Recaps

After Little Pig was critically injured at the airport, Little White Tiger vowed revenge and sent Old Ninth to kill Tian Ke. In the Capital, the Tian family searched for Old Ninth while trying to decipher a treasure map.

• Little White Tiger learned that airport guards had critically injured Little Pig and Tian Ke, and he threatened to wage war on the Tian family.
• Tian Ke fled to the Capital, and Little White Tiger called Old Ninth and ordered him to kill Tian Ke.
• Five days later, Tian Ke urged Tian Guang to find Professor Wen’s former student, Li Que, for help deciphering the map.
• Tian Bo warned Tian Ke to stay in the hospital because Old Ninth had entered the Capital.
• Tian Guang said their search had found no trace of Old Ninth, leaving the Tian brothers alarmed by his disappearance.

Broken Shoe’s family was attacked by Tian Family Awakened who demanded he go to the Capital, and his mother was burned to death when he resisted. Little White Tiger killed the attackers, spared Broken Shoe, and gave him a chance to seek revenge on Tian Ke.

• Broken Shoe’s mother urged him to flee after he angered Little White Tiger’s people, but Tian Family men arrived and ordered him to come to the Capital.
• Tian Ke ordered the men to kill one of Broken Shoe’s family members when he refused, and the leader burned his mother to ashes.
• Ji Min and Little White Tiger arrived with Awakened; Little White Tiger killed two Tian Family men and executed their leader after calling Tian Ke to threaten him.
• Little White Tiger spared Broken Shoe, who demanded money and a ticket to the Capital so he could kill Tian Ke.
• Little White Tiger gave Broken Shoe a dagger and told him to forget what happened to Little Pig, while Broken Shoe swore to kill Tian Ke.

Old Ninth infiltrated the hospital to kill Tian Ke, who was about to undergo surgery, despite the Tian Family’s strong security. The chapter ended with Old Ninth revealing himself outside the operating room and starting his attack.

• Old Ninth told Little White Tiger that the Tian Family’s guards had kept him from reaching Tian Ke, but vowed to kill him for hurting Little Pig.
• A two-toned-haired young man arrived at the hospital, vanished from the front desk with a snap, and headed for the operating room.
• Tian Guang and Tian Bo waited with the family, wary that Old Ninth might attack while Tian Ke underwent surgery.
• The elevator opened to reveal two dead Tian Family guards, and Old Ninth called Tian Guang from Chun Prefecture.
• Old Ninth appeared through the Emergency Exit with a Chainsaw, started it, and threatened to kill the Tian Family in order.

Old Ninth attacked the Tian Family at the hospital, using illusions and his chainsaw while they tried to stop him. After Tian Ke survived surgery, Guan Ming and Security Department officers intervened, and Old Ninth used proof of his mental illness to avoid arrest before signaling to an unknown man.

• Old Ninth killed Xiao Pei with a chainsaw, then used illusions to evade Master Gu and slap him during their fight.
• Tian Guang and Tian Bo realized Old Ninth might be stalling, just as Tian Ke emerged safely from surgery.
• Guan Ming arrived with two Security Department officers, and the Tian Family demanded that they arrest Old Ninth for Xiao Ming's murder.
• Old Ninth gave the officers a booklet proving he was mentally ill, preventing them from sentencing him, and warned Tian Guang that Tian Ke would die.
• Old Ninth threatened to escape any psychiatric hospital, then exchanged a nod with a masked man in a white coat who hurried downstairs.

Little White Tiger used Old Ninth’s attack and a hidden bomb to kill Tian Ke in front of the Tian Family, turning their conflict into open revenge. Tian Guang ordered his family to decipher the map and prepare to confront Chun Prefecture at the treasure site.

