Recaps

Old Ninth emerged from hiding to save Piglet and fought the assassins who had come to kill him. After killing them, he traced their lone phone call to the person behind the attack and declared war on Old Ding and his allies.

• Piglet shielded Old Ninth from the assassins until Old Ninth burst through the door and carried him to safety.
• Old Ninth injected Piglet with adrenaline, called an ambulance, and confronted the three assassins, whose bullets could not pierce his scales.
• The lead assassin sacrificed himself to hold Old Ninth back and help his two brothers escape, but they returned and died beside him.
• Old Ninth's brothers arrived with the ambulance, and Old Ninth stopped Xiao Feng from shooting the dead assassins, saying their deaths settled the score.
• Old Ninth called the number on an assassin's phone and threatened the person who answered, declaring war and promising to kill Old Ding.

Little White Tiger refused Mr. Li’s plea to stop Old Ninth and arranged for Black Mountain Town to support their fight against Old Ding. As Old Ninth’s attack threatened to embarrass Old Ding, A Lang claimed responsibility for the attempted killings to draw attention away from his boss.

• Mr. Li told Little White Tiger that Piglet was in the hospital and Old Ninth had disappeared with nine brothers after entering the West Garden District.
• Little White Tiger told Mr. Li that he would put his brothers first, then asked Earthworm to take him to the Old Man of Black Mountain Town for troops.
• The Old Man agreed to provide men in exchange for a hundred City Residence Permits and Little White Tiger’s promise to pay, and ordered Red Ghost to destroy Old Ding’s bases outside the city.
• A Lang and Red Hair worried that Old Ninth might attack Old Ding’s headquarters and that Little White Tiger and Mr. Li were mobilizing against them.
• A Lang told his underlings to spread the word that he had sent men to kill Old Ninth and Little White Tiger.

Little White Tiger hired Braided Hair and his bandits to help attack Old Ding, while Old Ninth launched an assault on A Lang’s KTV without waiting for the others. Old Ninth’s men stormed the Joyful Mansion, where a dreadlocked youth shot and beat a rich customer as the attack began.

• Little White Tiger hired Braided Hair’s bandits for a five-million job against Old Ding, and Braided Hair said he could get them into the city.
• Old Ninth told Mr. Li he would leave Old Ding alone if A Lang was killed, then refused to call off his attack.
• Mr. Li learned that Old Ninth’s men were already outside the Joyful Mansion and ordered someone to find him.
• Old Ninth sent Bone and four other youths into the KTV while his men waited nearby.
• A dreadlocked youth pulled a shotgun from their bag, shot a rich young man in the thigh, and beat him with the gun.

Bone and his companions attacked A Lang’s karaoke club, then Old Ninth arrived to confront A Lang himself. The chapter ended with Old Ninth blowing A Lang out of the elevator with a blasting charge.

• Bone and his companions shot the club’s guards, injured Young Master Duan, killed three men, and damaged the lobby before escaping.
• Bone doubled back to shoot Captain Zhou’s radio, threatened the doorman, and challenged A Lang on Red Three Street.
• A Lang learned of the attack, ordered his men to find Bone’s group, and then received a taunting call from Old Ninth.
• Old Ninth entered the club with his armed companions and sent the customers fleeing before heading upstairs to confront A Lang.
• A Lang charged into the elevator with a machete, but Old Ninth had left a burning blasting charge inside and the explosion hurled A Lang out.

Old Ninth used traps and his awakened abilities to blind and nearly kill A Lang, but A Lang’s returning men surrounded him and pinned him down. Just as Old Ninth faced overwhelming odds, Hi Dog, Bones, and Xiao Feng led their men back into the fight.

• Old Ninth shot A Lang in the eye, then blasted him again with a hidden explosive as A Lang pursued him through the KTV.
• A Lang grabbed Old Ninth by the throat, but Old Ninth revealed his scales, blinded A Lang in his remaining eye, and fought him into the street.
• Old Ninth used Death coil to crush A Lang, but a shopkeeper’s gunfire let A Lang break free and rally against him.
• A Lang’s returning men and armed shopkeepers trapped Old Ninth behind a car and prepared to overwhelm him.
• Hi Dog and his riders, Bones and his men, and Xiao Feng and his men returned to help Old Ninth despite the gunfire.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger united their men to defeat A Lang and establish their power in Ice Prefecture. After A Lang was killed, Old Ding arrived and mourned his headless brother.

