Chapter Summaries

Sun Fei explained Sutton’s breakthrough, welcomed him to study martial techniques on Martial Saint Mountain, and gave him a manual for sharp-metal Dou Qi. After Sutton left, Sun Fei spoke with Luffy, who said he did not want to learn the sword.

• Sun Fei told Sutton that his own effort and his state of anger had enabled his breakthrough to the Moon Class, while Sun Fei had only helped.
• Sun Fei revealed that the imperial family had ordered Sutton to leave the Knights' Hall and become a student of Martial Saint Mountain, and Sutton gladly accepted.
• Sun Fei gave Sutton a booklet of sharp-metal Dou Qi insights and cultivation methods, which Sutton recognized as a priceless manual.
• Sun Fei told Sutton to focus on cultivation, guide Luffy, and guard Martial Saint Mountain, assuring him that another peerless master protected the imperial capital.
• A Martial Saint Mountain disciple led Sutton away, and Sun Fei chatted with Luffy, who said he did not want to learn the sword.

Sun Fei agreed to teach little Luffy fist techniques, then reunited with Modrić and revealed himself as the hidden master behind the Letters and Visits Office. Modrić and the Cold-Blooded Nine Eagles learned that their organization was backed by King of Chambord Alexander and were welcomed by him.

• Luffy asked Sun Fei to teach him fist techniques, and Sun Fei agreed to train him in ancient techniques recorded in the Demon King's Sharp Sword.
• A disciple of Martial Saint Mountain led Laura and Luffy to their prepared quarters after Sun Fei spoke with the boy.
• Modrić arrived with the Cold-Blooded Nine Eagles, removed his mask, knelt before Sun Fei, and greeted him as his king.
• Sun Fei recognized Modrić as the mine slave he had rescued a year earlier and warmly welcomed him as an old friend.
• Sun Fei greeted the Cold-Blooded Nine Eagles as members of the Letters and Visits Office and invited them into the pavilion.
• The nine experts realized that Sun Fei was the true master behind their organization and were thrilled to serve him.

Sun Fei received Modrić's intelligence reports and learned that wars had erupted across nearly every region of Azeroth, fulfilling ancient prophecies of renewed darkness. The chapter left the continent on the brink of a catastrophic war between gods and demons.

• Sun Fei welcomed Modrić and the Cold-Blooded Nine Eagles, then heard Modrić report on the Letters and Visits Office's growing reach, resources, and operations.
• Modrić gave Sun Fei intelligence reports sent by Zola, and Sun Fei read them with growing concern.
• Sun Fei learned that wars had engulfed the eastern, western, and southern regions, while Emperor Blanco's campaign had brought conflict to the north.
• Sun Fei learned that the central region remained relatively peaceful but faced rising tensions, as the Blue-Black Milan Empire and Red-Black Milan Empire prepared for war and the Juventus Empire resurged.
• The reports described the continent's spreading turmoil as the return of ancient darkness, with necromancers and mages also stirring amid the conflicts.

Sun Fei decided to leave the Zenit Empire and travel across the five regions to investigate the continent’s conflicts, learn about its powers, and strengthen himself. After rewarding Modrić and the Cold-Blooded Nine Eagles, he prepared Martial Saint Mountain against future threats by hiding powerful fist imprints in the surrounding void.

• Sun Fei concluded that the wars across the five regions could threaten the empire and decided to travel without a fixed route.
• Sun Fei declined Modrić’s offer to arrange his journey, gave him a storage ring, and asked him to continue overseeing the Letters and Visits Office.
• Sun Fei healed the Cold-Blooded Nine Eagles, promised each of them a divine medicine, and secretly placed a spiritual imprint inside them.
• Modrić and the Cold-Blooded Nine Eagles left Martial Saint Mountain, while Sun Fei reflected on the escaped golden skeleton and its possible connection to the wars.
• Sun Fei placed twenty-one hidden fist-intent imprints in the void around Martial Saint Mountain to destroy any invading enemies.

Sun Fei returned to Chambord City and prepared to test whether a Worldstone could affect Sky City. He placed the tainted Nightmare Difficulty Worldstone on the God and Demon Altar, whose awakening runes prompted Cain and Auntie Nun to recognize something.

• Sun Fei fortified Martial Saint Mountain with hidden fist-intent barriers, left Luffy training instructions with Matri, and departed.
• Sun Fei flew past Saint Petersburg and saw Zenit and Chambord City preparing for war.
• Sun Fei learned that Angela and Elena had gone into the Endless Forest Sea to train with magical beasts.
• Sun Fei brought Cain and Auntie Nun to the God and Demon Altar and placed the tainted Worldstone on it.
• The altar and the mysterious stone pillar awakened, and the altar's tiers spun as Divine Runes formed patterns that astonished Cain and Auntie Nun.

