Chapter Summaries

Shi Tiexin visited Smile Entertainment City with A Fei, Mai Ba, and two other underlings to learn about San Fan’s business and keep up appearances as their boss. The landlady welcomed them into a VIP room and brought in a group of hostesses for them to inspect.

• A Fei brought Shi Tiexin and the others to Smile Entertainment City, a Daxing establishment run by San Fan’s people.
• A Fei and Mai Ba discussed how Shi Tiexin had never gone out with women and wondered whether he was a pure-hearted virgin.
• Shi Tiexin entered the establishment, greeted the landlady, and asked about its rules and hostesses.
• The landlady showed the group photographs of the hostesses, and Shi Tiexin let his underlings choose while asking her to arrange something for him.
• The landlady led them to a luxurious VIP room, where attendants served refreshments and she announced that the hostesses had arrived.

Shi Tiexin and his companions visited a Japanese hostess club, where the women entertained them and Mai Ba sang a strange popular song. The evening was interrupted when a fight broke out outside, and Shi Tiexin rushed to respond.

• The landlady introduced Shi Tiexin and his companions to twelve hostesses, who gathered around them and began serving drinks.
• A Fei explained the club’s rules and deftly manipulated the hostesses into drinking and competing with one another.
• Mai Ba took the microphone and sang a bizarre song called “Learn to Howl Like a Tiger.”
• Violent D went outside for a smoke, then Shi Tiexin and the others heard an argument and a crash beyond the door.
• Shi Tiexin sprang to his feet after hearing Violent D roar in anger, as if a fight had started outside.

A group of Westerners attacked a woman and fought the landlady’s men in the corridor until A D intervened. When A D struggled against the group’s powerful Black fighter, Shi Tiexin charged out carrying a table and smashed the Westerners’ formation.

• A Western man seized a fleeing woman, and the Black man pinned her to the wall while the Westerners attacked the landlady and mocked her rules.
• The landlady kicked one attacker and called for San Fan’s suited lackeys, but the Black man and his companions quickly overwhelmed them.
• The Black man caught the woman again and began choking her until A D kicked his wrist and rescued her.
• A D fought the Black man and the Westerners, but his kicks failed to injure the powerful opponent, and the Westerners beat back the lackeys.
• A white man insulted the suited lackeys as several Westerners moved to surround A D.
• Shi Tiexin burst from a private room carrying a huge table, swung it into the Westerners, and threw their group into chaos.

Shi Tiexin defeated the Westerners who had attacked the venue after they harassed Xiao Wei and beat Zhou Xiong and Zhou Nan. He learned that Xiao Wei was a University of Tokyo student working as a drinking companion, while she quietly thanked A D for saving her.

• Shi Tiexin and his men charged the Westerners, and Shi Tiexin knocked them down one by one.
• Shi Tiexin struck the charging Black brute with a vital-energy punch and asked A D what he had been about to say.
• The girls celebrated Shi Tiexin's victory, and he told the injured Zhou Xiong and Zhou Nan to go to the hospital.
• The landlady explained that the Westerners had harassed Xiao Wei after she refused them and had bruised and torn the clothes of other girls.
• The landlady revealed that Xiao Wei was an outstanding University of Tokyo finance student who had taken the job because of family trouble.
• Xiao Wei thanked the group and quietly thanked A D, leaving him stammering.

After dealing with the aftermath of the fight, Shi Tiexin went looking for the Black man and instead recognized the young woman from the gym in a red dress. He followed her to a billiards café, where she drew every eye, and a playboy approached her.

• San Fan and Wang Dafa called Shi Tiexin after the fight, and Wang Dafa praised him and invited him to a calligraphy and painting exhibition.
• Shi Tiexin decided to investigate the Black man’s unusually tough body and went to find the room where he was being held.
• Shi Tiexin recognized the young woman from the gym as she passed him on the fourth floor and followed her.
• The woman entered a billiards café on the third floor, where her beauty drew the attention of the guests and their companions.
• A playboy approached the woman in the red dress and asked her to play billiards with him.

Shi Tiexin mistook the Girl in the Red Dress for a woman entertaining customers, then learned she was a World Billiards Championship contestant practicing at the café. After she swiftly defeated Playboy, she confronted him about trying to hit on her.