• Little White Tiger arrived to protect Old Ninth, then summoned a snowplow and three trucks carrying more than a hundred armed men, forcing A Lang's followers to take cover.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger's forces overwhelmed A Lang's men, and the hired gunmen acknowledged Old Ninth as their boss.
• A Lang called Old Ding, admitted defeat, and chose to stay behind rather than risk Old Ding's life.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger restrained A Lang while Hi Dog sawed through his steel-covered neck, killing him as he called out to his boss.
• Old Ninth lifted A Lang's head, and Little White Tiger led their men away; ten minutes later, Old Ding arrived and howled over his brother's body.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger visited the badly injured Piglet before Mr. Li advised them to lie low while Old Ding grew reckless. They learned Xiao Fei was the notorious Smoke Fiend, who explained how he had earned the Nalan Family’s hatred and why he had joined their fight.

• Old Ninth and the brothers visited unconscious Piglet in the hospital, brought him A Lang’s head, and stayed by his bedside through the night.
• Mr. Li arranged for Piglet to leave Ice Prefecture and told Old Ninth and Little White Tiger to avoid Old Ding until his backers abandoned him.
• Mr. Li revealed that Xiao Fei was the infamous Smoke Fiend, shocking Old Ninth and Little White Tiger.
• Xiao Fei explained that he had killed more than a hundred members of the Nalan Family after taking revenge for a mutilated girl who had paid him five bucks.
• Xiao Fei said he would stay in the fight because Little White Tiger had saved his cousin, and Little White Tiger praised him.

New West Garden District Police Commissioner Zhang Yang confronted Old Ding over A Lang’s death, then went to the East Prosperity Hotel to arrest those responsible. He subdued most of Mr. Li’s group with his power, but Xiao Fei remained ready to fight him.

• Master Flower ordered Old Ding to stop his search and lie low because Commissioner Zhang Yang was investigating him.
• Zhang Yang questioned Old Ding about A Lang and his criminal record, and Old Ding named Li Youxian, Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and outside gunmen as the killers.
• Zhang Yang confronted Mr. Li at the East Prosperity Hotel and accused him of trying to bribe Zhang Yang through his mother-in-law.
• Zhang Yang demanded that Old Ninth, Little White Tiger, and Xiao Fei’s group surrender, but Earthworm threatened him with a shotgun.
• Zhang Yang froze and shattered Earthworm’s shotgun, then overwhelmed most of the group with his aura.
• Zhang Yang recognized Xiao Fei as Smoke Fiend, and Xiao Fei challenged him to fight.

Zhang Yang chose to cooperate with Mr. Li, Little White Tiger, and Old Ninth against Old Ding instead of arresting them. Mr. Li revealed that he had engineered Zhang Yang’s downfall and transfer to the Ice Prefecture as part of a plan to strike at the powerful figures behind Old Ding.

• Xiao Fei and Zhang Yang nearly fought until Mr. Li showed Zhang Yang images of children imprisoned in Old Ding’s warehouse.
• Little White Tiger explained that he and Old Ninth had killed A Lang for revenge against Old Xie and to protect the children.
• Mr. Li urged Zhang Yang to work with them against Old Ding and the powerful figures exploiting the Ice Prefecture.
• After Zhang Yang’s subordinates reported that they were assembled, Zhang Yang ordered them to stand down, freed Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, and gave them ten days to find Old Ding’s hideout.
• Mr. Li revealed that he had planned Zhang Yang’s downfall and transfer, then said he would leave to recruit someone powerful enough to counter Old Ding’s backers.
• Mr. Li told Little White Tiger and the others to expose Old Ding publicly while he was away, and they agreed.

Old Ding agreed to help Young Master Hua arrange a dangerous deal with the Three Suns Society in exchange for Young Master Hua handling A Lang’s killers. Before Young Master Hua could carry out his plan, a group of Awakened youths kidnapped him and drove away with him and his companion.

• Old Ding learned that Young Master Hua wanted him to help collect a Wasteland Artifact from the Three Suns Society in exchange for goods and gold.
• Young Master Hua promised to deal with A Lang’s killers, persuading Old Ding to accept the job.
• Young Master Hua ordered Jun Jun to gather people to attack the men who had crossed the Hua family.
• While Young Master Hua was distracted in his car, four youths seized him, wounded him when he tried to call for help, and drove away past his oblivious bodyguards.
• One of the kidnappers offered Young Master Hua’s terrified companion money to spend time with them, prompting her to protest that they had misunderstood her prices.

