Chapter Summaries

Shi Tiexin watched a plane carrying Officer Gao and the Ouyang Brothers crash into the sea after an explosion, while Wang Dafa praised him for eliminating loose ends. Shi Tiexin denied responsibility inwardly but thanked Brother Fa, leaving him implicated in the disaster.

• In the cargo hold, a strange, muscular figure broke out of a crate and headed toward the passenger cabin as Officer Gao noticed a noise.
• Shi Tiexin rode with Old Jia, who warned him that Brother Fa might suspect him and said they needed to investigate rumors left by the destruction of Hongshun Society.
• Shi Tiexin questioned how much the organization knew about their situation, but Old Jia's response was interrupted when the plane carrying Officer Gao and the Ouyang Brothers caught fire.
• The plane plunged into the sea and exploded, killing its passengers as Shi Tiexin watched in shock.
• Wang Dafa called to praise Shi Tiexin for leaving no loose ends, and Shi Tiexin denied causing the crash inwardly before thanking him aloud.

After learning that a plane full of passengers had died in what he believed was no accident, Shi Tiexin feared a vast plot was closing in and sought to strengthen his intelligence network. He found A Fei at a gathering with the Horse Head Gang, but the chapter ended before Shi Tiexin responded to A Fei’s explanation.

• Shi Tiexin rejected the idea that the plane’s destruction had been an accident and reconsidered his trust in Wang Dafa.
• Shi Tiexin armed himself, decided his kung fu was inadequate, and called A Fei to seek information, but A Fei did not answer.
• Shi Tiexin picked up Guo Bing and rode with him through Tokyo’s dark streets to find A Fei.
• Shi Tiexin entered A Fei’s residence and found him upstairs amid a debauched gathering involving members of the Horse Head Gang.
• A Fei hurried after Shi Tiexin and insisted that the Horse Head Gang had brought him there to build ties, not because he had betrayed his boss.

Shi Tiexin confronted A Fei over his secret dealings with the Horse Head Gang and questioned whether he could trust his underlings. After a failed visit to Smile Entertainment City, he rode back with A D, whose response to an oncoming driver’s flashing lights sent the car crashing off an overpass.

• Shi Tiexin accused A Fei of exploiting a married couple and ordered him to stop dealing with other gangs in secret.
• A Fei told Shi Tiexin that Mai Ba had been gambling in a casino for three days and nights.
• Feeling isolated among his underlings, Shi Tiexin went with A D to Smile Entertainment City, but the Girl in the Red Dress was absent.
• On the way back, A D used a powerful light board to retaliate against a driver flashing their headlights, causing the car to crash through the guardrail and fall from the overpass.
• Shi Tiexin saw the wrecked car and blood below and shouted at A D that the driver had only been greeting them.

Shi Tiexin and A D rushed to save Xiao Wei after A D caused her car to crash, but they struggled to find an open hospital in a collapsing Tokyo. Xiao Wei survived surgery, though doctors warned that she might be paralyzed and blind, and Shi Tiexin stopped A D from attacking the doctor.

• Shi Tiexin broke into the wrecked car and carried the injured driver away from the leaking fuel, then realized she was Xiao Wei.
• A D carried Xiao Wei to an abandoned hospital, and Shi Tiexin contacted A Fei to find one that was still treating patients.
• Shi Tiexin and A D brought Xiao Wei to the open hospital, where doctors operated on her for three hours.
• The doctors said Xiao Wei was out of immediate danger but might never walk again and could lose her sight.
• A D grabbed the doctor and threatened to kill him, but Shi Tiexin stopped him and told him not to blame others for his own mistakes.

After Xiao Wei was hospitalized, Shi Tiexin struggled with guilt over A D’s suffering until the Girl in the Red Dress took him to breakfast and a quiet cherry blossom park. When she invited him to talk, he realized he could not share the things weighing on him.

• Xiao Wei was moved to a private ward, and A D collapsed in grief as Shi Tiexin stayed beside him.
• Shi Tiexin reflected on his recovery from Chamber Burst and felt responsible for the troubles affecting A D and A Fei.
• The Girl in the Red Dress visited the hospital, then treated Shi Tiexin to breakfast and invited him for a walk.
• The Girl in the Red Dress encouraged Shi Tiexin to talk about what was upsetting him, but he could not reveal what he was thinking.

