Chapter Summaries

Sun Fei and his companions reached the Beast God Temple, where they learned more about Pope Ernst’s reforms and frugal way of life. As they approached Ernst’s tent, a group of powerful beastmen emerged and blocked their way.

• Artest led Sun Fei’s party through the city and explained that Pope Ernst had introduced family planning and games such as mahjong and basketball to the beastmen.
• Sun Fei concluded that Ernst was likely a fellow transmigrator and grew eager to meet him.
• Artest brought the party to the Beast God Temple’s plain square, where a few tents stood among the totem poles.
• High Priest Nash told Sun Fei that Ernst was interested in him, though the ten royal races had not yet agreed to an alliance with Chambord City.
• Nash praised Ernst for opposing an extravagant temple and directing resources toward public works while traveling among beastman cities to aid their people.
• More than a dozen powerful beastmen emerged from Ernst’s tent and blocked Sun Fei and his companions.

Sun Fei entered the Beast God Temple pope’s spatial tent to meet Ernst’s followers and the Behemoth Beastmen nobles, but the pope was absent. He encountered Janković, the Snake Serpent Clan patriarch, and used his Spiritual Power to break her charm technique.

• Nash introduced Ernst’s twenty-three powerful followers to Sun Fei, and they demanded that he enter alone without his cloak, weapons, or storage ring.
• Sun Fei gave his storage ring to Torres and entered the tent alone, while secretly retaining access to his belt storage and Diablo World weapons.
• Sun Fei found a vast, totem-powered space inside the tent, where more than twenty powerful orc nobles were waiting, but Ernst’s seat was empty.
• Janković, the beautiful patriarch of the Snake Serpent Clan, approached Sun Fei and introduced herself.
• Sun Fei sensed Janković’s charm technique and used his Spiritual Power to break its effect.

Sun Fei met the patriarchs of the Behemoth Beastmen’s golden clans, who tested his character and strength while considering an alliance with humanity. Before he could fight Pippen, he was summoned to meet Pope Ernst alone.

• Janković flirted with Sun Fei and offered trade and Snake Clan beauties, but he politely turned her down and passed her test.
• Pippen, patriarch of the Azure Rhino Clan, challenged Sun Fei to exchange blows, and Sun Fei accepted.
• A minotaur follower interrupted the gathering to summon Sun Fei to Pope Ernst, whose authority the golden-clan patriarchs treated with sincere respect.
• Sun Fei passed through guarded halls, then entered Ernst’s room alone.

Sun Fei entered the Beast God Temple pope's rear hall and discovered that Ernst was a fellow transmigrator from his world. After matching their crude couplets, they embraced as long-lost friends, leaving Sun Fei with a new connection but no answers about how Ernst had arrived.

• Sun Fei entered the rear hall and found familiar modern appliances and a tennis court, where Ernst played tennis with Holy Maiden Sharapova.
• Ernst invited Sun Fei to play, and Sun Fei recognized his authentic Beijing-accented Mandarin before joining him on the court.
• After losing three games, Sun Fei asked Ernst if he was the thousand-year-old sage pope, and Ernst confirmed it.
• Ernst tested Sun Fei with couplets about Mutō Ran, and Sun Fei supplied the matching lines.
• Sun Fei and Ernst realized they were fellow countrymen and embraced, sharing their frustrations about life in the beastman world.

Sun Fei learned that Ernst had lived for a thousand years as the Beast God Temple’s pope, preparing the Behemoth beastmen to return to Azeroth. Ernst said Sun Fei’s arrival meant his mission was complete and that he would soon die, but he left the mysterious being’s larger plan unexplained.

• Sun Fei and Ernst talked about their shared memories of Earth, and Ernst said he had waited a thousand years to meet someone from his old world.
• Ernst told Sun Fei that his arrival meant Ernst’s task was complete and that he was going to die.
• Ernst explained that time magic had brought them to this world a thousand years apart and that he had been granted a thousand years of youthful health.
• Ernst showed Sun Fei handmade imitations of modern devices that he had carved to remember his old life.
• Ernst told Sun Fei that a mysterious supreme being had brought him to this world to inherit the Beast God Temple and keep the Behemoth beastmen alive until they could return to Azeroth.

Sun Fei learned why Ernst had become pope and how his War Song ability had protected the Behemoth Beastmen for a thousand years. Ernst said his lifespan had ended and declared that Sun Fei would become the Beast God Temple’s new pope and protect the clan.

