Chapter Summaries

Sun Fei rescued Zhong Dajun from the Americans, healed his spiritual injuries, and learned that the [Defilers] had attacked him on Earth. After Zhong Dajun protected Las Vegas from the bugs, Sun Fei prepared to discuss what came next.

• The Americans revealed that they had been extracting energy from the comatose Zhong Dajun to protect Las Vegas.
• Sun Fei appeared inside Zhong Dajun’s chamber, immobilized the panicked Americans, removed the tubes, and healed Zhong Dajun with a [Soulstone].
• Zhong Dajun told Sun Fei that a powerful [Defiler] had injured him after the [Defilers] arrived in the Sun System.
• Liu Yun and the Americans realized that Earth faced a larger Insect Race threat as an alarm announced that bugs had breached Las Vegas’s defenses.
• Zhong Dajun destroyed the bugs inside Las Vegas and raised a stronger shield over the city, prompting the Orc Clan priests to recognize Pope Ernst’s aura.
• Sun Fei said they would get down to business.

After negotiating with the Americans, Sun Fei empowered Wang Jian and Jian Jie before leaving Earth with Zhong Dajun to search for the Insect Race’s main base. They followed a totem mark toward the motherships, while Sun Fei left the experts on Earth instructions to investigate two unusual technologies.

• Sun Fei offered to help the Americans eliminate the bugs in exchange for agreements, and Liu Yun took charge of the negotiations.
• Sun Fei reassured Wang Jian, Jian Jie, and the others, then gave Wang Jian and Jian Jie a portion of his divine power before departing with Zhong Dajun.
• Sun Fei and Zhong Dajun went beyond Earth and sensed traces of the Insect Race’s arrival in the solar system.
• Zhong Dajun detected a totem mark he had secretly placed on a dominant-class living mothership, giving them a chance to locate the bugs’ main base.
• Sun Fei and Zhong Dajun used the mark’s coordinates to tear open space and travel toward the Insect Race’s base.
• Before leaving, Sun Fei told the Northern Region Empire’s experts on Earth to investigate the Americans’ spiritual-power compression technique and the white gas that suppressed spiritual power.

Zhong Dajun and Sun Fei explored a distant planet controlled by the insects and discovered the ruins of a highly advanced runic civilization they had destroyed. They began searching the city for clues or technology that Earth and the Azeroth Continent could use.

• Zhong Dajun and Sun Fei arrived on a lifeless gray planet and sensed that insects had once lived there.
• Sun Fei and Zhong Dajun flew across a vast desert to a ruined city where countless insects slept and a few patrolled.
• Sun Fei concluded that the insects had exterminated the planet’s civilization and turned the world into a place to rest.
• Sun Fei and Zhong Dajun found humanlike skeletons and realized the inhabitants’ runic technology had been far more advanced than Earth’s.
• Zhong Dajun recognized that the insects’ life motherships may have evolved from the civilization’s interstellar warships, and the two began searching the ruins for useful discoveries.

Sun Fei and Zhong Dajun explored a ruined city, learned to use its rune technology, and fought the Insect Race after their weapons stirred dormant bugs. They later activated a device that revealed what the planet’s inhabitants looked like.

• Sun Fei used [Learning] to decipher some rune books, while Zhong Dajun examined the weapons.
• Sun Fei tested an energy gun and taught Zhong Dajun how to use it.
• The energy gun’s explosions awakened bugs, so Zhong Dajun fought them while Sun Fei blocked their mental communications across much of the planet.
• After about a day, Zhong Dajun returned battered, reporting that he had killed his previous opponent and three other bug lifeform mother ships.
• Sun Fei activated a device that projected a hologram of the planet’s inhabitants, who looked much like Earthlings with grown-on bone armor.

Sun Fei and Zhong Dajun discovered that a destroyed rune civilization had nearly wiped out the Insect Race with a targeted virus, but the bugs had evolved immunity. Sun Fei had a new idea after learning this and took Zhong Dajun to examine the corpses of the high-level bugs.

• Sun Fei translated the holographic figure's account of how the Insect Race destroyed the rune civilization and its many colonies.
• Sun Fei and Zhong Dajun searched the ruins for the civilization's method of fighting the bugs, hoping to use it against the Defilers.
• Sun Fei found a preserved underground base containing the civilization's knowledge and learned that its weapon had been a targeted virus.
• Zhong Dajun noted that the Insect Race had evolved immunity to the virus, and Sun Fei suddenly formed a new idea.
• Sun Fei moved the underground base into his Divine Domain Great World and took Zhong Dajun to inspect the corpses of the high-level bugs.

