Chapter Summaries

After Krasic died defending Zenit, Sun Fei accepted command of Martial Saint Mountain’s forty masters and vowed to avenge him. News of the battle spread across the empire as Zenit continued its war against Spartak.

• Sun Fei mourned Krasic’s death, kept the four green spikes, and vowed to kill Huntelaar, Costacurta, Amauri, and their royal families.
• Sun Fei returned to the battlefield, where the affiliated kingdoms’ masters grieved for Krasic and learned that only fifteen of their original twenty-five remained.
• The forty masters of Martial Saint Mountain knelt and pledged to serve Sun Fei under Krasic’s orders, and Sun Fei accepted them.
• Sun Fei left the ruined Sword Peak with his new force, while the other masters recognized his rising power.
• Reports of the battle spread through Zenit, recounting Krasic’s death, Sun Fei’s fight with Costacurta, and Emperor Yassin’s Dragon Fist.
• Zenit’s southern war against Spartak remained unsettled as Arshavin faced Marchisio’s army.

After Zenit declared war on Eindhoven and Ajax over Krasic’s death, Sun Fei was summoned to meet the imperial leaders. Meanwhile, Costacurta, Huntelaar, and Amauri hid in the capital and learned that Krasic had died, while debating the threat posed by Sun Fei.

• Zenit’s imperial family and military announced war on Eindhoven and Ajax, stirring anger and fighting spirit across the empire.
• Sun Fei received a summons from the imperial family and entered the capital to meet its leaders.
• Costacurta, Huntelaar, and Amauri discussed their failed ambush, Krasic’s power, and the danger Sun Fei might pose in the future.
• Lan Ji returned with food and reported that Krasic had died from his injuries.

The wounded Moon Class masters learned that Zenit had declared war on Ajax and Eindhoven and planned to recover in hiding. Tanasha summoned Sun Fei and told him the military headquarters had appointed him first commander of a war zone, leaving him to choose between two new battlefields.

• Frankie told Costacurta, Amauri, and Huntelaar that Martial Saint Iaquinta had died, Krasic had killed him, and Zenit had declared war on Ajax and Eindhoven.
• Costacurta, Amauri, and Huntelaar decided to heal their injuries and escape Saint Petersburg while Frankie gathered news.
• Sun Fei met Tanasha at the imperial palace, ate breakfast, and said he would find the missing masters himself.
• Tanasha showed Sun Fei a map marking the empire’s second and third battlefields and said he had five days to lead the [Wolf Fang Legion] to war.
• Tanasha told Sun Fei he could choose which of the two battlefields to command.

Sun Fei learned that the eldest princess knew the truth about Krasic and described a conspiracy against the weakened Yassin, whose former followers had been eliminated one by one. The chapter ended with Sun Fei discovering that Church experts had occupied the capital during Krasic’s final battle.

• Sun Fei questioned his appointment as theater commander, and the eldest princess said Yassin and the military command had already made the decision.
• The eldest princess revealed that she knew about Krasic’s relationship with Sun Fei and explained that Krasic had also guided her.
• The eldest princess recounted how Yassin’s enemies exploited his grave injuries, eliminated twenty-three of his supporters, and targeted his last powerful ally.
• Sun Fei asked why no imperial expert had helped Krasic, and the eldest princess told him that Kaká and Church experts had visited the capital during the battle.
• Sun Fei suspected the Holy Church’s involvement in Krasic’s death.

Sun Fei learned more about the Church and the empire’s hidden conflict, then chose the Ajax battlefield for the Wolf Fang Legion’s campaign. The eldest princess revealed that Angela had already secured the legion’s supplies through her diplomatic gifts.

• The eldest princess explained that Huntelaar had betrayed Krasic and that the Spartak Empire’s twin Martial Saints, Iaquinta and Amauri, had plotted to weaken the empire.
• The eldest princess identified the black token as the Martial Saint Token, which gave Sun Fei authority over capital experts below Moon Class.
• Sun Fei chose the Ajax battlefield and said the Wolf Fang Legion would be ready to march within three days.
• Sun Fei warned that he would kill whoever delayed his legion’s weapons, provisions, armor, and pay.
• The eldest princess told Sun Fei that Angela had persuaded officials and nobles to guarantee the Wolf Fang Legion’s supplies before he became legion commander.

Sun Fei pressed the eldest princess for news about the three Moon Class fugitives and hinted that he had prepared a show. In Saint Petersburg, Frankie tried to move her injured father and his companions to a safer hiding place, but Zenitian forces surrounded them with a powerful young master at their head.

