Chapter Summaries

Fifteen-year-old Leo risked entering the forest outskirts to find food for his two sisters, but a mutated magical wolf attacked and nearly killed him. White-armored warriors rescued him, and a handsome young man healed him with golden light before he lost consciousness.

• Leo avoided a group of hunter zombies and set traps near the forest to find food for his sisters, but caught nothing.
• As sunset approached, Leo went closer to the forest edge, where a mutated magical wolf attacked and wounded him.
• The wolf knocked Leo down and prepared to kill him, but an arrow from the forest pierced its neck and pinned it to a rock.
• A group of white-armored warriors reached Leo, followed by a handsome young man in a white robe.
• The young man sent golden light into Leo's body, and Leo lost consciousness.

Leo awoke healed aboard a flying vessel and met the young man he believed was a god, who agreed to help him find his sisters. They discovered Jili and Dili among a group of survivors surrounded by zombies, with the group on the brink of being overwhelmed.

• Leo awoke with his wounds healed and learned that the young man in white had saved him.
• Leo asked to return to the ground to find Jili and Dili, and the young man accompanied him.
• The young man killed the zombies and mutated demonic beasts they encountered as they traveled to the cave.
• Leo found the cave empty, but the young man discovered that his sisters were safe and took Leo to them.
• Jili and Dili were trapped with about twelve Aranyan survivors on a rocky hill surrounded by hundreds of zombies, as one survivor had been bitten.

Anna and the Alania survivors were overwhelmed by zombies and mutant beasts after Mono betrayed them and fled with their supplies. Just as the two blonde girls called for Brother Leo, a mysterious young man in white cut through the horde and reached the stone hill with a boy following him.

• Anna and the burly mercenary fought off zombies while Mono complained about the two girls and secretly conserved his strength.
• Mono used a [Levitation Spell] scroll to escape with the team's food and clean water, leaving the survivors exposed to attack.
• The survivors' coordination faltered, more people were injured, and zombies and mutant beasts surged onto the stone hill as the two girls cried for Brother Leo.
• Mono saw a white-clad figure advancing through the horde and killing monsters with flashing pentagrams, with a ragged boy keeping pace beside him.
• The mysterious young man in white and the boy arrived at the foot of the stone hill, and the Alania survivors stared at them in awe.

Alexander saved Leo and the surviving Alania people from a horde of zombies and a mutated Kui python, then healed their undead wounds. After he introduced himself, Anna and the others recognized him as King of Chambord and Zenit's Guardian Martial Saint.

• Alexander destroyed the zombies and mutant beasts without moving, while Leo reunited with his younger sisters, Jili and Dili.
• A mutated third-tier Kui python ambushed Alexander, but an invisible strike reduced it to steaming charcoal.
• Anna asked Alexander who he was, and he healed the wounded Alania survivors with golden flames.
• Alexander healed Anna's thigh wound and gave her white robes to wear.
• Alexander introduced himself, and Anna and the others recognized him as King of Chambord and Zenit's Guardian Martial Saint.

Sun Fei learned how badly demonic contamination had ravaged Alania and decided to delay his journey to Anzhi to address the crisis. After Anna and the other survivors honored him and Leo thanked them for protecting his sisters, Sun Fei offered to travel south with their group.

• Sun Fei realized that dark creatures fleeing his cleansing of the border forest had worsened the contamination in Alania, so he postponed his plans to visit Anzhi.
• Anna and the other survivors bowed to Sun Fei and thanked him for rescuing them, hoping Zenit would help oppose Anzhi.
• Leo thanked Anna and her companions for caring for his sisters, Jili and Dili, while he was away.
• Anna said her group planned to travel south, seek other survivors, and keep resisting Anzhi.
• Sun Fei offered to accompany the survivors south, leaving Anna and the others stunned.

Sun Fei led a growing group of Alania survivors, protected them from danger, and taught them martial cultivation. By the second evening, the group had grown to more than forty people, and Edward and the female warrior had become One-Star Class warriors.

• Sun Fei agreed to stay with the first Alania survivor group, and they camped on a rocky hill for a safe night.
• Torres arrived with ten elite soldiers, food, and fresh water, and the survivors shared their first good meal since fleeing.
• Sun Fei and his companions found two women and four children, and Anna took them in after Sun Fei saved a feverish infant.
• Sun Fei protected the survivors from zombies and mutated beasts, offered martial guidance, and taught them from his Dou Qi manuals as their group grew.
• By the second evening, the group numbered more than forty, and Edward and the female warrior had become One-Star Class warriors under Sun Fei's guidance.

