Chapter Summaries

Sun Fei revisited the mystery of the missing third prince, then learned that a hidden expert had saved the imperial palace from an allied Moon Class kill squad. Chambord sent Frank Lampard and Arjen to join Dominguez’s southern army, leaving Arjen’s future importance on the battlefield unrecognized.

• Sun Fei considered whether the missing third prince might return as a claimant to the throne, but set the question aside to investigate the skeletons and planned to visit the Lyon Empire.
• Sun Fei received intelligence that an allied kill squad of more than ten Moon Class experts had attacked Saint Petersburg and been slain by a mysterious blue-light expert near the imperial palace.
• Sun Fei recognized the palace’s mysterious defender and felt reassured that the expert was protecting the imperial capital.
• Chambord City sent three hundred Urban Management troops, led by Frank Lampard and Arjen, to join Dominguez’s army on the southern frontier.
• Observers interpreted Lampard’s deployment as Sun Fei’s support for Dominguez, while Arjen’s future influence on the war went unnoticed.

Sun Fei gave Constantine powerful manuals and Dragon Transformation Grass, helping him break through to the Nine-Star Class before agreeing to attend a banquet in Byzantium. At the banquet, City Lord Sherwood rudely dismissed Constantine and prepared to introduce the nobles to Sun Fei himself.

• Sun Fei gave Constantine the Seven Injuries Divine Fist manual, the Jade Sea Life-Breathing Art, and Dragon Transformation Grass.
• Sun Fei helped Constantine absorb the Dragon Transformation Grass, and Constantine broke through to the Nine-Star Class.
• Constantine asked Sun Fei to attend a banquet for southern nobles, and Sun Fei agreed to help him deal with the nobles he called flies.
• Sun Fei arrived at the royal palace banquet, where officials and nobles gathered to seek his protection and opportunities.
• City Lord Sherwood condescendingly dismissed Constantine and announced that he would introduce the nobles to Sun Fei.

Sun Fei questioned Lord Sherwood’s conduct during the fall of Azure Wind City, while Rennes Knight and the other nobles spun Sherwood’s retreat as a heroic defense. After Rennes introduced the banquet guests to Sun Fei, Sherwood approached him and prepared to accuse Constantine of wrongdoing.

• Sun Fei challenged Lord Sherwood over abandoning Azure Wind City and the deaths of its civilians and soldiers.
• Rennes Knight claimed Sherwood had tried to save his troops for the defense of Saint Petersburg, and the nobles supported his account.
• Constantine privately recognized the story as a shameless lie but held back from contradicting Sherwood.
• Sun Fei asked Rennes Knight to introduce the banquet guests, and Rennes explained their names, backgrounds, and faction ties.
• Sherwood, Josen, and other nobles approached Sun Fei, and Sherwood began accusing Constantine of outrageous conduct.

Sherwood and the other nobles tried to turn Sun Fei against Constantine and persuade him to seize control of the Byzantine army. Sun Fei listened without revealing his response, leaving Sherwood convinced his plan was working.

• Sherwood accused Constantine of betraying the empire and claimed his resistance to the Lyonese invasion proved he had received special treatment.
• Sherwood and the other nobles alleged that Constantine was building an army in Sun Fei’s name, keeping captured Lyonese soldiers and warships, and refusing to execute their commander.
• Sun Fei listened as the nobles denounced Constantine and then asked what they thought should happen next.
• Sherwood urged Sun Fei to execute Constantine, eliminate the Byzantine royal family, and unify the army under a new commander.
• Berezov and the other nobles endorsed Sherwood as the best candidate to command the army, while Sun Fei silently judged their motives.

Sun Fei exposed the corrupt officials’ schemes and summoned the army and citizens to the drill ground to announce new appointments. As the crowd gathered, he prepared to reveal recorded evidence against Sherwood and his companions.

• Sun Fei ordered Torres to have Constantine assemble the army and summon the nobles, wealthy households, and citizens to the drill ground.
• Sun Fei ended the banquet, and Rennes Knight stayed behind to beg for his life.
• Sun Fei questioned Knight, who accused Sherwood and the others of scheming to seize command of the new army.
• Sherwood, Berezov, and Vincent mocked Sun Fei as they went to the drill ground, confident they had manipulated him.
• Sun Fei arrived at the crowded drill ground, gave a Diwei Crystal to Constantine, and had a mage project its recordings before the assembled people.
• Sherwood and his companions turned pale and began trembling when the crystal screen appeared.