• Tian Ke woke in the hospital after Old Ninth killed Xiao Ming, and he vowed to take revenge once he was discharged.
• Little Pig called Tian Ke and revealed that he, Little Chicken, and Little White Tiger were watching, while Little White Tiger warned Tian Guang not to harm his brothers.
• Little Pig dialed a number, and a phone rang from Tian Ke’s abdomen; Tian Guang found a stitched wound before the bomb inside Tian Ke exploded, killing him.
• Tian Guang ordered Tian Bo to watch Old Ninth and keep him in the psychiatric hospital, then decided to decipher the map and settle the conflict with Chun Prefecture at the treasure site.
• Tian Guang told his people to contact Xiaodao and support his revenge.

Tian Guang and Tian Bo reviewed footage showing Old Ninth’s illusion had enabled Broken Shoe to kill Tian Ke. After leaving the psychiatric hospital, Old Ninth agreed to join Broken Shoe on a sea voyage to find the decoded map location when an Eight-Star Converted Beast surfaced at the next full moon.

• Tian Guang, Tian Bo, and Master Gu watched the operating-room footage and concluded Old Ninth had used an advanced triggered illusion to help kill Tian Ke.
• Guan Ming scolded Old Ninth for acting without the Guan Family’s help, while Old Ninth bragged about his ties to the Old Man and praised Broken Shoe for the operation.
• Broken Shoe revealed he had decoded the map location and said they needed to reach the sea during the full moon in three days to avoid an Eight-Star Converted Beast.
• Old Ninth broke his handcuffs, offered to protect Broken Shoe and his sister, and agreed to leave for the sea with him.
• Old Ninth kicked down a wall and left by taxi while the Awakened stationed outside pretended not to notice.

Tian Guang arranged for Kojima to enter Ice Prefecture and exploit the Tian Family’s feud with Chun Prefecture. Kojima planned to kill Earthworm and Hungry Ghost to provoke a wider conflict, leaving his forces ready to strike after dark.

• Tian Bo watched Old Ninth escape the Capital, and Tian Guang ordered A Dong to track him so they could follow him to the treasure.
• Tian Guang told Tian Bo he had arranged for Kojima to enter Ice Prefecture and intended to use the conflict to avenge the Tian Family.
• Kojima arrived in Ice Prefecture with masked ninjas, warned them not to underestimate the Dragon Kingdom, and explained his plan to turn the European Capitalist Faction against the Guan Family.
• Kojima chose Earthworm and Hungry Ghost as targets, hoping their deaths would make Little White Tiger and the Guan Family retaliate against the Ma Family and the European Capitalist Faction.
• Kojima ordered Da Xiang to kill Hungry Ghost and led another team to target Earthworm, then told his men to regroup for five hours before moving out after dark.

Earthworm was ambushed while walking with Little Sugar, but she revealed overwhelming power and identified herself as Sword Crane. The attackers were left facing a Demon Ancestor who had chosen to protect Earthworm.

• Earthworm walked through Ice Prefecture with Little Sugar, and Xiaodao and his disguised ninjas prepared to ambush him.
• Xiaodao’s group attacked Earthworm, who was wounded while pushing Little Sugar out of the way and then fled with her.
• Little Sugar erased Xiaodao’s blade aura with a glance and killed three pursuing ninjas, while Earthworm hid her and ran to draw the attackers away.
• Earthworm returned to kiss Little Sugar before leaving, then shouted to lure Xiaodao and the ninjas after him.
• Little Sugar came out holding a Tang saber and killed four ninjas, explaining that Earthworm’s injury had made her unhappy.
• Little Sugar revealed her overwhelming presence to Xiaodao and introduced herself as Sword Crane.

Little Sugar defeated Xiaodao and left Ice Prefecture City to confront her mortal enemy, promising Earthworm she would return. As Xiaodao died in the snow, he learned that Hungry Ghost had also overwhelmed his team and killed Da Xiang.

