pillar, where she demanded to know how Sun Fei had found her.

Sun Fei annihilated the Blood Blade Mercenary Corps at the lakeshore, defeating its leaders and preventing the survivors from escaping. With the surrendered mercenaries awaiting his judgment, Torres asked Sun Fei how they should be dealt with.

• Sun Fei vowed to destroy Blood Blade after One-Eyed Mad Python boasted about the mercenaries’ crimes against the people of Chambord.
• One-Eyed Mad Python lured Sun Fei into a trap, but Sun Fei’s magical armor deflected the crossbow bolts and he killed the crossbowmen.
• Sun Fei severed One-Eyed Mad Python’s hand and foot tendons and broke his jaw when he tried to kill himself.
• Sun Fei signaled the hidden Saints to attack, and Chambord’s warriors slaughtered the Blood Blade mercenaries surrounding the lake.
• Sun Fei dragged the hidden middle-aged leader from the lake, blocked his poisoned hidden weapons, and crippled him.
• Torres asked Sun Fei what to do with the Blood Blade mercenaries who had surrendered.

After defeating Blood Blade, Sun Fei ordered Oleg to interrogate its survivors and reflected on whether Chambord's forces were prepared for stronger enemies. He negotiated a one-month pact with Soros supervisor Harry Redknapp, who agreed to let Chambord try to destroy Blood Blade before the Soros Chamber of Commerce took revenge.

• Sun Fei left Blood Blade's surviving mercenaries to Oleg for interrogation and ordered him to kill the one-eyed bald man.
• Chambord's Urban Management cleaned the battlefield as the expeditionary army made camp.
• Sun Fei questioned whether Chambord's soldiers and Saints could withstand a powerful enemy after realizing he had protected them from danger in past battles.
• Harry Redknapp and his daughter Shirley thanked Sun Fei for saving the Soros caravan, and Redknapp vowed to wipe out Blood Blade within ten days.
• Sun Fei told Redknapp he had promised to destroy Blood Blade himself within one month and asked him to let Chambord try first.

Sun Fei agreed to give the Soros Chamber of Commerce a month to let him seek revenge on the Blood Blade Mercenary Corps, while Redknapp watched to see whether he was worth the chamber’s investment. The next morning, Sun Fei’s army and the Soros caravan traveled together with a captured Blood Blade commander, though their interrogation had yielded little.

• Redknapp accepted Sun Fei’s request for a month to deal with the Blood Blade Mercenary Corps and then asked permission to visit Princess Tanasha.
• Angela told Sun Fei that Tanasha was ill and asked for more of his Rejuvenation Potion, which he gave her.
• The next morning, the Chambord Expeditionary Army and the Soros Merchant Caravan set out together with the One-Eyed Mad Python imprisoned in an iron cage.
• Oleg’s interrogation of the Blood Blade prisoners produced little information, and Zola and Modrić beheaded two leaders who could no longer endure the torture.

Sun Fei’s expedition crossed into Thrace and camped beside a waterfall, where hundreds of Gale Wolves charged toward them under suspicious circumstances. Elsewhere, a golden-armored youth ordered his allies to stop interfering, while Alpha and the kings planned to continue their scheme against Sun Fei.

• Redknapp gave Sun Fei a booklet about the Blood Blade Mercenary Corps, and Sun Fei boasted that he was ready to face the King of Thrace.
• The King of Thrace let Sun Fei’s army cross his territory without interference, and the expedition camped near a waterfall despite Old Zola’s warning about Gale Wolves.
• Hundreds of Gale Wolves surrounded the camp, prompting Redknapp and the Soros Merchant Caravan’s guards to prepare for battle while Sun Fei’s soldiers stayed calm.
• Oleg’s massive warden watched from a boulder as a blond guard officer nocked an arrow, while Redknapp suspected someone had deliberately lured the wolves there.
• A golden-armored youth reprimanded Alpha for acting against Sun Fei and ordered him to stop, but after the youth left, the kings asked Alpha whether their plan would continue.

Alpha encouraged the Kings of Black Rock and Thrace to proceed with their plan against Sun Fei, while Torres proved his archery skill during a wolf attack and advanced as an archer. Afterward, the expedition suffered a series of apparent attempts on its life, and Redknapp suspected someone was targeting the party.

