Recaps

The Dragon Kingdom’s leaders debated how to deal with the defeated Alien Races and how to reward those who served in the war. They postponed deciding the Alien Races’ fate until meeting Western representatives, then turned to Old Luo’s funeral and Laojun’s affairs.

• The Old Man opened the meeting by crediting the soldiers and civilian forces, then asked the leaders to discuss what should happen after the war.
• Yun Fei argued against wiping out the Alien Races, warning that excessive demands could isolate the Dragon Kingdom.
• Guan Lei defended taking the whole Asia Region, but Tian Bo argued that the territory was harsh, difficult to develop, and would leave the Dragon Kingdom surrounded by the Transformed if the Alien Races were exterminated.
• Minister Bai proposed meeting Western representatives before setting terms, and the leaders moved on to rewards for merit in the war.
• Yang Huaimin proposed a funeral with the highest honors for Old Luo but no nationwide mourning, then raised the need to oversee Laojun’s affairs.

At the meeting, Yang Huaimin and Old Guan maneuvered to secure influential posts and recognition for their allies after the war. Zhang Yang was recommended to replace Old Luo as director of the National Situation Bureau, leaving Little White Tiger poised to gain major influence within the establishment.

• Yang Huaimin let Wu Yan's nomination for Old Luo's position be rejected, then raised Mu Jinghua as a promising candidate for promotion.
• Old Guan praised the military contributions of civilian forces, including Chun Prefecture, while Tian Bo and Old Ma watched warily.
• Guan Lei credited Chun Prefecture and Little White Tiger with helping turn the war around, though officials noted that civilian fighters could not join the establishment.
• Old Guan claimed Zhang Yang had defended Chun Prefecture and recommended him to replace Old Luo as director of the National Situation Bureau.
• Yang Huaimin endorsed Zhang Yang, while Tian Bo and Old Ma realized that his appointment would strengthen Little White Tiger's influence within the establishment.

At the Guan Residence, Heavenly Venerable read Old Ninth’s face and warned that a deadly lover’s tribulation was approaching, urging him to leave the Capital and head south before midnight. As the group prepared to depart, Heavenly Venerable suffered for revealing the omen, and Guan Lei arrived asking whether they had found out what he feared.

• Overlord asked Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to toast Heavenly Venerable and Gu Feng, then asked Heavenly Venerable to read his sons’ fortunes.
• Heavenly Venerable predicted that Old Ninth’s bloodshed and fate would bring a life-or-death lover’s tribulation within a month, likely connected to Zhu Le'er.
• When Heavenly Venerable cast a divination, the copper coins cracked, and he ordered Old Ninth to leave the Capital for the south before midnight.
• Heavenly Venerable spat black blood and lost his sight in one eye after revealing the omen; he also said Little White Tiger had a hidden, chosen-one fate.
• Little White Tiger arranged a plane, and Old Ninth paid Heavenly Venerable five yuan before the brothers headed for the airport.
• Guan Lei hurried to meet them and asked whether they had found out.

Old Ninth learned that Zhu Le'er was getting engaged to Chang Jiang, but he insisted he had no feelings for her and did not go to the banquet. He sent Chun Prefecture and powerful allies to congratulate her, leaving Zhu Le'er with their public support as the engagement ceremony began.

• Guan Lei tried to stop Old Ninth from leaving after revealing that Zhu Le'er and Chang Jiang were holding an engagement banquet, but Old Ninth denied he wanted to interfere.
• Old Ninth received Zhu Le'er's message and photo in the car, felt a sudden sense of loss, and shattered his phone; Little White Tiger offered to help him take her, but Old Ninth refused.
• At the banquet, Old Man Chang celebrated the alliance with the Zhu Family while Chief Zhu worried that Old Ninth might disrupt the ceremony.
• Little White Tiger and Chun Prefecture's allies arrived, and Little White Tiger announced they had come on Old Ninth's behalf to congratulate Zhu Le'er.
• Wang Shengnan, Su Wanfang, and Gu Xiao Xi joined the delegation, making clear that Chun Prefecture and its powerful allies stood behind Zhu Le'er even though Old Ninth was absent.

Little White Tiger offered to take Zhu Le'er away from her arranged marriage, but she chose her family and severed her ties with Chun Prefecture. On a southbound plane, Old Ninth met Yu Leer after she mistook him for a fan and signed his precious wallet.

• Little White Tiger confronted Guan Ming and offered Zhu Le'er the Korean Peninsula as a wedding gift from Chun Prefecture.
• Little White Tiger told Zhu Le'er he would take her away if she did not want to marry, but Zhu Le'er chose her family and declined.
• Zhu Le'er said she would not wait for Old Ninth and left, ending her connection with Chun Prefecture.
• Old Ninth flew south alone, feeling weary and unsure where he was going.
• Yu Leer sat beside Old Ninth on the plane, mistook him for a fan, and signed his wallet.
• Old Ninth angrily threatened Yu Leer over the autograph, and she glared at him while he ignored her.