• Little Sugar used her saber to ruin Xiaodao’s body and vitality, then warned him to tell his backers not to harm Little Explosion.
• Earthworm arrived with reinforcements, and Little Sugar reunited with him before explaining that she had to leave to face her mortal enemy.
• Little Sugar promised to return and have a child with Earthworm, granted Third Uncle the power of Heavenly Dao, and vanished as the Two-Headed Flood Dragon approached.
• Earthworm collapsed from his earlier wound, and Third Uncle also fell unconscious after Little Sugar’s power took effect.
• Xiaodao called his team and learned that Hungry Ghost had defeated the Fifth Awakening fighters and eaten Da Xiang.
• Xiaodao died in the snow, blaming Tian Guang as the wind and snow buried him.

Third Uncle reunited with Smoke Fiend in a vision and inherited his name and legacy, while Little White Tiger’s group prepared to sail for Emperor Ying’s Sword. A Dong discovered Old Ninth’s plan and arranged to have his people follow by sea.

• Smoke Fiend appeared to Third Uncle in the hospital and comforted him as Third Uncle mourned the Old Man and Smoke Fiend.
• Smoke Fiend asked Third Uncle to inherit his name and protect Black Mountain Town, and Third Uncle agreed.
• Xiao Fei relinquished reincarnation and dissolved into smoke, entering Third Uncle as he awoke with Smoke Fiend’s power.
• Ji Min arranged for Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and their companions to sail aboard the Xingluo to the Death Caverns in search of Emperor Ying’s Sword.
• A Dong deduced that Old Ninth was heading out to sea and called his superiors to prepare a ship to follow him.

Xiao Yuan’s group reached the Death Caverns after receiving news that Earthworm and Third Uncle had been attacked, while Tian Guang’s fleet followed, believing Emperor Ying’s Sword might be hidden there. The Xingluo drifted toward the caverns as its crew prepared to enter the dangerous waters.

• False Eye used A Chun as bait to catch a Two-Headed Shark, and Little White Tiger and Old Ninth destroyed the sharks that attacked him.
• Old Spear and Old Sword emerged with their own Converted Beasts, winning the fishing bet against False Eye.
• Old Pestilence told Xiao Yuan that Earthworm and Third Uncle had been attacked, and Xiao Yuan ordered preparations to protect Ice Prefecture without telling Little Tiger.
• The Xingluo reached the Death Caverns, shut off its engines, and began drifting toward the center while Old Ninth and Hi Dog threw crates into the water.
• Tian Guang led five armed freighters toward the Death Caverns and told Tian Bo that the area’s rapidly evolving Converted Beasts might be guarding Emperor Ying’s Sword.

Old Ninth and his companions found the ghost ship Onimaru in a sea crowded with Converted Beasts and tried to use it to locate Emperor Ying’s Sword. Old Ninth’s bluff exposed Tian Guang’s pursuit, but their clash enraged the beasts and left both ships in grave danger.

• The Xingluo became trapped among thousands of Converted Beasts beneath the Blood Moon, and the crew spotted an unmanned ironclad ship that Broken Shoe identified as the Onimaru.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger prepared to scout the ghost ship while Xiao Yuan stayed behind to guard the Xingluo.
• Old Ninth called over the radio and provoked Tian Guang into answering, then threatened to detonate bombs floating around Tian Guang’s ship.
• Tian Guang called Old Ninth’s bluff and fired first, triggering explosions that enraged the Converted Beasts around both ships.

Old Ninth and the others escaped the Xingluo’s destruction by boarding the Onimaru, while the sea god attacked the Tian Family fleet and knocked Old Ninth away. Inside the ghost ship, the group encountered Kou Island ghosts guarding a secret treasure, and their commander demanded to know whether they had come to steal it.

• A gigantic Converted Beast leaped from the sea and smashed the Xingluo, while Old Ninth flew toward Tian Guang to confront him.
• Little White Tiger and the others reached the Onimaru as an enormous Eight-Star Converted Beast’s spine surfaced and an anglerfish Converted Beast appeared above the sea.
• The Eight-Star Converted Beast attacked the Tian Family fleet, but its tail knocked Old Ninth and Demon Dragon back near the ghost ship.
• Old Ninth entered the Onimaru’s hold, where he and the others found a ghostly banquet attended by Kou Island soldiers and dancing girls.
• The Kou Island commander identified himself as an officer escorting a secret treasure and asked whether the group had come from the Dragon Kingdom to steal it.

