Chapter Summaries

Sun Fei and Angela discussed their future wedding, and Angela insisted that Elena should stand beside them as well. The story then returned to Diablo World, where Sun Fei and Elena stood before the final boss chamber in Lut Gholein.

• Old Arjen praised Sun Fei's strength and warned Chambord City's officers not to act recklessly amid the empire's political crisis.
• Drogba and the others lamented parting from Ribery, Shevchenko, and their former comrades.
• Angela overheard their conversation and worried that she could do little to help Sun Fei.
• Sun Fei comforted Angela, asked her to train Enforcer and the others, and proposed that they marry when they returned to Chambord City.
• Angela reminded Sun Fei that he had forgotten Elena and asked to share the wedding with her.
• Sun Fei and Elena stood outside the final boss chamber in Diablo World's Lut Gholein.

Sun Fei and Elena defeated Duriel in Barbarian Mode, and Sun Fei obtained the powerful Immortal King's Soul Crusher. He equipped the indestructible maul, gaining a weapon suited to his strength as he prepared for future battles.

• Sun Fei and Elena entered Duriel's chamber, where Sun Fei knocked the demon back in a clash of strength.
• Sun Fei and Elena overwhelmed Duriel with their attacks and killed him after ten minutes.
• Sun Fei found the Immortal King's Soul Crusher among Duriel's spoils and examined its powerful set bonuses and indestructible property.
• Sun Fei equipped the maul and felt a connection with the weapon as he swung it.

After defeating Duriel, Sun Fei claimed powerful loot and gave Elena a top-tier bow before arranging a surprise proposal in the Rogue Encampment. His proposal was interrupted by the camp’s residents, who teased Elena and tried to sell Sun Fei a ring.

• Sun Fei identified Duriel’s loot, kept Grasper's Touch, and found M'avina's Caster Grand Matron Bow.
• Sun Fei gave the bow to Elena, then spent his Barbarian’s points on weapon mastery and strength.
• Sun Fei brought Elena to the Rogue Encampment’s center, where he surprised her with fireworks and a bouquet.
• Sun Fei knelt and asked Elena to marry him.
• Maria and the others emerged from hiding to tease Elena and demand a betrothal gift, while Gheed tried to sell Sun Fei a corroded ring.

Sun Fei proposed to Elena in the Diablo World, and she accepted; afterward, he traveled with Chambord City's army through its expanded territory to inspect how it was governed. The army reached Kelun Town, where Sun Fei and four companions entered a tavern as the locals awaited news about seeds, land rentals, and taxes.

• Sun Fei proposed to Elena, and she accepted despite trying to hide her excitement.
• Sun Fei left the Diablo World and slept late, delaying Chambord City's army before it continued toward home.
• Sun Fei's army entered territory formerly belonging to the Kingdom of Black Rock, which had been absorbed into Chambord City's expanded lands.
• Sun Fei slowed the army to inspect the new territory and saw no widespread disorder along the route.
• Sun Fei entered Kelun Town's tavern with four companions while the farmers waited for Lord Babel to announce the seed distribution and tax arrangements.

Sun Fei and his companions visited a tavern in Kren Town, where Lord Babel blamed Alexander for new taxes and steep increases in land rent and seed prices. The serfs erupted in anger, but a young man challenged Babel’s claim that Alexander had ordered the changes.

• Sun Fei, Angela, Torres, Garcia, and Alan sat in a tavern as its patrons watched them.
• Ryan Babel arrived with Kelly and Dick and announced three new per-person taxes in Alexander’s name.
• The serfs protested the taxes, and Sun Fei said he had never issued such an order.
• Babel silenced the crowd with Dick’s intimidation and announced that land rent and wheat seed prices would triple, with payment due within ten days.
• The serfs renewed their protests against Alexander and the Chambordians, while Sun Fei stopped Torres from intervening.
• A young man stood up and declared that Alexander had never signed such an order.

Monai challenged Ryan Babel’s false claims about Alexander’s orders and was beaten and bound, while Sun Fei waited to see whether the envoy Monai had mentioned would appear. A fiery-haired girl named Louis arrived, declared herself Alexander’s envoy, and Sun Fei recognized her.