• Alpha assured the Kings of Black Rock and Thrace that he would take responsibility and secretly send Imperial Knights' Hall experts to help them carry out their plan against Sun Fei.
• Torres killed nearly five hundred Gale Wolves with his bow while Oleg protected him, and he reached the threshold of a master archer and awakened a trace of Sagittarius Star Power.
• Sun Fei, who had secretly watched over Torres, returned to the royal tent after the attack ended, and Redknapp became impressed by Torres's talent and Chambord City.
• A poisoned stream killed a Soros Merchant Caravan guard, and Redknapp concluded that someone had deliberately poisoned the water; Sun Fei collected a sample for Sister Akara to examine.
• Torres drove off another magic-beast attack that evening, and the next day Oleg used Sekishiki Shock Wave to help stop a rockslide in a gorge.
• Redknapp detected traces of the earth-element spell Wrath of the Earth and told Sun Fei that someone had deliberately caused the rockslide.

Sun Fei’s expeditionary army evaded a series of ambushes as it crossed the mountains, while Lampard escorted the returning Chambord mine slaves toward home. Near the Zenit Empire, Sun Fei encountered a hostile young man in golden armor and a force of knights blocking the road.

• Sun Fei used summoned wolves and ravens to scout ahead and secretly eliminate attackers preparing ambushes along the route.
• Lampard brought the exhausted Chambord mine slaves to the outskirts of Chambord City, where Old Dick died after seeing his homeland; Lampard learned that a powerful enemy was approaching and sent warnings to Best and Brook.
• The summoned ravens and wolves killed black-cloaked men preparing an attack at the One-Line Sky, allowing Sun Fei’s expedition and the Soros Merchant Caravan to pass safely.
• Sun Fei’s party reached the Twin Tower Peaks near the Zenit Empire and found about a hundred golden-helmeted knights blocking the way, led by a hostile young man in golden armor.

Sun Fei confronted Chris Sutton, a Judgment Knight who accused him of defying imperial law and tried to force his surrender. After Sun Fei repelled Sutton’s attacks, the two began a battle atop the Twin Tower Peaks, which ended this chapter with Sutton’s golden lance thrusting toward Sun Fei’s heart.

• Redknapp identified Chris Sutton as a powerful and arrogant sixteen-year-old Judgment Knight, and Sun Fei’s forces prepared for a confrontation as the two groups met.
• Sutton dismissed Redknapp’s account of the conflict with Black Rock, called Sun Fei a bumpkin, and demanded that the Chambord forces surrender and hand over their mounts.
• Sun Fei insulted Sutton, then stopped and shattered the knight’s silver Dou Qi lance with a punch.
• Sutton challenged Sun Fei to a fair fight atop the Twin Tower Peaks, and Sun Fei accepted and revealed his magical armor as Sutton unleashed his full strength.
• Sutton attacked with lance-shaped Dou Qi and then charged with his golden lance, while Sun Fei blocked his earlier attacks with his fists.
• Sutton broke through Sun Fei’s defensive field and thrust his lance toward Sun Fei’s heart.

Sun Fei fought Chris Sutton atop the Twin Tower Peaks, countering his lance and enduring his powerful Dou Qi technique as their clash began to destroy the mountains. When the dust settled, both fighters remained standing, but blood was dripping and the victor was still unclear.

• Sun Fei struck Chris Sutton’s golden lance with his Titan’s Combat Giant Fist Gloves, knocking the weapon away and sending Sutton flying onto South Tower Peak.
• Chris Sutton summoned his lance back, discarded his cloak, and unleashed a powerful Sharp Metal Dou Qi technique that approached Six-Star Class strength.
• Sun Fei gathered his level 38 Barbarian strength and met Sutton’s hurricane wave slash with a barrage of punches.
• Their attacks shook the Twin Tower Peaks, forcing the onlookers to retreat as the mountains cracked and began to collapse.
• After the fighters exchanged blows through the dust, the haze cleared to reveal both standing on the broken peaks with blood dripping, leaving the result uncertain.

Sun Fei revealed that he had defeated Chris Sutton despite appearing badly wounded, while Sutton’s spear and armor shattered and his suppressed injuries overcame him. Sutton fell from the peak, and Sun Fei warned him not to provoke him again.

