Chapter Summaries

Dominguez and old Arjen were cornered by five Barcelona Moon Class Great Perfection masters until a mysterious newcomer arrived and struck Jeffrén down. Meanwhile, Sun Fei and his companions emerged from the Evil Water Swamp, where they discovered that the lake’s invisible death gas destroyed weapons and could kill even powerful masters; Nash hinted that an unusual species survived there.

• Old Arjen tried to defend Dominguez from the Barcelona masters, but Dominguez pushed him aside and revealed his Early-Tier Full Moon Class strength.
• Five Barcelona masters overwhelmed Dominguez, and Jeffrén moved to capture him.
• A flash of lightning heralded a newcomer who punched Jeffrén into unconsciousness.
• Sun Fei and his companions emerged from the Evil Water Swamp and learned from Ernst that its clear lakes contained lethal death gas.
• Sun Fei tested the gas with a magic sword, which was ruined, and Nash said that an unusual species still lived in the swamp.

Sun Fei watched the Orc Clan masters hunt the strange creatures in the Evil Water Swamp and discovered that their Spiritual Power came from silver crystals inside their bodies. Pope Ernst explained that the crystals could regenerate the creatures’ meat after a year in the lake, leaving Sun Fei curious about their nature.

• Fox High Priest Nash explained that the strange creatures were weak and lived in the Evil Water Swamp.
• Nowitzki crushed a Dread Beast over the lake, and its blood drew the hidden creatures out of the water.
• Sun Fei watched O'Neal and the other Orc Clan masters butcher the creatures for meat and throw their silver crystals back into the lake.
• Sun Fei retrieved a crystal and found that it no longer showed any Spiritual Power fluctuations and could not be crushed with thirty percent of his strength.
• Pope Ernst told Sun Fei that the crystals were useless but could produce fresh meat again after a year in the lake.

Sun Fei discovered that the silver crystals were intelligent life-forms and persuaded one to pledge its race to him in exchange for stronger bodies. After the Behemoth Beastmen returned home, Sun Fei stayed in the Metal Shamo, stabilized his Demigod realm, and prepared to act on his plan with Basturk standing guard.

• Sun Fei used a spiritual shockwave and threats to make the soul inside a silver crystal reveal itself, then learned that its race wanted stronger bodies.
• Sun Fei promised the crystal life-form strength in exchange for its race's loyalty, secured its agreement to a soul contract, and hid it in his storage ring.
• The Behemoth Beastmen harvested thousands of Meat Beasts and returned with enough meat to feed a large city through winter.
• Sun Fei told Ernst that he would remain behind to train, then waited until the Orc Clan experts had left before continuing to fight Dread Beasts and absorb energy.
• Sun Fei stabilized his Demigod realm, while Ernst sensed his breakthrough and hoped he would fulfill the plan.
• Sun Fei summoned Basturk to stand guard and took out a Mithril battle armor puppet and the silver crystal.

Sun Fei modified a Mithril Battle Armor Golem to serve as a new body for the silver crystal and bound its occupant to him with a Soul Master-Servant Contract. He named the new servant Number One, who began adjusting to the body, while Bastürk worried that Sun Fei might no longer need him.

• Sun Fei dismantled a Mithril Battle Armor Golem and spent hours altering its magic circuits.
• Sun Fei offered the silver crystal the golem as a body and explained that accepting it required signing a binding contract.
• The silver crystal agreed to the contract, and Sun Fei named it Number One.
• Sun Fei placed Number One in the golem's core and helped it activate its new body.
• Number One took a few steps, then fell and said it needed more time to adjust to the body's weight.
• Bastürk watched and worried that Sun Fei would discard him once Number One had adjusted.

Sun Fei gave silver crystal souls Mithril Battle Armor Golems, trained them with Dark Demon Armor Bastürk, and tested their strength. Elsewhere, Frank Lampard appeared on the Zenit battlefield and killed four Barcelona experts with one sword strike before confronting Pedro.

• A silver crystal soul adapted to its Mithril Battle Armor Golems body, and Sun Fei taught it how to use the armor’s magic arrays.
• Sun Fei ordered Dark Demon Armor Bastürk to train the first silver crystal warrior and promised him command of the Mithril Battle Armor Golems legion if he succeeded.
• Sun Fei found more than twenty silver crystals in Evil Water Swamp, bound their souls to him, and installed them in twenty-five Mithril Battle Armor Golems.
• Sun Fei fought one of the newly trained warriors and found that its strength and resilience could match his own when he used most of his power.
• Frank Lampard appeared during the Zenit army’s retreat and killed Jeffrén and four other Barcelona experts with a single sword strike.
• Pedro attacked Frank Lampard from the sky, and Frank met his blow while Hasselbaink warned him not to underestimate Pedro.