• Monai contradicted Ryan Babel, saying Alexander had ordered taxes and rents abolished and wheat seed distributed for free.
• Babel’s bald guard beat Monai, and Babel ordered him bound and scheduled to be hanged at the town center.
• Sun Fei stopped Torres and Garcia from intervening so he could wait for the envoy Monai’s companion had gone to find.
• Kelly and Babel noticed Sun Fei’s group, but Sun Fei used his power to blur their view of Angela.
• The red-haired girl arrived with three young men, confronted Babel, and introduced herself as Louis, Alexander’s envoy.
• Sun Fei recognized Louis, surprised that she was the envoy.

Sun Fei watched his young envoy Louis confront the corrupt noble Babel in Keren Town. After Louis revealed her authority and defeated Babel’s guards with fire magic, Babel and Kelly realized they were in danger.

• Sun Fei remembered meeting Louis when she was a child and recognized her growth into a two-star mage, while her two companions were one-star warriors.
• Louis presented a Royal Decree Scroll to prove she was King Alexander’s envoy, but Kelly cast doubt on her age and identity.
• Babel accused Louis and her companions of stealing the scroll and ordered his guards to arrest them.
• Louis accused Babel of treason and warned that she could execute him if he resisted.
• Louis struck Babel’s guards with fire magic, knocking them unconscious and leaving Babel and Kelly stunned.

Louis and her companions exposed Babel and Kelly’s scheme, defeated the guard captain, and announced relief for Krun Town’s farmers. After the townspeople celebrated King Alexander, Louis confronted five mysterious newcomers whose strength she could not assess.

• Pato froze the bald captain before he could reach Louis, and Louis mocked him before knocking him down.
• Louis confronted Babel and Kelly, accused them of crimes and plotting to incite a peasant revolt, and had Brand handcuff them.
• Pato freed and treated Monai while Louis announced that spring land rent would be waived and wheat seed would be distributed for free.
• The tavern crowd cheered King Alexander as Louis, Pato, and Brand joined in before the townspeople dispersed.
• Louis noticed five unfamiliar people at a table and challenged them, but one answered with a voice that made her and her companions go on guard.

Sun Fei tested Louis, Pato, and Brand by attacking them with overwhelming force, then revealed himself and praised how they responded to danger. The children reunited with Sun Fei, Angela, and Torres, delighted to meet the heroes they admired.

• Louis, Pato, and Brand prepared escape routes when they sensed the stranger's immense strength.
• The stranger's force overwhelmed Pato and Brand's sword techniques, and Louis used a Royal Decree Scroll before casting escape spells and fleeing with them.
• Louis found the stranger blocking their path again and sent Pato and Brand away so they could warn Chambord, but recognized Sun Fei before she could fight him.
• Pato returned to protect Louis, while Brand came back after learning the stranger was Sun Fei and worried that he would be judged for running away.
• Sun Fei praised Brand's decision to carry the warning and told the three children that their responses showed the Civil and Martial University had trained them well.
• Angela and Torres joined them, and Louis happily embraced Angela while Pato and Brand excitedly recognized Torres.

Sun Fei discovered that the dwarves’ Last Ancestral Land had been shattered by an enormous palm strike and was only a few kilometers from Chambord City. After collecting more than sixty usable Dou Weapons, he began using his spiritual power to summon the hidden Sky City, and a strange change appeared in the void.

• Sun Fei flew out of the underground space and saw that its opening was a giant palm print that had breached the dwarves’ Last Ancestral Land.
• Sun Fei concluded that the ancient underground city had been destroyed by a supreme being, allowing demons to wipe out the dwarves’ last survivors.
• Sun Fei discovered that Chambord City lay only about ten li away and reasoned that the city and its underground ruins might have been built by the dwarves.
• Sun Fei spent four or five hours recovering more than sixty Dou Weapons from the bones in the valley.
• Sun Fei gathered his spiritual power and tried to summon the hidden Sky City; as his strength nearly failed, a strange change appeared in the void.

Sun Fei brought Sky City back from the void and settled it over the dwarves’ Last Ancestral Land, hiding the city and the buried remains beneath it. After discovering that Sky City’s shield made it invisible, he flew toward Chambord City and noticed twelve isolated peaks that suited his plans.