• Ernst explained that a wounded Main God had chosen him to save the Behemoth Beastmen because a prophecy foretold that a soul from another plane might defeat the Main God’s enemy.
• Sun Fei praised Ernst for preserving every Behemoth Beastman race, and Ernst said Sun Fei could have done even better if he had lived in this world for a thousand years.
• Ernst revealed that he could use neither magic nor Dou Qi, but his singing gave him an unmatched ability to wield Beastman War Songs and create powerful totems.
• Ernst told Sun Fei that the Main God had said the arrival of someone from Ernst’s former world would mark the completion of his task and the Behemoth Beastmen’s return to Azeroth.
• Ernst said his thousand-year lifespan had ended and named Sun Fei as the next pope, but Sun Fei rejected the idea and questioned why Ernst seemed so healthy.

Sun Fei spoke with Ernst, who revealed his thousand-year rule over the Behemoth Orc Clan and urged Sun Fei to accept his role in a looming cycle. Ernst disclosed his Earth name, Zhong Dajun, then startled Sun Fei by pretending to die before admitting he was only tired.

• Ernst described his long life, his reforms and battles, and the pleasures he had enjoyed as pope of the Beast God Temple.
• Ernst said he regretted not living an ordinary life in his previous world and explained that he had prepared the Behemoth Orc Clan to accept his impending death.
• Sun Fei refused to accept Ernst's departure and offered to find a way to extend his life.
• Ernst insisted he was only a backup and warned that the fate of Azeroth depended on Sun Fei, while refusing to explain the cycle in detail.
• Ernst revealed that his real name on Earth was Zhong Dajun, then slumped over and frightened Sun Fei before explaining he had only fallen asleep.

Pedro’s Barcelona army suffered heavy losses from Zenitian ambushes and met fierce resistance from a well-prepared force that threatened to surround it. As Pedro prepared to unleash a battlefield-wide attack, an equally powerful presence emerged among the Zenitians, leaving him wondering whether Emperor Yassin had joined the battle.

• Pedro’s army found Byzantium deserted after capturing its harbor, and Constantine endured a day and night of torture without revealing anything.
• Zenitian forces ambushed and wiped out a Barcelona vanguard, then continued harassing Pedro’s army as it advanced inland.
• After Barcelona suffered thousands of losses, Pedro’s vanguard encountered a stronger Zenitian force that resisted its elite battalion and threatened to surround it.
• Pedro recognized that a skilled Zenitian tactician had used the earlier attacks to buy time and prepare a trap.
• Pedro began withdrawing his troops to clear the way for a wide-area attack, but an equally powerful force appeared among the Zenitians.

Pedro’s Sea God's Spear Legion was worn down by a Zenit army led by a brilliant commander, while Pedro waited for Barcelona reinforcements. The Zenit forces withdrew before the reinforcements arrived, and Pedro ordered Telue to begin a campaign of mass extermination across the region.

• Pedro held back from fighting the suspected Emperor Yassin as Zenit forces surrounded his troops and repeatedly repelled their counterattacks.
• When a Barcelona officer urged retreat, Pedro killed him and ordered the Sea God's Spear Legion to hold its ground.
• Pedro realized the Zenit army had withdrawn in disciplined order, leaving his forces unable to pursue.
• The Hand of Judgment Legion arrived under Telue, and Pedro concluded that the Zenit commander had thwarted his plan to crush the southern forces.
• Pedro rejected Telue’s request to pursue and ordered him to lead cavalry in “mowing grass,” the Barcelona tactic of killing every Zenit person encountered.

Pedro learned of Chambord City's strength and sent Barcelona an urgent request for reinforcements, while Sun Fei secured the Behemoth Beastmen's alliance with Chambord City. The celebration was interrupted by the arrival of Lion Clan riders bearing urgent news, leaving the Orc leaders tense and Sun Fei wondering what had happened.

• Pedro advanced cautiously through Zenit, gathered intelligence about Chambord City and King Alexander, and sent Barcelona an urgent report requesting supreme experts.
• Sun Fei defeated challengers from the ten golden races, winning their respect and settling the alliance between Chambord City and the Behemoth Beastmen.
• Pope Ernst hosted a banquet where the orc nobles and Chambord's people celebrated and grew close.
• Ten riders of the Lion Clan charged into the banquet plaza with a golden token, and Ernst ended the gathering as the Orc leaders reacted with alarm.
• Fox high priest Nash escorted Sun Fei and his companions away, while Sun Fei wondered what urgent news the riders had brought.

Prince Dominguez and Strategist Arjen struggled to find a way to stop Barcelona’s invasion while lacking enough troops for a decisive battle. In the Land of Exile, Sun Fei joined Ernst and the Orc Clan leaders at Metal Shamo, where terror beasts had begun to riot, and asked what had happened.

