Recaps

Yue rewound the small world to the battle that sealed the Godforsaken Land, warning Little White Tiger and the others not to change its outcome. In the real world, Kantarō and four assassins ambushed Sikong Jian at a KTV, intending to kill him so Kou Island’s forces could pass through his territory.

• Old Ninth tried to count the forces that might threaten the Dragon Kingdom, but White Garment warned that the whole world would attack if the Dragon Kingdom lacked a Nine Awakenings fighter.
• Yue explained that Man could help them leave the small world early, then rewound time to before the battle that sealed the Godforsaken Land.
• Yue warned Little White Tiger and the others not to change the battle’s destined outcome and vanished, leaving behind a cigarette.
• Sikong Jian relaxed at a KTV while several women and his underlings surrounded him.
• Five of Kantarō’s Fifth Awakening assassins pinned Sikong Jian and tightened a fine wire around his bleeding neck.
• Kantarō revealed that he planned to kill Sikong because of his ties to Little White Tiger and the Chun Prefecture, clearing a path through the Southwest for Kou Island’s forces.

Sikong Jian turned an assassination attempt into a trap, while Xiao Yuan linked attacks on Chun Prefecture’s allies to a threat against the borderlands. On a cruise ship, masked conspirators confirmed that White Garment could not escape the Small World and began the Dragon-Slaying Plan.

• Sikong Jian revealed that he had lured Kantarō and five female assassins into a trap, then ordered his men to kill them while he left for noodles.
• Xiao Yuan learned that Sikong Jian had been attacked and that Mr. Li had disappeared after an ambush near Mianbang, and she suspected the attacks were connected to the borderlands.
• Xiao Yuan ordered a trip to the Capital by car, restricted travel from Chun Prefecture, summoned Fang Mu, and directed her people to purge rival factions’ spies.
• A bloodied young man told the masked conspirators that the Small World had been shattered and that White Garment could not escape for decades or longer.
• The masked conspirators declared that the Dragon-Slaying Plan could proceed, gave the young man a Wei Zheng mask, and toasted the Dragon Kingdom’s defeat.

On the Sealing War battlefield, Kakhun revealed that Western Awakened had massacred Dragon Kingdom soldiers and wounded, then died entrusting evidence to Little White Tiger. Little White Tiger led Old Ninth and the others toward the enemy while White Garment and the Dragon Kingdom’s geniuses stayed behind to survive and expose the truth.

• Kakhun identified himself as a squad leader and told Little White Tiger that Western Awakened had ambushed his brigade and attacked the wounded soldiers’ camp.
• Kakhun flayed the cross-marked skin from his chest and gave it, along with a dagger, to Little White Tiger as evidence for Xuanyuan before dying.
• Little White Tiger’s companions rallied against the Westerners, but he ordered them to hide and make the truth public if he did not return.
• Little White Tiger bowed to the geniuses and set out with Old Ninth and the other brothers, while White Garment stayed behind with the rest.

Ji Min and Thirteen explained Xuanyuan’s legendary deeds as the group approached the battlefield at Ancestral Grave Mountain. After finding Western Awakened abusing and killing Dragon Kingdom soldiers, Little White Tiger and his companions avenged a dying survivor and left the enemy squad displayed on stakes.

• Ji Min and Thirteen described Xuanyuan as the Dragon Kingdom’s greatest early Apocalypse hero and a likely candidate to reach Nine Awakenings.
• Little White Tiger and his companions found Western Awakened guarding the route into Ancestral Grave Mountain while Dragon Kingdom forces fought inside the basin.
• A Dragon Kingdom squad ambushed the Western guards, and Thirteen killed one of them when he refused to answer Little White Tiger’s question.
• A dying woman from the Expeditionary Army’s Fourteenth Battalion told Ji Min and the others that the Westerners had ambushed her unit after tricking them into a rescue.
• Little White Tiger ordered Old Ninth to do as the woman wished, and the group killed the guards, burned their camp, and mounted their remains on stakes.

Xuanyuan overwhelmed the Western Coalition Forces and protected Little White Tiger and his brothers when they arrived as reinforcements. Little White Tiger revealed Kakhun’s human skin and Hi Dog reported that the West had killed every Awakened in their village.