Lampard and Hasselbaink helped the Zenit Southern Frontier army rout Pedro’s Barcelona legion, though Barcelona’s invasion continued and the empire’s survival remained uncertain. Meanwhile, Sun Fei oversaw the birth of one hundred Mithril War Soul warriors and sent Basturk to gather twenty thousand silver crystals before dawn.

• Lampard joined Hasselbaink against Pedro, and the pair gained the upper hand until Pedro used a potion and a powerful magic scroll to turn the fight against them.
• Hasselbaink’s Demigod Dou Weapon wounded Pedro and trapped him in a fierce assault, but a brief opening let Pedro escape alone.
• Hasselbaink attacked the Barcelona soldiers while Lampard watched, and the Barcelona legion collapsed before the Zenit army resumed its orderly retreat.
• Alves ordered nearly ten thousand retreating Barcelona soldiers killed, while reinforcements brought Barcelona’s forces in Zenit to more than five hundred thousand and Zenit sent three hundred thousand troops south.
• Sun Fei praised Hasselbaink for producing the first one hundred Mithril War Soul warriors and ordered Basturk to obtain twenty thousand silver crystals before dawn without forcing the souls within them.
• Sun Fei decided to return to the City of Behemoths.

Sun Fei returned from the Evil Water Swamp and found that disasters and the spreading desert had driven many Behemoth Beastmen from their homes and plunged the city into panic. At Pope Ernst’s tent, he faced a divided gathering of beastmen, some of whom blamed him for the calamities.

• Dark Demon Armor Bastürk sent the hundred Mithril War Souls to persuade their Silver Crystal Clan kin to swear loyalty to Master Alexander in exchange for powerful bodies.
• The Silver Crystal Clan eagerly agreed to serve Master Alexander after seeing the Mithril War Souls’ strength and mobility, while being warned that they had to sign Master-Servant Contracts and remain loyal.
• Sun Fei saw that Dread Beasts had multiplied and the desert had expanded by over two hundred kilometers, forcing tens of thousands of Behemoth Beastmen to abandon their homes.
• Sun Fei returned to the city and found its residents alarmed after dozens of disasters had killed many Behemoth Beastmen and devastated the western district.
• Fox High Priest Nash brought Sun Fei to Pope Ernst’s crowded tent, where a Hyena Clan beastman accused him of bringing disaster and Woods rebuked the accuser.

Sun Fei learned that a wave of disasters had devastated the Behemoth Beastmen and pushed them toward migration, while rumors blamed him and the other humans. Pope Ernst revealed that his health was rapidly failing, asked Sun Fei to help arrange the migration, and told him to prepare to become the next pope.

• High Priest Nash explained that earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, falling meteors, attacks by wild beasts, and dying crops had caused heavy losses among the Behemoth Beastmen, and that many now believed they had to return to Azeroth.
• Nash said the Ten Golden Races and most powerful Silver races supported migration, but the many tribal leaders had not yet reached a final decision.
• Sun Fei visited Pope Ernst and was shocked to see how much the pope had aged in only four days.
• Ernst asked Sun Fei to help the Behemoth Beastmen begin relocating within two months by using Chambord City's Ultra-Long-Distance Teleport Magic Array technology.
• Ernst said the new pope would be chosen within ten-odd days and that Sun Fei was destined to take the position, then entrusted him to the care of Steve Nash.

Sun Fei received texts on condensing a Divinity and used the Dark Demon Armor to gather silver crystals and organize Mithril War Souls. As natural disasters drove the Behemoth Beastmen toward migration, the alliance with Chambord City gained broad acceptance and Alexander’s standing among them grew.

• Pope Ernst gave Sun Fei a storage ring filled with hundreds of books about condensing a Divinity, and Sun Fei complained about the daunting amount of reading.
• The Dark Demon Armor returned with 101 Mithril War Souls and reported that he had gathered twenty thousand silver crystals without force.
• Sun Fei gave the Dark Demon Armor further instructions, and the armored warriors departed while Sun Fei resumed studying the books.
• Increasing natural disasters and a prophecy from Beast God Rexxar prompted the Behemoth Beastmen to prepare to return to Azeroth.
• The Behemoth Beastmen learned of their alliance with Chambord City and accepted it, encouraged by claims that Alexander had Behemoth and Golden Behemoth ancestry.
• Golden-armored warriors led by the Dark Demon Armor rescued orcs from disasters and declared their service to Alexander, raising his prestige among the Behemoth Beastmen.

