Chapter Summaries

After Mr. Huang died during the rescue, Sir Li and the other tycoons accepted the official explanation and let a scapegoat take the blame. Their attempts to investigate the death stalled, and Sir Li chose compromise with the God of Cookery Group, offering better business terms instead of risking a confrontation.

• Xu Yue calmly confirmed that Mr. Huang was dead, and Sir Li apologized before thanking the rescuers and offering rewards and business cooperation.
• The tycoons stabilized the chaos, blamed Ferrari’s scapegoat for the kidnapping, and left suspicions against Ferrari and the God of Cookery Group unresolved.
• The tycoons’ invited masters refused to investigate Mr. Huang’s death, while the last master suggested Sir Li seek help in London.
• Mr. Huang’s son begged Sir Li to seek justice, but Sir Li said he would pass on the matter and acknowledged that the tycoons had no moral high ground.
• Sir Li proposed reducing the God of Cookery Group’s required share to one-quarter, doubling its invested capital, and providing additional support.

The God of Cookery Group became a dominant global force, backed by major families and banks, while its rules reshaped the food industry. As the group’s popularity cut into Ni Yongxiao’s flour trade, he proposed either expanding into other businesses or uniting affected forces to challenge it indirectly.

• Major families and banks backed the God of Cookery Group, which expanded worldwide and set strict industry rules.
• Xu Yue agreed to mutually beneficial cooperation with the group, exchanging shares and gaining advantages through their alliance.
• Hon Sam and Ni Yongxiao dined at a God of Cookery Group restaurant, where the food’s popularity and quality became a source of frustration for the group’s bosses.
• Ni Yongxiao noted that the God of Cookery Group had cut their sales by thirty percent, threatening the flour trade despite their lower prices.
• Ni Yongxiao proposed entering new industries or gathering other threatened groups to test the waters against the God of Cookery Group.

Chan Wing Yan reported on Ni Yongxiao’s plans to Wong Chi Shing, while Ni Yongxiao concealed his intentions to punish his father’s enemies. In the Golden Triangle, Reincarnators turned against the God of Cookery Group after its expansion threatened their drug trade.

• Chan Wing Yan told Wong Chi Shing that Ni Yongxiao’s family was discussing a transformation and seemed to favor smuggling.
• Wong Chi Shing ordered Chan Wing Yan to watch Ni Yongxiao’s plans amid changes among international drug lords.
• Ni Yongxiao reassured Chan Wing Yan that he would keep him away from dangerous international criminals and focus on teaching him management.
• Ni Yongxiao planned to use the anniversary of his father’s death to eliminate his father’s remaining enemies and expose Wong Chi Shing to Chan Wing Yan.
• Reincarnators who had seized control of the Golden Triangle grew angry after the God of Cookery Group stopped buying from them and threatened their profits.

Eisenhower investigated Xu Yue and traveled to Port City to recruit him after learning of his connection to the God of Cookery Group. Xu Yue agreed to meet Eisenhower, suspecting he could use him to learn more about the people investigating the European conspiracy.

• Eisenhower gathered Reincarnators, sent investigators to Fuyuki City, and moved the rest to Mexico while he infiltrated the CIA.
• Eisenhower discovered that Xu Yue was the God of Cookery Group’s second-largest shareholder and decided to meet him in Port City.
• Huang Yaozu warned Xu Yue that the God of Cookery Group’s growing fame had attracted powerful interests and could draw the attention of the Mage world.
• Stephen Chow told Xu Yue that CIA agent Eisenhower wanted to meet him, and Xu Yue agreed after guessing Eisenhower’s purpose.
• Xu Yue decided he could use Eisenhower as a willing stooge to investigate the people behind the European conspiracy.

Xu Yue met Eisenhower, exchanged information about their past mission, and introduced him to a dangerous method for gaining magecraft energy. After Eisenhower accepted Xu Yue’s claim over Port City, he warned him to watch the Golden Triangle.

• Eisenhower greeted Xu Yue and asked whether they had been enemies or allies in their previous mission, and Xu Yue described their relationship as a mix of cooperation and competition.
• Xu Yue demonstrated a Fire Snake and explained that Reincarnators could activate their closed Mage Circuits through a risky method that required a small payment.
• Xu Yue took Eisenhower to the Jun Du Hotel Evil Ghost Extermination mission, where Eisenhower absorbed part of an evil ghost’s energy despite his poor magecraft aptitude.
• Xu Yue hinted that Port City was his territory, and Eisenhower accepted the boundary and thanked him for the information.
• Before leaving, Eisenhower told Xu Yue that Mexico was controlled by his people and advised him to watch the Golden Triangle and give up some profit if necessary.