• Playboy tried to impress the Girl in the Red Dress, while Shi Tiexin turned to leave after assuming she worked entertaining customers.
• The bartender explained that the Girl in the Red Dress was a billiards contestant and charged five hundred yuan for a game.
• Playboy paid and broke the rack, but the Girl in the Red Dress cleared the table in three shots without letting him take another turn.
• The bartender told Playboy that the game had ended, and Playboy complained that he had been cheated.
• The Girl in the Red Dress asked Playboy if he wanted to hit on her, and he admitted that he did.

At a bar, the Girl in the Red Dress humiliated a sleazy Playboy with her knife skills and sent him fleeing. Shi Tiexin practiced the same finger-stabbing trick with chopsticks, then asked to take a number; she told him to get in line.

• Playboy tried to flirt with the Girl in the Red Dress, who demonstrated her knife skills and said he could queue if he repeated the finger-stabbing trick.
• When Playboy grabbed at her, the Girl in the Red Dress pinned his hand to the table and struck between his fingers, frightening him into fleeing.
• Shi Tiexin tripped Playboy as he ran away, and the Girl in the Red Dress called him a weakling before continuing her billiards game.
• Shi Tiexin asked the bartender for iron chopsticks and spent nearly an hour practicing the knife trick on the bar.
• The Girl in the Red Dress noticed Shi Tiexin, asked if he wanted to pursue her, and told him to get in line when he asked to take a number.

After acquiring the Old Bar and rising among Tokyo’s Speeding Parties, Shi Tiexin led his gang in an ambush on a Hongshun Society convoy. The hijacking succeeded, and A D knocked down the convoy leader as he continued to threaten them.

• Shi Tiexin played music in the car, and he and his four underlings danced and headbanged together.
• Two days later, Shi Tiexin’s gang completed its acquisition of the Old Bar and became one of Tokyo’s top fifteen Speeding Parties.
• Shi Tiexin gave a speech to a hundred underlings at the gang’s new stronghold.
• Shi Tiexin confirmed the convoy’s identity and ordered the gang to carry out its ambush.
• A D used the Hummer’s powerful lights to force the Hongshun Society trucks to stop, and the gang overwhelmed the drivers and guards.
• A D knocked down the convoy leader and took a Grinding Wheel Cutter from an underling.

Shi Tiexin met with Wang Dafa after helping weaken the Hongshun Society, then secretly arranged a meeting with a man investigating Ouyang Hong. The chapter ended when Shi Tiexin identified the visitor as Officer Gao.

• Shi Tiexin and his men cut open a cargo container and took everything inside.
• Wang Dafa praised Shi Tiexin's work and offered to have a suit made for him, while Shi Tiexin said he would earn the right to wear one when his convoy could reach anywhere in Tokyo City.
• Shi Tiexin told A Fei to arrange a private meeting with a man he had been tracking.
• Old Jia picked up Shi Tiexin in a taxi, passed him a note, and drove away; Shi Tiexin destroyed the note.
• Shi Tiexin waited at a secluded café with A D and Guo Bing guarding the area until a middle-aged man arrived.
• The man refused Shi Tiexin's offered handshake, and Shi Tiexin addressed him as Officer Gao, noting that he had come to Japan to investigate Ouyang Hong.

Shi Tiexin tried to recruit Officer Gao to help bring down Ouyang Hong, earning his attention by revealing that Ouyang Hong was responsible for his daughter’s death. The two men ended the chapter clasping hands, having agreed to cooperate.

• Shi Tiexin asked Officer Gao for information about Ouyang Hong and offered to help capture him in exchange for cooperation.
• Officer Gao refused, insisting he would never work with a criminal, and started to leave.
• Shi Tiexin apologized for threatening him and revealed that Ouyang Hong had apparently killed Officer Gao’s daughter.
• Shi Tiexin explained that Officer Gao could not take on Ouyang Hong alone and argued that his own street connections could help.
• Officer Gao questioned Shi Tiexin’s motives and ability, then accepted his offered handshake.

Officer Gao told Shi Tiexin that Ouyang Hong and Ouyang Shun were powerful drug lords whose fourth-generation products made them exceptionally dangerous, and hinted that influential traitors protected them. He explained that his daughter died while investigating the brothers, while Ouyang Hong remained unaware of Gao’s personal grudge.