Sun Fei and Zhong Dajun hunted the Insect Race across a distant star system, gathering life-battleship corpses and learning that the species was ruled by powerful Mother Empresses. They returned to an Earth devastated by the invasion, where humanity had begun rebuilding and adapting to newly emerging powers.

• Sun Fei revived a high-level insect corpse with Undead Magic, and Zhong Dajun warned him that an uncontrolled undead outbreak could consume all life.
• Sun Fei and Zhong Dajun traveled across more than one hundred former Rune Civilization colony planets, killing insects on sixty-eight worlds and collecting at least a thousand battleship-class corpses.
• They learned that the star system was only a remote corner of Insect Race territory, whose distant stronghold was controlled by mysterious Mother Empresses.
• After returning to Earth, Sun Fei and Zhong Dajun found that humanity had wiped out the remaining insects and was beginning to rebuild after catastrophic losses.
• Earth’s laws of power had changed, and people were beginning to develop superhuman abilities as the planet entered a new age of evolution.
• Sun Fei and Zhong Dajun briefed General Liu Yun about the Insect Race and handed the insect corpses to the Joint Laboratory, where Earth’s scientists agreed to cooperate with the Madman's Laboratory.

Sun Fei discovered a silver armor at Earth's core that joined with the Throne and Scepter of Creation, completing the Creation Set and ending the force that suppressed his spiritual power. With the Insect Race's arrival looming, he left Earth for Azeroth to confront Stábile and determine whether the old pope was an Insect Race spy.

• Uncle Cain explained that crushed aragonite produced a mist that corroded the Insect Race's spiritual power, while Sun Fei learned that only he was affected by the force in the underground pit.
• Sun Fei followed the force's pull northwest into Earth's core and found a silver suit of armor that suppressed his spiritual power.
• The Throne of Creation and Scepter of Creation resonated with the armor, joined with it, and entered Sun Fei's body as the complete Creation Set.
• Sun Fei recalled an image of the God Clan and Demon Clan rulers scattering silver artifacts after defeating the Insect Race and suspected the armor had been left on Earth when the set broke apart.
• Sun Fei left Uncle Cain, the old nun, Torres, and other experts on Earth to continue preparations against the Insect Race, then returned to Azeroth to confront Stábile.

As peace spread across Azeroth, Sun Fei arrived on Sicily Island for the coronation that would make him head of the Holy Church. With the continent’s leaders watching, he climbed the Holy Mountain’s steps alongside Angela and Elena, leaving the crowd with a sense that the scene had happened before.

• The Northern Region Emperor’s policies and the alliance between the Northern Region Empire and the Holy Church helped bring peace and rapid social change across the continent.
• The Holy Church invited the continent’s leaders and masters to witness Sun Fei’s coronation on Sicily Island.
• The Holy Church and Northern Region Empire welcomed Sun Fei, with Stábile absent because of illness and eight Gold Saints among the gathered imperial masters.
• The coronation began at sunrise as divine knights and singers led the ceremony on the Holy Mountain.
• Sun Fei climbed the 1,001 steps with Angela and Elena while the continent’s assembled leaders watched and felt the scene was familiar.

Sun Fei was crowned pope of the Holy Church by Stábile and took the new title Pope Alexander. After the ceremony, Stábile led Sun Fei and Maradona into the cathedral alone.

• Sun Fei climbed the cathedral steps with Angela and Elena and met the dying Stábile at the entrance.
• Stábile placed the papal robes on Sun Fei and blessed him with the [Twilight of the Gods] scepter as they exchanged veiled remarks about greed and who would win.
• Stábile placed the [Crown of the Gods] on Sun Fei's head, crowning him pope before the gathered crowd.
• The Holy Spirit Array activated, and sacred lights and falling angel feathers marked Sun Fei's coronation as Pope Alexander, the Holy Church's youngest pope.
• Stábile entered the cathedral with Sun Fei and Maradona, leaving the crowd to wonder why the unplanned meeting included the Continent Martial Saint.

Sun Fei confronted Stábile inside the sanctuary and discovered that he was actually Gela Di Canio, an Insect Race chief who had replaced the real Stábile centuries ago. Di Canio revealed that he had altered the ancient record to hide the Defilers’ return, and Sun Fei asked what he needed the time for.