Xu Yue prepared to exploit the Golden Triangle Reincarnators’ planned attack, while their leader entered Port City seeking allies and a way to strike at the God of Cookery Group. At a dockside snack street, East Star and Hung Hing staged a tense gang confrontation as armed Reincarnators watched and reconsidered their weapons.

• Xu Yue saw Eisenhower off and turned his attention to the Golden Triangle forces arriving in Port City.
• The Golden Triangle leader learned that Xu Yue and Tang Niu were likely Reincarnators and decided to attack under the cover of the Punishment mission.
• The Golden Triangle group learned that the Ni Family would only provide intelligence and considered approaching East Star and Hung Hing through ingredient-smuggling deals.
• Sister Fire Chicken and Goose Head protested as East Star and Hung Hing faced off at the snack street, disrupting the merchants’ businesses.
• Brother Crow and Chicken Chan traded threats while their gangs shouted and brandished clubs without starting a fight.
• The armed Reincarnators watching from the rooftops lowered their rifles and switched to collapsible batons.

Baker and the Reincarnators defeated East Star and Hung Hing, then claimed they wanted to smuggle premium ingredients into Port City. They persuaded Crow and Chicken Chan to arrange a meeting with Tang Niu, while secretly planning to kill him and take over the God of Cookery Group’s business.

• Baker and the Reincarnators crushed East Star and Hung Hing, and Goose Head and Turkey offered them protection money.
• Baker claimed the group wanted to work with East Star and Hung Hing, but Crow and Chicken Chan initially refused over fears about the outsiders’ weapons.
• Baker posed as a smuggler scouting Port City’s expensive premium ingredients, prompting Crow and Chicken Chan to compete to handle the business.
• Baker asked the rivals to arrange a meeting with Tang Niu, claiming he only wanted to confirm the business could last.
• Crow and Chicken Chan agreed to notify Baker when Tang Niu reviewed recipes, while Baker secretly planned to kill Tang Niu and seize the business.

Tang Niu discovered Baker and his armed Reincarnator-led teams infiltrating the training center and trapped them in his Magecraft Workshop. After the Eighteen Bronze Men puppets beat the intruders, Tang Niu gathered the wounded in the cold storage and demanded to know why they had attacked him.

• Tang Niu scolded the chefs he was training, then sensed armed intruders entering the center after midnight.
• Baker directed the Reincarnators and bandits to surround Tang Niu and kill him, warning them not to underestimate their target.
• The intruders noticed the corridors looping and the Wood Humans moving as Tang Niu activated his Eighteen Bronze Men Formation.
• Tang Niu's bronze puppet fighters beat the Reincarnators and bandits with their folding stools and dragged the wounded into the cold storage.
• Tang Niu adjusted his sunglasses and demanded that the prisoners explain their attack and purpose.

Tang Niu turned the Reincarnators’ smuggling operation into a source of high-grade ingredients for the God of Cookery Group, while the Ni Family, East Star, and Hung Hing fought over the trade before settling on their shares. Ni Yongxiao prepared to kill those he blamed for his father’s death, but the police detained him just as his delayed plan began to unfold.

• Tang Niu interrogated the beaten Reincarnators and agreed to buy their smuggled high-grade ingredients while publicly claiming to be a law-abiding chef.
• Ni Yongxiao told the Ni Family leaders to sell surplus firearms and seize control of the premium-ingredient trade from East Star and Hung Hing.
• The Reincarnators supplied the competing groups, and the gangs fought until the police crackdown forced them to divide the ingredient trade.
• Ni Yongxiao decided to kill all five major leaders and Wong Chi Shing, even though he had not identified which leader had helped murder his father.
• Police officers detained Ni Yongxiao for questioning, and his previously prepared operation began to erupt.

After discussing Ni Yongxiao’s apparent impunity, Xu Yue suggested that the surviving undercover agent might be a relative Ni Yongxiao could not bring himself to kill. In Thailand, Ferrari offered the desperate Hon Sam a gamble: win and his boss would help him rebuild and seek revenge; lose and Hon Sam would serve him even after death.

• Huang Yaozu and Chow Sing Sing described how Ni Yongxiao’s four top men died, another disappeared, and police were left without evidence to prosecute him.
• Chow Sing Sing and Chan Ka Kui expressed their frustration at Ni Yongxiao’s ability to exploit the law and evade punishment.
• Xu Yue reasoned that Ni Yongxiao likely knew the identity of his remaining undercover agent and spared him because the agent might be family.
• Hon Sam recognized Ferrari in Thailand and questioned why the gambling magnate had abducted him.
• Ferrari offered Hon Sam a high-stakes gamble on behalf of his boss, promising help with revenge if Hon Sam won and demanding his service if he lost.

