Chapter Summaries

Sun Fei infiltrated the Ajax camp in Assassin Mode and assessed the army’s strength before secretly listening to Prince Fairenton and his generals. A detailed report from Twin Flag City revealed a high-ranking informant inside the city, leaving Sun Fei to wonder who was betraying them.

• Sun Fei used Cloak of Shadows to slip unnoticed into the Ajax camp and judge the strength of its soldiers.
• Sun Fei found Fairenton’s command tent and overheard the prince discuss provisions, the planned siege, and the military command’s orders.
• Fairenton rejected a full assault on Twin Flag City because it would cost too many soldiers and said the Ajax army was waiting for the right moment.
• Fairenton received a letter detailing Sun Fei’s actions in Twin Flag City, including the executions and the formation of militia reserves.
• Sun Fei realized that a high-ranking mole inside Twin Flag City must have supplied the detailed report.

Sun Fei infiltrated the Ajax camp, learned that Prince Fairenton had summoned a powerful senior brother to fight him, and discovered a high-ranking informant in Twin Flag City. After memorizing the Ajaxians’ military plans, Sun Fei set fire to their provisions and fled Fairenton’s attack.

• Fairenton said he had asked his master’s school to send his strongest senior brother to deal with Sun Fei, and admitted he would gladly give Sun Fei his position if he joined the empire.
• Sun Fei read a detailed letter from an informant in Twin Flag City, memorized its handwriting, and returned it without leaving a trace.
• Sun Fei studied and memorized the Ajaxians’ desert route maps and military correspondence before Fairenton returned to the command tent.
• Sun Fei found the Ajax army’s food stores, slipped past their defenses, and silently killed four Four-Star experts and a Five-Star guard.
• Sun Fei rejected poisoning the provisions and instead used Sorceress Mode to set them on fire as Fairenton rushed to stop him.

Sun Fei destroyed most of the Ajax army’s provisions, then lured Prince Fairenton into the desert and revealed his identity as the King of Chambord. The two sat down to talk about the war, with Fairenton explaining that the battle at Martial Saint Mountain and Krasic’s reported death had made conflict inevitable.

• Sun Fei used Blaze and Hydra to set the Ajax army’s provisions ablaze while Fairenton ordered his soldiers to smother the flames with sand.
• After burning most of the supplies, Sun Fei fled into the desert, and Fairenton pursued him away from the camp.
• Sun Fei switched to Assassin Mode and vanished from Fairenton’s senses before appearing behind him.
• Sun Fei changed into Barbarian Mode and revealed himself as Alexander, the King of Chambord, while Fairenton admitted he believed Alexander would not kill him.
• Fairenton spread out a rug and invited Sun Fei to talk, then said the battle at Martial Saint Mountain and Krasic’s reported death had made war inevitable.

Sun Fei and Fairenton shared wine and discussed why the war had begun earlier than planned, but Fairenton said neither of them could stop it. Their conversation ended with Sun Fei warning him not to attack Twin Flag City, while both commanders continued trading threats.

• Sun Fei explained that Emperor Chivu had advanced the war because his allies would not wait, and Fairenton confirmed that the original plan had been to begin a year later.
• Sun Fei proposed a truce, but Fairenton said the decision was beyond their control and that Emperor Chivu would not abandon his plans for one son.
• Sun Fei threatened to capture or kill Fairenton, but Fairenton warned that his imperial status and powerful teacher would bring retaliation against Chambord City.
• Fairenton argued that Sun Fei was not wholly loyal to Zenit because he had chosen not to destroy the Ajax army, and Sun Fei reminded him that he had burned their provisions.
• Sun Fei warned Fairenton against attacking Twin Flag City and threatened to poison the Ajax army’s wells, but Fairenton pointed out that the wells shared an underground river with the city.

Sun Fei met with Fairenton and rejected Ajax’s offer of submission, then returned to Twin Flag City and entered the Diablo World to grow stronger. After rescuing Anya and completing the Prison of Ice quest, he received a powerful new helmet and a permanent resistance boost.