• Sun Fei entered the sanctuary with Stábile and challenged him over the Defilers’ return and his ambitions.
• Stábile recognized Sun Fei as the one who had destroyed the Insect Race forces in the Scorpio Galaxy and explained that the Insect Race called itself the God Clan.
• Stábile transformed into an insect-like being and revealed that he was Gela Di Canio, who had killed and impersonated the real Stábile four hundred years earlier.
• Di Canio showed Sun Fei the red scroll’s missing scene, which revealed that the Defilers had only been driven away temporarily and would return after a thousand years.
• Di Canio admitted he had cut the scene from the record to mislead the continent and buy time, and Sun Fei asked what he needed the time for.

Di Canio revealed that he had secretly weakened the spatial Barrier so the Mother Empress and the Insect Race could return to Azeroth. Sun Fei confronted him, but Di Canio’s hidden ally Blatter struck Sun Fei from behind.

• Di Canio told Sun Fei that he had used the Holy Church’s accumulated Holy Power to expose Azeroth’s coordinates and enable the Mother Empress’s return.
• Di Canio revealed that he was an Insect Race agent who had secretly controlled Stábile and corrupted the Holy Church.
• Di Canio transformed into a giant humanoid insect and attacked Sun Fei with spiritual power, but Sun Fei blocked the assault with a technique from the Purple Skill Book.
• Di Canio’s ambush brought Blatter, the supposedly executed former pope, out of hiding to attack Sun Fei from behind and batter him with Holy Power.

Sun Fei killed the traitor Blatter, then faced Di Canio, who had taken control of Diego Maradona and turned him against Sun Fei. As Sun Fei fought Maradona, the Thunder of Destruction of the Gods erupted inside him and left him injured.

• Blatter claimed he could detonate the Thunder of Destruction of the Gods inside Sun Fei, but Sun Fei revealed the attack had failed and killed him.
• Sun Fei extracted the divine essence from Blatter's corpse and confronted Di Canio.
• Di Canio admitted he had used Sun Fei to eliminate Blatter and said Sun Fei had been injured by the Thunder of Destruction of the Gods.
• Di Canio summoned Diego Maradona, whose body and actions were controlled by Di Canio's spiritual power.
• Maradona attacked Sun Fei with full force, and the Thunder of Destruction of the Gods erupted inside Sun Fei, injuring his meridians and internal organs.

Sun Fei was beaten nearly to death by the mind-controlled Maradona while Di Canio prepared to search his soul. As Di Canio let down his guard, Maradona broke free and joined Sun Fei in seizing control of him.

• Di Canio taunted Sun Fei as Maradona attacked him, and Sun Fei struggled to fight back without seriously harming Maradona.
• Di Canio revealed that Maradona carried the blood of the ancient gods and demons and planned to turn him into a slave for the Insect Race.
• Distracted by Di Canio's taunts, Sun Fei was struck through the chest and battered until he fell unconscious at Di Canio's feet.
• Di Canio sent his spiritual power into Sun Fei's mind to search for his secrets, lowering his guard.
• Maradona suddenly regained clarity and struck Di Canio from behind as Sun Fei's spiritual power surged back through their connection and took control of Di Canio.

Sun Fei exposed Di Canio as an Insect Race infiltrator and learned that the Insect Race would reach the Azeroth Continent in ten days. With the invasion now unavoidable, Sun Fei prepared to explain why he had brought Di Canio into the sanctuary.

• Sun Fei revealed that he had freed Maradona from Di Canio’s control and turned the trap against him using the Genesis Silver Armor.
• Sun Fei and Maradona restrained Di Canio, and Sun Fei stopped him from resisting or destroying himself.
• Sun Fei searched Di Canio’s sea of consciousness and learned the Insect Race’s plans and that its armies would arrive in ten days.
• Di Canio admitted he had sent the continent’s coordinates to the Mother Empress, ensuring the Insect Race could find Azeroth even if the coordinates were erased.
• Sun Fei asked Di Canio whether he wanted to know why Sun Fei had risked entering the sanctuary with him.

Sun Fei defeated Di Canio in the cathedral and emerged as the new pope after announcing Stábile's death. Facing the continent's rulers and experts, he declared his intent to unify the continent.

• Di Canio admitted that Sun Fei had turned his scheme against him, then destroyed himself with a burst of spiritual power.
• Sun Fei turned Di Canio's remains to dust, and Maradona acknowledged the Insect Race leader's formidable schemes.
• Sun Fei and Maradona left the cathedral after the conflict ended, and Sun Fei prepared to take over the Holy Church.
• Sun Fei emerged in the pope's robes and announced that Stábile had passed away.
• The nobles, emperors, priests, and experts congratulated Sun Fei or mourned Stábile as the new pope took power.
• Sun Fei declared, "I want to unify the continent," leaving the gathered rulers to recognize the beginning of a new era.