• Officer Gao explained that Ouyang Hong and Ouyang Shun had built a drug empire in Japan behind their legitimate businesses and had developed highly concealed, addictive fourth-generation drugs.
• Shi Tiexin realized the brothers could have exposed his gang to drugs and spies, and concluded they had to be eliminated.
• Shi Tiexin questioned why the brothers had escaped to Japan and survived, and Officer Gao implied that powerful traitors were protecting them.
• Shi Tiexin asked about Officer Gao’s daughter, and Gao said she had gone undercover to investigate the fourth-generation drugs before dying in the line of duty.
• Officer Gao told Shi Tiexin that Ouyang Hong did not know about his grudge because he appeared to be pursuing the brothers over tax evasion.

After Officer Gao explained his tax investigation and the Ouyang Brothers’ weakened position, Shi Tiexin chose to pursue what he genuinely wanted and activated Destiny Mission 3: Heart of Freedom. He continued secretly preparing against the brothers while cultivating, and his false core reached a new breakthrough.

• Officer Gao told Shi Tiexin that his tax investigation was legitimate and that the Ouyang Brothers had been driven from China to Japan.
• Watching Officer Gao leave, Shi Tiexin reflected on his daughter’s sacrifice and realized he wanted to act for reasons beyond profit, promotion, or the Destiny Mission.
• Shi Tiexin activated Destiny Mission 3: Heart of Freedom, whose conditions and rewards were both to explore independently.
• Shi Tiexin secretly prepared for what lay ahead while maintaining his usual routines with San Fan, Wang Dafa, the Headbanging Four Heavenly Kings, and the Girl in the Red Dress.
• Shi Tiexin continued cultivating the Essence Cultivation Technique and gathering vital essence until his false core became smooth, reached the size of a quail egg, and began to break through.

After reaching the second realm of the False Core, Shi Tiexin discovered his physical strength had greatly increased without using vital energy. He then went to Mitsui Garden Hotel for a meeting to mediate Daxing’s conflict with the Hongshun Society, where A Hui blamed him for the situation.

• Shi Tiexin endured intense numb itching as his False Core grew, and realized he had reached the second realm.
• Shi Tiexin tested his strength and found that his physical punch matched blows that had previously required vital energy.
• Guo Bing gave Shi Tiexin a phone call from Brother Fa, who told him the opportunity had come.
• Old Jia drove Shi Tiexin to Mitsui Garden Hotel and warned him against getting carried away or rushing ahead.
• Zhou Xiong and Zhou Nan greeted Shi Tiexin and told him Daxing’s branch master would attend the mediation with the unhappy incense masters.
• Shi Tiexin entered the lounge, where A Hui blamed him for the escalating conflict with the Hongshun Society.

Shi Tiexin waited with Wang Dafa and the others for the branch master, mediator Old Mr. Sun, and the Hongshun Society delegation to arrive. The chapter ended as Hongshun’s extravagant motorcade approached the hotel, while Shi Tiexin quietly followed a plan whose prey had already moved.

• Shi Tiexin ignored A Hui’s accusations while San Fan defended him, and Wang Dafa led everyone outside to await the branch master.
• The branch master arrived late, blamed Wang Dafa for the trouble, and said he had invited Old Mr. Sun to mediate the Hongshun Society dispute.
• Old Mr. Sun arrived, and Shi Tiexin received and deleted a coded text message before following the others inside.
• Shi Tiexin waited quietly as more messages arrived and the branch master and Old Mr. Sun grew impatient.
• Wang Dafa announced that the Hongshun people had arrived, and Shi Tiexin saw their motorcade of ten Mercedes-Benzes escorting a Rolls-Royce.

The Ouyang Brothers arrived at the hotel to negotiate with Wang Dafa while Shi Tiexin watched their guards and confirmed the brothers were not stand-ins. As the trap was ready to spring, a young man recognized Shi Tiexin and accused him of stealing his car.

• The Ouyang Brothers entered the hotel with dozens of guards and began hostile negotiations with Wang Dafa.
• Shi Tiexin noticed that the guards inside the lobby were unnaturally stiff, expressionless, and did not blink.
• Wang Dafa stalled the talks while signaling Shi Tiexin to verify the Ouyang Brothers’ identities.
• Shi Tiexin confirmed the brothers were genuine, and the plan to move against them was ready.
• A young man behind the Ouyang Brothers pointed at Shi Tiexin and accused him of stealing his car.