• Sun Fei and Chris Sutton stood atop the broken peak as the watching crowds believed Sutton had won because Sun Fei was covered in blood and Sutton appeared unharmed.
• Sun Fei asked whether Paris had sent Sutton to fight him, and Sutton denied needing a reason to challenge a Barbarian king.
• Sun Fei revealed that Sutton’s golden spear had been broken during their fight, and the weapon crumbled into fragments.
• Sun Fei healed his wounds and expelled the lingering Sharp Metal Dou Qi, while Sutton’s golden armor shattered and left him naked.
• Sutton’s suppressed internal injuries erupted, and he fell from the peak as Sun Fei warned him not to provoke him again.

Sun Fei defeated the Sun Golden Knight Chris Sutton, turning the battle into a historic victory for Chambord. As the defeated knight fled and Chambord celebrated, Redknapp realized Sun Fei’s rising fame could affect the empire’s struggle for the throne.

• A wolf beast caught the unconscious Chris Sutton and carried him toward the imperial capital while the Golden Knights rode after them.
• Sun Fei warned the goateed Alpha not to provoke Chambord again, and Alpha fled with an injured ear.
• Sun Fei judged that Alpha had likely arranged the expeditionary army’s earlier attacks, then leaped down from North Tower Peak to join his celebrating people.
• Angela rushed into Sun Fei’s arms as the people of Chambord cheered, while Jima watched with relief and the eldest princess noticed Angela’s signs of fear.
• Redknapp recognized that Sun Fei’s defeat of an adjudicating knight would attract the attention of the empire’s rival factions and could influence the struggle between Dominguez and Arshavin.

Sun Fei’s expedition continued after his victory, but he sensed trouble in distant Chambord as a concealed army of two thousand black-armored cavalry invaded the kingdom. Didier Drogba and Lampard retreated to join Goethe Brook’s reinforcements, who prepared to delay the enemy until Chambord’s returning mine slaves reached the city.

• Sun Fei sensed that something had happened in Chambord City as his expedition crossed the plains.
• Didier Drogba and Lampard confronted the invading black-armored cavalry, and Drogba killed dozens of knights with his thrown axes.
• After spotting four enemy experts and facing a rain of arrows, Lampard and Drogba fled toward Chambord City on their Crimson Flame Beasts.
• Goethe Brook received their report and ordered Chambord’s soldiers to delay the advancing army for a quarter of an hour.

After defeating Sun Golden Knight Chris Sutton, Sun Fei reviewed the battle and mastered a new long-range Barbarian technique, Heavenly Frost Fist. As the expedition continued through the heavily guarded Zenit Empire, faint urgent calls from distant Chambord City began distracting him.

• Sun Fei noticed the Zenit Empire's unusually strict border security and wondered why the empire seemed to be preparing for war.
• Sun Fei reflected on Chris Sutton's advanced Dou Qi technique, Hurricane Wolf Slash, and recognized the need to develop stronger combat techniques of his own.
• Sun Fei learned to launch and stack translucent fist prints using Barbarian strength, reproducing the technique that had helped him defeat Chris Sutton.
• Sun Fei mastered stacking up to forty-six fist prints and named the resulting attack Heavenly Frost Fist.
• Sun Fei began considering how to develop a defensive technique, but faint urgent calls from Chambord City repeatedly distracted him.

Goethe Brook’s forces used mounted archers, ambushes, and a fire trap to disrupt the invading army, while Chambord’s champions engaged its Four-Star fighters. The chapter left the scar-faced knight leading the surviving invaders in a desperate charge through the flames toward Chambord’s position.

• Chambord’s mounted archers harassed the invading cavalry from both flanks and the rear, killing hundreds and drawing pursuit squads away from the main force.
• Goethe Brook recognized that the invading army had an experienced commander and decided to fight despite Chambord’s lack of experts able to match the enemy’s Four-Star fighters.
• Frank Lampard confronted Dick in a forest, while Drogba and Pierce faced Allen in a tall-grass meadow.
• Gordon Brook’s archers fired on the invaders as the scar-faced knight realized the pungent-smelling grass was a trap.
• Twenty fire-element arrows ignited the Fire Phosphorus scattered across the grassland, and the scar-faced knight ordered the surviving cavalry to charge through the fire toward Chambord’s position.