Xiao Yuan and Little White Tiger’s group discovered that Emperor Ying’s Sword had trapped them in a repeating space aboard the Ghost Ship. After repeatedly fighting the same half-ghosts, they met Tian Guang’s group and agreed to cooperate to escape.

• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger killed the half-ghosts on the ship’s upper deck, but Xiao Yuan suspected the sword’s defenses were too weak to be genuine.
• The group found the same meal and music repeating on the next deck, and Xiao Yuan concluded that they had entered an endlessly looping space.
• Old Ninth broke through the floor, revealing blue spatial light that stretched a thrown head and sealed the gap again.
• The group repeatedly slaughtered the half-ghosts, only for them to return, while the blue light blocked their escape route.
• Little White Tiger’s group encountered Tian Guang, Tian Bo, Master Gu, and two bodyguards, who had faced the same loop.
• Tian Guang proposed that the rival groups cooperate, and he explained that a previous expedition’s Dragon Kingdom members had survived the Ghost Ship while foreign members had died.

The Old Man learned that Little White Tiger and Chun Prefecture’s key members had been missing inside the Death Caverns for ten days, while the Ghost Ship’s time distortion meant only hours had passed for them. After Little White Tiger spotted that the cabin door’s direction of movement changed where it led, Old Ninth used a bomb to separate the Tian Family from Chun Prefecture, leaving the groups trapped in different spaces.

• The Old Man learned that Kou Island Imperial University had sent teams into the Death Caverns and ordered Shadow Ghost to monitor them without revealing concern about Little White Tiger.
• The Ghost Ship’s cabin shook, and Little White Tiger’s Pseudo-Divine Body revealed the ship’s dilapidated true form and showed him that pulling a door led somewhere different from pushing it.
• Little White Tiger pretended to make peace with Tian Guang and suggested the groups descend together, while Tian Guang proposed splitting them between the front and rear.
• Old Ninth secretly cut a bodyguard’s bag and planted a fuse, then warned Tian Guang that the groups should part ways.
• Old Ninth’s bomb blocked the Tian Family in the passage, and when Tian Guang reopened the cabin door, Little White Tiger and the others had vanished into another space.

Little White Tiger and his companions met Lu, the scabbard half of Emperor Ying's Sword, and learned about her world-making and time-slowing powers. Lu agreed to leave with them if they found her elder brother within ten years, but Tian Guang interrupted their attempt to draw the scabbard and demanded a fair contest.

• Old Ninth opened the next cabin door, and the group entered Emperor Ying's Hall, where they met Lu.
• Lu explained that she had created the small world to wait for Dragon Kingdom people who could help fulfill her master's last wish and find her elder brother.
• Lu revealed that she was the scabbard half of Emperor Ying's Sword and could create a world as large as the outside world, where time flowed twenty times slower.
• Little White Tiger and his companions offered to take Lu out and find her elder brother within ten years, and Lu agreed to leave with them if they passed her final test.
• Lu pointed out the scabbard embedded in an altar and said the person who drew it had to be righteous and care for the Dragon Kingdom.
• Tian Guang interrupted Hi Dog and demanded that his group get the same chance, then mocked Little White Tiger's companions as too bloodthirsty to wield Lulujian.

Tian Guang and Old Ninth tried to draw the sword, but the Human Emperor rejected Tian Guang and rewarded Old Ninth with half a measure of the Human Emperor's aura. Old Ninth survived the ordeal and left the altar with new protection, while Tian Guang collapsed in rage.

• Tian Guang praised Emperor Ying and tried to draw the sword, but the palace figure blasted him away and called him a selfish knave.
• Old Ninth tried to draw the sword and pulled it three inches before the Human Emperor warned him that his killing intent was too strong.
• Old Ninth refused to let go despite his body burning and breaking apart, so the Human Emperor praised his conviction and granted him half a measure of the Human Emperor's aura.
• The Human Emperor explained the aura's power, healed Old Ninth, and told him to find Lu Jian to learn the Human Emperor Art.
• Old Ninth mocked Tian Guang and offered to make him chief eunuch, causing Tian Guang to spit blood and pass out.