Little White Tiger and his men forced Young Master Hua to reveal that Old Ding’s shipment was leaving Ice Prefecture that night for an exchange involving a Wasteland Artifact. As Old Ding’s convoy left the city with children imprisoned in its trucks, Xiao Fei prepared his men to intercept it.

• Earthworm dragged the half-frozen Young Master Hua from the pigpen, and Little White Tiger and Old Ninth demanded to know where Old Ding had hidden the goods.
• Old Ninth threatened Young Master Hua, who revealed that the shipment was leaving the city that night for an exchange involving a Wasteland Artifact.
• Xiao Fei told Old Black to round up the men so they could move against the shipment.
• Old Ding sent Red Hair and his men out through Ice Prefecture’s city gate with five trucks carrying skeletal children, unaware that Young Master Hua had betrayed him.

Red Hair completed a delivery of children to the Three Suns Society in exchange for a Wasteland Artifact, but Bone and Xiao Fei’s men ambushed him on the way back. After a brutal fight, they captured Red Hair and forced him to reveal where the goods were.

• Red Hair handed the trucks full of children to the Three Suns Society and received a Wasteland Artifact in return.
• On the road back, Red Hair encountered Bone and Old Ninth’s followers blocking the way.
• Bone fired an RPG at Red Hair’s group, then Xiao Feng called hidden Black Mud Mountain bandits into the fight.
• Xiao Fei’s men overwhelmed Red Hair’s crew, while Bone and the others badly wounded Red Hair.
• A squad leader stopped the young men from killing Red Hair and demanded to know where the goods were.
• Red Hair revealed that the goods were in the vehicle.

Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and Xiao Fei ambushed a Three Suns Society convoy carrying gold and trafficked children. Xiao Fei fought the lead Awakened while Little White Tiger and Old Ninth pursued two fleeing enemies with the gold.

• Little White Tiger demanded the Three Suns Society Awakened surrender their cargo, gold, and lives, and Old Ninth attacked their claim to authority over the road.
• Brother Lu and two companions attacked Xiao Fei, but Xiao Fei turned to smoke, poisoned them, and killed one while Little White Tiger and Old Ninth pursued the others.
• The two fleeing Awakened carried cases of gold, and Old Ninth hurled Little White Tiger at them as they tried to escape.
• A Three Suns Society summoner called a Flash Shadow Wolf, but Little White Tiger summoned the Silver-Patterned Tiger to fight it.
• A second Awakened sent a wave of fire at Little White Tiger, but Old Ninth grabbed him and slammed him into the ground.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger fought the Three Suns Society Awakened and revealed powerful abilities, but Old Fifth’s self-destruction pushed Old Ninth into a second awakening that summoned heavenly lightning. As the lightning descended, Little White Tiger rushed to stand with his brother, and the two faced it together.

• Old Ninth absorbed Old Fifth’s flames and defeated him, while the Silver-Patterned Tiger took over Little White Tiger and revealed his physical defenses and space-cutting claws.
• Old Fifth burned his life force to overload Old Ninth with elemental energy, and Old Ninth endured as his scales cracked and blood seeped from his body.
• Old Fifth self-destructed, and Old Ninth’s second awakening triggered a heavenly phenomenon as a flood-dragon form rose into the sky.
• The flood dragon fell before enduring the lightning, and the Silver-Patterned Tiger warned that Old Ninth would die if the next bolt struck him.
• Little White Tiger lunged beside Old Ninth, and the brothers stood together with their middle fingers raised as the heavenly lightning descended.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth’s brothers fought the heavenly lightning with their beasts and the Bloodweeping Bow, then everyone lost consciousness. In Ice Prefecture City, Flower Boss learned that his son had been abducted and the cargo stolen, and he planned to trade Old Ding’s arrest for his son’s release.

• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth forced the Silver-Patterned Tiger and the flood dragon out of their bodies to shield their brothers from the heavenly lightning.
• Old Ninth picked up the Bloodweeping Bow, and the brothers drew it together and fired a blood arrow at the lightning.
• The arrow collided with the heavenly lightning, causing an immense shock wave that knocked everyone unconscious.
• The butler told Flower Boss that the cargo had been stolen, the Three Suns Society’s men were dead, and You Gui had been abducted.
• Flower Boss learned that Old Ding had handled the deal and decided to offer him to Smoke Fiend in exchange for You Gui’s release.
• Flower Boss instructed the butler to send his Awakened brother-in-law to Old Ding’s place to learn the business.

Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Hi Dog, Xiao Feng, Bone, and Earthworm awakened after surviving heavenly lightning, and Old Ninth displayed a rare dual awakening. As Black Mountain Town locked down to protect them, Nalan Xiao killed Young Master Hua, provoking a furious response from the Hua Family.