Sun Fei led the growing group of Alania survivors toward Marton City, where zombies surrounded the walls and Anzhi soldiers watched from above. As the zombie horde engulfed the survivors, the soldiers treated their struggle as entertainment and began betting on how long they would last.

• Anna warned Sun Fei that the group might reach Marton City and asked whether they should detour, but Sun Fei decided they would enter the city.
• The survivors trained, then continued their journey as Sun Fei and the Chambord warriors protected them from zombies and mutated magic beasts.
• More survivors joined the group, bringing it to over a hundred people, including women and children.
• The group reached a hill near Marton City and saw zombies surrounding its tall walls beneath Anzhi banners.
• As the group advanced toward the city, zombies noticed them and surged forward while Anna urged everyone to stay together.
• Anzhi soldiers on the walls mocked the Alania survivors and bet on how long they would survive.

Sun Fei arrived at Marton City with Alania survivors and found that the Anzhi soldiers had tortured captured resistance fighters and tormented refugees for sport. He opened the city gate, protected the survivors from arrows, and began rescuing the dying Charles Adam.

• Charles Adam, a crippled Two-Star-Rank Warrior of the Alania Resistance Army, cursed the Anzhi soldiers as they tortured him on the wall.
• The Anzhi soldiers noticed that Sun Fei had destroyed the tens of thousands of zombies below the city and that the approaching Alania survivors were unharmed.
• A female warrior demanded that the Anzhi soldiers open the gate, but the junior commander ordered his troops to shoot the survivors.
• Sun Fei shielded the survivors with a golden curtain of light and pushed open the iron gate, then sent Torres to lead them inside.
• Sun Fei climbed onto the wall, carefully cut the hooks free from Charles Adam, and supported him as he woke.

Sun Fei healed Charles Adam and helped the Alania resistance launch an uprising against the Anzhi forces in Marton City. After installing defensive magic arrays around the city, Sun Fei returned to find the fighting underway and Adam asking what they should do next.

• Sun Fei healed Adam’s wounds and restored his Dou Qi Star Vortex while Anzhi soldiers surrounded them.
• Anzhi expert Pas attacked Sun Fei, but Sun Fei dispelled his fire dragon with a glance, leaving Pas unconscious.
• Adam took up a sword and charged the Anzhi soldiers on the wall after Sun Fei told him to fight.
• Sun Fei set up magic arrays around Marton City to guard against dark forces, zombies, and mutated beasts.
• Torres and the Chambord warriors defeated a thousand-strong Anzhi squadron as the Alanian people rose up across the city.
• Adam defeated the Anzhi soldiers on the wall and asked Sun Fei what to do next.

Sun Fei arrived in Marton City, assigned Adam to restrain the riots, and went to investigate the Anzhi headquarters. Near the city lord’s residence, Chambord’s reinforcements charged the Anzhi army and evaded its javelin volley, but they faced a seemingly inescapable barrage of arrows.

• Sun Fei asked Adam to organize the Alania people and said Chambord would deal with the Anzhi army.
• Adam recognized Sun Fei as King of Chambord, then gathered his fallen companions and carried the unconscious Pas toward the fighting to help contain the riots.
• Sun Fei flew to the former city lord’s residence after sensing concealed evil power there.
• Torres and the survivors reached the residence, where a teleportation array brought the Chambord force to six hundred warriors.
• The Chambord warriors charged nearly ten thousand Anzhi soldiers and dodged their javelin volley with a burst of speed.
• Anzhi crossbowmen fired straight and arcing volleys that appeared to leave the Chambord warriors no way to escape.

The Chambord Army Corps annihilated the Anzhi Ironclad Army in Marton City, proving its strength in its first independent battle. As Sun Fei watched the city lord’s residence, a dark power stirred inside and a series of explosions shook the ground.

• The Chambord warriors deflected the Anzhi soldiers’ arrows, broke through their tower shields, and charged into their ranks.
• Sun Fei saw Alania residents emerge from the streets as the resistance took control of Marton City, and they watched the Chambord warriors slaughter the Anzhi soldiers.
• Torres shot Anzhi experts with his longbow while the Chambord Army Corps overwhelmed the enemy and routed them in less than thirty minutes.
• Sun Fei sensed a sinister power inside the fortified city lord’s residence and watched it from the battlefield.
• Explosions erupted inside the city lord’s residence, and the ground began to tremble.