• Dominguez asked Arjen how Zenit could stop Barcelona, and Arjen said he needed more than five hundred thousand troops to defeat the invading army in a direct battle.
• Arjen concluded that Zenit had to keep harassing Barcelona and seek help from the imperial capital, while hoping Sun Fei would return in time.
• A Bode Clan swan beauty brought Nash news, and Ernst led Sun Fei and thousands of Orc Clan warriors toward the center of the Land of Exile.
• Ernst told Sun Fei that the terror beasts in Metal Storm and Evil Water Swamp had begun to riot.
• The group reached Metal Shamo, where High Priest Fox Nash explained that the Behemoth Beastmen and Ernst’s totem arrays contained the terror beasts, and Sun Fei asked what had changed.

Sun Fei joined Pope Ernst and twenty-five beastman masters on an expedition into Metal Shamo to discover why the desert was expanding and its Dread Beasts were attacking. As the group battled increasingly powerful monsters, Sun Fei absorbed mysterious energy from their deaths and revealed a power that left Ernst wondering what he had witnessed.

• Ernst explained that Metal Shamo had rapidly expanded and led Sun Fei and twenty-five beastman masters into the desert, while Elena and the others stayed behind.
• The group encountered a Dread Beast, and Sun Fei discovered that its death released mysterious energy only he could sense and absorb.
• As Dread Beasts and the sand grew more dangerous, Sun Fei took the lead and slaughtered hundreds of monsters, gaining more energy and impressing the beastmen.
• Dozens of gigantic humanoid Dread Beasts attacked with magical sand weapons, but Sun Fei's power dispersed their weapons and his warhammer smashed more than a dozen of them from within.
• Ernst watched Sun Fei's invisible wave of power and appeared to recognize something astonishing.

Sun Fei reached Peak Demigod Class while traveling through Metal Shamo with Ernst and the Behemoth Beastmen, then demonstrated his ability to transform into a Bill Giant Bear. After he destroyed a huge ambush of terror beasts, Ernst sensed that someone was directing them from behind the scenes.

• Sun Fei absorbed energy from the terror beasts and advanced to Peak Demigod Class while Ernst protected him.
• Sun Fei tried to advance further by killing more terror beasts but made little progress, then transformed into a giant bear and stunned the Behemoth Beastmen.
• Ernst cited records of Beast God Rexxar to explain Sun Fei's transformation as the group traveled deeper into Metal Shamo.
• After Ernst warned of danger, thousands of armored terror beasts emerged and attacked the group.
• Sun Fei used the Magic-Forbidden Domain and the Immortal King's Soul Crusher to slaughter the terror beasts.
• Ernst said he had sensed a hidden power directing the beasts, and Nash feared they could become an organized army.

Sun Fei and Ernst investigated the blood-red altars in the Metal Shamo, where Sun Fei discovered that they were one-way teleportation formations and copied their runes before the latest altar self-destructed. Meanwhile, Dominguez ordered Zenit's retreat after a costly battle with Barcelona, but five Barcelona experts reached his command post and attacked him.

• Sun Fei and Ernst found a newly appeared blood-red altar and suspected it was connected to the dread beasts’ attacks.
• When O'Neal was infected by blood-colored sand, Sun Fei healed him with Holy Power and restored the other orcs’ strength.
• Sun Fei copied the runes of an altar’s one-way teleportation formation before it self-destructed, and Ernst decided the group would return after inspecting the Evil Water Swamp.
• Dominguez ordered Zenit’s battered army to retreat after Barcelona’s forces and flying beast air force overwhelmed them.
• Five Barcelona experts broke through Zenit’s defenders and reached Dominguez, as one formed a Dou Qi palm to strike him.

Sun Fei and his companions emerged from the Metal Storm and discovered that the beautiful Evil Water Swamp was filled with invisible, deadly gas that could destroy weapons and kill powerful masters. Meanwhile, a mysterious newcomer rescued Dominguez from the Barcelona masters, and Nash revealed that an unusual species lived in the swamp.

• Dominguez revealed his hidden early-tier Full Moon Class strength and tried to defend Old Arjen, but five Barcelona Moon Class Great Perfection masters overwhelmed him.
• Jeffrén restrained Dominguez, but a newcomer appeared in a flash of lightning, struck Jeffrén with a single punch, and sent him flying unconscious.
• Sun Fei emerged from the Metal Storm with Ernst and the Orc Clan masters and learned that the Evil Water Swamp's clear water concealed deadly gas.
• Sun Fei tested the gas with a magic sword, which was ruined as its magic array corroded.
• Nash told Sun Fei that a strange, numerous species could survive in the swamp, though it was not a Dread Beast.

Sun Fei watched the Orc experts hunt strange, enormous creatures in the Evil Water Swamp and discovered that their Spiritual Power came from silver crystals hidden in their flesh. Pope Ernst explained that the crystals were useless but could regenerate the creatures’ meat after a year, leaving Sun Fei eager to learn more about them.