Ni Yongxiao urged Chan Wing Yan to join him, but officers and God of Cookery Group members arrived before Chan could answer. Recognizing the danger they posed, Ni Yongxiao yielded and offered to help them.

• Ni Yongxiao told Chan Wing Yan he should take greater responsibility and asked whether he had made up his mind to stand with him.
• Chan Wing Yan hesitated, still troubled by Officer Lu’s death, as Chan Ka Kui, Chow Sing Sing, and Li Jie entered the dai pai dong.
• Chan Ka Kui and Chow Sing Sing challenged Ni Yongxiao, who remained polite and said he was now only a seafood businessman.
• Xu Yue, He Jinyin, and Tang Niu arrived, and Ni Yongxiao recognized the God of Cookery Group’s power from its defeat of the Golden Triangle group.
• Ni Yongxiao admitted he was afraid of Xu Yue and Tang Niu and offered to do whatever he could to help them.

Xu Yue spoke with Ni Yongxiao over a late-night meal, first expressing understanding of his revenge and then questioning his role in the drug trade. As the atmosphere turned ominous, the Brave Detectives prepared for a supernatural threat, and a familiar voice announced that it had gained great potential after death.

• Xu Yue invited Ni Yongxiao to sit and praised Tang Niu’s cooking while they talked about Ni Yongxiao’s revenge for his father.
• Xu Yue said he supported Ni Yongxiao’s vengeance, and Ni Yongxiao accepted the sentiment and began eating Tang Niu’s dishes.
• Xu Yue asked Ni Yongxiao whether he had considered the families harmed by the drug trade, and Ni Yongxiao said he handled only wholesale and did not regret inheriting the business.
• Xu Yue told Ni Yongxiao to keep eating as the temperature fell, the lights flickered, and chilling winds swept through the food stall.
• Chan Ka Kui and the other Brave Detectives used Bull’s Tears to prepare for a supernatural threat, while Ni Yongxiao drew his gun.
• A familiar overlapping voice declared that it had great potential after death.

Hon Sam returned as a powerful vengeful ghost possessing Ferrari, seeking revenge on Ni Yongxiao and the Ni family. After possessing Ni Yongxiao and trapping Chan Wing Yan, Hon Sam was stopped by Xu Yue.

• Ni Yongxiao recognized Hon Sam and threatened to kill him, while the Brave Detectives saw that Hon Sam was a ghost possessing Ferrari.
• Hon Sam revealed that Ferrari had repeatedly tormented him and supplied him with death-row prisoners, helping him grow powerful enough to possess Ferrari.
• Hon Sam broke free of Ferrari, charged into Ni Yongxiao, and took control of his body despite Ni Yongxiao's gunfire.
• Hon Sam threatened to torture Chan Wing Yan and paralyzed him, but Xu Yue grabbed Hon Sam's wrist before he could reach him.

Xu Yue absorbed Hon Sam after stopping him from killing anyone else, and Chan Wing Yan chose to leave the police force and lead the Ni Family. A powerful-looking newcomer arrived in Port City and dismissed its weak spiritual energy.

• Hon Sam grew stronger after possessing Ni Yongxiao, but Xu Yue revealed he had arranged Ferrari’s trip to Thailand and absorbed Hon Sam through their point of contact.
• The food stall returned to normal, and Xu Yue told Chan Wing Yan that there were no ghosts before leaving the aftermath to Chan Ka Kui, Chow Sing Sing, Li Jie, and Chan Wing Yan.
• Chan Wing Yan resigned from the police force, and Wong Chi Shing supported his decision to take over the Ni Family and keep it on a lawful path.
• A bronze-skinned, blond mixed-race figure arrived at Port City Airport from the Middle East and complained that the local spiritual energy was weak.

Atram Galliasta, a young oil prince and Clock Tower Magus, arrived in Port City to investigate suspected magecraft behind the God of Cookery Group’s food. After sensing a rudimentary Magecraft Workshop at Tang Niu’s training base, he prepared to inspect the cuisine and learn what made it so irresistible.

• Atram Galliasta accepted the Clock Tower’s assignment to investigate an unknown Magus and the God of Cookery Group in Port City.
• Sir Li welcomed Atram and took him directly to Tang Niu’s training base after arranging a meal cooked by Tang Niu.
• Atram sensed that the training base contained a Magecraft Workshop and recognized that the food’s effects were likely connected to magecraft.
• Sir Li told Atram that even dishes based on Tang Niu’s improved recipes were so delicious that they could make addicts abandon their addictions.

