Chapter Summaries

Inzaghi reunited with Danni Lizi and the children after defeating Kulun’s men, then announced his intention to confront the Ptolemy Family. As Danni Lizi urged them to flee, armed forces surrounded the courtyard.

• Inzaghi revealed that Kulun’s men had killed children and York, then killed several nobles and spared Kulun to carry a warning to his father and brother.
• Danni Lizi cautioned Inzaghi that Kulun would return with the Gale Legion, but Inzaghi said he planned to settle the debt with the Ptolemy Family.
• Michael Owen revived the injured girl, and Inzaghi and his companions recognized Danni Lizi as a friend they had believed lost.
• Danni Lizi recounted surviving the massacre and tearfully reunited with Inzaghi, his companions, and the children.
• Danni Lizi urged everyone to leave before Deisler and the Gale Legion arrived, but armed forces surrounded the courtyard and a voice challenged them to escape.

Inzaghi confronted Deisler and the Gale Legion at Hot Springs Pass, then overwhelmed Deisler with his superior Dou Qi and terrifying assassination techniques. Deisler was left helpless as Inzaghi and the other black knights threatened his forces.

• Deisler arrived with the Gale Legion and challenged Inzaghi on behalf of the Ptolemy Family.
• Inzaghi vanished and relentlessly drove Deisler into retreat with an invisible attack.
• Inzaghi reappeared and extinguished Deisler’s flame attack with his overwhelming Dou Qi.
• Inzaghi declared that the Ptolemy Family and Gale Legion were insignificant beside Alexander.
• Deisler threatened to order his archers to fire, but Inzaghi warned him that they would not survive long enough to shoot.
• Deisler realized that Michael Owen, David Trezeguet, González Raúl, and Cavani had disappeared and were poised to assassinate his soldiers.

Inzaghi forced Deisler and the Gale Legion to retreat, then arranged for Danni Lizi and the children to travel to Chambord City. When they returned to the slums with supplies, they found the area sealed off by Gale Legion soldiers.

• Inzaghi demanded that the Ptolemy Family mourn the dead, have old Ptolemy execute Kulun, and face destruction if they refused.
• An unseen attacker severed nearly two hundred bowstrings, and Deisler abandoned resistance and ordered the Gale Legion to retreat.
• Danni Lizi marveled at Inzaghi’s strength and the King of Chambord’s influence.
• Inzaghi gave Danni Lizi gold and sent her with Owen and Raúl to buy carriages, provisions, and travel supplies for the journey to Chambord City.
• Danni Lizi’s party returned to the slums and found Gale Legion soldiers surrounding the area, who ordered them to leave.

Danni Lizi and the others passed through the guarded slums after Owen and Raúl revealed their connection to the King of Chambord. Inzaghi led the rescued children out of Hot Springs Pass, and Inzaghi’s long-stalled bottleneck began to stir.

• Owen cut an officer’s whip with a controlled wind blade, and the officer recognized the King of Chambord’s black knights and let the party pass.
• Danni Lizi and the others reached the clearing, where Ptolemy Family members called for Kulun’s death to appease the King of Chambord.
• Old Ptolemy killed Kulun and warned that he would purge the family and answer for its crimes.
• Inzaghi gathered the children and their belongings, then led them and Danni Lizi’s group out of the slums.
• After they left Hot Springs Pass, Inzaghi felt his bottleneck begin to break.

Inzaghi brought Danni Lizi and the children to Chambord City, where he promised them safe homes and a future as official residents. As they stopped for a meal, he overheard rumors about the King of Chambord and noticed the arrival of the Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries.

• Inzaghi’s Dou Qi surged as he broke through his martial bottleneck, while Owen and the others guarded his carriage.
• Danni Lizi and the children crossed the Zuli River aboard the King Alexander and marveled at Chambord City.
• Inzaghi promised the children homes, food, education, and official residency, then took them to a restaurant.
• Inzaghi overheard mercenaries discuss the Church’s Black-Robed Holy Temple and notable visitors arriving in Chambord City.
• Fifteen or sixteen armed men bearing the Wind-Racing Horse emblem entered the restaurant.

Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries harassed Danni Lizi and the children at the Ringbearer Restaurant, and Owen retaliated when one of them injured Little Miaoli. Owen claimed to serve King Alexander as the Slaughter Thorn, leaving the mercenaries’ leader alarmed.

• The Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries forced the restaurant’s second-floor customers downstairs and leered at Danni Lizi.
• A tall, thin mercenary tripped Little Miaoli and demanded that Danni Lizi pay him ten gold coins or drink with his group.
• Inzaghi led Danni Lizi and the children toward the stairs while Owen blocked the tall mercenary and offered him ten coins.
• When the mercenary attacked, Owen swiftly severed his leg at the knee, prompting the others to surround him with weapons drawn.
• Owen rebuked the mercenaries and claimed he was Michael Owen, the Slaughter Thorn serving King Alexander, startling their leader.

Owen forced the Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries to apologize, then Inzaghi settled Danni Lizi and the children in his residence. The group split up to pursue their business, with Inzaghi flying toward Sky City on the winged black dog.

• Owen ordered the mercenaries who had whistled at Danni Lizi to slap themselves three times, and they obeyed.
• Owen warned the Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries to behave in Chambord City before leaving the inn.
• Inzaghi led the children away after they had eaten, and a silver-haired mage from the Fire Blood Mercenary Corps passed by his group.
• Inzaghi brought Danni Lizi and the children to his residence and arranged for their registration and new clothes.
• Inzaghi left with Trezeguet, Owen, Cavani, and Raúl, then flew toward Sky City on the winged black dog.

Inzaghi returned to Sky City after surviving the journey to Hot Springs Pass and reported to Sun Fei, who tasked him with investigating mercenary groups and honing his strength in the city's turmoil. Sun Fei then completed the Rite of Passage trial on Nightmare Difficulty and received the ancient guardian Talic's power.

• The transformed big black dog detected a pursuer, blasted the figure out of hiding with a fireball, and carried Inzaghi to Sky City.
• Inzaghi reported his trip to Hot Springs Pass, including Kulun's death and the survivors; Sun Fei praised his decisions and ordered Danni Lizi and the children investigated for possible residence in Chambord.
• Inzaghi warned Sun Fei that the Wind-Racing Horse and Fire Blood mercenary groups might be plotting against Chambord and its upcoming grand wedding ceremony.
• Sun Fei told Inzaghi to investigate the mercenary groups quietly and to train through real combat amid the disorder in the city.
• Sun Fei entered the Diablo World on Nightmare Difficulty and completed the Rite of Passage trial, after which Talic became a golden statue and his power flowed into Sun Fei.

After Sun Fei and Elena defeated the Nightmare Difficulty Ancient Guardians, they entered the Worldstone Keep to fight toward Baal before their game time ran out. Back in God King Hall, Sun Fei sensed a threat to Chambord City, then learned that several people had broken through to Moon Class.

• Sun Fei and Elena defeated Talic, Korlic, and Madawc, gaining new strength and combat skills in Nightmare Difficulty.
• Sun Fei warned Elena that enemies might disrupt their wedding, and they agreed to kill anyone who caused trouble.
• Sun Fei and Elena entered the Worldstone Keep and fought through its first two levels before their daily game time ended.
• Sun Fei returned to God King Hall, reflected on the threats gathering against Chambord City, and anticipated bloodshed on the wedding night.
• Several people in the void around God King Hall broke through to Moon Class, and Sun Fei celebrated the boost to Chambord City's strength.

Sun Fei watched six veteran Chambord masters break through to the initial moon class stage in Sky City and gave each a Dou Weapon suited to his skills. They survived the heavenly and earthly elemental trials, completing their transformation into moon class masters.

• Drogba, Pierce, Torres, Čech, Oleg, and Robben broke through to the initial moon class stage while cultivating in seclusion.
• Sun Fei sent the six men Dou Weapons he had selected to match their fighting styles and abilities.
• The six masters communed with their weapons as Sun Fei warned them to prepare for the elemental trials.
• Elemental storms gathered over Sky City and assailed the six stone halls as the newly advanced masters endured their trials.
• Sun Fei watched from the Throne of Chaos, drew Little Overlord onto it, and saw the six masters successfully complete their trials after about an hour.

