Chapter Summaries

Shi Tiexin visited Wang Dafa, who revealed that the case from A'gou contained an intoxicating powder and invited him to a poolside gathering with women. Shi Tiexin refused Wang Dafa’s advances, while Wang Dafa suggested leaving the counterfeit dollar matter to A'cheng for a few days.

• Shi Tiexin arrived at Wang Dafa’s club with Zhou Xiong and Zhou Nan, and Wang Dafa praised his recent work.
• Wang Dafa led Shi Tiexin to an indoor pool, where women in swimsuits were gathered.
• Wang Dafa and A'cheng applied powder from the case to the women, while Shi Tiexin tested a small amount and found it was not very toxic.
• Wang Dafa invited Shi Tiexin to join the revelry and pushed a woman toward him, but Shi Tiexin refused.
• Wang Dafa told Shi Tiexin to let A'cheng handle the counterfeit dollar matter while he took a couple of days off.

Shi Tiexin left Wang Dafa’s revelry and trained until he completed the Bone Training stage and improved his martial arts. He then set off with his companions to spend lavishly on one of his wishes: buying a house on Central Star.

• Shi Tiexin declined to join Wang Dafa’s revelry and wondered where Youyou had gone.
• After the revelry, Wang Dafa wrote in his hidden notebook that Shi Tiexin seemed to have no weaknesses or desires he could understand.
• Shi Tiexin’s vital energy completed the third stage of Body Tempering, Bone Training, while he practiced the Unceasing Thunder Tribulation Hand.
• Shi Tiexin discovered that Basic Fist Arts progress and its Ruthlessness attribute had merged into his higher-level boxing art, and that Drunken Wind had enhanced his Formless Tribulation Power.
• A Fei, Guo Bing, and Zhou Nan took Shi Tiexin out to buy a house on Central Star.

Shi Tiexin used Black Zun’s wealth to shop for a lavish Tokyo residence, and a real estate manager showed him a top-floor luxury apartment. The manager finished describing its extravagant fittings, while Shi Tiexin’s thoughts turned to the mystery behind Black Zun’s identity mission.

• Shi Tiexin’s accumulated territory and commercial assets made Black Zun far wealthier than his U.S. dollar sales alone suggested.
• A Fei arranged a meeting with a Tokyo real estate developer, and Shi Tiexin listed his requirements for a spacious, high, secluded home.
• The manager brought Shi Tiexin and his companions to a luxury tower in central Tokyo and showed them its hotel-style facilities.
• The manager opened the 573-square-meter top-floor residence and introduced its designer furnishings, kitchens, health-monitoring toilet, and sturdy bathtub.
• Shi Tiexin thought the apartment gave him material for his dreams and noted that the person inspiring Black Zun’s identity mission was famous and widely recognized.

Shi Tiexin bought a luxury residence in Tokyo for 50 million Dragon Coins and chose a heavily armored vehicle to protect himself from weapons and attacks. He left the dealership ready to buy the Shanqi King of the Five Peaks.

• Black Zun toured the residence with A Fei and his other underlings, while the real estate manager showed off its luxury features.
• Shi Tiexin bargained the residence’s price down from 150 million to 50 million and completed the purchase.
• Shi Tiexin chose the high-rise residence partly because its height made it harder for snipers to target, and he planned escape measures in case it was attacked.
• Shi Tiexin visited a luxury car dealership and rejected performance cars in favor of a sturdier vehicle.
• The sales manager introduced the bulletproof, amphibious Shanqi King of the Five Peaks, and Shi Tiexin agreed to buy it.

Wang Dafa dismissed A'cheng's complaints and asked Shi Tiexin to host Uncle Da, an international broker, when he arrived. Three days later, Shi piloted a yacht carrying Uncle Da and a group of women, while his Vision System showed progress in his Platinum Driving Technique.

• A'cheng boasted to Wang Dafa about killing a group of rivals and complained that Shi Tiexin had hosted a gaming tournament, but Wang scolded him for poor sales.
• Uncle Da called Wang Dafa, and Wang asked Shi Tiexin to receive him instead of giving A'cheng the opportunity.
• Three days later, A Fei led a group of women from Tokyo Bay's harbor to a larger ship, where Uncle Da greeted them with Brother Chicken.
• Shi Tiexin steered the yacht as Uncle Da rushed to the women, and his Vision System displayed his Platinum Driving Technique progress at Excellent 36.