• Sun Fei summoned Sky City and carefully lowered it into the mountains above the dwarves’ Last Ancestral Land.
• Sky City crushed nearby peaks and sealed the opening, burying the valley and its remains beneath the city.
• The mysterious stone pillar trembled, and Sky City formed a concealment shield that made it invisible and hid its aura.
• Sun Fei inspected Sky City, then left for Chambord City so its people would not worry about his absence.
• On his way back, Sun Fei spotted twelve isolated peaks between Sky City and Chambord City and decided they fit his plans.

Sun Fei discovered that the twelve peaks near Chambord City could become homes for its future Gold Saints and told his family he planned to move the palace and his giant pets into the mountains. The dinner ended with Victoria realizing she had eaten roast meat that Little Overlord had already been chewing.

• Sun Fei surveyed the twelve peaks and decided they would house Chambord City's twelve Gold Saints once his chosen warriors reached Moon Class.
• Jima scolded Sun Fei for returning late, and the household shared a lively dinner together.
• Angela told Sun Fei that Enforcer, Chick, Punk, and Little Black were outgrowing the palace grounds and causing trouble around the city.
• Sun Fei said he had found a place in the mountains for the four pets and planned to move the entire palace out of Chambord City.
• Victoria arrived with treasury documents, ate roast meat from Little Overlord's plate, and spat it out after Jima pointed out the raccoon's bite marks.

Sun Fei’s spiritual power broke through 800 units, letting him and the Rogue Encampment NPCs remain in the real world for up to eight hours. He entered the Diablo World with Elena and defeated Mephisto after a prolonged battle, clearing Act Three.

• Victoria spat out the food Sun Fei had given her, then left after handing him financial procedures to review and approve.
• Angela left for the chancellor’s residence to prepare for her wedding, and Sun Fei returned to his bedchamber to cultivate.
• Sun Fei’s spiritual power reached 800 units, expanding his range and increasing the time he and the Rogue Encampment NPCs could spend in the real world.
• Sun Fei entered the Diablo World and joined Elena in fighting through Nightmare Difficulty to reach Mephisto.
• Sun Fei and Elena defeated Mephisto after three hours of combat, leaving his body collapsed in a pool of blood.

After defeating Mephisto, Sun Fei returned to Chambord and prepared for Lampard to undergo the trial of heaven and earth. He gave Lampard an eighth-tier Dou Weapon, leaving the veteran fighter stunned.

• Sun Fei found no valuable equipment after Mephisto's defeat, leveled up to level 71, and left the Diablo World with Elena.
• Sun Fei noticed that he could suddenly understand the magical symbols on a Stamina Shrine while Elena washed nearby.
• Sun Fei returned to Chambord, where Torres reported that preparations for their departure were complete.
• Sun Fei and the Saints went to Tiananmen Square, where Lampard prepared to attempt the trial of heaven and earth and enter the New Moon Class.
• Sun Fei gave Lampard a huge black eighth-tier Dou Weapon to help him through the trial, and Lampard lost his composure at the revelation.

Lampard began the elemental trial to advance to the Moon Class, wielding his newly named sword, Black Lightning, and weathering the lightning with uncanny ease. As the storm spread over Chambord City, Kerzhakov realized someone was attempting the advancement and feared the consequences if the King of Chambord became a Moon Class expert.

• Sun Fei gave Lampard a black greatsword, and Lampard named it Black Lightning before storing his old Giant Divine Weapon.
• Sun Fei summoned the Throne of Chaotic Times as Lampard released his power and began the elemental trial in Chambord City's square.
• Lightning from the dark clouds struck Lampard repeatedly, but he laughed and absorbed it to temper his body.
• Sun Fei noticed Lampard handled the trial with extraordinary skill and wondered whether he had experienced it before.
• Kerzhakov and an Iron-Blooded Camp warrior recognized the storm as a Moon Class advancement trial, and Kerzhakov feared the King of Chambord might be the one advancing.

Kerzhakov and the many observers in Chambord City recognized the significance of Lampard’s attempt to reach the Moon Class as Sun Fei used the public certification to display Chambord’s strength. As Lampard neared success, a hidden attacker ambushed him, and Sun Fei intercepted the first strike before three more sword-qi attacks appeared.