The black cavalrymen survived the fire long enough to rally and charge toward Chambord’s hill, while Lampard defeated the Four-Star expert Dick in the forest. Lampard crushed Dick’s heart, and the cavalry’s attack on the hill remained imminent.

• The scar-faced knight leader rallied more than four hundred battle-ready survivors and led them charging toward the Chambord commander’s hill.
• Lampard and Dick exchanged sword thrusts, and Lampard wounded Dick despite Dick’s Wood-Element Dou Qi healing his injuries.
• Dick drew energy from the surrounding trees and attacked Lampard with the Azure Light Dragon Qi Sword.
• Lampard used Lightning Light-Speed Fist to shatter Dick’s attack and pierce his chest.
• Lampard crushed Dick’s heart after asking whether Wood-Element Dou Qi could mend it.

Lampard killed Dick and rushed to support Gordon Brook as Chambord’s forces fought the invading black cavalry. Drogba and Pierce tricked Allen during their retreat, but Allen unleashed a powerful Dou Qi skill, forcing Drogba to summon the Taurus Cloth.

• Lampard killed Dick, then saw flames spreading across the grassland and realized Gordon Brook’s plan was underway.
• Lampard sent the mounted archers to support Drogba and Pierce while he hurried to Brook’s aid.
• Allen pursued Drogba and Pierce, who faked their injuries with blood from dead black cavalrymen, then taunted him when he tried to leave.
• Allen attacked Drogba and Pierce with his raging-ten-thousand-layered-waves Dou Qi skill.
• Drogba summoned the Taurus Cloth, and its armor assembled around him as a golden bull totem appeared behind him.

Drogba and Paul Pierce used their mysterious Cloths and a coordinated attack to kill blond-haired Allen, then raced to help Brook. Brook was left badly wounded and facing the scar-faced knight leader when an unknown expert intervened with four powerful fire arrows.

• Drogba and Paul Pierce summoned their black Capricorn and Taurus Cloths, which withstood blond-haired Allen’s strongest sword attack.
• Drogba broke Allen’s Dou Qi defense and held him in place while Paul Pierce’s Excalibur cut him in half.
• Paul Pierce gave the injured Drogba a healing potion, and the two rode off to aid Brook.
• The scar-faced knight leader badly wounded Brook as Brook shielded the returning mine slaves near the broken stone bridge.
• Four fire-element arrows destroyed the knight leader’s sword energy, and he wondered who the powerful hidden expert was.

The Chambord Expeditionary Army reached Hot Springs Pass, where Sun Fei said goodbye to Tanasha as she prepared to return to the imperial capital. Tanasha gave Sun Fei a mysterious piece of red iron, and he gave her potions and their formulas before asking whether she was really an expert.

• Sun Fei camped outside Hot Springs Pass and learned from Susan that Tanasha would leave with an escort sent by Arshavin.
• Tanasha approached Sun Fei, thanked him for the medicine, and warned him that powerful imperial interests might challenge him over his actions in the Kingdom of Black Rock.
• Arshavin's knights arrived to escort Tanasha, who gave Sun Fei a mysterious five-sided piece of red iron.
• Sun Fei gave Tanasha a bottle of Full Rejuvenation Potion and manuscripts containing potion formulas, which she realized were intended for Arshavin.
• Sun Fei asked Tanasha whether she was really an expert.

Elena arrived to help Brook fight the scar-faced knight leader while Brook and the Chambord Urban Management held off the black cavalry. As the enemy began to retreat, a powerful figure emerged from the fire and struck at Brook.

• The eldest princess silently mouthed “No!” to Sun Fei as her escort carried her toward Hot Springs Pass.
• Elena introduced herself as a warrior under the King of Chambord and began battling the scar-faced knight leader with magic arrows.
• Brook recovered enough to lead the Chambord Urban Management against more than four hundred black cavalrymen.
• Brook and his men fought fiercely, refusing to retreat, and the black cavalrymen began to lose courage and fall back.
• A figure wrapped in orange-yellow Dou Qi burst from the embers and unleashed a powerful attack toward Brook.