Sun Fei watched mysterious monsters emerge from the city lord’s residence and learned that their red mist turned Anzhi soldiers into zombies. When one attacked his group, Torres destroyed all six monsters with a single volley of arrows, leaving the Alania resistance stunned by his strength.

• The mysterious monsters burst through the city lord’s residence walls and released a red mist that corroded Anzhi soldiers and turned them into zombies.
• The monsters charged the fleeing soldiers, killing them and transforming others as the Alania people retreated.
• Anna and Edward protected Leo and the survivors while Charles Adam and his companions tried to maintain order.
• A monster charged Sun Fei’s group, but Torres fired six arrows that destroyed all six creatures at once.
• The Alania leaders watched Torres’s display in astonishment, and a terrified shriek suddenly sounded from the crowd.

Sun Fei examined the black-red mist released by the mysterious monsters and discovered it could corrupt living beings, though his Paladin Holy Power easily cleansed it. Guided by Old Cain, the group entered the ruined castellan's manor and found a tunnel leading underground.

• The monsters' black-red mist engulfed wounded Anzhi soldiers and turned them into zombies, while Sun Fei noticed their remains released none of the mysterious energy he could absorb.
• Sun Fei captured a wisp of mist and let it enter his hand, observing as it corrupted his body and invaded his life energy.
• Akara arrived with Old Cain and ten students; Sun Fei used Paladin Holy Power to restore his hand and clear the corruption.
• Old Cain led the group through the mist toward the breach, and Sun Fei's golden light burned away nearby mist, zombies, and filthy remains while healing wounded Alania people.
• Torres and the white-armored warriors stayed outside to help Charles Adam and the Alania Resistance Army hunt down the remaining Anzhi troops.
• Sun Fei and the others searched the fortified, corpse-filled manor and discovered a tunnel entrance inside a sturdy hall in the rear courtyard.

Sun Fei uncovered evidence that the Undead Frenzy in Alania and the Border Forest was tied to horrific experiments and the Anzhi Empire, while Chambord and the Alania Resistance Army retook Marton City. After cleansing the surrounding region and training to grow stronger, Sun Fei was hailed by the Alania people as a savior, and Charles Adam’s words gave rise to Sun Fei’s new title, the Human Emperor of the Northern Region.

• Sun Fei and his companions explored an underground labyrinth, finding thousands of mutilated Alania corpses, a blood pool, and destroyed magical experiment and Summon sites.
• Sun Fei concluded that someone had created the six monsters and orchestrated the Undead Frenzy, and that the Anzhi Empire was involved.
• Chambord forces defeated the Anzhi legion, and the Alania Resistance Army and newly freed civilians took control of Marton City.
• Sun Fei left city affairs to Chambord officials, trained in Assassin Mode and Spiritual Power, then used Paladin Mode’s Cleansing skill to purify the land around Marton City.
• The grateful Alania people knelt to Sun Fei, and Charles Adam called him a Human Emperor, inspiring the title Human Emperor of the Northern Region.

After Marton City’s liberation, Sun Fei supported the Alania resistance and used the city to expand the Black-Robed Holy Temple. The priests won the people’s trust, while reports from across Azeroth confirmed that a great age of chaos had begun.

• Sun Fei returned to the Chambord Army’s camp as the disciplined soldiers earned the trust of Marton City’s Alania people.
• Charles and the other leaders organized a new governing body and recruited young adults into the resistance army.
• Sun Fei agreed to provide the Alania leaders with troops and supplies, and the Chambord Army stayed in Marton City for three days.
• Sun Fei sent twenty priests of the Black-Robed Holy Temple to preach and care for the city’s residents.
• The priests’ accounts of Sun Fei’s deeds spread through Marton City, and many Alania people became his loyal believers.
• Sun Fei monitored reports from the Northern Region and the other regions, which confirmed that Azeroth had entered an age of great chaos.

As wars spread across the continent, Sun Fei learned that he was counted among the rising Young Supremes and grew more wary of threats in the Northern Region. Three days later, he led the Chambord Army south with new companions and refugees in tow.