Sun Fei studied how to become a True God and began his attempt to condense a divinity by sensing Power of Faith. He discovered an immense supply of faith flowing to him from Chambord City, the Black-Robed Holy Temple’s believers, and people across the Zenit Empire and beyond, then noticed something strange about it.

• Sun Fei considered securing land in the Zenit Empire for the orcs, which would tie their settlement to Chambord City and benefit the Northern Region.
• After studying ancient books, Sun Fei prepared his guarded bedchamber and began attempting to attain True Godhood.
• Sun Fei followed the books’ method to release his spiritual power and sensed streams of Power of Faith rushing toward him.
• Sun Fei traced much of the faith to Chambord City and the Black-Robed Holy Temple’s followers, with more coming from Zenit and other regions.
• Sun Fei discovered something strange about the Power of Faith reaching him.

Sun Fei discovered that his Power of Faith vanished whenever he tried to use it to transform his domain, and suspected his Diablo World powers made the usual path to godhood unsuitable for him. He returned to the Diablo World to seek answers and entered its mysterious reward world, where an icy voice addressed him.

• Sun Fei sensed a stream of Power of Faith from the Behemoth Orc Clan and began trying to merge the force into his domain.
• Sun Fei twice failed to condense the Power of Faith into a point because it disappeared from his domain without a trace.
• Sun Fei realized that his power came from the Diablo World and concluded that he might need to discover his own path to godhood.
• Sun Fei returned to the Diablo World after a month away and entered the purple portal to the reward world.
• A mysterious, icy voice told Sun Fei that they could now have a proper talk.

Sun Fei questioned the mysterious voice about its identity, the Diablo World, and his unusual powers, learning that the world behind the purple portal was a complete Divine Domain world. The voice left the deeper mysteries unresolved, but revealed that Sun Fei could become its ruler.

• The mysterious voice returned and told Sun Fei it was a remnant consciousness that would soon disappear.
• Sun Fei learned that the Diablo World was a real world created by powerful beings on the Azeroth Continent, not a computer game.
• The voice refused to explain why Sun Fei had been chosen or why he alone could absorb the mysterious energy, while mocking his guess that he was the God of Creation's illegitimate son.
• The voice revealed that the peaceful world beyond the purple portal was the reward for clearing all seven Diablo classes.
• The voice identified the portal world as a complete Divine Domain world that Sun Fei could rule outright.

Sun Fei learned that he needed to master the Power of Faith to refine the mysterious Divine Domain world, then began the dangerous process. Meanwhile, Granero watched Barcelona’s army besiege Saint Petersburg after Zenit’s forces had suffered a devastating defeat.

• The mysterious voice told Sun Fei that the Power of Faith could let him refine the Divine Domain world and that his Diablo World experience points were Primordial Divine Power he was reclaiming.
• Sun Fei learned that refining the world was irreversible and that failure would leave him at Peak Demigod Class, so he focused and followed the voice’s instructions.
• Sun Fei drew on the Power of Faith and began merging it into the world, losing awareness as he devoted himself to the process.
• At Saint Petersburg’s southern gate, Granero watched Barcelona’s army mass outside the capital and feared Zenit could not withstand its attack.
• Granero recalled how Barcelona had conquered vast territory, killed millions, and defeated Zenit’s forces despite an earlier victory by Second Prince Dominguez’s troops and Chambord experts.

Granero recalled how the Barcelona army had besieged Saint Petersburg after crushing Zenit's Southern Frontier forces, and how the capital’s defenses and Chambord’s aid had barely held the city. As the siege continued, he wondered whether Zenit could survive and why Sun Fei had not appeared.

• Granero remembered the panic in Saint Petersburg as the battered remnants of the Zenit army returned and the city prepared its defenses.
• The Barcelona army attacked Saint Petersburg, but its magical barrier and weapons forced the invaders to suspend their first assault after heavy losses.
• Granero learned from the Second Prince and returning generals that three Barcelona Demigod-level masters had turned the Southern Frontier campaign into a crushing defeat.
• Chambord’s masters and soldiers helped protect the retreating Zenit forces, though many Chambord warriors were killed or wounded.
• Granero stood on the city wall and wondered whether Zenit could win the war, thinking of Sun Fei as he waited for the King of Chambord to appear.

Three Barcelona Demigods attacked Saint Petersburg’s magical shield, while Emperor Yassin, Hasselbaink, and Frank Lampard rose to defend the city. The battle began, and Lampard surprised everyone by trapping two Barcelona Demigods in spheres of silver light.