Sun Fei memorized the Divine Runewords generated by the God and Demon Altar as it absorbed Hell’s power and partially purified the Nightmare Difficulty Worldstone. After sharing a fraction of his notes with Old Cain and Sister Alaka, Sun Fei discovered Sky City’s greatest secret.

• Sun Fei memorized the Divine Runewords while Old Cain and Sister Alaka watched, unable to record them with a Diwei Crystal.
• The God and Demon Altar absorbed the blood-red power of Hell and restored about a tenth of the Worldstone to its sky-blue state.
• The altar stopped, and the God and Demon Stone Pillar shed its crust, then shrank and returned to Sun Fei’s body.
• Old Cain explained that the larger Worldstone would need repeated purification, and Sister Alaka and Old Cain demanded Sun Fei write down the runes.
• Sun Fei drew more than a hundred pages of notes for Old Cain and Sister Alaka, then realized he had discovered Sky City’s greatest secret.

Sun Fei discovered that the Nine-Flower Golden Lotus in Sky City’s God King Hall controlled the city’s defenses and unlocked its blocking function. He learned that nine such lotuses governed eighty-one powers, then returned to Chambord City to make arrangements before leaving.

• Sun Fei realized that the Nine-Flower Golden Lotus was Sky City’s defensive control hub and used his Druid Mode to make another flower bloom.
• The newly awakened flower activated a powerful shield around Sky City, and Sun Fei identified the nine defensive functions governed by the lotus.
• Sun Fei learned that eight more lotuses could eventually unlock seventy-two additional city functions, though doing so would require enormous energy.
• Sun Fei adjusted Sky City’s defensive functions and left God King Hall while Angela and Elena were still away.
• Sun Fei returned to Chambord City to arrange matters before leaving.

Before leaving Chambord City, Sun Fei reviewed its administration and defenses, gave a lecture, and planned to visit Jessica. At the Soros Chamber of Commerce shop, he learned that someone was threatening her and followed Heskey upstairs as an attacker struck.

• Sun Fei met with Best, then gave Chambord's officials urgent instructions and attended a university lecture and military meeting.
• Sun Fei left the meetings reassured that Chambord could respond to a sudden attack and walked through the city with Heskey.
• Sun Fei and Heskey entered the Soros Chamber of Commerce shop to visit Jessica and found its attendants gathered anxiously downstairs.
• An attendant told Heskey that someone was bullying Jessica upstairs, and Heskey headed for the stairs in anger.
• A man upstairs ordered Chek to kill Heskey, and Chek's saber strike was shattered by Sun Fei, who then followed Heskey upstairs.

Sun Fei arrived to find Jessica’s guards beaten and tied up by visitors from the Villarreal Empire’s Soros Chamber of Commerce. After the young man threatened Jessica and ordered his guard to attack, Sun Fei silenced him and forced the Eight-Star Class warrior to reveal where they came from.

• Sun Fei and Heskey found Jessica’s four guards beaten and bound, while an Eight-Star Class warrior confronted them with a saber.
• A guard mistook Sun Fei for Jessica’s lover and urged him to fetch King Alexander, prompting Sun Fei to realize how far the rumors had spread.
• The young man insulted Jessica and threatened to take her, but Sun Fei stopped Heskey and Jessica from responding.
• Sun Fei asked whether the visitors belonged to the Soros Chamber of Commerce, and the young man tried to order his guard to kill him.
• Sun Fei used a gesture to make the young man unable to speak, then compelled the Eight-Star Class warrior to identify their branch as belonging to the Villarreal Empire.

Sun Fei sentenced the Villarreal Empire supervisor’s arrogant son to death after he disrupted Chambord City, and Chambord’s forces defeated the rescue party sent for him. After the execution, Sun Fei departed by reverse-whale warship with students from Chambord City Civil and Martial University to travel around the continent.

• Sun Fei identified himself as King Alexander and ordered the Villarreal Empire caravan’s young master executed for five crimes under Chambord City’s Twelve Bronze Men Code.
• Jessica took in Arthur, the ancient undead dragon, as a temporary worker after Sun Fei recommended him.
• Assassins attacked several Chambord City sites overnight, but the rescue force at the Soros Chamber of Commerce shop was stopped by Arthur.
• The young man’s companions revealed that all forty-six experts sent to rescue him had been killed and that Sun Fei had reached Great Sun-Rank Venerable level.
• Chambord officials executed the young man while his father, Lord Nihat, remained days away in the City of Love Songs.
• Sun Fei boarded the King Alexander with Torres and students including Louis, Pato, Portland, and Lukaku, and the warship submerged into the river.