• Fox High Priest Nash explained that the strange creatures were weak despite their enormous size and could live in the Evil Water Swamp.
• Nowitzki crushed a dread beast above the lake, and its blood drew countless hidden creatures out of the water.
• Sun Fei saw that the creatures were soft-bodied and that their Spiritual Power came from silver crystals inside them.
• O'Neal and the other Orc experts chopped up the creatures for their fragrant meat and threw their crystals back into the lake.
• Sun Fei examined a crystal and asked Pope Ernst whether it could regenerate the creature’s meat after a year.

Sun Fei discovered that the silver Meat Beast crystals housed intelligent souls and persuaded one to pledge its race to him in exchange for stronger bodies. After the Behemoth Beastmen departed, he remained in the Metal Shamo, stabilized his Druid Mode in the Demigod realm, and prepared to pursue his plan with a mithril battle armor puppet and the crystal.

• Ernst explained that the silver crystals produced meat but released deadly gas outside the Evil Water Swamp, and Sun Fei drew out a crystal's hidden soul.
• Sun Fei convinced the silver crystal that he could give its race powerful bodies, secured its pledge through a soul contract, and concealed it in his storage ring.
• The Behemoth Beastmen slaughtered thousands of Meat Beasts and left with their meat, while Sun Fei stayed behind to train in the Metal Shamo.
• Sun Fei absorbed energy from Dread Beasts until his Druid Mode reached the stabilized Demigod realm, and Ernst sensed his breakthrough from afar.
• Sun Fei summoned Basturk to guard him, then took out a mithril battle armor puppet and the silver crystal.

Sun Fei modified a mithril battle armor puppet and bound the silver crystal’s soul to him with a Soul Master-Servant Contract, naming him Number One. Number One began adapting to his new body, while Bastürk grew anxious that Sun Fei might no longer need him.

• Sun Fei dismantled a mithril battle armor puppet, modified its magical circuits, and reassembled it with its abdomen unfinished.
• Sun Fei offered the silver crystal a powerful new body and explained that accepting it meant signing a binding contract.
• The silver crystal agreed, merged with Sun Fei’s contract array, and was named Number One.
• Sun Fei placed Number One in the armor’s core and fitted the completed part into the puppet, bringing its circuits into synchronization.
• Number One took a few steps, then fell and asked for time to get used to the body’s weight.
• Bastürk watched Number One come to life and worried that Sun Fei would discard him, so he began planning how to prove his usefulness.

Sun Fei turned silver crystal souls into mithril battle armor puppets and trained them into a new fighting force. Meanwhile, Frank Lampard saved the Zenit army by killing four Barcelona experts with one sword strike, then faced Pedro.

• Number One adapted to his mithril body, and Sun Fei taught him how to control its magic arrays before assigning Dark Demon Armor Bastürk to train him.
• Sun Fei found more than twenty silver crystals, bound their souls with Master-Servant Contracts, and installed them in twenty-five mithril battle armor puppets named Number Two through Number Twenty-Six.
• Sun Fei sparred with Number One and found that the puppet could match him when he used roughly seventy or eighty percent of his Barbarian Mode power.
• Frank Lampard appeared during the Zenit army’s retreat and killed Jeffrén, then struck down Olatzabal and three other Barcelona experts with one sword strike.
• Pedro attacked Frank Lampard, and Frank met him with another sword strike while Hasselbaink warned him not to be careless.

Lampard and Hasselbaink helped Zenit defeat the Barcelona army after Pedro escaped, and the Zenit soldiers won a major victory on the southern border. As Barcelona prepared to continue its invasion and Zenit sent reinforcements, Sun Fei remained in the Land of Exile, where he sent Hasselbaink and the first hundred mithril battle-soul warriors to gather silver crystals.

• Lampard used his Demigod Dou Weapon to join Hasselbaink against Pedro, but Pedro strengthened himself with a potion and wounded Lampard with a powerful magic scroll.
• Hasselbaink attacked Pedro with a Demigod Dou Weapon, forcing him to flee after Hasselbaink’s final assault left him an opening.
• Hasselbaink slaughtered Barcelona soldiers while Lampard let him continue, and the Barcelona army collapsed and fled as Dominguez and Old Arjen maintained their retreat.
• Alves ordered the execution of nearly ten thousand routed Barcelona soldiers, while Barcelona’s invasion continued and Zenit transferred ten legions to the southern battlefield.
• In the Land of Exile, Sun Fei praised Hasselbaink and sent him with the first hundred mithril battle-soul warriors to retrieve twenty thousand silver crystals before sunrise.