• Xiao Fei and the Old Man discovered that Little White Tiger and the others had awakened after heavenly lightning tempered their bodies.
• Earthworm released explosive energy, Hi Dog manifested blue-green fire, and Old Ninth instinctively concealed the group with an illusion.
• The Old Man ordered Black Mountain Town closed to outsiders to protect Old Ninth's dual awakening.
• Xiao Fei kept Young Master Hua imprisoned despite Flower Boss's deal to exchange him for Old Ding.
• Nalan Xiao confronted Young Master Hua over his nephew's death and killed him.
• A severed head arrived at the Hua Family residence the next morning, and an enraged roar rang through Ice Prefecture.

After Flower Boss, Ming King, and Nalan left the city to avenge Hua Yougui, Xiao Fei ordered Black Mountain Town evacuated and stayed behind with his men to face their advancing convoy. The others fled toward the mountains, leaving Xiao Fei and his fighters preparing to defend the deserted town.

• Little White Tiger woke after the brothers had all become Awakened, but warning bells soon sounded across Black Mountain Town.
• Xiao Fei told Old Ninth and the others that Flower Boss had come to avenge Hua Yougui with Ming King and Nalan, and ordered them to evacuate.
• As the enemy convoy approached, Xiao Fei knocked Little White Tiger and Old Ninth unconscious, then ordered Earthworm and the others to take the townspeople into the mountains.
• Xiao Fei urged Earthworm to protect their family and entrusted Bone with a message for Little White Tiger; the fleeing brothers cut off their little fingers in a vow to repay Xiao Fei and avenge his death.
• After Bone carried Earthworm away, Xiao Fei and his men hid in the houses along the road and prepared to fight the approaching city forces.

Flower Boss, Nalan, and the Ming King arrived at Black Mountain Town to kill Xiao Fei and capture Old Ninth and Little White Tiger. Xiao Fei lured their forces into town, then summoned Black Mud Mountain’s armed men to ambush them.

• Flower Boss, Nalan, and the Ming King confronted Xiao Fei at Black Mountain Town’s entrance, and the Ming King demanded to know where the two boys were.
• The Ming King explained that he wanted to eliminate Li Youxian as a rival and preserve the balance among Ice Prefecture’s factions.
• Flower Boss accused Xiao Fei of killing Hua Yougui, and Xiao Fei accepted the blame while condemning Flower Boss for his crimes against other people’s children.
• Nalan attacked Xiao Fei with silver threads, but Xiao Fei’s green smoke corroded them, and he retreated down the street.
• Nalan threatened the townspeople, so Xiao Fei stopped running and lured the advancing forces farther into Black Mountain Town.
• Xiao Fei whistled, and armed men from Black Mud Mountain appeared in the buildings and opened fire on the invaders.

Xiao Fei fought Nalan, Flower Boss, and Ming King to protect Black Mountain Town, but he was forced out of his smoke domain when Nalan threatened Third Uncle. Mortally wounded, Xiao Fei poisoned the Nalan brothers with black smoke before Ming King ended his suffering.

• Xiao Fei used green smoke beasts to battle Nalan, Flower Boss, and Ming King, while the three struggled to break through his smoke domain.
• Nalan Xiao brought Third Uncle to the fight and threatened him, prompting Ming King to oppose Nalan and Xiao Fei to leave his smoke to protect the child.
• Nalan and Flower Boss attacked Xiao Fei while he shielded Third Uncle, severing his legs and grievously corroding his back.
• Nalan Xiao confessed that he had killed Hua Yougui and framed Xiao Fei, and Xiao Fei thanked him before releasing black smoke that ate away at both Nalan brothers' faces.
• Ming King punched through Xiao Fei's chest to spare him further suffering.

After Xiao Fei died defending his family and friends, Black Mountain Town mourned him while Little White Tiger and Old Ninth vowed revenge. Master Bai arrived and promised that Overlord would settle the score with the city after returning, and the old man asked him to have Overlord accept the two young men as disciples.