• Xuanyuan killed more than a dozen Seven Awakenings fighters with one punch, silencing the Western Coalition Forces.
• The Pope told Xuanyuan that he had used the Apocalypse Art to glimpse his future and learned that Xuanyuan would die that day.
• Little White Tiger and his brothers arrived on a Red Demon Dragon, and Hi Dog drenched the Coalition Forces with urine.
• Xuanyuan used nine golden iron rings to stop the Western fighters’ attacks and warned them not to use force against his people.
• Little White Tiger and the others introduced themselves to Xuanyuan, and Little White Tiger showed him Kakhun’s human skin.
• Hi Dog told Xuanyuan that the Western Coalition Forces had attacked their brothers and killed every Awakened in the village.

Little White Tiger and the others revealed to Xuanyuan that the Dragon Kingdom’s Awakened would be betrayed and vilified in the future. Learning that the Dragon Kingdom would endure because of their sacrifice, Xuanyuan led the Awakened in a final charge against the Ancestors, leaving the Western Coalition Forces poised to attack.

• The Western Coalition Forces activated the altar, and Little White Tiger showed Xuanyuan evidence of their betrayal while explaining that he and his companions came from the future.
• Xuanyuan asked how the Dragon Kingdom fared in the future, and Thirteen told him that the Awakened defeated the Ancestors but were betrayed by the West and branded cowards.
• Old Ninth described how the West sealed the Godforsaken Land and claimed to have saved the world, while the Pope redirected the altar’s power to awaken the Ancestors.
• Xuanyuan learned from Ji Min that the Dragon Kingdom eventually recovered and became powerful, and he accepted that the Awakened’s deaths would secure its future.
• Little White Tiger and the brothers knelt to honor Xuanyuan, who rallied the surviving Awakened to charge the Ancestors as the Pope prepared the Western Coalition Forces to strike afterward.

Little White Tiger stopped the Pope from killing Xuanyuan, but Xuanyuan and the wounded Dragon Kingdom Awakened chose death rather than burden their successors. As Little White Tiger and his allies fought the Coalition Forces, Man emerged from the merged red and white lights and revealed that he was a derivative consciousness within Little White Tiger’s pseudo-divine body.

• Little White Tiger blocked the Pope’s holy attack with the Human Emperor Seal and stripped the Western gods of their divine power.
• Xuanyuan gave Little White Tiger his Eighteen Iron Rings and urged the Dragon Kingdom’s Awakened to protect their successors; over a thousand wounded Awakened killed themselves to preserve their dignity.
• Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Hi Dog, and the others charged the Coalition Forces after the Pope ordered them to leave no survivors.
• A roar split the basin open, and Man emerged as red light merged with the pseudo-divine body’s white light.
• Man told Little White Tiger that he was a derivative consciousness who would be devoured when Little White Tiger’s original body was destroyed.

As the Dragon Kingdom faced an imminent invasion, ill Old Man Guan assessed the threatened borders and the uncertain loyalty of the Ma Family. Enemy commanders set a plan to attack in three days under the codename Dragon-Slaying, targeting Chun Prefecture and exploiting White Garment’s disappearance and Guan Xingguo’s poisoning.

• Old Man Guan studied the map despite his illness as Guan Lei, Guan Ming, and Fang Mu reported on the coalition forces and the threats along the Dragon Kingdom’s borders.
• Fang Mu reported that the former Emperor had unified Kou Island and that Chun Prefecture would represent the Southwest King, while eight thousand Wolf Soldiers prepared to defend the southwestern border.
• Guan Ming reported Dian Prefecture’s vow to fight Mianbang and defend its land, while Old Man Guan learned that the Ma Family wanted Chun Prefecture and Ice Prefecture as garrisons.
• Fang Mu warned that Chun Prefecture could face an attack from the Korean Peninsula, and Old Man Guan concluded that it had to hold while the main force fought the Alliance and Federation at sea.
• At a conference at sea, Saint George and the masked commanders planned strikes through the Southwest, Mianbang, and the Korean Peninsula, with special orders to slaughter the people of Chun Prefecture.
• Saint George announced that the war would begin in three days under the codename Dragon-Slaying, while Wei Zheng revealed his hatred of everything connected to Little White Tiger.