• Kerzhakov watched the storm and grew alarmed by Chambord City’s strength, wondering why First Prince Arshavin had chosen to oppose the King of Chambord.
• Spies and Chambord’s citizens reacted to the Heaven and Earth Elemental Certification, trying to identify the warrior attempting to reach the Moon Class.
• Sun Fei observed Lampard withstand the growing lightning during his certification, which was more powerful than an ordinary Moon Class breakthrough.
• A concealed attacker sent silver sword qi at Lampard and declared that Chambord had no right to produce another Moon Class master.
• Sun Fei appeared in the sword qi’s path and crushed it with his bare hand, but the attacker immediately launched three more strikes from different directions.

Sun Fei repelled a hidden attacker while Lampard passed the elemental trial and broke through to the Moon Class. Kerzhakov realized that the First Prince’s intelligence about Alexander might be dangerously inaccurate.

• Sun Fei struck the withdrawing attacker with his Undefeated Emperor Fist, wounding him before he escaped into the void.
• Lampard destroyed the final lightning strike of the elemental trial with Black Lightning and successfully reached the Moon Class.
• Lampard’s strength continued rising until it stabilized at the Mid-Tier New Moon Class Fifth Stage, and Chambord celebrated his breakthrough.
• Kerzhakov read Lampard’s intelligence file and wondered why his origins and martial inheritance were unknown.
• Kerzhakov realized Alexander should be stronger than Lampard, questioned the First Prince’s intelligence, and dropped the documents in alarm.

Frank Lampard’s advancement to Moon Class shocked Chambord City’s rivals and enemies, while four hidden masters argued over their failed attempt to confront Sun Fei. At the celebration, Sun Fei announced that the royal palace would move to the Five Sword Heaven Peaks as he devoted himself to martial arts, leaving the kingdom’s affairs to its ministers.

• News that Frank Lampard had become a Moon Class master spread through Chambord City, prompting foreign observers to reconsider their plans and warn against provoking Sun Fei.
• In a sealed underground chamber, Denisov blamed Rakitić and the other two masters for failing to act, but they agreed to stay hidden and carry out their lord’s plans.
• Chambord’s people celebrated Frank Lampard’s advancement, and Sun Fei praised him as the kingdom’s strongest warrior and a powerful guardian.
• Sun Fei showed the people the Five Sword Heaven Peaks and announced that the royal palace would move there so he could pursue higher martial arts realms.
• Sun Fei said Best, Brook, and the kingdom’s officials could manage state affairs while he withdrew from personally handling them.

Sun Fei announced that he would step back from daily rule and establish the Twelve Golden Holy Palaces to guard Chambord City. After appointing Lampard guardian of Golden Leo Peak, Sun Fei prepared to move from the royal palace and turn it into the kingdom’s administrative headquarters.

• Sun Fei declared that he would stop handling state affairs directly while retaining his authority as Chambord City's king.
• Sun Fei revealed twelve guardian peaks and announced that the kingdom's strongest Saints would protect Chambord City from the Twelve Golden Holy Palaces.
• The constellations appeared in daylight, and Sun Fei recognized the spectacle as a likely effect of his Grant skill.
• Sun Fei appointed Lampard guardian of Golden Leo Peak, and Lampard swore loyalty before departing for the peak.
• Sun Fei collected royal family heirlooms from the palace and planned to convert it into a headquarters for Chambord City's ministries and officials.

Sun Fei prepared wedding designs and brought Chambord City’s attendants and experts to Sky City, declaring it the new royal city. As Black Whirlwind arrived below, a powerful mutated aura rose toward them.

• Sun Fei designed wedding dresses for Angela and Elena, then created three dragon-and-phoenix ring designs and entrusted them to Charsi to forge.
• Sun Fei left the Demon Remains and returned to the palace, where Torres had gathered the servants and Chambord City’s leading experts.
• Sun Fei used his Silver Sword Wings to carry the group toward Sky City, followed by Enforcer, Chick, and Punk, while Black Whirlwind raced overland after them.
• Drogba, Pierce, Torres, and the others marveled at Sky City’s splendor and abundant elemental energy.
• Sun Fei announced that Sky City would become Chambord City’s true royal city and promised the Twelve Golden Holy Peaks’ palaces to those who reached the New Moon Class.
• As Black Whirlwind howled beneath the mountain, a vast mutated aura rose toward Sun Fei and the group.