• Third Uncle played Xiao Fei's final message, in which Xiao Fei warned his friends not to rush into the city and revealed that Nalan had arranged the Hua Family child's death.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth called for revenge, but Third Uncle and Black Mountain Town's old man stopped them and urged them to hold Xiao Fei's funeral first.
• Mourners from the settlements gathered at Xiao Fei's mourning hall, where Master Bai arrived and learned that Little White Tiger and Old Ninth had become children of Black Mountain Town.
• Old Ninth challenged Master Bai over the city's attack, and Master Bai promised that Overlord would settle the score after returning from the No-Man's Zone within a month.
• The old man knelt with Little White Tiger and Old Ninth and asked Master Bai to have Overlord accept the two young men as disciples.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger accepted the chance to seek the Overlord’s backing, then allied with Zhang Yang to move against the Ice Prefecture Five Overlords. They headed into the city, protected for now by the Overlord’s pending decision and the approaching battle.

• The Old Man secured Master Bai’s promise to introduce Old Ninth and Little White Tiger to the Overlord, and the two declared themselves children of Black Mountain Town.
• Zhang Yang met Old Ninth and Little White Tiger near the Memorial Hall and asked them to join his plan against all five overlords.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger agreed to work with Zhang Yang until the five overlords were dead.
• Little White Tiger proposed entering the city during the coming attack to exploit the overlords’ distraction and pressure Old Ding.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger set off for the city with their group, while the Old Man explained that the Overlord’s pending decision offered them protection.

After news exposed Ding Changyan as the mastermind of a trafficking case, he tried to flee the people he feared would silence him. Flower Boss had intended to help him escape, but the Five Wolves of Pale Mountain killed him and then cornered Flower Boss's butler.

• Ding Changyan realized the trafficking case had reached the news, and his former allies refused to take his calls.
• Ding Changyan sent his wife and daughter away through a secret passage with cash and a ledger, then prepared to face the fallout alone.
• Five contract killers sent by Flower Boss attacked Ding Changyan, who summoned a giant bear and escaped the villa after confirming his family had left.
• Ding Changyan fled from Flower Boss's butler, mistaking the butler's offer to take him out of the city for another attempt on his life.
• The Five Wolves of Pale Mountain confronted the butler outside Ding Changyan's home and revealed that they had been hired to kill him.

Old Ninth captured Old Ding and brought him to Flower Mansion, where he and Little White Tiger confronted Flower Boss during his son's funeral. Old Ding agreed to help against Flower Boss in exchange for his family's safety, and Old Ninth's group openly threatened Flower Boss with two coffins.

• Old Ding bribed Squad Leader to help him escape the city, but Squad Leader revealed that a crowd was waiting outside and had already sold him out.
• Old Ninth arrived with his men, threatened Old Ding's family, and forced him to put on special handcuffs and come along.
• Old Ding offered to help Old Ninth against Flower Boss if his family's safety was guaranteed, but Old Ninth threatened to bury them if Old Ding's information proved insufficient.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger entered Flower Mansion during the funeral with two coffins and mocked Flower Boss.
• Earthworm brought Old Ding to the memorial hall with a funeral wreath, while Old Ninth taunted Flower Boss and threatened his remaining sons.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger left the Hua Family Mansion with Zhang Yang’s protection after telling Flower Boss to investigate who benefited from Young Master Hua’s death. At the West Garden Police Department, Old Ding was beaten before Zhang Yang began questioning him.

• Flower Boss surrounded Old Ninth’s group with armed men, but Zhang Yang arrived and announced he was there to arrest Old Ding.
• Old Ding surrendered to Zhang Yang, while Little White Tiger and Old Ninth insisted they had not killed Young Master Hua and urged Flower Boss to find out who had left the city that night.
• Flower Boss stopped his sons from detaining Old Ninth’s group, and Zhang Yang escorted them away from the mansion.
• After they left, Flower Boss smashed the coffin and found his butler’s corpse inside, covered in blade wounds.
• At the police department, Little White Tiger kicked Old Ding, and Zhang Yang later helped the bruised man up and demanded that he reveal everything he knew.

Old Ding revealed that his wife held the ledger that could expose Flower Boss, so Zhang Yang sent Old Ninth and Little White Tiger to retrieve her. Flower Boss learned about the plan and mobilized his men, while the rescue team escaped a trap in Sister Yuan’s building with Old Ding’s wife and child.

• Old Ding told Zhang Yang that his wife had the ledger and called her to learn she was hiding at Mimi’s place.
• Flower Boss’s mole reported the rescue plan, prompting Flower Boss to gather dozens of Awakened and head out to kill Zhang Yang’s men.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth found disguised men guarding the floor where Old Ding’s wife was hiding and realized the station had a mole.
• Little White Tiger paid a seductive woman to check the room, and she brought Old Ding’s wife and child to the rescue team.
• Old Ninth showed Old Ding’s wife the thumb ring, and the group hurried out of Sister Yuan’s building as her men watched them.