As Kou Island and Mianbang’s armies threatened Dian Prefecture, Mayor Mu Jinghua refused to abandon the city and its people rallied to defend it. In Chuan Prefecture, the Pao Ge Society beat its Hero Drum and prepared to march to war under the Death Character Flag.

• Mu Jinghua told his teacher Yang Huaimin that he would stay in Dian Prefecture and fight, and Yang gave his tacit consent.
• Mu Jinghua ordered civilians to evacuate and officials to defend the city, but Dian Prefecture’s elderly people, women, and children gathered to help protect their home.
• Young Luo urged Mu Jinghua to surrender in exchange for becoming King of Dian Prefecture, but Mu Jinghua rejected him and vowed Dian Prefecture would never yield.
• The Pao Ge Society’s Chief Boss sounded the Hero Drum and called on its members to march from Chuan to fight the Alien Races.
• The Chief Boss raised the Death Character Flag, ordered the Pao Ge members to bid farewell to their families, and distributed money before they set out to battle.

As war approached, people across Chuan Prefecture, Gui Prefecture, and Yue Prefecture sent their fighters to resist the alien forces. The Pao Ge Society marched from Chuan, Sikong Jian gathered Wolf Soldiers and university volunteers, and Gu Jiasheng led fishermen out to sea against the alien fleet.

• The people of Chuan Prefecture bid farewell to the Pao Ge Society as the Chief Boss accepted their wine, bowed, and led the men out of the city.
• Sikong Jian assembled more than a hundred resistance units in Gui Prefecture, where Li Kaiming brought the university faculty and students to volunteer for battle.
• The Gu Family Patriarch and Gu Jiasheng rallied the Gu Family Disciples to defend Yue Prefecture's waters, while Captain Zhou said they would not fire first.
• After six favorable divination casts, Gu Jiasheng ordered fishermen to load explosives onto their boats and sail against the alien fleet.

Old Luo ordered the Blood Group to kill his treasonous son, Luo Zhengting, while Xiao Yuan sought Xiang Prefecture’s Lei Zi to help fight the alien races. Master Qiu agreed to mobilize the prefecture’s fighters, who prepared to march into Gui Prefecture alongside the Wolf Soldier brothers.

• Old Luo declared that Luo Zhengting had betrayed the country and ordered the Blood Group to kill him within three days.
• Old Luo learned that Xiao Yuan had hired Xiang Prefecture’s Lei Zi to kill Young Luo, and his wife collapsed in despair.
• Xiao Yuan arrived at Master Qiu’s underground casino with Hei Ba and asked Xiang Prefecture’s Lei Zi to fight the alien races.
• Master Qiu and the Twelve Representatives agreed to send Xiang Prefecture’s fighters to Gui Prefecture without demanding payment up front.
• Master Qiu ordered all Lei Zi in the prefecture to gather outside the city and march alongside the Wolf Soldier brothers.

Old Man Guan asked Fang for the Mountains and Rivers Order to mobilize the Shanhe Four Prefectures against the invading alien races. After Qin Hongfang summoned the region’s forces, Lu Residence’s mounted bandits prepared to raid the Korean gathering zone.

• Old Man Guan called Fang and asked to borrow her Mountains and Rivers Order, and she agreed to help despite teasing him about their past.
• In Yu Prefecture, Qin Hongfang listened to opera as Bo Wen of Jin Residence paid his respects and discussed the alien invasion with her.
• Qin Hongfang issued the Mountains and Rivers Order, prompting Lu Residence’s Bandit Hall to summon its forces.
• The mounted bandits assembled by the Mother River, where their chief ordered them to stand ready to reinforce the borders.
• The chief announced an expedition into the Korean gathering zone, ordering the bandits to seize spoils and bring back ten heads each.

Young Luo walked into a trap at the Dragon Kingdom Chamber of Commerce, where the Gallant Heroes Association launched an attack to eliminate him. As the fight escalated beyond his expectations, an unidentified man watching the battle from a basement decided to change his plan.