Shi Tiexin brought the Girl in the Red Dress to a steelworks and invited her to help destroy five and a half tons of confiscated Unique Product instead of selling it. After they watched it burn, she believed he was a good person and gave him her pet name, Youyou.

• The Girl in the Red Dress advised Shi Tiexin to find what he truly wanted to do, and he invited her to witness his plan.
• Shi Tiexin took the Girl in the Red Dress to an old Kobe Steel factory, where he revealed five and a half tons of confiscated Unique Product.
• Shi Tiexin explained that he intended to destroy the drugs with molten steel rather than sell them for billions of Dragon Coins.
• Shi Tiexin and the Girl in the Red Dress pressed the control button together and watched the molten steel incinerate the Unique Product.
• The Girl in the Red Dress told Shi Tiexin she believed he was a good person, called herself Youyou, and completed Destiny Mission 3, stage completed.

After completing the third phase of the Destiny Mission, Shi Tiexin decided to gather information from the underworld’s lower ranks and improve his strength. At a shooting range, he practiced with Deadfire’s pistol until his Basic Shooting Technique reached Qualified.

• Shi Tiexin poured the billion Unique Products into molten steel, completing the third phase of the Destiny Mission.
• Shi Tiexin warned Youyou to be careful, and she promised to call Boss Black Sovereign if anything happened.
• Shi Tiexin resolved to listen for information among the grassroots and train Hard Qi Technique and shooting.
• Shi Tiexin activated the shooting interface and inspected Deadfire’s USP, learning that his Basic Shooting Technique was still Unqualified.
• Shi Tiexin practiced firing and reloading at a ten-meter target, improving his technique through repeated shots.
• Shi Tiexin’s Basic Shooting Technique reached Qualified, and a circle appeared in his vision.

Shi Tiexin rapidly improved his shooting through intensive training until Fujiwara Kyoshin was murdered and suspicion fell on him. After learning that Tokyo Wolf had also been attacked, Shi Tiexin rushed to investigate.

• Shi Tiexin used the aiming circle to improve his accuracy, then trained day and night until he reached profound mastery of the Basic Shooting Technique.
• Shi Tiexin tried flashy shooting moves and realized that his basic technique was not advanced enough for them.
• A Fei told Shi Tiexin that Fujiwara Kyoshin had been killed by an attacker on a black motorcycle.
• Shi Tiexin denied killing Fujiwara Kyoshin and learned that people suspected him because he rode a black motorcycle and could keep up with the racer.
• A Fei reported that Tokyo Wolf had been attacked and both hands cut off, so Shi Tiexin set out to visit him.

Shi Tiexin found Tokyo Wolf and his followers devastated in the overcrowded hospital, then examined Tokyo Wolf’s severed arms to learn about the skilled swordsman who had defeated him. He suspected the attacker was connected to a group of invaders and resolved that the matter was not over.

• Shi Tiexin saw a mortally wounded woman from Tokyo Wolf’s crew being taken away and learned she had suffered knife wounds and burns.
• Shi Tiexin found Tokyo Wolf crippled and grieving outside the restroom, and heard him say he had been defeated by an invader and was no longer Japanese.
• Shi Tiexin suspected that he himself had defeated Tokyo Wolf and Fujiwara Kyoshin, and ordered his men to retrieve Tokyo Wolf’s severed arms.
• Shi Tiexin examined the cuts on the arms and concluded that a master swordsman had used an exceptionally sharp blade.

Shi Tiexin investigated the aftermath of the attack on Tokyo Wolf’s gang and discovered Xiao Wei’s parents were refusing compensation while demanding money from their injured daughter. The couple claimed Xiao Wei’s suffering was the Savior’s punishment, leaving Shi Tiexin baffled and concerned about her future.

• Shi Tiexin examined Tokyo Wolf and his injured underlings, concluding that a single highly skilled attacker had defeated the gang.
• Shi Tiexin learned that Xiao Wei’s parents had come to the hospital and asked A Fei why his men were stopping them at her room.
• A Fei explained that Xiao Wei’s parents were demanding one million yen from Xiao Wei rather than compensation from A D.
• Shi Tiexin approached the couple alone, apologized for his men, and offered to cover Xiao Wei’s treatment, future care, and additional compensation.
• Xiao Wei’s parents rejected compensation and said her injuries were the Savior’s trial and punishment, while Shi Tiexin warned that she might be paralyzed and would need support.