Sun Fei rapidly unified the continent through military force, alliances, and reforms while preparing it for the Defilers’ expected arrival. He stood over a hidden island with Messi and worried that fewer than eight days remained before the threat came.

• Sun Fei sent the Northern Region Empire’s armies against the other regions, while the Elf Empire and the Dwarf and Gnome Alliance pledged loyalty to him.
• Several empires surrendered or were defeated, and Sun Fei spared the ruling families of Juventus and Barcelona, appointing their nobles and masters to govern military districts.
• Sun Fei’s forces spread the Twelve Bronze Men Code and empowered the poor, while Frank Lampard slaughtered Bilbao’s rebellious nobles after they attacked Northern Region troops.
• The Northern Region Empire distributed powerful weapons across the continent, as rumors spread that the Defilers would soon return.
• Sun Fei stood above an ocean beside Messi and said that fewer than eight days remained before the Defilers’ arrival.

Sun Fei found the hidden island where Arshavin, the eldest princess, and a million Zenit soldiers had spent two years preparing to fight the Defilers. Messi then revealed that Emperor Yassin had not died at his hands, but had willingly returned to the stars for the sake of Azeroth.

• Messi used a golden flame to locate the law-protected island and brought Sun Fei there.
• Sun Fei reunited with Arshavin and the eldest princess, who had brought a million Zenit soldiers to the island after Saint Petersburg fell.
• Sun Fei learned that the soldiers had trained for two years in a battle formation and ability designed to counter the Defilers.
• The story returned to the previous day, when Sun Fei met Messi at Camp Nou and agreed to share a drink before killing him.
• Messi showed Sun Fei Emperor Yassin's sword and said Yassin had willingly returned to the embrace of the stars for Azeroth's sake.

Messi told Sun Fei how Emperor Yassin defeated him, revealed the Defilers’ threat, and entrusted him with a secret object that could determine the continent’s fate. He explained that Barcelona’s invasion of Zenit was driven by the corrupted Church’s search for that object, leaving Sun Fei to confront the implications of Yassin’s death.

• Messi recounted how Emperor Yassin defeated him repeatedly more than twenty years earlier and secured his promise to do one thing for him.
• Messi said Yassin told him about the Defilers and entrusted him with protecting an object that could decide the continent’s fate.
• Messi explained that Yassin taught him a way to break through the Demigod barrier, after which Messi entered the God Realm and became a trusted confidant of the Church’s acting pope.
• Messi told Sun Fei that the Defilers had corrupted part of the Church and used Barcelona’s invasion of Zenit to search for the object, having begun to suspect Yassin.
• Sun Fei realized that Yassin may have had to die because of the Church’s search for the secret object.

Messi revealed that Emperor Yassin had entrusted him with a powerful key and arranged the fall of Zenit to keep it from the Defilers. Sun Fei received the key and found Yassin’s hidden army, which was preparing to meet the Defilers in the starry sky before they reached Azeroth.

• Messi explained that Yassin had arranged his death and Zenit’s fall to conceal the key and protect it from the Church’s dark force.
• Messi gave Sun Fei the key, which contained an imprint of power beyond the Main God level, and told him Yassin had prepared a hidden army and two commanders.
• Two days later, Sun Fei found the missing million-strong Zenit army on a prehistoric divine island near the Endless Abyss.
• The eldest princess and Arshavin told Sun Fei that Yassin had warned them not to fight the Defilers on Azeroth and had planned to intercept them in the starry sky.

Sun Fei learned that the ancient God and Demon Clans had prepared a Starry Battlefield and began organizing the continent’s forces for the Defilers’ return. After uniting most of the races, he entered the desolate Goblin Realm to find what he needed.

• Messi told Sun Fei that the golden key could open a Starry Battlefield where warriors of Five-Star Class or higher could survive, and that Sun Fei had to fuse with it to master its secrets.
• Sun Fei ordered preparations for the battle seven days away and called on the continent’s experts and armies to answer the empire’s summons.
• Sun Fei assembled the Elf, Dwarf, Orc, and Gnome Clans into a coalition and pressured the Dragon Clan into signing the Divine Emperor’s Pact.
• Sun Fei persuaded the Sea Clans of the seven sea regions to send elite armies to ambush the Insect Race on the Starry Battlefield.
• Sun Fei traveled to the southernmost end of the continent and entered the desolate Goblin Realm to find what he needed.