• Busquets, Alves, and Masiqielanuo appeared above the Barcelona camp and began testing Saint Petersburg’s magical shield.
• Granero watched the Zenit soldiers fire enchanted crossbow bolts at the Barcelona Demigods, but the bolts vanished before reaching them.
• Yassin, Hasselbaink, and Lampard flew out from Saint Petersburg to face the three Barcelona masters.
• Lampard raised a hand and trapped the two Barcelona Demigods beside Busquets in spheres of pale silver light.

Emperor Yassin, Hasselbaink, and Lampard halted the fighting against Barcelona’s Demigods after neither side could gain an advantage. Busquets urged Zenit to submit to Barcelona, but Emperor Yassin refused and left Alves shaken by his claim that he could kill him in three moves.

• Emperor Yassin and Hasselbaink attacked Masiqielanuo and Busquets, but Busquets recovered from his near-fatal wounds with support and potions.
• Lampard drew on the power of the stars, donned golden armor, and fought Alves on equal terms with his Demigod Dou Weapon.
• Emperor Yassin called a halt to the battle, and the Barcelona fighters withdrew from their attacks.
• Busquets praised Zenit’s strength and offered Emperor Yassin a place in Barcelona’s service, but Emperor Yassin refused to surrender.
• Emperor Yassin told Alves he would kill him in three moves, and Alves lost his courage.

As Barcelonan forces gathered outside Saint Petersburg, Christo unexpectedly took command of the west gate, alarming Granero. Emperor Yassin explained his trust in the prince to Akinfeev while recalling their shared past and the losses that still burdened him.

• Granero estimated that around three hundred thousand Barcelonans had gathered outside Saint Petersburg and noted that troubles elsewhere kept Leo Messi from joining them.
• Christo replaced General Di Santo as commander of the west gate, and Granero went to investigate the unexpected appointment.
• Akinfeev questioned Emperor Yassin’s decision to entrust the west gate to Christo.
• Emperor Yassin recalled how Akinfeev and his eight sworn brothers had helped him build Zenit, and spoke of the deaths of the others.
• Emperor Yassin reflected on Empress Julie’s death and the disappearance of their third son after the great upheaval.

Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Mushnikov had secretly stayed in Saint Petersburg and rescued the third prince during the palace attack twenty years earlier. Yassin began explaining why the prince had not been brought back, leaving the details of his fate unresolved.

• Emperor Yassin recalled the empress Julie’s death and the disappearance of his three-day-old third prince.
• Emperor Yassin revealed that he had left Mushnikov in Saint Petersburg while he went on his mission.
• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Mushnikov had saved the third prince from the attackers.
• Akinfeev rejoiced that the third prince had survived and asked where he had been for twenty years.
• Emperor Yassin began recounting how he discovered Mushnikov’s secret signal four days after returning to the capital.

Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev how Mushnikov rescued the newborn Third Prince during the palace upheaval and brought him to Chambord City, where Yassin later found him. Yassin explained that he kept the boy’s identity secret because powerful enemies hunted him, and that he eventually gave up secretly raising him after discovering the child had been left dull-witted by an injury.

• Emperor Yassin recalled finding Mushnikov’s signals and learning that Mushnikov had carried the Third Prince north to Chambord City before dying of his wounds.
• Akinfeev grieved that he had failed to protect the imperial family, and Emperor Yassin reassured him that he had fought bravely.
• Emperor Yassin confirmed that he had found Mushnikov’s body, Julie’s remains, and his son in Chambord City.
• Akinfeev asked why Yassin had not brought the Third Prince to the imperial capital, and Yassin explained that the heavenly signs at the boy’s birth had made him a target for the people behind the palace upheaval.
• Emperor Yassin said he had secretly watched the Third Prince but never acknowledged him, then discovered that an injury from his escape had left him dull-witted and unable to cultivate.
• Emperor Yassin said he had abandoned plans to raise the Third Prince as heir, believing the boy would be better off living safely as an ordinary person.

Emperor Yassin revealed to Akinfeev that Alexander was his long-lost third prince, then the fourth prince Christo confronted Granero at the west gate and trapped him under threat of magic crossbows. Christo claimed Dominguez could not protect Granero, leaving him and his men surrounded.

• Emperor Yassin told Akinfeev that Alexander was his son with Julie and the third prince who had disappeared twenty years earlier.
• Akinfeev celebrated Alexander’s identity and questioned what had happened to the old king of Chambord City’s son.
• At the west gate, a general rebuked Granero for arriving late to pay his respects to Fourth Prince Christo.
• Granero defended his rank and accused Christo of endangering the city by summoning the other gate commanders during a military crisis.
• Christo ordered his soldiers to seize Granero, and armed troops surrounded him and his men.
• Magic crossbows aimed at Granero as Christo threatened that Dominguez could do nothing if he ordered Granero killed.