• Reports described escalating wars across the Eastern, Western, Southern, and Central Regions and listed Sun Fei among the continent’s Young Supremes.
• Sun Fei memorized the names of the other Young Supremes and dismissed the rankings that placed him below several of them.
• Sun Fei remained concerned about the strange currents in the Northern Region and received little new information about the Sea Clan or the Golden Skeleton.
• On the third morning, the Chambord Army left for the south with a thousand Marton City cavalrymen led by Charles Adam.
• Anna, Edward, Leo, and Leo’s two siblings joined Sun Fei, who intended to nurture Leo’s talent.
• The army rescued survivors from Alania, and the growing number of refugees slowed its journey.

Sun Fei and the Chambord Army helped the Alania Resistance Army reclaim most of Alania, while Sun Fei’s fame as the Human Emperor of the Northern Region spread. With the former royal bloodline believed extinct, evidence emerged that Leo was descended from a missing prince, and he became the restored empire’s ruler, Emperor Leo.

• Sun Fei used Cleansing to purge zombies and mutated beasts as refugees flocked to him for protection.
• Over the next two months, the Alania Resistance Army reclaimed six major cities, defeated Anzhi legions, and recovered more than seventy percent of Alania.
• Sun Fei’s forces settled in Didikaka City while Anna and Edward advanced to the Two-Star Class, and Sun Fei raised Leo’s strength and took him as a nominal disciple.
• As Alania’s people sought a royal heir, reports and a royal ornament linked Leo to a missing prince descended from the former emperor.
• With support from Sun Fei, the Chambord Army, and the Black-Robed Holy Temple, Leo became the emperor who restored Alania, known as Emperor Leo.

Leo began consolidating the new Alania Empire by tying it to Sun Fei, Zenit, and the Black-Robed Holy Temple, while Chambord helped rebuild the nation and train its people. As Sun Fei’s campaign paused in Didikaka City, former companions pursued status in Leo’s court, and Sun Fei let them follow their chosen paths.

• On his coronation day, Leo named Sun Fei Father of the Nation, declared an alliance with Zenit, and made the Black-Robed Holy Temple Alania’s state religion.
• Sun Fei arranged a crash course in royal conduct and state affairs to help Leo learn to rule.
• Sun Fei funded eight comprehensive schools and an Alexander-named military academy, which drew crowds of students on opening day.
• Sun Fei paused the Chambord Army’s campaign and remained stationed in Didikaka City for more than half a month while helping Leo establish the empire.
• Charles Adam, Anna, and Edward visited Sun Fei to practice martial arts and maintain their connection to him, while Sun Fei allowed them to pursue wealth and status.

Sun Fei returned to Chambord City, where he explained his plans for Alania and the surrounding empires to Best and Brook before going back to Didikaka City. Soon after his return, a powerful young outsider challenged him and demanded that he relinquish the title of Human Emperor.

• Sun Fei ordered his army to prepare to leave Didikaka City and resume the campaign against the Anzhi Empire, then returned to Chambord City to spend time with his queens and hold a family dinner.
• At dinner, Sun Fei admitted that Leo’s imperial lineage and token were fabricated, and explained that he had given Leo Alania’s throne rather than turning the empire into a puppet.
• Sun Fei told Best and Brook that he planned to use schools, military academies, and other means to make Alania and conquered neighboring empires allies and dependents of Chambord City and Zenit within a year.
• Sun Fei asked Best to send Garcia to Didikaka City to strengthen the rapidly expanding Black-Robed Holy Temple.
• Sun Fei returned to Didikaka City, where a young supreme expert from outside the Northern Region challenged him and demanded that he give up the title of Human Emperor.

A mysterious challenger’s followers attacked the Chambord camp and Alania’s capital, demanding that Sun Fei appear while their hidden master’s aura tormented the defenders. Sun Fei returned, killed one attacker with the Fist of the Heavens, and faced the master as he appeared above Didikaka City.

• More than ten outsiders challenged Sun Fei at the Chambord camp, where the hidden master’s pressure injured the defenders and pinned them in place.
• The outsiders insulted Sun Fei across Didikaka City, fought Leo’s imperial guards, gravely wounded Adam, Anna, and Edward, and damaged half the imperial palace.
• An outsider threatened to kill Alania’s people and Chambord soldiers unless Sun Fei appeared within a day.
• Sun Fei returned to the camp and vaporized the shouting outsider with the Fist of the Heavens.
• The mysterious master appeared above Didikaka City and addressed Sun Fei.