Shi Tiexin admitted to stealing Ouyang Yuan’s car, then launched a sudden attack that overwhelmed Ouyang Hong’s bodyguards and plunged the hall into chaos. As Wang Dafa’s men closed in, Shi Tiexin stood bloodied and exhilarated.

• Ouyang Yuan recognized Shi Tiexin as the man who had taken his car and challenged him to fight.
• Shi Tiexin admitted he had stolen Ouyang Yuan’s car and towed Ouyang Hong’s Rolls-Royce.
• Shi Tiexin grabbed Ouyang Yuan and hurled him into Ouyang Hong and Ouyang Shun, knocking the brothers down.
• Shi Tiexin killed three black-clad bodyguards with a rapid series of strikes.
• A Hui and the others tried to flee as Shi Tiexin knocked down Ouyang Hong and Ouyang Shun again with a flying corpse.
• Wang Dafa’s men closed in on the hall while Shi Tiexin stood drenched in blood.

Shi Tiexin slaughtered the Ouyang Brothers’ black-clad men and subdued the brothers, discovering how overwhelming his strength was in this Worldline. He wondered whether his habitual caution had held him back and considered what he wanted to do with his newfound freedom.

• Shi Tiexin fought the black-clad men barehanded, killing them while his Basic Fist Arts progress increased.
• Ouyang Hong ordered the surviving men to get their guns and seize the helmsman as a hostage.
• Shi Tiexin rushed through the attackers, then killed the man who was beating Daxing's helmsman.
• Shi Tiexin knocked out the Ouyang Brothers and reflected on how weak they were compared with him.
• Shi Tiexin kicked down the last black-clad man and questioned whether he had always been too careful.

Shi Tiexin broke through the attackers at the hall and helped Wang Dafa defeat the Ouyang Brothers, setting off a battle to seize the Hongshun Society’s territory. By dawn, Shi Tiexin had finished attacking an enemy stronghold, though his fists were bloodied and his false core had shrunk.

• Shi Tiexin smashed the hall doors with a heavy table and charged into the crowd, clearing the way for Wang Dafa’s side.
• Wang Dafa declared the Hongshun Society defeated after the Ouyang Brothers were captured, while A Hui and San Fan rushed to claim territory.
• A Fei led thirty underlings to seize targets Shi Tiexin had selected using Officer Gao’s information.
• Wang Dafa sent more than a thousand subordinates to capture the Hongshun Society’s businesses as gunfire spread through Tokyo.
• At dawn, Shi Tiexin emerged from an enemy factory stronghold with blood dripping from his fists and his false core diminished.

Shi Tiexin perfected Basic Fist Arts and gained the Fist Principles attribute, then asked A Fei to find upcoming competitions so he could earn more Heavenly Gifted Golden Light. He began reviewing seven events and found the Miss Tokyo Beauty Pageant at the top of the list.

• Shi Tiexin ordered A Fei to seal away the stolen items from the factory and punish anyone involved in stealing or reselling them.
• Shi Tiexin used Heavenly Gifted Golden Light to raise Basic Fist Arts to perfection, breaking through its perfect cliff wall and gaining Fist Principles +1.
• Shi Tiexin examined the new attribute and noticed that Ruthlessness appeared in the skill description but not in the star, leading him to plan a test with another martial arts technique.
• Shi Tiexin asked A Fei to find upcoming competitions in Tokyo and nearby areas.
• A Fei brought Shi Tiexin information about seven upcoming competitions, and Shi Tiexin began with the Miss Tokyo Beauty Pageant.

Shi Tiexin searched for a competition where he could earn Heavenly Gifted Golden Light, but Tokyo’s unstable situation had left few proper events. Wang Dafa invited him to the Miss Tokyo Beauty Pageant, where Shi Tiexin arrived amid flashing cameras and crowds, gaining confidence as he followed Wang into the world of power.

• Shi Tiexin rejected several beauty and idol contests, then ruled out the culinary contest and billiards championship as unsuitable for him.
• A Fei explained that political instability and lack of funding had halted ordinary competitions, while underground boxing was unfair and corrupt.
• Wang Dafa called Shi Tiexin and invited him to compete in the Miss Tokyo Beauty Pageant.
• Wang Dafa picked Shi Tiexin up in Ouyang Hong’s seized Rolls-Royce and said the victors took everything from the defeated.
• Shi Tiexin stepped onto the red carpet, declined the women’s company, and followed Wang Dafa through the cheering crowd.