• Young Luo arrived at the Chamber of Commerce, where Le Suifeng and his family welcomed him and reported that supplies and hundreds of fighters were ready.
• Young Luo suspected that masked figures gathering outside were there to kill him, while three youths led by Lei Zi mistook the situation for a chance to attack him themselves.
• Le Suifeng ordered his hidden fighters to charge the three youths, but explosions and over a hundred Gallant Heroes descending from above disrupted the ambush.
• The Gallant Heroes Association announced that it had come to eliminate traitors and drove back the Chamber of Commerce fighters, while a burly man carried the three youths away.
• A middle-aged man in a white Tang suit watched the battle on television from a basement and decided to change his plan because he believed Young Luo would not survive the Gallant Heroes.

Young Luo faced a suicidal assault by the Gallant Heroes Association and escaped toward a secret passage, but the heroes killed Le Xin and the others in the elevator. In Chun Prefecture, Xiao Yuan weighed how to handle a mass of refugees while Korean strategist Miss Che revealed her plan to weaken the city without giving the Dragon Kingdom a just cause for war.

• Le Suifeng and the defenders fought the Gallant Heroes Association as its members charged Young Luo without regard for their lives.
• Bai Xin used his severed arm to stab Young Luo, who unleashed his Sixth Awakening Qi and vowed to kill the heroes in Mianbang.
• Le Xin directed Young Luo toward a secret passage, but steel nails killed everyone else in the elevator, leaving Young Luo terrified.
• Xiao Yuan rejected killing or driving away the refugees gathered outside Chun Prefecture, recognizing that the Koreans were trying to provoke a conflict.
• Miss Che and Shen Xuanchang watched the refugees and discussed her plan to make Chun Prefecture fall while avoiding a direct, unjustified war with the Dragon Kingdom.

Xiao Yuan took command of Chun Prefecture as refugees battered its walls, while Che Feixian tried to force the city into a losing choice. Xiao Yuan summoned the Bandit Hall, whose ten thousand cavalry charged the Coalition Forces and shattered Che Feixian’s plan.

• Saint George demanded to know why the Korean army had not begun fighting, and the Korean representative defended Che Feixian’s strategy and promised to take Chun Prefecture within a week.
• False Eye prepared to slaughter the refugees, but Xiao Yuan asserted command and ordered everyone to follow her plan.
• Che Feixian predicted that Xiao Yuan would lose the enforcers’ support if she refrained from attacking the refugees.
• Xiao Yuan won False Eye’s backing and called for reinforcements.
• The Bandit Hall arrived with more than ten thousand cavalry, and its leader ordered them to charge and rob the invaders.
• Che Feixian watched the cavalry advance and realized Xiao Yuan had outplayed her.

Xiao Yuan used a staged mounted-bandit raid to force Che Feixian and her guards into Chun Prefecture City. There, she told Che Feixian she wanted the lives of her three hundred thousand troops.

• Che Feixian hesitated to send her troops against the refugees as Xiao Yuan’s mounted bandits charged in and robbed them, driving the crowd into the freezing wilderness.
• Ma Sanhuo’s bandits targeted Che Feixian, and Wine, Sword, and Spear arrived by helicopter to escort her and her guards back to the city.
• Che Feixian tried to resist capture, but Old Spear’s crude threats stopped her from taking her own life, and she was brought to Chun Prefecture City.
• Xiao Yuan confronted Che Feixian in Eight-Nine Prefecture and demanded the lives of her three hundred thousand troops.

With Korean forces threatening Chun Prefecture and the Ma Family trying to take control, Xiao Yuan rejected Ma Fangshan’s demand to surrender the city. She ordered Chun Prefecture’s fighters to prepare a night ambush while she stayed behind with Che Feixian to hold the Korean vanguard in check.

