Chapter Summaries

Sun Fei returned from the Evil Water Swamp to find the Land of Exile devastated by spreading disasters and Dread Beasts. He joined a gathering of Behemoth Beastmen leaders, where a Hyena Clan beastman blamed him for the calamities.

• Bastürk sent Number One and a hundred Mithril War Souls to persuade the Silver Crystal Clan to swear allegiance to Alexander in exchange for powerful bodies.
• The Silver Crystal Clan eagerly agreed to serve Alexander after seeing the Mithril War Souls’ strength, while Number One warned them against betrayal.
• Sun Fei discovered that Metal Shamo had expanded by more than two hundred kilometers and that displaced Behemoth Beastmen were fleeing their homes under threat from Dread Beasts.
• Sun Fei returned to the City of Behemoths and found it gripped by fear, with damaged buildings and families preparing to leave.
• Nash brought Sun Fei to Pope Ernst’s tent, where leaders from across the Behemoth Beastman races had gathered to discuss the disasters.
• A Hyena Clan beastman accused Sun Fei of bringing misfortune, but Woods rebuked him and ordered him to sit down.

Sun Fei learned that disasters had devastated the Behemoth Beastmen and that their leaders were preparing to migrate, while rumors blamed the humans for the calamities. Pope Ernst, now rapidly aging, asked Sun Fei to help with the migration and told him to prepare to become the next pope; the chapter ended with Ernst entrusting Steve Nash to him in case he died before the selection.

• Nash told Sun Fei that earthquakes, eruptions, falling meteors, violent beasts, and failing crops had caused more than a million deaths and threatened the Behemoth Beastmen with famine.
• Nash explained that most powerful races supported migration, but the leaders had not settled on a final decision, and Sun Fei said half a year was too long to wait.
• Sun Fei found Ernst aged dramatically and learned that the pope believed his life was nearly over.
• Ernst asked Sun Fei to help the Behemoth Beastmen relocate within two months using Chambord City's long-distance teleportation magic arrays.
• Ernst told Sun Fei that the new pope would be chosen within ten-odd days and that Sun Fei was destined to succeed him.
• Ernst entrusted Steve Nash to Sun Fei, while Sun Fei protested that Ernst should stop talking about dying.

Sun Fei received books on condensing a Divinity and gathered silver crystals for his war-soul forces while the Behemoth Beastmen prepared to return to Azeroth. His reputation among the orcs grew as disaster relief and stories about his Behemoth ancestry supported the migration.

• Pope Ernst gave Sun Fei a storage ring full of books on condensing a Divinity, and Sun Fei discovered he had an enormous amount of reading ahead of him.
• Dark Demon Armor Bastürk returned with 101 Mithril War Souls and twenty thousand silver crystals, which Sun Fei planned to use to expand his army of armored war souls.
• Sun Fei gave Bastürk secret instructions, and Bastürk left with the Mithril War Souls to carry them out.
• As natural disasters worsened, the Ten Golden Races and forty-one silver races urged the Behemoth Beastmen to return to Azeroth, while Pope Ernst said Beast God Rexxar had commanded them to reclaim their homeland.
• The Beastmen accepted the migration and their alliance with Chambord City, encouraged by claims that Alexander had Behemoth blood and was descended from the Golden Behemoth Clan.
• Golden-armored warriors led by a black-armored expert rescued orcs from disasters and identified themselves as Alexander's warriors, raising Alexander's prestige among the Behemoth Beastmen.

After arranging for Torres to return to Chambord City and preparing for the Behemoth Beastmen’s migration, Sun Fei entered seclusion to attempt to become a True God. He sensed an immense flood of Power of Faith from believers across several regions and discovered something strange about it.

• Sun Fei finished studying Ernst’s ancient books, rested, and received Bastürk’s report on relief work among the disaster-stricken Behemoth Beastmen.
• The Beast God Temple sent four Demigod-level experts with Torres, whom Sun Fei dispatched to Chambord City to hasten construction and refine teleportation arrays for the migration.
• Sun Fei planned to find settlement land for the Behemoth Beastmen in the cleared forests, the former Anzhi Empire, and a designated region of Zenit.
• After setting up defenses and placing the Heng and Ha Generals on guard, Sun Fei began his attempt to reach True God rank.
• Sun Fei sensed vast Power of Faith, which he traced to Chambord City, Black-Robed Holy Temple believers, and people across Zenit and other regions.
• Sun Fei noticed something strange about the Power of Faith.

Sun Fei tried to use the power of faith to turn his domain into a world, but it vanished before he could form the first points. Suspecting his Diablo World-derived strength was the cause, he entered the reward portal and heard its mysterious voice address him.