Shi Tiexin confronted Xiao Wei’s fanatical parents and learned that their demands had helped drive her into her desperate circumstances. After a video showed Patriot Black Samurai killing Saeki Ryosuke and threatening others, Shi agreed to meet Zhou Xiong, sensing he was about to leave this Worldline.

• Shi Tiexin offered Xiao Wei’s parents Dragon Coins, but they rejected the money and demanded that their unconscious daughter raise one million yen for the Savior’s offering.
• Shi Tiexin condemned the couple’s devotion to the Savior, then told A D to take responsibility for his choices and protect Xiao Wei.
• A Fei showed Shi a viral video of Patriot Black Samurai beheading Saeki Ryosuke and threatening that others would be next.
• Shi refused A D’s offer to return with him and told him to stay with Xiao Wei.
• Zhou Nan called Shi with an important message, and Zhou Xiong took over the call to insist they meet in person.
• Shi agreed to meet Zhou Xiong that evening and sensed he was about to leave this Worldline.

Shi Tiexin met Zhou Nan and Zhou Xiong at a skewer shop, where the brothers revealed that San Fan had secretly instigated A Hui and asked to follow Shi Tiexin instead. They then warned that San Fan and the men around him were suffering worsening lapses of memory and strange confusion, leaving Shi Tiexin with a troubling account of what might be spreading through the gang.

• Shi Tiexin cautiously inspected the meeting place and entered the shop with Zhou Nan and Zhou Xiong.
• Zhou Nan and Zhou Xiong told Shi Tiexin that San Fan had secretly directed A Hui's actions against him.
• The brothers asked to leave San Fan and follow Shi Tiexin, but Shi Tiexin demanded a more important reason before trusting them.
• Zhou Nan and Zhou Xiong described gang members close to San Fan becoming confused, forgetful, and increasingly stiff in expression.
• The brothers said San Fan's inner circle had recently rambled about his schemes as though they were giving their last words.

Shi Tiexin learned that San Fan’s men had been suffering strange spells of rigid silence and illogical speech after San Fan took over a Hongshun Society pharmaceutical company. As Zhou Nan’s feeling of being watched returned and a fleet of vehicles approached the skewer shop, the group faced an apparent imminent threat.

• Zhou Xiong and Zhou Nan told Shi Tiexin that San Fan’s men had abruptly gone rigid and blank, then resumed talking as if nothing had happened.
• Shi Tiexin connected the incidents to Hongshun Society’s pharmaceutical company and suspected the Ouyang Brothers had researched something dangerous.
• Zhou Nan told Shi Tiexin that he repeatedly felt watched, most recently when they first met, and agreed to report the feeling if it returned.
• The skewer shop Boss demanded payment first, while Shi Tiexin recognized him and ate faster in anticipation of trouble.
• A Fei rushed into the shop warning the Boss to run, and Zhou Nan felt the watching sensation grow stronger as numerous cars approached outside.

Shi Tiexin faced a coordinated attack by Daxing members at the skewer shop and realized he had reached the Nascent Core Realm. As twenty powerful men advanced on him, he prepared to defend the shop while sending A Fei to find an escape route.

• More than ten vehicles surrounded the skewer shop, and one of the underlings was killed while trying to escape.
• A Hui and San Fan arrived with a large force of Daxing members, and San Fan ordered a weaponless fight to the death.
• A gunman shot an underling who tried to draw a weapon, and San Fan declared that the fight would be hand-to-hand combat only.
• Shi Tiexin told A Fei to take the owner and find an escape route, then stood against the twenty advancing men.
• Shi Tiexin sensed that his spherical false core had reached the Nascent Core Realm and estimated his strength at no less than 1.7.

Shi Tiexin fought off San Fan’s engineered thugs at the little shop, using their rigid movements and poor balance against them. As more armed men remained outside, San Fan sent A Hui forward, and A Hui stopped and hurled back a corpse Shi Tiexin had thrown at him.

• San Fan ordered his men to attack Shi Tiexin while insisting that the fight follow the game’s rules.
• Shi Tiexin identified the thugs’ rigid patterns and killed or disabled them with Basic Fist Arts and close-quarters attacks.
• The thugs broke through the shop windows and attacked from several directions, but Shi Tiexin fought them off without letting them surround him.
• Shi Tiexin noticed that A Fei and the others had not returned and suspected San Fan would use his armed men rather than honor a fair fight.
• San Fan called A Hui into the fight, and A Hui stopped a corpse thrown at him before hurling it back into the shop.