• Sun Fei refused Fairenton’s offer to submit to Ajax and agreed to a three-day truce, warning that he would spare Fairenton only if he did not anger him.
• Sun Fei returned to Twin Flag City, ordered his soldiers to rest, and entered the Diablo World to train as a Barbarian.
• Sun Fei and Elena traveled to the Glacial Trail, fought through its demons, and found the imprisoned alchemist Anya.
• Sun Fei fetched a thawing potion from Malah and brought Anya back to Harrogath, completing the Prison of Ice quest.
• Sun Fei reached level 90 and received a scroll that permanently raised all resistances by 10%, along with the tier-eight elite helmet Sun Fei's Helm of Slaughter.

Sun Fei gave Elena a mysterious mask that transformed into the [Blessing of the Flower of the Rogue], then the two completed the [Betrayal of Harrogath] quest and raised his Barbarian to level 90. Back in the real world at dawn, Sun Fei found himself unable to sleep for the first time.

• Elena asked Sun Fei for a mask so that only he would see her face, and he gave her a mysterious black mask from his storage ring.
• The mask transformed on Elena’s face and became the [Blessing of the Flower of the Rogue], which she could make disappear and reshape at will.
• Sun Fei and Elena traveled through the Halls of Pain, Anguish, and Vaught, then killed Nihlathak without recovering the relic he had given to Baal.
• Sun Fei turned in the quest to Anya, set aside his reward of having an item inscribed with his name, and reached level 90 as a Barbarian.
• After hearing Elena’s report on the Wolf Fang Legion’s thirty-four thousand troops, Sun Fei returned to the real world at dawn and discovered he could not fall asleep.

Sun Fei spent a sleepless night worrying about Angela and training his spiritual power before organizing Twin Flag City's defenses against a possible Ajax siege. While exploring the city's legendary wells, he sensed the aura of Dragon Fist that Emperor Yassin had left behind.

• Sun Fei worried about Angela, who was traveling with the main force of the Wolf Fang Legion, and trained his spiritual power after he could not sleep.
• The Ajax army withdrew and besieged Twin Flag City, while Ribery recruited and trained eight thousand militia and Sun Fei ordered preparations for a prolonged war.
• Sun Fei established a public security force that punished thieves and a mercenary group for robbery and rape.
• The president of the Mages' Union gave Sun Fei a cold reception and refused to admit him to the magic tower.
• Sun Fei explored the city's deep wells and sensed the familiar, majestic aura of Dragon Fist.

Sun Fei inspected Twin Flag City's wells and farmland, then met garrison officer Emile Heskey and visited his sister Jessica. Jessica's resemblance to Angela surprised him, and Heskey asked whether Aurnou and Knight had bullied her again.

• Sun Fei sensed an aura in the deep wells that reminded him of Emperor Yassin's Dragon Fist, then inspected the city's farmland and its fire-element magic arrays.
• Sun Fei encountered Emile Heskey, who explained that he had bought winter wheat flour with his overdue wages for his sister.
• Sun Fei accompanied Heskey to his farmhouse and met Jessica, whose eyes and bearing reminded him of Angela.
• Heskey asked Jessica whether Aurnou and Knight had come to bully her again.

Sun Fei visited Heskey and Jessica’s home, where their neighbors welcomed him and teased Jessica about marrying him. The cheerful gathering was interrupted when Monkey Knight and four other garrison men barged in, and Monkey Knight announced he had come to propose to Jessica.

• Heskey brought Sun Fei home and introduced him to his sister, Jessica.
• Jessica served Sun Fei apples and ale, then baked honey bread for him and Heskey.
• Jessica’s neighbors gathered to share the bread and teased her about Sun Fei being her fiancé.
• Monkey Knight arrived with four garrison men and a bloody pig’s leg, claiming he had come to propose to Jessica.
• Heskey confronted Monkey Knight, who shoved him back and presented the pig’s leg as a gift.

Sun Fei visited Emile and Jessica, where the newly appointed militia captain Knight tried to force Jessica into marrying him. As Knight threatened to send Emile to the walls, Sun Fei suspected Jessica might possess a pure soul like Angela's, but the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Knight brought Jessica a desert pig leg and demanded that she marry him, boasting about his new militia captain rank.
• Jessica rejected Knight, and the freckled girl pointed out Sun Fei as Jessica's fiancé, prompting Knight to question him.
• Sun Fei concealed his identity and claimed he held an idle post in the garrison.
• Knight insulted Sun Fei and threatened to send Emile to fight on the walls if Jessica refused him.
• Emile defended Jessica, and Knight and his subordinates mocked him for believing a divine cleric's prediction that Jessica would become important.
• Sun Fei recalled the cleric's words and wondered whether Jessica had a pure soul like Angela's as Knight continued threatening and humiliating the siblings.