• Sun Fei discovered a faint stream of faith from the Behemoth Orc Clan and began integrating the power of faith into his domain.
• Sun Fei twice failed to condense the faith into points because it disappeared without a trace.
• Sun Fei suspected that his strength from the Diablo World made the ordinary path to godhood ineffective.
• Sun Fei entered the purple reward portal in the Worldstone Chamber and found himself in a beautiful, tranquil world.
• The mysterious voice told Sun Fei that they could finally have a proper talk.

Sun Fei questioned the mysterious voice about Diablo World, his unusual abilities, and the purple portal, learning that Diablo World was a real world and the portal led to a complete Divine Domain world. The voice left Sun Fei with more questions but revealed that he could become the realm’s master.

• The mysterious voice returned and told Sun Fei it was a fading fragment of consciousness left by a soul that had died a thousand years earlier.
• The voice explained that Diablo World was a real world created by powerful beings from the Azeroth Continent, not a computer game.
• The voice said Sun Fei had chosen himself and claimed he was incomparable to mortals, gods, and demons, then laughed at his guess that he was the creator god’s bastard son.
• The voice revealed that the peaceful world beyond the purple portal was the reward for clearing all seven Diablo World classes: a complete Divine Domain world that Sun Fei could master at once.

Sun Fei learned that he could refine the [Primordial Divine Domain] with the Power of Faith, then began the process and lost awareness of time. Meanwhile, Barcelona’s army besieged Saint Petersburg after crushing Zenit’s forces and conquering vast southern territories.

• The mysterious voice told Sun Fei that the [Primordial Divine Domain] could be refined with the Power of Faith and that his Diablo experience points were Primordial Divine Power he was reclaiming.
• Sun Fei followed the voice’s instructions and began merging the Power of Faith into the [Primordial Divine Domain], knowing failure would leave him a Peak Demigod Class forever.
• Sun Fei became completely absorbed in refining the [Primordial Divine Domain] and lost track of time.
• Granero surveyed the Barcelona army outside Saint Petersburg and feared that Zenit could not withstand the invasion.
• Granero recalled how Barcelona had conquered more than ten million kilometers of Zenit territory, killed over two hundred million people, and routed four hundred thousand troops in less than half a month.
• Granero remembered that Dominguez and Chambord’s experts had briefly raised hopes by defeating Barcelona’s forces, but Barcelona’s renewed assault had quickly shattered them.

Granero watched Barcelona’s forces besiege Saint Petersburg and learned how three Demigod-level experts had shattered the Zenit army on the southern frontier. As the capital struggled to hold out, he wondered where Sun Fei was and whether Zenit could survive the war.

• Granero recalled how the defeated Zenit army returned to Saint Petersburg, and the city prepared its defenses before Barcelona’s forces arrived.
• Saint Petersburg repelled Barcelona’s first assault, then endured renewed attacks with help from Emperor Yassin and a mysterious Chambord City Demigod-level expert.
• The second prince and surviving generals told Granero that three Barcelona Demigod-level experts had overturned Zenit’s successful campaign and routed its four-hundred-thousand-strong army.
• Granero remembered how Chambord City’s soldiers had protected the retreating survivors and wondered why Emperor Yassin and Martial Saint Alexander had not intervened.
• Watching the siege, Granero thought of Sun Fei and wondered when the King of Chambord would appear.

Three Barcelona Demigods attacked Saint Petersburg’s protective barrier, prompting Emperor Yassin, Hasselbaink, and Frank Lampard to confront them. The battle began with Lampard trapping the two Barcelona Demigods beside Busquets in spheres of silver light.

• Busquets, Alves, and Masiqielanuo emerged from the Barcelona camp and attacked Saint Petersburg’s Protection of Mother Earth barrier.
• Granero watched Busquets probe the barrier for weaknesses while the city’s giant crossbows failed to harm the Barcelona Demigods.
• Emperor Yassin, Hasselbaink, and Frank Lampard appeared to defend Saint Petersburg, reassuring the soldiers on the wall.
• The two groups of masters attacked without speaking, beginning their battle in the sky.
• Lampard sent out two silver flames that became spheres of light and imprisoned Alves and Masiqielanuo.

Emperor Yassin and his allies fought Barcelona’s Demigods to a standstill, while Lampard’s star-powered armor let him match Alves. The battle ended without a winner, and Emperor Yassin rejected Busquets’s offer to make peace and submit to Barcelona, then challenged Alves to face him one-on-one.