• Sun Fei regretted neglecting Angela and resolved to speak with her about her plans while preparing for the coming war.
• An Iron-Blooded Camp soldier delivered a report to the eldest princess, who said the search for the three fugitives needed more time; Sun Fei demanded results within three days and invited her to see his planned show.
• Frankie urged Costacurta and the others to leave their courtyard, while Huntelaar insulted her and rejected her warning about contacting their hidden agents.
• Costacurta sent Frankie to buy ingredients for honey-glazed cod, and she grew suspicious as she left the courtyard.
• Zenitian soldiers and twenty Martial Saint Mountain masters surrounded the courtyard, and Frankie recognized the young Zenitian who had nearly killed her the night before.

Sun Fei led the eldest princess and a force of imperial guards and Martial Saint Mountain disciples to the Official Courier Station District, where he found Costacurta, Amauri, and Huntelaar. After revealing that he had traced Amauri’s mental imprint, Sun Fei confronted Huntelaar and attacked him.

• The eldest princess followed Sun Fei to the Official Courier Station District with three hundred Royal Imperial Guards, while Martial Saint Mountain disciples joined them on the way.
• Sun Fei led the encircling force to a small courtyard and destroyed the hall with the Dou Weapon Heaven Sword, exposing Costacurta, Amauri, and Huntelaar.
• The Royal Imperial Guard and Martial Saint Mountain disciples demolished the surrounding buildings to prevent the three men from escaping.
• Sun Fei told Costacurta that Amauri’s mental imprint had allowed him to track their hiding place, leaving Amauri shocked.
• Huntelaar mocked Sun Fei’s strength, and Sun Fei rushed forward to punch him as Huntelaar drew his sword.

Sun Fei avenged Krasic by brutally defeating Huntelaar, Amauri, and Costacurta despite suffering severe wounds himself. After crippling all three Moon Class powerhouses, he drank a Full Rejuvenation Potion and made clear he would not let them die easily.

• Sun Fei struck Huntelaar in the abdomen, overcame his sword wound, and beat him into submission before the watching crowd.
• Sun Fei pulled the longsword from his chest and charged Amauri and Costacurta, fighting both Moon Class powerhouses at once.
• Sun Fei and his two opponents separated with severe injuries, while Amauri and Costacurta collapsed, unable to fight.
• Sun Fei cut the tendons in the hands and feet of Huntelaar, Amauri, and Costacurta and destroyed their Dou Qi channels.
• Sun Fei refused Amauri's plea to kill him, drank a Full Rejuvenation Potion, and began treating his wounds.

Sun Fei recovered from his wounds after defeating Huntelaar, Amauri, and Costacurta, and the forty disciples of Martial Saint Mountain swore allegiance to him. The Eldest Princess then asked him to hand the captured fighters over to the empire’s military department, leaving Sun Fei to consider the demand.

• A young disciple of Martial Saint Mountain used his Dou Qi to help Sun Fei heal his wounds.
• The forty disciples swore to follow Sun Fei, and Sun Fei accepted their allegiance with the Heaven Sword.
• Paris, Granero, and Dominguez discussed Sun Fei’s growing power and left the scene.
• Frankie watched from the crowd, realized her father had sent her away to protect her, and feared for his safety.
• Royal Imperial Guard prison soldiers chained Huntelaar, Amauri, and Costacurta, and the Eldest Princess arrived to request their transfer to the military department.
• Sun Fei responded to the Eldest Princess’s request with a weary smile.

Sun Fei captured the three Moon Class conspirators and left the eldest princess to turn them over to the military, while grieving over Krasic’s death. Church observers debated whether Sun Fei was the suspected necromancer, and the eldest princess began searching for the woman who had helped the prisoners.

• Sun Fei asked the eldest princess to share any intelligence extracted from Huntelaar, then urged her to go easy on Costacurta before leaving with the Martial Saint Mountain disciples.
• Zenit’s soldiers and citizens applauded Sun Fei as a hero for helping Krasic defeat the conspirators and capturing the three masters.
• Two Church agents discussed Sun Fei’s rising strength and whether his temperament linked him to the suspected necromancer, while disagreeing about his identity.
• A tearful girl watched the guards take Costacurta, Huntelaar, and Amauri away in steel prison wagons but did not dare attempt to rescue her father.
• Ziyan found scraps of food and broken lacquerware, and the eldest princess concluded that a young woman had aided the prisoners and ordered a search for her.