Sun Fei protected Jessica and Heskey from Skinny Monkey Knight, exposed the limits of Knight’s militia authority, and forced him and his men to their knees with his power. After warning them not to bother the siblings, Sun Fei sent them away with a gold coin for the beast meat and hoped they would survive the war.

• Skinny Monkey Knight threatened Jessica and tried to seize her, while Heskey feared being sent to the front because of her.
• Sun Fei stopped Knight and explained that a reserve militia captain could not transfer Emile to the front lines at will, giving Jessica hope.
• Knight tried to break Sun Fei’s finger, but Sun Fei’s strength forced him and his four soldiers to their knees.
• Sun Fei made Knight apologize to Jessica, warned him not to bully the siblings, and told him Emile would soon become Lord Alexander’s personal guard.
• Sun Fei let Knight and his soldiers leave, gave Knight a gold coin for the desert pig meat, and urged them to prepare for battle and survive.

Sun Fei drove off Skinny Monkey Knight and shared a warm evening with Jessica, Heskey, and their neighbors before a sudden disturbance sent him to Twin Flag City's wells. There, he discovered that an immense underground ocean was sending water surging up through the wells under the influence of an unseen force.

• Sun Fei spared Skinny Monkey Knight and his companions, and the courtyard residents accepted his explanation that he had exposed Skinny Monkey's bluff.
• Sun Fei noticed Jessica's rough hands and joined her and the neighbors for a meal of desert pig's leg.
• A rumbling shook the eastern district, and Sun Fei hurried to the wells after the courtyard residents feared the city's water supply was in danger.
• Sun Fei ordered soldiers to secure the well area and used his spiritual power to investigate the wells.
• Sun Fei discovered that the wells connected to a vast underground ocean, where an invisible force drove powerful currents upward.

Sun Fei discovered that Twin Flag City and the Ajax camp sat above vast underground waters whose currents had made their wells gush. He descended into the depths but turned back when the water pressure became too dangerous, leaving the cause of the disturbance unknown.

• Sun Fei sensed an immense underground sea beneath Twin Flag City but could not detect what was causing its currents to surge.
• Fairenton saw the Ajax camp’s wells erupt with water and, on his adviser’s recommendation, ordered Inler to investigate one of them.
• Sun Fei asked Ribery about Twin Flag City’s construction records, ordered the well area secured and the city walls kept alert, then jumped into a well.
• Sun Fei descended past the well into dark, turbulent underground waters and found no sign of life.
• Sun Fei reached a depth of more than fifteen hundred meters underground, but the rising pressure forced him to stop and return.

Sun Fei discovered what appeared to be a palace complex and merfolk far beneath the dark water but retreated before he could investigate. At the Ajax camp, Prince Fairenton rescued Inler from the well, and the soldiers pledged their loyalty as they called for him to take Twin Flag City.

• Sun Fei sensed merfolk-like creatures and palace-like structures deep underwater, then abandoned his descent when the pressure and exhaustion threatened him.
• Fairenton and the Ajax commanders waited for Inler to return from the well, but they found his rope severed.
• Fairenton jumped into the well and soon emerged with the unconscious Inler.
• A physician and healing mage treated Inler and confirmed that he would recover.
• Fairenton said he had acted as a commander and friend, and the soldiers and commanders pledged to fight for him and capture Twin Flag City.

Sun Fei searched Twin Flag City’s archives for clues about the mysterious water beneath the city and found signs that Emperor Yassin had once taken a keen interest in the site. With the Ajax army still waiting for supplies and reinforcements, Sun Fei ordered a covert raid on its supply route.

• Sun Fei searched City Lord Soroyev’s records and found a parchment drawing that matched the mermaid-like shadows beneath the city.
• Sun Fei learned from the city’s records that Emperor Yassin had personally planned Twin Flag City before abruptly losing interest in it.
• Sun Fei found unofficial accounts of dangerous fish-like beasts, Emperor Yassin entering the well, and the Sea Clan once ruling the area.
• Sun Fei resolved to investigate the deep water once he reached Moon Class.
• Sun Fei rejected a proposal to raid the Ajax camp and explained that Prince Fairenton was waiting for supplies and a powerful ally.
• Sun Fei ordered Frank and Andrei to lead two hundred elite warriors on a night ambush against the Ajax supply force and burn its provisions.