Tian Bo drew the Lulujian scabbard, but Tian Guang’s attempt to kill his rivals was stopped by the Dragon Kingdom’s last Human Emperor, who stripped the summoned Archangel Commander of her divinity. Lu initially protected the Tian brothers, then withdrew after the others exposed Tian Bo’s angel ability and questioned his allegiance, leaving them surrounded.

• Tian Bo drew the Lulujian scabbard, and the palace’s carved auspicious beasts came alive around him.
• Old Ninth attacked Tian Bo, but Tian Guang blocked him and summoned the Archangel’s Sword to fight the Chun Prefecture group.
• The Human Emperor opened the palace doors, stripped the Archangel Commander of her divinity, and declared that Western gods who entered the Dragon Kingdom would lose their divinity.
• Tian Bo asked Lu to protect the Tian brothers, and she knocked Old Ninth away when he tried to attack Tian Bo.
• Little White Tiger pointed out that Tian Bo’s angel ability tied him to the Alien Races, and the Lulujian scabbard fell from his hand back onto the stage.
• Lu withdrew her protection, and Old Ninth challenged Tian Guang to fight the whole group alone.

Yamato led Kou Island students toward the ghost ship to kill Little White Tiger and reclaim Emperor Ying's Sword. In the deer's world, Tian Guang sacrificed himself to send Tian Bo away, then died after provoking Old Ninth.

• Yamato rallied students who held grudges against Little White Tiger and promised to avenge their families and recover Emperor Ying's Sword.
• Tian Guang and Tian Bo faced Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Xiao Yuan, and the Lei Zis, while Tian Guang confessed regret over the European Capitalist Faction's path.
• Tian Guang told Tian Bo to lead the faction differently and move the family out of the Dragon Kingdom, then used a blood-fed dagger to open a rift and push him through.
• Tian Guang defended his past contributions and challenged Old Ninth, who shattered his chest with a knee.

After Little White Tiger drew the scabbard and stored the Wasteland Artifacts, Chun Prefecture’s group prepared to leave the Ghost Ship. Yamato ambushed them for Lulujian, but Tian Guang intervened and died defending the sword, leaving Old Ninth and the Lei Zis to fight Yamato and the Kou Island students.

• Lu let Tian Guang go after Xiao Yuan confirmed that he had once contributed to the Dragon Kingdom, and Little White Tiger drew the scabbard without resistance.
• The group returned to the cabin, where Little White Tiger stored its Wasteland Artifacts inside Lu’s Small World.
• As Old Ninth stepped onto the deck to contact Ji Min, Tian Guang knocked him aside and saved him from Yamato’s slash.
• Tian Guang declared that he would not let Lulujian fall into Yamato’s hands, and Yamato killed him with a Wind Blade.
• Yamato and over a hundred Imperial Capital University students surrounded the Ghost Ship and demanded Lulujian, while the Lei Zis armed themselves with Wasteland Artifacts.
• The Lei Zis attacked the students, and Old Ninth taunted Yamato from the bloodied deck.

Yamato massacred the students and overwhelmed Old Ninth and Little White Tiger, but the two fused their strength and drew down a Heavenly Tribulation. The chapter left them fighting Yamato as lightning passed through Old Ninth's grip on Yamato's crotch.