• Che Feixian warned Xiao Yuan that Chun Prefecture lacked fighters and that her troops would attack soon.
• False Eye reported that Ma Family troops had appeared behind the city, and Ma Fangshan urged Xiao Yuan to surrender Chun Prefecture to his family.
• Xiao Yuan let Ma Fangshan leave rather than risk a fight with the Ma Family while Chun Prefecture faced the Koreans.
• Xiao Yuan ordered the city’s bells rung and directed False Eye, Third Uncle, and other leaders to position their forces for a coordinated night attack on the Korean command headquarters.
• Xiao Yuan planned to remain in the city with Che Feixian as leverage and sent White Mouse to stay with her.

Xiao Yuan arranged Chun Prefecture’s evacuation and prepared to sacrifice herself to draw the Saint Master into the city while False Eye and the others attacked the Korean army. After the civilians left, she returned alone and sent Little White Tiger an emotional video message, uncertain whether she could survive the coming battle.

• Xiao Yuan told White Mouse to plant explosives throughout Chun Prefecture and, if she could not hold the city, to destroy it and lead everyone back to Overlord Stronghold.
• Xiao Yuan ordered Sickness and Pestilence to leave with the others and protect them if she fell, while insisting she could survive until dawn.
• False Eye, Third Uncle, and their companions departed with the civilians, and Xiao Yuan reassured the people that they would return to Chun Prefecture.
• After the evacuation, Zhang Yang saluted Xiao Yuan as she walked back alone to Eight-Nine Prefecture.
• Xiao Yuan recorded a video message to Little White Tiger, saying she was afraid and asking him to remember her if she died.

Xiao Yuan refused Che Feixian’s offer to surrender Chun Prefecture and used a Shared Fate Pill to tie their lives together. When Jin Baiju and Pugu arrived with Korean warriors, Xiao Yuan revealed her power and punished Pugu for harassing her while Little White Tiger was away.

• Xiao Yuan told Che Feixian about her devotion to Little White Tiger and refused to surrender Chun Prefecture.
• Xiao Yuan took one Shared Fate Pill and persuaded Che Feixian to take the other, linking their lives.
• Jin Baiju arrived at Eight-Nine Prefecture with Korean warriors, and Pugu insulted Little White Tiger and propositioned Xiao Yuan.
• Xiao Yuan burned Pugu’s arm when he took her hand, then unleashed her Sixth Awakening Peak Qi to repel his charging warriors.
• Xiao Yuan held Pugu down and declared that only Little White Tiger had a claim to her.

Xiao Yuan fought Pugu and the Saint Master while Chun Prefecture's residents and police returned to defend her and battle the Korean forces. As the Lei Zis attacked Korean headquarters, Che Feixian and Xiao Yuan were struck down, and Pugu threatened to destroy the city.

• Xiao Yuan stabbed Pugu's face with her heel and broke his arm, while the Saint Master's attack injured her and Che Feixian through their Shared Fate Pill.
• Che Feixian knelt to protect Xiao Yuan, but Pugu attacked her, and Sickness and Pestilence appeared before he could strike Xiao Yuan.
• Zhang Yang led Chun Prefecture's police and armed residents into the courtyard, and they launched an assault on the Korean forces.
• The Lei Zis attacked Korean headquarters and several nearby units, disrupting the command of the Korean army.
• Pugu killed Che Feixian with the Saint Master's tacit permission, and Xiao Yuan collapsed after being struck as Pugu vowed to slaughter Chun Prefecture.

After Xiao Yuan was gravely wounded, Chun Prefecture's civilians fought the Koreans with renewed desperation, and Hungry Ghost awakened to protect her. The Saint Master fled toward the command headquarters, leaving Xiao Yuan to rally Chun Prefecture as she neared collapse.

• The old man announced Xiao Yuan's death, and Chun Prefecture's civilians launched desperate attacks against the Koreans; Youtiao Lao detonated his explosives in the courtyard.
• Zhang Yang tried to protect Xiao Yuan while she refused to let the Saint Master make Chun Prefecture surrender.
• Hungry Ghost burst into Eight-Nine Prefecture, fought through the Saint Master's attacks, and forced him to retreat with Pugu toward the command headquarters.
• Xiao Yuan sent Hungry Ghost after the Saint Master by invoking Little White Tiger, then urged Mayor Zhang and Chun Prefecture's people to drive out the remaining invaders.
• Sickness and Pestilence supported Xiao Yuan as she rallied the civilians from a chair at the entrance, while Old Sick watched her falter and Che Feixian collapsed inside.