Sun Fei exposed Sherwood and the nobles’ conspiracy before the assembled army and ordered them arrested and executed. Sherwood protested as he was bound, while Sun Fei challenged him to explain his objection.

• A magic screen played footage of Sherwood and the nobles accusing Constantine of treason and urging the empire to replace him with Sherwood.
• The crowd and soldiers argued as Sherwood’s supporters tried to turn the assembly against Constantine.
• Sun Fei silenced the crowd and condemned Sherwood, Gulait, George, Berezov, and their associates for sacrificing subjects and falsely accusing Constantine.
• Members of Chambord City’s Urban Management bound Sherwood and the other nobles as Sherwood shouted that he would appeal to the imperial family.
• Sun Fei asked Sherwood what he had to object to.

Sun Fei brought surviving officers from the Azure Wind Province garrison to testify against Sherwood and the nobles, stirring the parade ground into fury. He ordered the execution of the accused spies and troublemakers, then had thousands of other criminals and enemy agents arrested and beheaded to secure Constantine’s authority and strengthen Byzantium against the Ten Empires Allied Army.

• Sun Fei presented the wounded survivors of the former Azure Wind Province garrison, who accused Sherwood and the nobles of abandoning civilians and sacrificing soldiers.
• The officers’ testimony enraged the crowd, and civilians and soldiers demanded the nobles’ deaths.
• Sun Fei ordered the execution of the spies and agitators who had incited trouble against Constantine and Byzantium.
• Byzantine warriors and Chambord Urban Management officers arrested thousands of identified enemy spies, traitors, bandits, and criminals across the city.
• The authorities beheaded the arrested people publicly, displaying their bodies and heads at the parade ground.

Sun Fei executed Sherwood and the other nobles responsible for turmoil in Byzantium, then secretly sailed toward the Lyon Empire with nine students and a small party. After returning alone to the cabin, he entered Diablo’s Hell Difficulty world in the Valley of Snakes.

• Sun Fei rejected Sherwood’s appeal to imperial law and ordered the nobles executed.
• King Constantine personally beheaded the nobles, and Sun Fei warned against further disorder in Byzantium.
• Sun Fei secretly departed Byzantium aboard a captured Lyon Empire warship with nine students and a small party.
• The ship sailed into the Sea of Fragrance toward the Lyon Empire, and the students enjoyed the voyage before tiring of the scenery.
• Sun Fei returned alone to the cabin and entered Diablo’s Hell Difficulty world in the Valley of Snakes.

Sun Fei and Elena fought through the two levels of the [Claw Viper Temple] on Hell Difficulty, enduring severe injuries before leveling up and recovering. They killed Fangskin, found the upper part of the [Horadric Staff], completed [Tainted Sun], and left the Diablo World after checking on Chambord City.

• Sun Fei and Elena approached the [Claw Viper Temple], where Sun Fei warned Elena to prioritize safety in its dangerous depths.
• Sun Fei and Elena cleared the temple's first level, ran out of potions, and returned to [Lut Gholein] to resupply.
• Sun Fei and Elena fought through the second level, killed Fangskin, and eliminated the remaining monsters despite serious injuries.
• Sun Fei reached level 22 and Elena reached level 13, and their level-up light healed their injuries.
• Sun Fei and Elena found the upper part of the [Horadric Staff] in an abandoned altar and completed [Tainted Sun].
• Sun Fei checked that Chambord City's renovations were proceeding smoothly and that the Dortmund people had not sought revenge before leaving the Diablo World.

Sun Fei traveled aboard the Light toward the Lyon Empire while advancing through the Arcane Sanctuary in the Diablo World. After reaching level 24, he emerged from his cabin as a deep-sea behemoth attacked the ship and seized several sailors.