• Yamato used his sword Qi to destroy the Kou Island ships and slice apart the Converted Beasts and students, leaving Old Ninth and Little White Tiger as the only Lei Zis standing.
• Little White Tiger took Harumasa from the Ghost Ship, and he and Old Ninth charged Yamato together with their attacks.
• Yamato revealed he was at half-step Eight Awakenings and carved out a battlefield on the seabed, confident the two could not defeat him.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger used Heavy Soul to fuse and withstand the Heavenly Tribulation, transforming into a three-headed, six-armed body and reaching Seven Awakenings.
• Yamato unleashed a tornado of blade Qi, but Old Ninth reached through it, grabbed Yamato's crotch, and conducted the Heavenly Tribulation into him.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth incapacitated Yamato with dirty tricks and heavenly lightning, then questioned him about how the Emperor had learned they would leave the Ghost Ship. Instructor arrived, recognized Yamato, and took him away at the higher-ups’ request.

• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth repeatedly struck Yamato with heavenly lightning, mocked him, and confiscated both his tachi.
• Yamato demanded a fair fight, but Little White Tiger and Old Ninth kept him helpless and asked what he knew.
• Yamato said the Emperor had learned they would leave the Ghost Ship and described the Snake, Fox, and Wolf departments the Emperor had established.
• Instructor dropped in, recognized Yamato, and said he would take him to the Capital because the higher-ups had requested him.

Instructor explained that Shadow Ghost had left the Dragon Kingdom to keep serving it without restraint, then warned Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to protect their territory and stay out of trouble. After Tian Guang’s death, Tian Bo adopted his brother’s appearance and maneuvered to place Yun Fei in charge of the European Capitalist Faction, while hired gunmen waited below to kill the faction’s leaders if Yun Fei accepted.

• Instructor told Little White Tiger and Old Ninth that Shadow Ghost’s members had chosen exile over transferring to the Combat Forces, and urged them to keep a low profile.
• Several days later, Tian Bo put on Tian Guang’s glasses and Zhongshan Suit, resolved to take his brother’s place, and prepared to purge the faction’s opponents.
• Tian Bo welcomed Yun Fei and the faction’s senior members into Tian Guang’s study, then named Yun Fei as the only suitable successor.
• A Tian Family member ordered the hired gunmen waiting in the basement to kill everyone in the study except Tian Bo once the signal came.
• Yun Fei refused to take Tian Guang’s position and instead publicly supported Tian Bo as the faction’s new leader.

At Tian Guang’s funeral, Tian Bo consolidated the European Capitalist Faction’s support, killed Kou Island’s ambassador, and forced Old Guan to promise an investigation. He then cut the faction’s ties with the Federation and revealed his plan to weaken Guotai Min'an and eventually bring it down.

• Old Guan attended Tian Guang’s funeral, where Tian Bo defended him and reminded the guests of his past support for Tian Guang.
• Zhou Yun Fei and other financial leaders publicly backed Tian Bo as the next chairman of Daqi Bank.
• Tian Bo ordered Yun Fei to kill Kou Island’s ambassador, then swore to avenge Tian Guang and asked Old Guan to demand an explanation from Kou Island.
• Tian Bo announced that the European Capitalist Faction would stop accepting Federation funding and send the rest of the Tian Family abroad.
• In private, Tian Bo told Yun Fei he planned to keep the faction out of public view until he could exploit a mistake by Little White Tiger and bring down Guotai Min'an.

Three years after the Death Caverns journey, Chun Prefecture had grown into a major power, and Little White Tiger and Xiao Yuan planned its next steps. Zhang Yang arrived with a Red List notice: White Mouse, a notorious criminal, had entered Chun Prefecture.

• Chun Prefecture prospered under Little White Tiger’s influence, while its officers trained in the New World and grew stronger.
• Little White Tiger learned Zhang Yang would soon be appointed Chun Prefecture Mayor and decided to celebrate Elder Pei’s retirement.
• Xiao Yuan proposed reorganizing Chun Prefecture and promoting Broken Shoe with a Bronze Badge, despite Little White Tiger’s concerns about his ruthlessness.
• Zhang Yang entered with senior Police Bureau officers and showed Little White Tiger a Red List notice identifying White Mouse, alias Lustful Ghost, as a wanted criminal in Chun Prefecture.
• Zhang Yang asked Little White Tiger to use his people to find White Mouse after the Police Bureau failed to locate him.