After realizing how deeply Angela had supported him, Sun Fei proposed marriage, and she promised to wait for him until he returned from war. Three days later, he led the newly assembled Wolf Fang Legion toward the Ajax battlefield, facing an almost impossible task against the empire’s elite forces.

• Frankie sensed the Zenit guards closing in, escaped through the crowd, and vowed to rescue her imprisoned father and make his captor pay.
• Sun Fei returned to camp troubled and exhausted, then woke to find Angela watching over him.
• Sun Fei asked Angela to marry him, and she accepted his feelings while urging him to focus on the coming war and promising to wait for him.
• Three days later, the Wolf Fang Legion marched toward the Ajax battlefield after its cavalry vanguard had already departed.
• The empire faced war with Eindhoven and Ajax, while the Wolf Fang Legion received orders to hold the northwest against at least three Ajax legions and later counterattack.
• Tanasha and Paris each gave Sun Fei four magic brocade boxes and advised him to delay the Ajax forces, preserve his strength, and seek help if needed.

Terry and Ruiz, Chambordian scouts, found evidence that Ajax cavalry had crossed into Zenit and were killing civilians near Twin Flag City. When twenty-two Ajax cavalrymen attacked them, the pair fought back and slaughtered most of the enemy.

• Ruiz examined and buried a murdered Zenit civilian, finding an Ajax blood-feather arrow in the man’s back.
• John Terry and Ruiz decided to report that Ajax scouts had pushed deep past Twin Flag City’s defenses.
• Terry and Ruiz spotted twenty-two Ajax cavalrymen and charged them, killing six or seven with arrows.
• The Ajax cavalry closed the distance, but Terry and Ruiz hurled giant axes that killed four more riders and their mounts.
• Terry and Ruiz fought with their axes and killed most of the remaining Ajax cavalry, leaving only four alive.

Terry and Ruiz defeated an Ajax cavalry patrol, captured two survivors, and marked the battlefield with a message from Alexander. The Wolf Fang Legion’s vanguard prepared to reach Twin Flag City at dawn, where Sun Fei revealed he had secretly been observing the commanders’ plans.

• Terry and Ruiz killed or captured the Ajax cavalrymen, then took their weapons, armor, and Sand Tigers and left a bloody message naming Alexander and the Saints.
• Shevchenko’s vanguard camped a hundred li from Twin Flag City after marching more than eight hundred kilometers in two days.
• Drogba praised Terry and Ruiz, and Shevchenko ordered the prisoners interrogated separately for information about Ajax troop movements.
• Shevchenko and Čech reviewed the scouts’ reports and arranged watches before the vanguard’s planned dawn march to Twin Flag City.
• After the other commanders left, Čech and Shevchenko addressed Sun Fei in the rear chamber, and he praised their arrangements.

Sun Fei discovered that Ajaxian forces planned to attack the Zenit camp while studying a history book that explained Moon Class strength and the Ajax Empire. The Ajaxians prepared for a night raid, and Sun Fei left the chapter aware of the threat nearby.

• Sun Fei refused Čech’s suggestion to send a messenger to Twin Flag City, then sensed hostile experts near the camp.
• Koeman and his Earth Tiger knights watched the Zenit camp and decided to attack in two hours, aiming to kill Sun Fei and withdraw.
• Sun Fei studied the Chronicles of Continental Years and learned the stages of Moon Class cultivation and the relative strength of several masters.
• Sun Fei read about the Ajax Empire’s vast desert territory, harsh conditions, and history of sudden raids on neighboring lands.

Ajax Sand Tiger knights led by Koeman launched a surprise raid on the Zenit vanguard camp to kill its commander, only to discover the camp had prepared a trap. After their mounts were subdued and they were surrounded, Koeman demanded that Zenit send out the expert who had stopped his attack.

• Koeman led more than four hundred Sand Tiger knights in a silent charge against the Zenit camp, aiming for the central command tent.
• The Ajax cavalry broke through the barricade and swept through the camp with little resistance, though Yali suspected the Zenit soldiers were deliberately letting them advance.
• Koeman struck the central tent, but a transparent force shield stopped his saber and hurled him back.
• Zenit troops emerged from hiding and surrounded the Ajax knights, while a powerful roar frightened their Sand Tiger mounts into submission.
• Koeman ordered the cavalry to form a defensive circle, then challenged the Zenit commander and demanded that the real expert appear.
• Shevchenko identified himself as commander of the Wolf Fang Legion vanguard, but Koeman insisted he could not have blocked the attack and demanded to see someone stronger.