Shi Tiexin advanced his martial arts and mind arts, perfecting the Unceasing Thunder Tribulation Hand and discovering the broad uses of Platinum Driving Technique. As he studied Deadly Chicken Soup aboard a yacht, someone screamed that there was a shark.

• Shi Tiexin perfected the Unceasing Thunder Tribulation Hand, gaining Interminable Tribulation Force that could sense opponents and disrupt their movements.
• Shi Tiexin found that the Lightning Tribulation Hand worked well with the Fire Tribulation Blade, though he struggled to fuse their tribulation forces.
• Shi Tiexin trained Platinum Driving Technique and learned that its third layer let him operate almost any vehicle designed for one person.
• A Fei told Shi Tiexin that everything was arranged, and Shi Tiexin anchored the yacht before joining the others on deck.
• Shi Tiexin read Deadly Chicken Soup while Wild Chicken and Uncle Da socialized with the girls, then someone screamed, "Shark!"

Shi Tiexin rescued Uncle Da and a woman from a real shark, then subdued the shark and hauled it aboard. He planned to stew it, while the chapter ended with an author note asking readers to guess using the clues “red scarf” and “accordion.”

• Uncle Da mistook a woman’s toy dorsal fin for a shark and played along with her and another woman’s prank.
• A real shark appeared, and Uncle Da kicked the woman toward it while trying to escape.
• Shi Tiexin leaped into the sea, rescued Uncle Da and the woman, and fought the shark underwater.
• Shi Tiexin surfaced, tied a rope around the unconscious shark, and had the boat’s passengers haul it aboard.
• Shi Tiexin said they would stew the shark, then struck its skull when it began to stir.

After Shi Tiexin defeated a shark and shared it as a feast, the rich meat helped restore his strength. He used a Golden Seed to enlighten Azure Phoenix Body Tempering into Azure Firmament Body Tempering, gaining two extraordinary attributes.

• Shi Tiexin chopped off the shark's head and served the shark as a feast to Uncle Da, Wild Chicken, and the others.
• Uncle Da and Wild Chicken toasted Shi Tiexin and praised his strength after he had saved the ship from the shark.
• Shi Tiexin found the shark meat unusually rich in essence and ate most of the feast, restoring All-Extreme Strength and the full power of his Black Venerable incarnation.
• Shi Tiexin spent one thousand golden light to enlighten Azure Phoenix Body Tempering with a Golden Seed.
• Azure Phoenix Body Tempering became Azure Firmament Body Tempering and granted Shi Tiexin the extraordinary attributes Counterattack Storm and Sky Martial Battle Body.

Shi Tiexin completed Azure Phoenix Body Tempering, gaining the Sky Martial Battle Body, Counter Storm, and Face of the Azure Sky. After noticing the new attribute made others see him as exceptionally handsome, he considered whether to undergo Reverse Innate Transformation.

• Shi Tiexin devoured the remaining half-shark to supply energy for body refinement and felt his physique become far tougher.
• Shi Tiexin examined Counter Storm, which let his Sky Martial Battle Body store force from attacks for a counterstrike and slightly repair itself afterward.
• Shi Tiexin discovered that the Dark Gold nebula produced a third star and granted him the Face of the Azure Sky attribute.
• Shi Tiexin heard the mermaid and her companion praise his newfound charm, though he insisted he had always been handsome.
• Shi Tiexin considered whether his five Extraordinary attributes were enough to begin Reverse Innate Transformation.

Shi Tiexin completed an arms deal with Wild Chicken and demonstrated extraordinary skill with a variety of firearms. He then asked Wild Chicken for heavier weapons and used Attitude Force to persuade him when he hesitated.

• Uncle Da approved Shi Tiexin’s earlier arrangement with Wild Chicken and sent them to inspect the goods.
• Wild Chicken brought pistols to a secret warehouse, where Shi Tiexin disassembled, reassembled, and fired two models with remarkable accuracy.
• Shi Tiexin tested a .50-caliber Desert Eagle and then examined and tried rifles, shotguns, ammunition, and submachine guns.
• Shi Tiexin bought all the firearms Wild Chicken had brought, and they completed the deal.
• Shi Tiexin asked Wild Chicken for heavy machine guns, Vulcan rotary cannons, Barrett sniper rifles, and rocket launchers, then activated Attitude Force to persuade him.

