Chapter Summaries

One Sword confessed that the golden skeleton had tempted him into betraying the empire, and Sun Fei promised to protect the Sharon Vassal State. Reborn with new strength, One Sword attacked the Dortmund Black Warship to leave Sun Fei one final gift.

• One Sword admitted that he had traded his soul for power after despairing of ever catching up to Sun Fei, and Sun Fei said he believed him.
• One Sword asked Sun Fei to protect the Sharon Vassal State, and Sun Fei solemnly agreed.
• One Sword's arms regrew as his power surged, and he discarded his enemy's armor and clothes.
• One Sword charged the Black Warship and cut through its azure shield with his battered sword.
• One Sword attacked the Dortmund soldiers on the ship, killing more than twenty with a sweeping strike.

One Sword burned his life and soul to attack Dortmund’s prince Shinji Kagawa, while Sun Fei respected his resolve to make amends alone. As Piszczek defended the prince, Shinji revealed his own strength by killing the young men who had urged him to flee.

• One Sword charged through Dortmund soldiers, killing his way toward Shinji Kagawa while Sun Fei chose not to intervene.
• Piszczek blocked One Sword’s sword strikes and protected Shinji Kagawa from the attack.
• One Sword killed more than a dozen of the prince’s guards and pressed his assault on the platform.
• Shinji Kagawa’s companions urged him to escape, and he pretended to praise their loyalty.
• Shinji Kagawa suddenly killed more than a dozen of his companions and revealed himself as a powerful fighter.

One Sword killed Shinji Kagawa and was mortally wounded in the fight with Piszczek, who escaped through a portal after the prince sent him away. Before dying, One Sword urged Sun Fei to protect Zenit and warned him about the golden skeleton.

• Shinji Kagawa joined Piszczek against One Sword, and the two fought him to a standstill.
• One Sword ignored Piszczek's attack and stabbed Shinji Kagawa through the heart, but Piszczek severed One Sword's arm and nearly split his body open.
• One Sword impaled Piszczek with his sword, and Piszczek struck him into the main mast before trying to save Shinji Kagawa.
• Shinji Kagawa died after sending Piszczek through a portal and warning him not to underestimate the natives.
• One Sword lamented his mistake, told Sun Fei to protect Zenit and beware the golden skeleton, then leaped from the ship and crumbled into pale-red fragments.

Sun Fei and Robben fought their way through the Black Warship after One Sword’s betrayal left Dortmund’s forces in disarray. They reached the control cabin, where ship slaves had seized control, and Sun Fei defeated the attackers inside.

• Sun Fei boarded the Black Warship and summoned the Throne of Chaotic Times before joining Robben and old Arjen in clearing its deck.
• Sun Fei used his strength and knowledge of magic arrays to disable the ship’s defenses as the group fought through its inner cabins.
• Old Arjen explained that the ship slaves had killed their guards and seized the control cabin.
• Sun Fei forced the ship slaves aside, blasted open the control cabin door, and defeated the attackers inside before they could damage the ship’s machinery.

Sun Fei disabled the Black Warship’s self-destruct array, but the ship began plummeting after its Dortmund operators were killed. Arjen could only slow its descent, and two galley slaves claimed they could help operate the ship.

• Sun Fei ignored the two captured galley slaves and followed Arjen to the Black Warship’s self-destruct array.
• Sun Fei used his spiritual power to deactivate the array, thwarting the Dortmund officers’ attempt to destroy the ship.
• Sun Fei examined the control room and its magical systems after the galley slaves celebrated their survival.
• The Black Warship shook and began falling toward the ground, so Arjen inserted and removed magic stones to slow its descent.
• Arjen told Sun Fei that he could not control the ship alone, and the panda-eyed galley slave and the iron-legged man offered to operate it.

Sun Fei took control of the Black Warship after killing the Dortmund officers and gave two ship-slave leaders the names Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa. The ship continued plunging toward the ground, leaving Sun Fei’s group in urgent need of someone to operate it.