• Emperor Yassin and Hasselbaink attacked Masiqielanuo and Busquets, giving Busquets time to recover from his near-fatal injuries.
• Lampard summoned golden armor through the power of the stars and fought Alves on equal terms with a Demigod Dou Weapon.
• Emperor Yassin, Masiqielanuo, and Busquets stopped fighting as neither side could gain an advantage without a prolonged battle.
• Busquets urged Emperor Yassin to end the war and pledge allegiance to Barcelona, but Emperor Yassin refused, citing the slaughter of Zenit’s people.
• Emperor Yassin told Alves he would kill him in three moves, and Alves’s anger gave way to sudden fear.

As Barcelona’s army continued to threaten Saint Petersburg, Christo took command of the west gate, puzzling Red Beard Granero. Emperor Yassin spoke with Akinfeev about their long friendship and the losses surrounding Empress Julie and their missing son.

• After three days without effective attacks, Red Beard Granero estimated that Barcelona’s forces outside Saint Petersburg numbered about 300,000.
• Granero learned that Christo had replaced General Di Santo as commander of the west gate and went to see him.
• Akinfeev questioned whether Emperor Yassin trusted Christo to defend the west gate, and Yassin asked how long Akinfeev had served him.
• Emperor Yassin recalled his eight sworn companions and praised Akinfeev’s decades of service.
• Emperor Yassin and Akinfeev remembered Empress Julie, their son’s disappearance, and the catastrophe that had nearly killed Yassin.

Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Mushnikov had secretly remained in Saint Petersburg during the crisis twenty years earlier and saved the third prince from the palace attack. He began explaining how he discovered the child’s survival, leaving the prince’s whereabouts and the reason he had not returned still unrevealed.

• Emperor Yassin recalled the Empress of Light’s death and the third prince’s disappearance, which had left him devastated for twenty years.
• Emperor Yassin revealed that Mushnikov had stayed behind in Saint Petersburg instead of accompanying him, and had helped Akinfeev oversee the capital.
• Emperor Yassin explained that Mushnikov had thwarted the attackers and saved the third prince at the critical moment.
• Akinfeev reacted with joy and relief, then asked where the prince had been and why Emperor Yassin had not brought him back.
• Emperor Yassin began recounting how he found a secret signal Mushnikov had left in the palace four days after his return.

Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev how Mushnikov rescued the third prince during the palace upheaval and brought him to Chambord City. He explained that he kept the child’s identity secret because powerful enemies hunted him, and that the prince’s brain injury led him to abandon plans to raise the child as Zenit’s ruler.

• Emperor Yassin recalled finding Mushnikov’s secret signs and learning that he had rescued the third prince and fled north.
• Mushnikov evaded pursuit for more than twenty days, brought the prince to Chambord City, and died from his injuries.
• Akinfeev grieved over Mushnikov’s sacrifice, and Emperor Yassin reassured him that he had done his best during the palace upheaval.
• Emperor Yassin explained that the omens at the prince’s birth had prompted the enemies to hunt the newborn, so he never acknowledged the child publicly.
• Emperor Yassin said the prince had suffered brain damage during the flight, and he had chosen not to make him ruler of Zenit.

Emperor Yassin revealed to Akinfeev that Alexander was his long-lost third prince, though Akinfeev questioned what had become of the old king’s son. At Saint Petersburg’s west gate, Christo trapped Granero with armed soldiers and magical crossbows after Granero challenged his command.

• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Alexander was his son, the third prince of the Zenit Empire.
• Akinfeev celebrated Alexander’s power but wondered what had happened to the old king’s son.
• At the west gate, an officer rebuked Granero for arriving late to pay respects to Christo, and Granero answered by asserting his authority.
• Granero accused Christo of neglecting the defenses and violating military regulations by summoning the other gate commanders.
• Christo ordered soldiers to seize Granero, then had magical crossbows aimed at him and threatened to kill him.

Golden Lion Frank Lampard stopped Fourth Prince Christo from using Chambord City's crossbows against Granero and his men. Elsewhere, Emperor Yassin revealed how Mushnikov saved the third prince by exchanging him with the old King of Chambord’s newborn son, and acknowledged his debt to Chambord.

• Christo ordered the city’s defensive crossbows to fire on Granero after Granero insulted him and dared him to give the order.
• Lampard stepped out in support of Granero, and the crossbowmen lowered their weapons rather than challenge the Quasi-Extreme Dao master.
• Lampard and Granero left the wall with their group, while Christo cursed and slapped an officer who suggested sending the Judgment Knights after Lampard.
• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Mushnikov had secretly exchanged the third prince for the old King of Chambord’s newborn son, then hid the prince in the Endless Forest Sea.
• Yassin admitted that the exchange led to the death of Chambord’s child and said he had always felt indebted to the old King of Chambord.