King Constantine led the surviving Byzantine troops in a night raid to retake their occupied royal city, but the attack became a trap as Lyon forces surrounded them. The chapter ended with powerful enemies emerging from the palace and Lyon soldiers closing in from every direction.

• The Ten Empires Allied Army invaded Azure Wind Province, forcing Constantine and his remaining troops to flee Byzantium’s royal city and continue resisting from the sea.
• After hearing that the Lyon garrison had weakened and sent troops away, Constantine led more than two thousand Byzantine troops through the moat into the royal city.
• The Byzantines caught the Lyon soldiers off guard and advanced toward the palace, with Constantine using the Seven Injuries Fist to break through their defenses.
• As Constantine entered the palace, a Lyon leader revealed that the raid had been anticipated and declared that the Byzantines would be wiped out.
• Powerful auras rose from the palace as Lyon soldiers surrounded Constantine’s forces from every direction.

King Constantine led the surviving Byzantines through a desperate retreat from Lyon forces, only to be trapped at sea by a much larger fleet. As the Byzantines prepared to fight to the death, a mysterious submersible ship surfaced and raised Chambord City's royal flag.

• Constantine ordered his army to retreat and held off the pursuing Lyon soldiers while the Byzantines escaped to their warships.
• Elderly Byzantine civilians stayed behind to cover the retreat, and the Lyon forces killed the last fifty-one defenders before the young Lyon nobleman ordered the fleet to pursue the survivors.
• At dawn, Constantine's remaining ships found themselves surrounded by Lyon warships, and King Hugo Lloris offered to spare Byzantium if Constantine surrendered.
• Constantine rejected Hugo's offer and led his outnumbered fleet toward the Lyon ships, despite worrying about his pregnant wife Isabella.
• A huge ship rose from underwater between the fleets, and Constantine recognized the flag it raised as the royal flag of Chambord City.

Sun Fei and the Chambord students traveled aboard the King Alexander to the Sea of Fragrance, where they encountered a Lyon fleet surrounding the Byzantine ships. The Lyon fleet began retreating after learning Sun Fei was aboard, but King of Buckingham Hugo Lloris flew out to block the King Alexander.

• The King Alexander surfaced near the mouth of the Zuli River after more than three days of underwater travel.
• Heskey spotted Lyon warships surrounding the King Alexander and ordered Chambord's forces to prepare for battle.
• The Lyon commander demanded to know the ship's origin, and Heskey announced that it was His Majesty Alexander's flagship and called on the Lyon fleet to surrender.
• Constantine recognized the King of Chambord and ordered the Byzantine fleet to charge and protect him.
• Hugo Lloris ordered the Lyon fleet to retreat, then flew between the fleet and the King Alexander to block its path.

Sun Fei and the Byzantine forces overwhelmed the retreating Lyon navy, while two handsome blond Moon Class archers destroyed warships with their arrows. As Sun Fei faced Lloris, the Lyon commander called on a sinister power that rapidly raised his strength into the Great Sun-Rank Venerable realm.

• Lloris ordered the Lyon fleet to retreat and faced Sun Fei alone, but Sun Fei effortlessly erased his flame giants and the sea fog.
• The Byzantine and Chambordian forces pursued the Lyon fleet, and the King Alexander's magical crossbows sank four warships.
• Two blond archers appeared on the King Yalishan and shattered the Lyon flagship and other warships with their arrows.
• Sun Fei recognized that Lloris was far weaker than he was after his recent Diablo training, while the Lyon fleet suffered heavy losses.
• Lloris roared for power and transformed as his strength surged past Moon Class Great Perfection into the Great Sun-Rank Venerable realm, making Sun Fei wary.

Sun Fei defeated the demonized Lloris and disrupted the Lyonese fleet’s escape before taking the king to the Throne of Chaotic Times to study the dark power inside him. The chapter ended with Sun Fei forcing Lloris’s body to turn transparent, revealing a blood-red skeleton attached to his own.

• Lloris transformed under a demonic force and attacked Sun Fei, who endured the fight to study the power within him.
• Sun Fei emerged from the blood-red mist holding Lloris, then used golden energy and waves to delay the Lyonese warships that had not yet escaped.
• The Chambordian and Byzantine forces defeated the disorganized Lyonese navy while Sun Fei carried Lloris high above the sea and bound him with magic-suppressing shackles.
• Sun Fei concluded that Lloris’s demonic seed differed from the golden skeleton that had possessed One Sword and began examining its source and weaknesses.
• Lloris broke the shackles and charged Sun Fei, but Sun Fei pinned him to the platform and forced his body to reveal a blood-red skeleton clinging between his flesh and natural bones.