Shi Tiexin fought San Fan’s men and faced A Hui after he underwent a monstrous transformation. As A Hui drove Shi Tiexin through the partitions, A Fei’s men debated fleeing through the back staircase.

• Shi Tiexin defeated the thugs by using a corpse to smash their heads together, then knocked A Hui down with a kick.
• A Hui’s body transformed into a hulking, bluish-black monster, and San Fan ordered him to kill Shi Tiexin.
• Shi Tiexin met A Hui’s charge head-on and grappled with him, but A Hui overpowered him and drove him through the wooden partitions.
• San Fan called A Hui an elite product and ordered the gunmen to lower their weapons while he watched the fight’s final test.
• A Fei’s lackeys urged him to escape through the back staircase, leaving Shi Tiexin behind, and A Fei hesitated.

Shi Tiexin fought the transformed A Hui in the restaurant while imitating his eerie laughter, then killed him with a cleaver. A Fei returned to help and fled with Shi Tiexin toward the back of the restaurant.

• A Fei turned back toward the restaurant's front hall rather than abandon Shi Tiexin, and he found Shi Tiexin grappling with the transformed A Hui.
• Shi Tiexin used A Hui's unsteady footing to slam him into a wall, damage his knee, and keep hold of his arms while mimicking his laughter.
• Shi Tiexin damaged A Hui's abdomen and left knee, then struck both sides of his head with his palms until A Hui collapsed.
• Shi Tiexin caught A Hui's body and repeatedly chopped his head with a meat cleaver until the monster stopped moving.
• Shi Tiexin signaled A Fei, and the two ran toward the back of the restaurant while Shi Tiexin continued laughing.

After San Fan’s men discovered A Hui’s corpse, they began sweeping the abandoned building where Shi Tiexin and his remaining allies had taken refuge. With gunfire closing in and escape blocked, Shi Tiexin prepared to flank the attackers while A Fei organized a last stand.

• San Fan sent armed men into the shop after A Hui failed to return, and they found him dead with a meat cleaver in his forehead.
• Shi Tiexin and the others hid in an abandoned office building, where A Fei messaged Wang Dafa for help and Shi Tiexin recovered from his fight using his body’s Hard Qi Technique foundation.
• Gunmen began clearing the building, shooting homeless people and deserters who tried to flee.
• Shi Tiexin declared that the group had to fight, assigned A Fei to lead their delaying ambush, and told him not to spare anyone who endangered them.
• Shi Tiexin left the room with his gun to circle behind the attackers.

Shi Tiexin stealthily surveyed the gunmen slaughtering the building’s residents, discovering that their rigid tactics made them vulnerable alone but formidable in squads. When gunfire broke out upstairs and he feared A Fei and the others were in danger, Shi Tiexin attacked the gunmen and took cover as they returned fire.

• Shi Tiexin watched the gunmen kill residents indiscriminately and concluded that disguise could not get him past them.
• Shi Tiexin used a broken water pipe to distract and kill a lone guard, then used it to take down more sentries and study the gunmen’s patrols and formations.
• Shi Tiexin realized the gunmen were poorly suited to close-quarters operations but highly disciplined in squads and suited to frontal warfare.
• When gunfire erupted upstairs, Shi Tiexin worried that A Fei and the others were in danger and threw the pipe to draw the gunmen’s attention.
• Shi Tiexin leapt out and fired three shots at a gunman before diving into a doorway as the remaining enemies advanced and sprayed bullets at his cover.

Shi Tiexin used stealth, gunfire, and close combat to defeat several groups of armed men while taking their armor and ammunition. He climbed to the rooftop and fought his way back inside, while A Fei organized people on the third floor to stall for time.

• Shi Tiexin escaped a barrage by leaping through windows, then shot an observer and fought six gunmen in close quarters.
• Shi Tiexin found his shots had hit every gunman, put on a bulletproof vest, and gathered armor plates and ammunition.
• Shi Tiexin ambushed another group of six gunmen and improved his shooting through the intense gunfight.
• Shi Tiexin disabled the searchlights, defeated two more gunmen, and took their ammunition and a grenade.
• Shi Tiexin avoided a corridor confrontation, climbed the exterior fire ladder to the rooftop, shot a patrolling gunman, and reentered the building.
• A Fei organized people on the third floor to stall for time.