Emperor Yassin explained to Akinfeev that Frank Lampard was Mushnikov’s junior fellow disciple and the trusted guardian Mushnikov had secretly arranged for the third prince. He revealed that Lampard had crippled his own powerful lightning-element cultivation to conceal his strength while protecting the prince.

• Akinfeev worried that Lampard’s rapid rise and mysterious origins might conceal an ulterior motive.
• Emperor Yassin assured Akinfeev that Lampard was trustworthy and revealed that he had met him long ago.
• Yassin explained that Mushnikov arranged for his junior fellow disciple to protect the hidden third prince and eventually bring him to Yassin.
• Yassin identified Lampard as Mushnikov’s junior fellow disciple and recalled his extraordinary martial talent.
• Yassin revealed that Lampard had crippled his Half Moon Class cultivation, dispersed his lightning-element Dou Qi, and switched to water-element cultivation to hide his strength.

Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev how Mushnikov and Lampard had protected his missing third son, Alexander, and explained his long-standing support for Chambord City. He revealed that he intended Alexander to inherit the throne, while hoping his other sons could accept and support him.

• Emperor Yassin explained that Mushnikov hid his connection to Lampard and entrusted him with protecting the third prince, while Lampard dispersed his cultivation and remained in Chambord City.
• Akinfeev realized why Emperor Yassin had repeatedly protected Chambord City and supported Alexander despite disputes and complaints from nobles.
• Emperor Yassin recalled his regret over losing his son and said he had become more patient with his children, including Dominguez and Arshavin, despite their rivalry.
• Emperor Yassin explained that he had allowed Christo to take over the western city gate's defense to give him a chance to prove himself.
• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Alexander was the best choice to inherit the throne, comparing his sons and judging the others unfit for the position.

Emperor Yassin entrusted Akinfeev with a secret decree of succession and gave one of his sons another chance, while waiting to see whether Alexander would accept his true parentage. In Chambord City, Torres learned that the Barcelonans had invaded Zenit and set out to tell Alexander that his kingdom urgently needed him.

• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev he would formally acknowledge Alexander as his son after the war and worried whether Alexander would return to him.
• Emperor Yassin gave Akinfeev a sealed secret decree of succession and recalled their past before sending him away.
• After hearing a report from a black-clad guard, Emperor Yassin spared a reckless son and warned that he would have no place if he failed again.
• Torres returned to Chambord City and learned from Brook that the Barcelonans had invaded Zenit, Constantine had been captured, and Alexander and Luffy were missing.
• Best described Chambord's worsening military situation, and Torres hurried back toward the Land of Exile to inform Alexander.

Brook and Best learned of Alexander’s plan to bring the Behemoth Orc Clan into the empire and mobilized Chambord City to prepare for their migration while buying him time. Meanwhile, Sun Fei continued refining the Divine Domain World as growing faith from Zenit’s people and the Behemoth Beastmen hastened his progress.

• Brook stopped Torres from acting until he explained the situation in the Land of Exile and delivered Alexander’s instructions and letter to Brook and Best.
• Brook and Best discussed Alexander’s plan, organized Chambord City’s preparations, and ordered Inzaghi and Charsi’s team to help ready teleportation stations and military support.
• Best sent Torres back to the Land of Exile with a recording scroll and promised that the preparations for the Behemoth Beastmen’s migration would be complete within twenty days.
• Torres and several Behemoth Beastmen masters left for the Land of Exile without him having time to visit his family.
• Sun Fei remained cocooned in the Divine Domain World as faith from Zenit’s people and the Behemoth Beastmen gathered around him and transformed the world.
• The mysterious voice observed that Sun Fei might refine the Divine Domain World ahead of schedule.

Wars spread across every region of Azeroth, while Zenit continued to hold Saint Petersburg against Barcelona’s assault. Granero realized that Barcelona had feigned a retreat to lure Zenit’s elite warriors from the walls, just as powerful attackers and the main army charged back.

• The Dwarf and Gnome clans fought back against human empires that had enslaved and abducted them, while wars and political divisions engulfed the other regions of Azeroth.
• The Zenit defenders repelled Barcelona’s attacks at Saint Petersburg, but the fourth prince Christo repeatedly risked elite Star-Rank Warriors by sending them out to collect military merit.
• Granero condemned Christo’s actions and decided to seek help from the second prince and Emperor Yassin.
• More than two hundred Zenit Star-Rank Warriors defeated a group of Barcelona magicians after the enemy appeared to retreat.
• Granero noticed that Barcelona’s powerful figures and main army had turned back toward Saint Petersburg and realized the retreat had been a trap.