• Torres reported that the Lyon prisoners remained obedient as the Light sailed without incident.
• Sun Fei and Elena explored the Arcane Sanctuary, gaining levels but postponing their fight with the powerful Summon Master.
• Sun Fei spotted strange creatures beneath the sea and sensed that trouble awaited the voyage.
• Sun Fei reached level 24, while Elena reached level 15, and they explored nearly all of the Arcane Sanctuary.
• The Light shook violently, and enormous tentacles seized Lyon sailors from the deck.

Sun Fei and his companions survived repeated attacks by deep-sea behemoths and a violent storm while traveling aboard the Light. After another large-scale attack, they realized that a mysterious force in the sea had targeted the ship.

• Sun Fei rescued sailors from the behemoths’ tentacles while Torres killed five or six of the giant creatures.
• Torres found forged bronze armor plates on the behemoths, and Oscar identified the metal as Seahorse Copper.
• Oscar collected intact plates for study, and the Light continued its voyage.
• Lloris directed the prisoners of war through a storm that swept away six sailors and injured ten others.
• More than twenty behemoths attacked the Light, and Sun Fei killed over ten of them in one move.
• The survivors concluded that a mysterious force in the sea had targeted the Light.

The Light endured repeated attacks by sea beasts, and Lloris suspected the Sea Clan was behind them. Sun Fei slaughtered the next wave of attackers, while Sea Clan scouts discussed their losses and the Princess’s plans.

• The Light repelled successive waves of sea beasts and aquatic magic beasts, but its hull sustained damage.
• Lloris told Sun Fei that the Sea Clan was likely commanding the attacks, and Sun Fei ordered him to continue toward the Lyon Empire.
• After leaving the Diablo World, Sun Fei joined the battle against another swarm and killed over a thousand aquatic beasts with his punches.
• Several Sea Clan figures watched the Light from afar and worried about their losses and the Princess’s risky campaign against humans.

Sun Fei and the Light faced increasingly powerful attacks from the newly awakened Sea Clan as they sailed toward the Lyon Empire. After a prolonged battle damaged the ship’s magic propulsion system, Sun Fei realized he needed a way to protect the vessel and its passengers.

• The Sea Clan figures retreated beneath the sea to report Sun Fei’s strength to their princess, leaving a decoy to harass him.
• Sun Fei slaughtered hundreds of thousands of sea beasts, and the attacks stopped for the night as the Light sped across the sea.
• A furious Sea Clan voice ordered Sun Fei killed, and the newly awakened Sea Clan prepared to confront humanity.
• The Light’s passengers identified their attackers as the Sea Clan, and six higher Sea Clan warriors fought Sun Fei to a standstill before he wounded five and drove the enemy back.
• Torres and the university students barely defended the Light against the remaining Sea Clan forces, but the battle destroyed its magic power transmission system.
• Sun Fei assessed the danger to the damaged ship and its passengers and decided he had to find a solution.

Sun Fei fought off increasingly powerful Sea Clan attacks as the Light suffered heavy damage and its crew and students were injured. With the ship near defeat and Sun Fei preparing to retreat, an unexpected savior appeared.

• Sun Fei killed two of four Mad Shark warriors and forced the Sea Clan to withdraw after more than an hour of fighting.
• The next day, two Great Sun-Rank Venerables and other Sea Clan warriors broke through Sun Fei’s defenses and destroyed the Light’s bow ram, gravely injuring Torres and the students.
• Lloris wore a strange smile while the Light’s defenders struggled to recover.
• The Light’s transmission system remained unrepaired as Sea Clan attacks arrived every three hours and grew stronger.
• Sun Fei used the Immortal King’s Soul Crusher and Whirlwind Slash to defeat a Sea Clan expert who could match him head-on.
• Sun Fei prepared to abandon the Lyon prisoners and retreat with the students, but an unexpected savior appeared.

Sun Fei and the Light’s passengers reached an island, but discovered that most of their food and fresh water had disappeared. After securing a camp, Sun Fei took Louis, Pato, and Oscar into the island’s dangerous forest to search for hazards and supplies.