Atram Galliasta investigated Tang Niu’s workshop, but Tang’s cooking inspired him to pursue a nonlethal way to extract magical energy and fund a new Magecraft Workshop. After hearing what happened, Xu Yue realized Atram’s place in the Fifth Holy Grail War might be secured in advance.

• Tang Niu served Atram Galliasta an elaborate meal, and Atram was amazed that its effects came without magecraft.
• Atram reassured Tang Niu that his food research broke no rules, then decided to invest in his company.
• Inspired by Tang Niu’s cooking, Atram abandoned his tentative plan to use human life force and conceived a scheme to extract magical energy through spiritual ascension modifications at Genetic Material Storage Centers.
• Atram offered Tang Niu an interest-free loan, asked Sir Li to buy an office building and recruit volunteers, and concluded his investigation of the God of Cookery Group.
• Xu Yue heard about Atram from Tang Niu and realized Atram’s entry into the Fifth Holy Grail War could be secured in advance.

Atram celebrated his experiments with mana crystals and dreamed of elevating his family’s standing when Xu Yue suddenly appeared at his villa. Xu Yue’s spatial magic terrified Atram, who began speculating that he might be a disciple of the Jeweled Sword Sage.

• Atram used migrant workers recruited through Sir Li as test subjects and obtained the results he wanted.
• Atram resolved to expand his mana-crystal enterprise and build his own magecraft foundation to raise his family’s status.
• Xu Yue appeared beside Atram on the seaside balcony, and Atram’s defensive spells vanished before reaching him.
• Atram recognized Xu Yue as a powerful figure associated with the God of Cookery Group and tried to calm himself.
• Xu Yue said he had introduced Tang Niu to magecraft, while Atram privately guessed Xu Yue might be a disciple of the Jeweled Sword Sage.

Xu Yue agreed to protect Atram’s mana-crystal business from forceful threats after Atram offered his family’s profits in exchange. Xu Yue also asked Atram to use his wealth and connections to arrange him a suitable identity at the Clock Tower.

• Xu Yue asked whether Atram wanted to make his family a first-rate Magus family, and Atram said he wanted to control the supply of mana crystals.
• Xu Yue warned Atram that his family might not be strong enough to protect the profits from an energy monopoly.
• Atram offered Xu Yue the largest share of the profits and proposed signing an ancient agreement in exchange for protection.
• Xu Yue agreed to handle force-related problems within his capabilities but refused to manage the business itself.
• Xu Yue asked Atram to use his influence and connections to arrange a suitable identity for him at the Clock Tower.

Xu Yue used Atram’s help to establish a tuner identity and traveled to London to make an early appearance at the Clock Tower. He registered as a newly emerged Magus, drawing attention for being a First Generation Magus with a rare first-generation Magic Crest.

• Atram arranged a secluded tuner identity for Xu Yue and explained how tuners helped maintain and transplant Magic Crests.
• Atram told Xu Yue that the El-Melloi School and Archibald Family were struggling with debt after most of their interests had been divided, while the damaged Magic Crest would take generations to repair.
• Xu Yue flew to London with He Jinyin, leaving Tang Niu in Port City, so he could establish himself at the Clock Tower before claiming Kiritsugu Emiya’s Magic Crest.
• Xu Yue and He Jinyin arrived at the Clock Tower, where staff registered and received Xu Yue as a newly emerged tuner.
• The Clock Tower staff noted that Xu Yue was a First Generation Magus with a rare first-generation Magic Crest.

Xu Yue refused two Magi who wanted to study his First Generation Magic Crest, then learned they intended to seize the opportunity through the Clock Tower’s authority. The two invoked the rules against the Middle Eastern Golden-Haired Dog’s bribery, leaving Xu Yue facing the consequences.

• A green-haired Magus offered Xu Yue a subsidy and assistant instructor position in exchange for studying his Magic Crest, while a brown-haired Magus revealed the Middle Eastern Golden-Haired Dog had helped arrange the meeting.
• Xu Yue refused, explaining that he had no interest in letting them study his Crest.
• The two Magi treated Xu Yue’s refusal as irrelevant and said they had come only to notify him about his work going forward.
• Xu Yue criticized the Clock Tower for allowing such conduct, and the Magi replied that the Middle Eastern Golden-Haired Dog had broken the rules by bribing them to forge an identity.