Shi Tiexin intensified training for his gang and completed Basic Rhetoric Level Four, gaining Extraordinary Sensory Perception and a more persuasive voice. He used it to inspire his recruits, whose enthusiasm made his Deadly Chicken Soup Level One, Attitude Force, advance rapidly.

• Wild Chicken left Shi Tiexin feeling inspired and determined to pursue his ambitions as an arms dealer and broker.
• Shi Tiexin selected 150 men for intensive military, combat, firearms, and driving training, planning to keep only the most elite recruits.
• Shi Tiexin saw that Biology was ahead of Rhetoric among his major mind arts, then used golden light to bring Basic Rhetoric Level Four to perfection.
• Shi Tiexin's Rhetoric stars produced Extraordinary Sensory Perception, strengthening his throat's ability to channel mind energy and making his words more persuasive.
• Shi Tiexin rallied his recruits with a speech about attitude and self-improvement, and their enthusiasm rapidly advanced Deadly Chicken Soup Level One, Attitude Force.

Wang Dafa and Shi Tiexin discussed whether to restart the Ouyang Brothers' drug business, and Shi Tiexin opposed it while announcing plans to train a Quick Reaction Squad. Wary of Shi Tiexin's growing power, Wang Dafa secretly ordered undercover agents planted in his companies to monitor their finances, while Shi Tiexin rallied his employees with a speech about struggle.

• Wang Dafa praised Shi Tiexin's work and sounded him out about becoming more ambitious within the organization.
• Wang Dafa raised the possibility of manufacturing drugs using the Ouyang Brothers' research and connections, but Shi Tiexin rejected the idea and warned about the dangers.
• Shi Tiexin told Wang Dafa he planned to train a Quick Reaction Squad, and Wang Dafa agreed that his power needed protection.
• Wang Dafa privately recorded his suspicions about Shi Tiexin and decided to plant undercover agents in Shi Tiexin's companies to track their finances.
• Several days later, Shi Tiexin addressed his employees and urged them to fight for better days.

Shi Tiexin used Deadly Chicken Soup to unite his companies and build a stable civil and military operation, while Wang Dafa learned of his repeated visits to Smile Entertainment City. After seeing Shi Tiexin’s strange behavior there, Wang Dafa identified what he believed was the hero’s weak spot and debated whether to use it.

• Shi Tiexin’s Deadly Chicken Soup drove the employees and undercover spies to work overtime and cooperate, helping him integrate the trading firms and conglomerates.
• Wang Dafa learned that Shi Tiexin had visited the third floor of Smile Entertainment City three times in a month.
• Shi Tiexin rejected a woman who approached him at the bar, then demonstrated his knife skills by stabbing between his fingers and challenging her to repeat the feat.
• Shi Tiexin cleared a pool table in one run and left the entertainment city looking desolate.
• Wang Dafa reviewed the intelligence and photograph, concluded that Shi Tiexin’s weak spot involved the woman, and wondered whether to exploit it.

Shi Tiexin strengthened his organization while training the Formless Water Tribulation Sword, and discovered that his effort had slightly weakened the barrier to perfection. A week later, Wang Dafa invited him to a birthday party and promised a surprise.

• Shi Tiexin delegated more responsibilities as his street, commercial, and armed operations continued to grow.
• Shi Tiexin practiced the Water Tribulation Sword's concealment forms but could not break through to perfection by himself.
• Shi Tiexin used nine points of Gifted Golden Light Refining Liquid to perfect the first layer, one point fewer than usual, proving his training had made progress.
• Encouraged, Shi Tiexin began cultivating the Water Tribulation Sword's second layer.
• A week later, Wang Dafa invited Shi Tiexin to a birthday party and told him to dress sharply and bring a refined gift.

Wang Dafa arranged an elaborate evening for Shi Tiexin, transforming him in a bespoke suit before leading him to a rooftop garden spectacle. As music, lanterns, and fireworks filled the night, Youyou appeared, and Shi Tiexin silently greeted her after their long separation.

• Wang Dafa took Shi Tiexin to an upscale clothing shop, where a styling team prepared him and dressed him in a suit.
• Wang Dafa led Shi Tiexin to a Japanese-inspired rooftop garden and arranged music and dancing in a Tenshu-kaku.
• Shi Tiexin recognized the musician Tai Fu Dai Yue as a master and appreciated the performance.
• Lanterns and fireworks illuminated the garden as Youyou crossed the bridge toward Shi Tiexin.
• Shi Tiexin watched Youyou arrive and thought, “Long time no see.”