Sun Fei entered the Diablo World with Elena and reached the summit of Mount Arreat, where the three ancient Barbarian guardians challenged them. As Korlic and Madawc attacked, Sun Fei fought Korlic while Elena deflected Madawc’s throwing axes.

• Sun Fei sent Ribery and Shevchenko to prepare an ambush against an Ajax supply shipment and left Twin Flag City’s defense to Čech and the others.
• Sun Fei entered the Diablo World and learned from Elena that the Wolf Fang Legion was nearing Twin Flag City, though some vassal states still resisted Strategist Arjen’s authority.
• Sun Fei and Elena reached the summit of Mount Arreat, where the passage collapsed behind them and the entrance to Nihlathak’s Temple remained sealed.
• The ancient guardian gods Madawc, Korlic, and Talic came to life and charged Sun Fei and Elena.
• Sun Fei met Korlic’s Leap Attack with his paired swords, while Elena shot down Madawc’s spinning throwing axes.

Sun Fei and Elena defeated the three guardian gods on Mount Arreat, though both suffered serious injuries. Korlic and Talic’s golden haze entered Sun Fei and transformed him, while Elena collapsed after her battle with Madawc.

• Sun Fei used Leap and Heavenly Frost Fist One-Hit Kill to wear down and kill Korlic, whose golden haze flowed into him and seemed to transform his body.
• Sun Fei evaded Talic’s Whirlwind Slash and repeatedly struck him with Heavenly Frost Fist One-Hit Kill until Talic fell and his golden haze entered Sun Fei.
• Elena defeated Madawc while fighting with the altar’s stone structures for cover, but she was gravely wounded in the battle.
• Sun Fei saw Elena bleeding and barely standing, rushed to her, and gave her a Strong Healing Potion.

Sun Fei reached level 99 after the ancient guardians’ golden mist strengthened him and Elena learned Madawc’s throwing skill. Back in Twin Flag City, he met Soros Chamber of Commerce branch head Roman Abramovich, whose gifts were carried into the gate tower by Emile Heskey.

• Sun Fei healed Elena, kissed her, and postponed killing Baal until their next visit to the game world.
• Sun Fei leveled from 91 to 99, gained eight skill points and 40 attribute points, and found that Whirlwind Slash and Leap Attack had risen to level 24.
• Elena told Sun Fei she had learned Madawc’s Flying Axe Throw skill after the golden mist entered her body.
• Sun Fei ordered Drogba to bring Emile Heskey to him while Shevchenko and Ribery prepared 300 soldiers for an operation after dusk.
• Roman Abramovich visited Sun Fei and offered gifts for Twin Flag City’s defense, and Heskey arrived carrying one of the iron chests.

Sun Fei introduced Heskey to Abramovich and arranged for Jessica to join the Soros Chamber of Commerce in Twin Flag City. Abramovich sought to become Sun Fei’s ally and offered him a chest of magic stones, leaving Sun Fei with a valuable new resource.

• Sun Fei revealed his identity to Heskey, who eagerly accepted a place as his personal guard.
• Abramovich invited Jessica to work and study business management at the Soros Chamber of Commerce, and Heskey agreed to the arrangement.
• Sun Fei confirmed Jessica’s appointment and asked Abramovich to look after her.
• Abramovich presented six iron chests, including one filled with more than ten thousand low-grade magic stones, as a gift to Sun Fei.

Sun Fei accepted Abramovich’s gifts of magic stones, maps, trade-channel access, and ancient magic-array diagrams. He secretly recognized a leather map as the Palace of the Sea God beneath Twin Flag City, leaving him eager to explore it once he was strong enough.

• Sun Fei accepted four chests of magic stones from Abramovich as strategic supplies for Twin Flag City.
• Abramovich gave Sun Fei detailed regional maps, Soros Chamber of Commerce channel information, an authorization token, and old magic-array diagrams.
• Sun Fei noticed a Shadow Mermaid Wave Diagram on an ancient leather sheet and heard Abramovich explain that it came from a desert raider lair and might relate to the God and Demon Ruins.
• Sun Fei recognized the writing on the leather as Diablo World script and understood that the sheet mapped the Palace of the Sea God beneath Twin Flag City.
• Sun Fei concealed his excitement and accepted the leather map, while Abramovich opened the sixth chest.