• The Light reached a sheltered beach, and the students and captives went ashore.
• Louis found that most of the Light’s food and fresh water were gone, and Lloris said the Sea Clan’s attack had smashed the storage hold.
• Sun Fei moved the Light onto land, while Torres supervised the Lyon prisoners, Neymar repaired the teleportation array, and Louis led the students in building a fortified camp.
• Sun Fei left camp with Louis, Pato, and Oscar to scout the island and look for food and water.
• The group entered a dense, damp forest filled with poisonous creatures and hidden dangers.

Sun Fei and his three disciples flew across the deserted island, avoiding a powerful beast before discovering a human village slaughtered by the Sea Clan. As the surviving Sea Clan warriors turned on them, a snake-bodied warrior lunged at Sun Fei and his companions.

• Sun Fei flew with Louis, Pato, and Oscar over the island and spotted a lake guarded by a powerful magic beast.
• Sun Fei avoided the lake and followed the strong scent of human blood to a village under attack.
• Sun Fei found the village's inhabitants massacred and the Sea Clan warriors feeding on their corpses.
• A snake-bodied Sea Clan warrior spotted Sun Fei and his companions and charged them.

Oscar, Little Witch Louis, Pato, and Sun Fei fought the Sea Clan attackers and discovered that the creatures died if they stayed away from seawater too long. After finding the village’s inhabitants slaughtered, Sun Fei sent the students to search for survivors and urged them to return to camp before the Sea Clan came back.

• Oscar attacked a Sea Clan warrior, and Little Witch Louis and Pato joined him in killing the attackers.
• The four searched the village but found no survivors among the murdered villagers and animals.
• Sea Clan members fled toward the beach, and those unable to reach the water died from dehydration.
• Oscar concluded that higher-ranked Sea Clan members could survive on land longer, while Sun Fei warned that the Sea Clan might return to the island.
• Sun Fei sent Oscar, Little Witch Louis, and Pato to search again for survivors and information while he surveyed the village’s grisly aftermath.

Sun Fei followed the trail of humans fleeing the Sea Clan and found evidence of a fierce battle in which a powerful human master had killed several Sea Clan pursuers. He reached a valley where survivors were still fighting, as a Giant Whale Clan leader ordered his forces to kill them.

• Sun Fei discovered concealed human footprints outside the village and sensed that Sea Clan masters were pursuing the escapees.
• Sun Fei followed the trail through grassland littered with dead human warriors and Sea Clan masters, finding signs of a Half Moon Class human’s powerful fire-element attacks.
• Sun Fei cleared the lingering Fist Intent Spiritual Imprints so Louis and the other two students could follow safely, then hurried toward the sounds of fighting.
• Sun Fei saw Sea Clan masters battling survivors in a valley and realized he had arrived in time to help.
• A Giant Whale Clan leader ordered his forces to kill the humans while eight Sea Clan Moon Class masters surrounded a white-haired human master.

Beileidi fought to protect the blind Binios boy from the Sea Clan, but he was overwhelmed and prepared to die with his young master. Sun Fei arrived just in time, and Beileidi died after entrusting him with the boy’s safety.

• Beileidi battled eight Sea Clan experts at the canyon entrance, using his last strength to hold them back from the boy.
• The Sea Clan cut off Beileidi’s arms, and he apologized to the boy, saying he could no longer protect him.
• The boy calmly accepted the prospect of death and comforted Beileidi as the old man prepared to kill them both rather than let the Sea Clan capture him.
• Sun Fei arrived in a streak of golden light and reached Beileidi and the boy.
• Beileidi entrusted the Binios bloodline to Sun Fei, told the boy to live happily, and died in Sun Fei’s arms.

Sun Fei arrived too late to save Beileidi, then slaughtered the Sea Clan warriors who attacked him. The surviving Sea Clan powerhouses recognized him as the Human Clan Mad Demon and watched in fear.

• The young man mourned Beileidi as his life faded after Sun Fei arrived.
• Two Sea Serpent Clan powerhouses charged Sun Fei, and he killed them instantly with golden fists.
• Sun Fei crushed four more Sea Clan powerhouses while the young man held his clothes.
• Four fleeing Sea Clan powerhouses were blown apart by Sun Fei's punches.
• The Giant Whale Clan powerhouse recognized Sun Fei as the Human Clan Mad Demon, terrifying the remaining Sea Clan warriors.