Wang Dafa introduced Shi Tiexin to Youyou, who was using the name Jinqing, and revealed that she was a key member of the US Dollar development team. Shi Tiexin and Youyou concealed their deeper history while sizing up Wang Dafa and each other, leaving the three of them locked in a wary alliance.

• Wang Dafa welcomed Youyou with fireworks and claimed it was her birthday, while Shi Tiexin suspected the celebration was a setup.
• Youyou teased Shi Tiexin by pretending to be Wang Dafa's future sister-in-law, then revealed she had tricked him.
• Wang Dafa introduced Youyou as Miss Jinqing and explained that she had helped perfect the US Dollar printing plates.
• Shi Tiexin admitted that he and Jinqing were old acquaintances, then teased her about vanishing before the World Championship.
• Youyou called herself a counterfeiter and asked Shi Tiexin to forgive her, while he recognized how she had altered her voice and appearance to seem more innocent.

At a birthday banquet, Wang Dafa announced Shi Tiexin’s promotion and his own official appointment as Daxing’s helmsman for Japan’s Four Islands. He then warned Shi Tiexin and Jinqing that their opportunity in Japan would not last and asked what would become of them when the political order changed.

• Wang Dafa and Shi Tiexin gave Jinqing birthday gifts, and everyone celebrated her birthday together.
• Wang Dafa announced that Shi Tiexin had become the hall master of Daxing in Tokyo.
• Wang Dafa revealed that he had officially become Daxing’s helmsman for Japan’s Four Islands.
• Wang Dafa reflected on how he, Shi Tiexin, and Jinqing had risen from poverty and hardship after coming to Japan.
• Wang Dafa warned Shi Tiexin and Jinqing that Japan’s political situation would eventually change and asked how people with blood on their hands would survive afterward.

Wang Dafa revealed his ambition to unite the Daxing halls, seize control of Japan, and become its ruler, while Shi Tiexin listened. After the feast, Wang Dafa privately reflected on his subordinates and welcomed Daiyue, who slipped pills into his wine.

• Wang Dafa told Shi Tiexin and Youyou he would not turn back and declared that he intended to rule all four islands of Japan.
• Wang Dafa presented a map and outlined plans to unite the Daxing halls, secure resources and industry, and expand his power across Japan.
• Shi Tiexin was shaken by Wang Dafa's ambition, and his Destiny Mission 2, Eye of Freedom, made further progress.
• After Shi Tiexin and Youyou left, Wang Dafa reflected that he had given his subordinates money, respect, and a promising future, and said he hoped Shi Tiexin would not betray him.
• Daiyue approached Wang Dafa, put two pills from his pocket into his wine, and seduced him as a faint purple glow appeared in her eyes.

Shi Tiexin rode with Old Jia and Youyou, then learned that Yamagata Fuji was responsible for Mai Ba’s death. He decided to confront the casino king immediately, though he remained wary of Youyou’s claims.

• Shi Tiexin got into Old Jia’s taxi, where Youyou joined them and invited him to her residence.
• Youyou revealed that Yamagata Fuji, a gambling king and major New Purge backer, was Mai Ba’s biggest creditor and the culprit behind his death.
• Youyou said Yamagata Fuji’s agents had been drugged and mentally controlled, explaining why Shi Tiexin’s investigation had produced only lies.
• Shi Tiexin questioned Youyou’s information but decided to keep his suspicions hidden and gather more intelligence.
• Shi Tiexin left to confront Yamagata Fuji and avenge Mai Ba.

Shi Tiexin visited Yamagata Fuji’s Dark Side Casino, where gamblers wagered body parts and lives under the Yamagata House’s ruthless enforcement. After winning a few bets and seeing the casino’s horrors, he watched a terrified woman being strapped to the Grand Roulette wheel.

• Shi Tiexin arrived at the Yamagata House and exchanged two Dragon Coin coins for a chip.
• Shi Tiexin watched the casino enforce a wager by severing a fleeing gambler’s arm and leg, then heard the winner threaten the man’s eight-year-old daughter.
• Shi Tiexin played odd or even, won a bet, gained a buff, and continued gambling as another player lost a finger.
• Shi Tiexin watched the casino’s other games and heard that a woman who lost a golf wager would face the Grand Roulette.
• The bookmaker refused the woman’s offer to pay for her release, tied her to the roulette wheel, and announced the start of the program as the crowd applauded.