Sun Fei watched six of his subordinates complete their breakthroughs to Moon Class and brought them together in the God King Hall, where he promised each a Golden Sacred Peak. Two days before his wedding, Chambord City was plunged into sudden darkness, and brilliant stars appeared across the sky.

• Drogba, Pierce, Čech, Torres, Oleg, and Robben stabilized their auras after breaking through to Moon Class, with Čech and Torres reaching the highest levels among them.
• Sun Fei used the laws of heaven and earth to transport the six from their stone halls to the God King Hall.
• The six thanked Sun Fei, and he told them each of the twelve Golden Sacred Peaks would have one of them.
• Two days before Sun Fei's wedding, the sky over Chambord City suddenly darkened and brilliant, colorful stars appeared.

A strange celestial phenomenon sent ancient starlight into six peaks behind Chambord City, alarming outsiders and prompting factions to investigate. In a guarded mercenary courtyard, the scarred captain sensed danger just as an unknown person appeared at the gate.

• The sky darkened over Chambord City, and stars formed six constellations whose starlight flowed into six peaks behind the city.
• The phenomenon ended, leaving the visiting factions confused and uneasy as they investigated the mountain and the source of the strange power.
• In a secluded courtyard, Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries mocked the Fire Blood mercenary group while their scarred captain worried they were being watched.
• The scarred captain ordered his men to leave and lie low before the Dragon-Hunting Operation began the next day.
• The captain and his companions grabbed their weapons when an unknown person silently appeared at the courtyard gate.

Michael Owen and a hidden ally ambushed the mercenaries plotting to kill the King of Chambord, and the ally identified himself as González Raúl, the White-Robed Thorn. Meanwhile, three strangers sought the Fire Blood mercenary captain and were admitted to the inn’s backyard.

• Michael Owen confronted the Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries and learned they planned to hunt down the King of Chambord.
• The scar-faced captain and his mercenaries attacked Owen with a formation battle technique, but an unseen ally caught the captain from behind.
• Owen defeated the more than twenty mercenaries while the ally held the captain hostage.
• González Raúl revealed that he was the White-Robed Thorn, one of the Four Thorns under the King of Chambord.
• Lisa and another female mercenary stopped three strangers at the inn’s backyard entrance until a woman in black mage robes invited them inside.

Philip Inzaghi and the Four Thorns captured Laura and the members of the [Fire Blood] mercenary corps to question them about the [Dragon Hunt Plan]. They brought the captives to a blood-soaked underground torture hall, where Laura recognized the person being tortured.

• Philip Inzaghi confronted Laura and demanded information about the [Dragon Hunt Plan], while warning her not to resist or summon help.
• Cavani and David Trezeguet stopped the redhead and the girl with the black ponytail from slipping away, and Laura agreed to go with Inzaghi.
• Inzaghi ordered the capture of everyone in the courtyard; the mercenaries had their Dou Qi sealed, and Laura was bound with anti-magic shackles.
• The captives were transported to a dark underground passage and led into a torture hall filled with bloodstained instruments.
• Laura saw the person being tortured in the center of the hall, narrowed her eyes in surprise, and then appeared to understand what was happening.

Laura and Barrios confessed details of the Dragon Hunt Plan after Chambord City’s torture broke the captured mercenaries. Sun Fei ordered Philip and the others to root out the infiltrating squads while he prepared to enter seclusion until his wedding.

• Laura recognized Barrios and the captured Wind-Racing Horse mercenaries, realizing their information about the Dragon Hunt Plan had been exposed.
• Inzaghi warned Laura that Chambord City’s torture devices could break even powerful prisoners, and Barrios soon begged for mercy and confessed.
• Laura agreed to tell her captors everything, while the Fire Blood mercenaries watched in fear.
• Sun Fei rejected Oleg’s offer to attack the mercenaries’ bases and ordered him to give a sealed scroll to Philip.
• Sun Fei instructed Philip and the others to root out the Dragon Hunt squads but avoid provoking the two group leaders, then announced he would enter seclusion until the wedding.

Inzaghi and the Four Thorns secretly wiped out the mercenary squads hidden in Chambord City, acting on information Barrios and Laura had revealed. The Wind-Racing Horse commander Meierbeili recognized the King of Chambord’s involvement but chose to delay retaliation, while the golden-masked leader of the Fire Blood mercenary corps began assessing Laura’s disappearance.