Sun Fei suppressed and examined the blood-red skeleton possessing Lloris, but it destroyed itself when he tried to search its spiritual energy, leaving Lloris alive. After the Byzantium-Chambord victory, Constantine met Sun Fei aboard the King Alexander, where Sun Fei noticed something was wrong.

• Sun Fei used the Throne of Chaotic Times to force the blood-red skeleton out of Lloris and pin it down.
• Sun Fei collected bone fragments to study, but the skeleton’s skull exploded when he tried to search its spiritual energy, and the remaining creature vanished.
• Lloris regained signs of life, and Sun Fei considered using him to learn about the possessing skeletons.
• The Byzantium and Chambord forces completed their victory over the Lyon fleet, capturing seventy ships and more than six thousand Lyon soldiers and sailors.
• Constantine boarded the King Alexander to meet Sun Fei, who greeted him warmly and recognized his progress in Seven Injuries Fist before frowning at something amiss.

Sun Fei healed Constantine’s injuries in Byzantium, then let news of his presence spread to rally Zenit and frighten the invading allied army. When enemy experts tried to confirm the reports, Fernando Torres killed or crippled them, proving that the King of Chambord was in Byzantium.

• Sun Fei gave Constantine a Life Restoration Potion and used his Paladin and Barbarian powers to heal his external and internal injuries.
• Sun Fei stayed in Byzantium and allowed the news of his arrival to spread, drawing more than two hundred thousand refugees, soldiers, officials, and nobles to the capital.
• The Ten Empires Allied Army withdrew its troops from the area around Byzantium and stopped its widespread slaughter and enslavement of Zenit civilians.
• The allied army sent ten disguised experts into Byzantium to investigate whether Sun Fei was really there.
• Fernando Torres appeared above the city gate and shot the ten experts, killing several and forcing the sole survivor to flee after severing his own arm.
• The surviving spy’s escape confirmed to the allied army that Sun Fei was in Byzantium.

Sun Fei stayed in Byzantium to help it become a force against the Ten Empires Allied Army and to question the captive Lloris. Lloris refused to reveal Lyon’s military information and challenged Sun Fei to consider how long he could resist the allied empires alone.

• Constantine used the refugees, captured supplies, and warships to rapidly rebuild Byzantium’s army and navy.
• Sun Fei spent four days in Byzantium, offering Constantine limited advice while observing Lloris’s recovery.
• Sun Fei met Lloris in his residence’s rear courtyard and had Heskey remove the captive’s magic-sealing shackles.
• Lloris declared that he would reveal no Lyon military information and urged Sun Fei to serve Lyon, warning him about the strength of the allied empires.

Sun Fei questioned the captured King of Buckingham Lloris about the blood-colored skeleton and learned that a mysterious expert had empowered him through a soul contract. After sealing Lloris’s Dou Qi channels, Sun Fei announced that he would enter the Lyon Empire in six days, and Lloris accepted the challenge.

• Sun Fei warned Lloris that he could use mental power to search his memories, prompting Lloris to explain how he had encountered the mysterious expert and signed a soul contract.
• Lloris told Sun Fei that he had accepted the transformation to protect the Lyon Empire’s naval fleet and had used it to hold Sun Fei back.
• Sun Fei questioned Lloris about the mysterious expert, who had worn a black cloak and mask and was not from the Lyon Empire.
• Lloris refused to reveal any military information, and Sun Fei sealed all seventy-two of his Dou Qi channels with a golden flame.
• Sun Fei said he planned to visit the Lyon Empire in six days and asked Lloris to guide him; Lloris welcomed the prospect, and Sun Fei declared that he dared to go.

While Sun Fei stayed away from Byzantium, Zenit mobilized its forces and assigned two princes to lead separate armies to the southern battlefield. The chapter ended with the first prince kept in the capital to train new legions as the empire’s plans for reclaiming its lost provinces remained unclear.

• Dominguez assembled forty thousand soldiers, defeated the scattered allied forces north of Saint Petersburg, and reopened the route between the capital and the northern territories.
• The imperial family appointed Christo commander of the Giant Strength Legion and prepared him to lead troops south.
• Sun Fei read a bulletin reporting that Zenit had mobilized more than eight hundred thousand soldiers across its legions and other forces.
• The Military Department assigned Dominguez an army of just over one hundred thousand to face Lyon in Red Leaf Province and Christo a similar force to fight allied armies in the southeast.
• Arshavin remained in the capital to train ten newly formed legions while the empire sent only two armies to the southern front.