After Xiao Yuan was declared dead, the people of Chun Prefecture lit candles to beg Heaven for her life, and she imagined Little White Tiger coming to marry her. As she gave up hope in Ice Prefecture, Little White Tiger returned and held her, telling her he was back.

• Doctors told Zhang Yang that Xiao Yuan had exhausted her life force and was holding on only through sheer willpower.
• Old Sick tried to take his own life, but Old Pestilence stopped him and vowed to wipe out the Koreans after Xiao Yuan was buried.
• Youtiao Lao's daughter suggested lighting a lamp to extend Xiao Yuan's life, so the civilians of Chun Prefecture lit candles and prayed.
• Xiao Yuan imagined a joyful wedding with Little White Tiger and the people who cared about her before realizing she was still in freezing Ice Prefecture.
• Little White Tiger returned through a crimson rift, cradled Xiao Yuan's face, and apologized for being late.

Old Ninth returned to Chun Prefecture after Xiao Yuan was gravely injured and vowed to kill the invading Koreans and punish anyone interfering. He attacked Ma Fangshan’s camp, brutally injured him, and forced Old Ma to withdraw the Ma Family from Chun Prefecture, while warning that he would come to Shen Prefecture if they sought revenge.

• Old Ninth learned that Xiao Yuan had been badly hurt and ordered Chun Prefecture to prepare for war against the Koreans and the Ma Family.
• Zhang Yang stopped the civilians from following Old Ninth as he left with Hi Dog and the others.
• Old Ninth ambushed the Ma Family camp and dragged Ma Fangshan out before confronting him and calling Old Ma.
• Old Ninth severed Ma Fangshan’s arm and threatened to kill the Ma Family’s descendants unless they withdrew from Chun Prefecture.
• Old Ma agreed to withdraw, but Old Ninth hacked at Ma Fangshan for five minutes and warned Old Ma not to seek revenge.

Guan Ming reported the Dragon Kingdom’s mobilization to the Old Man, who planned to lure the alien races into an attack. In Chun Prefecture, Little White Tiger used Silver-Patterned Tiger blood to save Xiao Yuan and prepared to join Old Ninth against the Koreans.

• Guan Ming told the Old Man that Old Ninth had crippled Ma Fangshan and that forces across the country were rallying to Chun Prefecture.
• The Old Man ordered the War Zones to feign weakness, border cities to prepare to trap invaders, and a nationwide telegram to claim he was critically ill.
• Little White Tiger refused to leave Xiao Yuan and considered using Human Emperor blood to restore her.
• Er Niu explained that Xiao Yuan’s Phoenix ability needed the blood of all Four Great Demon Ancestors to undergo nirvana, and advised using Silver-Patterned Tiger blood first to save her life.
• Little White Tiger gave Xiao Yuan Silver-Patterned Tiger blood, forming her into a fiery egg as her vital signs recovered.
• Little White Tiger told Old Ninth to wait for him at the Koreans’ main camp so he could take revenge himself.

After Piao Nanxing rallied the devastated Korean army and ordered an advance on Chun Prefecture, Little White Tiger stormed into the central camp alone to avenge Xiao Yuan. He overwhelmed the Saint Master and challenged the entire army, leaving Piao Nanxing to call in every available soldier.

• The Saint Master returned to headquarters to find the General Staff Department and its commanders dead, leaving the three-hundred-thousand-strong army unable to coordinate.
• Piao Nanxing arrived, rallied the Korean soldiers, and ordered several divisions to advance on Chun Prefecture by sunrise.
• Piao Nanxing demanded to know what had happened to Sikong Yuan, then ordered the Saint Master to bring him out.
• Little White Tiger flew into the camp by helicopter, attacked Piao Nanxing, and caught the Saint Master's Mountain-Crushing Palm before kicking Piao Nanxing away.
• Little White Tiger tore the barrel off a tank and dared Piao Nanxing to call all three hundred thousand troops so he could fight them alone.