• Inzaghi and the Four Thorns slaughtered the hidden mercenary squads across Chambord City and removed the bodies without leaving traces.
• Meierbeili and Isakson discovered that the Wind-Racing Horse squad had been killed, and Isakson sensed that the assassins belonged to the King of Chambord and included a Nine-Star Class assassin.
• Meierbeili concluded that the King of Chambord had uncovered part of the plan, but ordered experts elsewhere to hold back and postponed settling the blood debt until the wedding night.
• The golden-masked figure questioned three subordinates about Laura and the other missing members of the Fire Blood mercenary corps.
• The golden-masked figure deduced that an attacker around Moon Class strength had captured Laura and asked what they should do next.

A hidden alliance of Moon Class experts gathered to plan the destruction of Chambord City and the death of King of Chambord Alexander. The mysterious organizer revealed that he wanted only one woman from the city, leaving the assembled powers astonished.

• A golden-masked Fire Blood commander dismissed Laura’s safety as unimportant and said she would be fine.
• Moon Class experts gathered in a concealed underground chamber in Chambord City for a secret alliance meeting.
• Meierbeili arrived and traded hostile words with the golden-masked representative of the rival Fire Blood mercenary group.
• A figure shrouded in silver mist appeared unnoticed beside the staff and announced that the alliance would kill Alexander to prevent him from becoming a threat.
• The silver-mist figure promised the gathered experts Chambord’s treasures in exchange for their contributions, while claiming his own side wanted no wealth.
• Meierbeili questioned the figure’s motives, and the figure revealed that he wanted one woman from Chambord City.

Sun Fei and Elena fought through the Nightmare Difficulty Throne of Destruction and entered the Worldstone Chamber, where they faced a far more powerful and intelligent Baal. The next day, Sun Fei, Angela, and Elena honored Chambord City's dead before the wedding celebrations began, with danger still expected after nightfall.

• Sun Fei and Elena cleared the Throne of Destruction and its summoned hordes, and Elena reached level 96 and the peak of Moon Class.
• Sun Fei entered the Worldstone Chamber and confronted Baal, who warned that his power was returning and the battle was not the end.
• On the morning of his wedding, Sun Fei joined Angela, Elena, and Chambord City's officials and royal family members in a private ceremony on East Mountain.
• Sun Fei, Angela, and Elena paid respects to Chambord City's past kings, the God of War, and warriors who had died defending the city.
• Sun Fei stood with his two brides-to-be overlooking Chambord City, as the city prepared to celebrate and demons were expected to run rampant that night.

As Chambord prepared for Sun Fei’s wedding to Angela and Elena, a hidden assassin watched him and vowed to strike that night. Meanwhile, Sun Fei advanced beyond Moon Class Great Perfection in the Diablo World as his body underwent a major transformation.

• Sun Fei held Angela and Elena’s hands at sunrise, then sent them back to prepare for the wedding.
• Sun Fei sensed a hidden observer and vanished from East Mountain, while a Shadow Tentacle assassin escaped and planned to kill him that night.
• Chambord’s citizens prepared for the wedding, and the imperial delegation led by Dominguez arrived in the city.
• Sun Fei’s body began transforming in Hell Difficulty as energy from Korlic and Talic merged with the power he gained from killing ten Quill Rats.

After killing Baal, Sun Fei entered Hell Difficulty, where he reached level 1 and began clearing its first quest before hearing a mysterious voice. On his wedding day, he appeared before Chambord’s cheering people and set off for the chancellor’s residence.

• Sun Fei and Elena killed Baal, earning powerful set items and the Nightmare Difficulty Worldstone.
• Sun Fei purified the Worldstone, then entered Hell Difficulty and found that its monsters were vastly stronger.
• After killing ten Quill Rats, Sun Fei reached level 1 and felt immense power, though he could not sense the power of laws or form a Great Sun Phenomenon.
• Sun Fei cleared the Den of Evil, completed the first Hell Difficulty quest, and heard the mysterious voice again.
• On his wedding day, Alexander joined the procession and rode toward the chancellor’s residence as Chambord’s people cheered.