• Robben killed the Dortmund officers who had cursed Sun Fei, frightening the ship slaves.
• The red-headscarfed man and Iron Leg offered to serve Sun Fei in exchange for their freedom and help landing the Black Warship.
• Sun Fei asked the two leaders their names, then named them Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa.
• Jack and Barbossa tried to flee, but Robben blocked them and forced them back.
• Jack warned Sun Fei that the Black Warship was only a few hundred meters from the ground and would crash unless they operated it.

Sun Fei subdued Jack and Barbossa, freed the Black Warship’s slaves, and brought the ship to Chambord City. After honoring the forty-three warriors killed in the attack, he resolved to visit the besieged imperial capital before heading toward the Five Sword Heaven Peaks on his wedding night.

• Sun Fei planted spiritual imprints in Jack and Barbossa, then stopped the Black Warship midair and set it down on a platform he carved from a nearby peak.
• Jack and Barbossa abandoned their plans to escape and decided that serving the King of Chambord was safer and more advantageous.
• More than a hundred ship slaves left the Black Warship, wept with relief at seeing the sky, and thanked Sun Fei for freeing them.
• Sun Fei learned that the attack had killed forty-three Chambord City warriors, declared them martyrs, and promised to support their families.
• Sun Fei reflected on Chambord City’s growing hatred of the Dortmund Empire and resolved to visit Saint Petersburg, then flew toward the Five Sword Heaven Peaks.

Sun Fei entered the bridal chamber to find Angela and Elena waiting in traditional wedding attire, and he spent the night with them. He was careful to slow down with the shy Angela, leaving their intimacy unfinished.

• Chunmei and Xia Qing welcomed Sun Fei to the bridal chamber with jade ruyi scepters prepared for the wedding rites.
• Sun Fei lifted Angela's and Elena's red veils and sat with them as his brides.
• Sun Fei embraced both women, but Angela hid beneath the quilt when he began undressing them.
• Sun Fei was intimate with Elena until she was exhausted, while Angela watched from under the quilt.
• Sun Fei joined Angela beneath the quilt and held her gently, restraining his desire to avoid making her wedding night unpleasant.

After spending the day with Angela and Elena, Sun Fei recognized that he had put down roots in this world with his two wives. He reached Chambord City at midnight to find its people preparing in an orderly way for the expected Dortmund attack.

• Sun Fei and Angela spent an intense night together while Elena slept nearby, and Angela eventually fell unconscious in his arms.
• Sun Fei tucked in Angela and Elena, then watched the sunset over Sky City and thought about the coming threat from Dortmund.
• Sun Fei stayed with the two queens until they woke, welcomed them, and offered them hot water and dinner he had cooked.
• Sun Fei arrived in Chambord City at midnight and saw its officials and residents organizing an orderly evacuation and preparing the city’s defenses.

Sun Fei dealt with a revolt among the ship slaves and ordered them brought under control as Chambord City prepared for war. The next morning, he flew to Saint Petersburg to aid the besieged imperial capital.

• Sun Fei learned that several ship slaves had attacked Chambord City's soldiers and tried to seize the teleportation array.
• Sun Fei ordered the captured rebels executed, and Robben beheaded them while Jack, Barbossa, and the other slaves surrendered in fear.
• Sun Fei ordered Drogba and Pierce to strengthen the mountain defenses, train the ship slaves, explain Chambord City's laws, and kill anyone who resisted.
• Sun Fei lifted the Black Warship with his power and moved it to the Five Sword Heaven Peaks.
• The next morning, Sun Fei left his wives and flew south to Saint Petersburg to assist the besieged imperial capital.

Sun Fei headed toward Saint Petersburg, where allied forces had surrounded the capital and a large battle was underway. He found Second Prince Dominguez and his surviving escort trapped on a hill, near collapse under the enemy assault.