Sun Fei confronted Koeman after the Ajax commander attacked the Zenit vanguard camp, using his overwhelming aura and a threat to destroy Koeman’s force to pressure him into surrender. Koeman refused to kneel, realizing that his failed attack had placed both his soldiers and Ajax’s imperial pride in danger.

• Čech and Shevchenko moved aside, revealing Sun Fei and his giant beast to Koeman.
• Sun Fei challenged Koeman to kneel and surrender, while thousands of Zenit soldiers advanced around the surrounded Ajax cavalry.
• Sun Fei unleashed a terrifying killing aura that left the Seven-Star Class Koeman struggling to stand.
• Sun Fei offered to spare Koeman’s four hundred knights if Koeman surrendered, and warned that his pride would cost them their lives.
• Koeman refused to kneel, regretting that his reckless attack had handed Sun Fei a chance to disgrace Ajax.

Sun Fei crushed Koeman’s attempt to raid the Zenit vanguard, forcing the Ajax commander to kneel and humiliating his surviving knights. After revealing himself to the troops, Sun Fei left the camp’s soldiers inspired, while the Ajax Empire faced the start of a devastating loss of prestige.

• Sun Fei unleashed his killing intent and forced Koeman to his knees, crushing both of the Ajax warrior’s kneecaps and knocking him unconscious.
• Sun Fei let the surviving Ajax knights go after stripping them of their valuables and most of their mounts; 133 chose suicide, and the rest fled into the desert.
• Sun Fei revealed that he had secretly followed the vanguard to watch over it, then praised Pierce and Drogba for obeying Shevchenko’s orders.
• Sun Fei’s appearance and victory over Koeman fired up the more than six thousand Zenit vanguard soldiers, while the Ajax Empire’s humiliation began to spread.

Sun Fei received intelligence from Kashya showing that more than sixty thousand Ajax troops had gathered outside Twin Flag City, far outnumbering the vanguard legion. In the Diablo World, he and Elena searched the Frigid Highlands for trapped Barbarians and finally spotted an enclosure surrounded by monsters.

• Kashya delivered the Letters and Visits Office’s latest intelligence to Sun Fei, and he sent her back to Uncle Zola with instructions and a Diwei Crystal recording Koeman’s surrender and the Sand Tiger riders’ defeat.
• Sun Fei learned that more than sixty thousand Ajax troops had arrived outside Twin Flag City, ten times the vanguard legion’s strength, and that more were still arriving.
• Sun Fei continued the Rescue on Mount Arreat quest with Elena, who refused to leave his side despite the danger and exhaustion in the Frigid Highlands.
• Elena spotted a wooden enclosure a thousand meters ahead, where three exhausted Barbarian warriors were fighting off a surrounding tide of monsters.

Sun Fei rescued three Barbarian warriors in the Frigid Highlands, accepted their allegiance, and gained the ability to summon them as game characters. As the vanguard approached Twin Flag City, he reflected on how the Hulk Potion had transformed Black Whirlwind into an enormous, powerful beast.

• Sun Fei and Elena slaughtered hundreds of demons in the Frigid Highlands, with Elena supporting him using Holy Freeze.
• Sun Fei freed three Barbarian warriors, who sensed the aura of Immortal King Bul-Kathos in him and offered their allegiance.
• Sun Fei accepted the warriors’ allegiance after learning he could summon them without consuming experience points, and they returned to Harrogath City through a portal.
• Sun Fei continued searching for more Barbarian warriors to rescue.
• Sun Fei rode Black Whirlwind as the vanguard marched toward Twin Flag City, noting the dog’s immense size, strength, and other changes caused by the Hulk Potion.

Twin Flag City’s protective barrier fell under a massive Ajax assault, leaving its outnumbered defenders struggling to hold the walls and gates. General Frank learned that the city’s lord and nobles were abandoning the defenses, but chose to keep fighting in hopes that the Wolf Fang Legion would arrive.

• Sun Fei rode toward Twin Flag City with Shevchenko and the army, which hurried to reach the besieged city.
• Ajax forces shattered Twin Flag City’s Earth’s Protection barrier after four hours of attacks and began climbing the walls.
• The outnumbered Zenit defenders lost ground as Ajax soldiers attacked the walls and battered both gates with a City-Breaking Dragon Bird.
• A bloodied soldier told General Frank that City Lord Soroyev and the nobles were withdrawing their private troops and preparing to flee.
• General Frank stopped his officers from confronting the nobles and urged them to hold out for the approaching Wolf Fang Legion.