• Sun Fei scanned the route to Saint Petersburg and discovered the allied forces had blocked reinforcements from reaching the capital.
• Sun Fei silently killed dozens of enemy experts as he traveled, slowing his progress toward the capital.
• Sun Fei sensed fierce fighting near Saint Petersburg and spotted Second Prince Dominguez's delegation trapped outside the city.
• Granero and the remaining soldiers defended their hilltop position against tens of thousands of allied troops, while Paris and Dominguez fought despite severe wounds.
• Granero warned Dominguez that the defenders could not break through to the capital and urged him to retreat.

Sun Fei arrived in time to save Paris and defeat the Lyon archer who had nearly killed her. He advised Dominguez to gather loyalist forces outside the imperial capital while he and Paris went inside.

• Dominguez abandoned his attempt to break through to the imperial capital and agreed to rally loyalist forces outside the encirclement.
• A Lyon archer fired a magic-breaking arrow at Paris, but Sun Fei intercepted it with a golden sword strike and appeared beside her.
• The archer fired three arrows at Sun Fei, who stopped them in midair and sent them back to destroy the archer and his command post.
• Sun Fei advised Dominguez to raise the imperial banner and gather troops beyond the encirclement instead of risking the empire's remaining forces in a push into the capital.
• Dominguez agreed to stay outside and assemble an army, while Paris chose to accompany Sun Fei into the imperial capital.

Sun Fei supported Dominguez’s plan to reunite the second prince’s forces, then escorted him and his soldiers to safety before taking Paris toward besieged Saint Petersburg. They reached the capital and saw its defenders still holding the walls against the allied armies, leaving Sun Fei to decide whether to enter the city or attack the besiegers.

• Sun Fei agreed to send an expert from Chambord City to help Dominguez organize the second prince’s forces.
• Sun Fei healed Dominguez, Granero, and the other soldiers, then fought through the Lyon encirclement and escorted them to safety.
• Dominguez told Granero that Paris was free to follow her feelings for Sun Fei and urged Granero to marry after the crisis.
• Sun Fei and Paris traveled to the outskirts of Saint Petersburg, where they saw the allied armies attacking the city’s magical shield and walls.
• Sun Fei observed that Saint Petersburg had withstood more than sixty hours of siege and asked Paris whether they should enter the city or attack the allied forces.

Paris analyzed Zenit's worsening position and decided Sun Fei should strike the allied experts at a critical moment to restore morale. They chose the main gate, where Arshavin was leading the defense and Chris Sutton was cutting through Lyon's forces.

• Paris concluded that Zenit needed a decisive victory against enemy experts to revive its soldiers' morale.
• Paris asked Sun Fei to wait for the critical moment before attacking, and he assured her he could escape if allied supreme experts pursued him.
• Paris chose to stay near Saint Petersburg's main gate, where the Lyon Empire concentrated its assault.
• Sun Fei spotted First Prince Arshavin directing the defense, and Zenit soldiers held the Lyon troops at the walls.
• Chris Sutton led Zenit experts against Lyon's forces, killing dozens of enemies and destroying more than twenty siege engines.

Chris Sutton led a Zenit strike team in destroying Lyon siege engines before three Lyon Moon Class experts arrived. As Sutton and his sixteen soldiers faced overwhelming odds, he wounded one enemy with a desperate attack, and his comrades rushed in to fight at the cost of their lives.

• Chris Sutton and sixteen elite Zenit soldiers destroyed the thirty-first siege engine after wrecking more than thirty and killing hundreds of Lyon fighters.
• Three Lyon Moon Class experts approached, with two heading for Arshavin and the third diving toward Sutton’s group.
• Sutton urged his soldiers to defend Saint Petersburg and declared his resolve to fight to the death.
• The Lyon expert shattered Sutton’s thrown dragon spear, but Sutton formed and hurled a stream of Dou Qi spears that cut the enemy’s face and shoulder.
• The sixteen soldiers leapt forward and unleashed their strongest attacks against the Lyon Moon Class expert.

As Zenit’s defenses faltered under the Lyon Moon Class masters, Chris Sutton was badly wounded while trying to protect the empire. Just as he prepared to die, an unseen rescuer healed him and struck down his attacker, leaving the battle’s balance uncertain.

• A Lyon Moon Class master overwhelmed Chris Sutton and sixteen Zenit soldiers with a single wave of flame-element Dou Qi.
• Arshavin watched the Lyon masters evade Zenit’s giant magic crossbows and worried that the capital would fall when its bolts ran out.
• Paris told Sun Fei to attack the Lyon Moon Class master at the main gate, then deal with the two above, while concealing his full strength.
• The Lyon master burned Sutton from within, and Sutton recalled his unrequited love for Paris as he faced death without regret.
• An unknown rescuer healed Sutton and struck the Lyon master with a golden-glowing fist, sending him flying and spitting blood.

Sun Fei rescued Chris Sutton and fought Lyon Empire Moon Class powerhouses while hiding the extent of his strength. He left a second opponent battered and questioning who he was.

• Sun Fei healed Chris Sutton and knocked a Lyon Empire Moon Class powerhouse away with one punch.
• Chris Sutton recognized Sun Fei as the King of Chambord and felt reassured that he had joined Zenit's side.
• Sun Fei struck the first Lyon Empire powerhouse three times, gravely injuring him and forcing him to flee.
• Sun Fei taunted the Lyon Empire fighters, prompting another Moon Class powerhouse to charge at him.
• Sun Fei traded hundreds of punches with the second powerhouse, whose secret flame technique failed to harm him.
• The second powerhouse broke free from Sun Fei's attacks and asked who he was.

Sun Fei taunted the Lyon Empire’s Moon Class masters before revealing his overwhelming strength and killing the Fire-Element master. As Sun Fei faced the remaining Wind-Element master’s storm of weapons, the battlefield’s soldiers watched to see whether he would survive.

• Sun Fei mocked the Lyon Empire’s Fire-Element Moon Class master, who called for Niang to attack alongside him.
• Sun Fei evaded Niang’s wind blades, pierced the Fire-Element master’s chest, and blasted him into a cloud of blood.
• Sun Fei shattered Niang’s wind blades with a punch as Chris Sutton and the Zenit soldiers cheered.
• Niang unleashed a storm of wind weapons that engulfed Sun Fei, while Lyon soldiers celebrated and Zenit soldiers feared for him.

Sun Fei killed Lyon’s last Moon Class master and revealed himself as King of Chambord, restoring Zenit’s morale as the soldiers recognized him. A new Lyon master appeared and challenged him, leaving the battle poised for another fight.

• Sun Fei surged through the wind blades, seized the Lyon Moon Class master, and snapped his neck.
• Sun Fei appeared above Zenit’s city wall and taunted the Lyon army to send another fighter.
• God of War Arshavin recognized Sun Fei and felt the pressure of defending Saint Petersburg ease.
• Zenit soldiers recognized Sun Fei, cheered him, and denounced the nobles who had called him a traitor.
• A powerful Lyon master appeared before Sun Fei and threatened to kill him.

Sun Fei battled Anthony Reveillere, the Lyon Empire’s Hurricane Legion commander, before the armies outside Saint Petersburg. After Sun Fei shattered Reveillere’s powerful earth technique and met his punch, Reveillere trembled in terror, leaving the reason for his reaction unresolved.

• The Lyon soldiers cheered for Anthony Reveillere, while the Zenit soldiers rallied behind Sun Fei, and both armies cleared a wide space for their duel.
• Reveillere introduced himself as the Hurricane Legion commander and attacked Sun Fei with Earth-Element Dou Qi.
• Sun Fei changed his power’s attribute to fire, surprising Reveillere as the two exchanged powerful blows.
• Reveillere formed the Sword of the Earth, but Sun Fei shattered it with Flame Hidden Force Fist and struck at him.
• Sun Fei and Reveillere met punch for punch without visible injuries, but Reveillere trembled and stared at Sun Fei in terror.