Yu Leer took Old Ninth’s abandoned phone and discovered his fearsome reputation after she had already antagonized him. As Chun Prefecture’s men tracked the phone to her hotel, Sister Qing rushed to seek help from Young Master Leng.

• Old Ninth left his phone on the plane, and Yu Leer took it and sent a teasing reply to Big Brother.
• Little White Tiger and his men misread the message, learned Old Ninth was in Hong Kong, and sent Lei Zis to track his phone.
• Yu Leer arrived at the airport and rode with Sister Qing to meet Young Master Leng while browsing Old Ninth’s phone.
• Sister Qing recognized Old Ninth in the phone’s photo and warned Yu Leer that she might have endangered them by offending him.
• Yu Leer read Old Ninth’s alarming online profile, and Sister Qing hurried to the hotel to ask Young Master Leng for help.
• Little White Tiger’s men followed the phone signal to the hotel and received orders to find Old Ninth and kill anyone who interfered.

Old Ninth arrived in Hong Kong without his phone or a ride, but turned the tables on an unlicensed cab driver who tried to extort him. Meanwhile, Yu Leer told Young Master Leng that Old Ninth had caused her trouble, and Leng promised to call Old Eighth for help.

• Old Ninth stood stranded outside the airport with no phone, little money, and no way to contact his pickup.
• Old Huang lured Old Ninth into his unlicensed cab, demanded five thousand for a short ride, and summoned several thugs when Old Ninth balked.
• Old Ninth beat the thugs, made Old Huang pay him change for a one-unit coin, and asked for enough extra to buy a hotel room and food.
• A beauty introduced Yu Leer to Young Master Leng, who offered to help her return to the Dragon Kingdom and advance her career.
• Yu Leer named Old Ninth as the person who had troubled her, and Young Master Leng promised to contact Old Eighth and use his family's connections to deal with him.

Young Master Leng drugged Yu Leer and tried to assault her, but Old Ninth’s call brought Lei Zi and his men, who beat and threatened Leng while demanding to know Old Ninth’s whereabouts. Meanwhile, Old Ninth tracked down Rat Eyes at the airport and asked him to pay for a taxi and lend him more money.

• Young Master Leng’s companion left Yu Leer alone with him, and Leng offered her money to become his girlfriend before attempting to touch her.
• Young Master Leng drugged Yu Leer, threatened her, and ignored her warning that she would call the police.
• Old Ninth called his phone, and Young Master Leng arrogantly insulted the caller before masked Lei Zis burst into the restaurant carrying his companion.
• Lei Zi shot Young Master Leng in the knee and beat him, while Little White Tiger ordered the Leng family to find Old Ninth within an hour or face deadly consequences.
• Old Ninth found Rat Eyes at the airport and asked him to pay the taxi fare and provide money for a new SIM card.

Old Man Leng told Old Ma that his son had been abducted by Chun Prefecture’s Lei Zi, who demanded that the Leng Family hand over Old Ninth. At the Guan Residence, Chun Prefecture’s fighters learned that Old Ninth was missing and Zhu Le’er was being pushed into an engagement with the Chang Family, then left threatening the Chang Family and warning the Guan Family not to interfere.

• Old Man Leng called Old Ma for help after Lei Zi from Chun Prefecture abducted Old Third and demanded Old Ninth; Old Ma agreed to seek help from the Guan Family but feared Old Ninth’s reaction.
• Old Ma told Ma Qingshan that Old Leng had kidnapped Old Ninth, and they wondered whether Old Man Guan was preparing to move against the Hong Kong Government.
• Old Guan returned to the Guan Residence and heard that Old Ninth was missing and Zhu Le’er was being arranged to marry into the Chang Family.
• Old Guan rebuked Guan Ming for forcing Zhu Le’er’s marriage to secure the Chang Family’s support, while Guan Lei explained that the Dragon Kingdom’s victory would attract investment.
• Overlord threatened to slaughter the Chang Family if it proceeded without Old Ninth’s approval and warned the Guan Family not to interfere, then led Chun Prefecture’s fighters away.
• Old Guan ordered Guan Ming to relay Overlord’s warning to the Chang Family and stay out of sight.

Old Ninth recovered his phone from Young Master Leng, who had taken it, and left the Leng Family and Rat Eyes stunned by his status. Back at his hotel, Old Ninth found Yu Leer in his bed and panicked as she climbed on top of him.

• The Lei Zis nearly killed Young Master Leng after Yu Leer mistakenly seemed to claim she was Old Ninth’s woman, but Old Man Leng stopped them by revealing they had found Old Ninth.
• Old Ninth persuaded Rat Eyes to buy him a new phone, then discovered the Leng Family had come looking for him.
• Old Man Leng bowed to Old Ninth and explained that Young Master Leng had taken his phone; Old Ninth accepted its return and had the Lei Zis release Young Master Leng.
• Old Man Leng followed Rat Eyes to Old Ninth’s hotel and told his men to watch for a chance to win Old Ninth’s favor.
• The Lei Zis told Old Ninth they had put his sister-in-law in his room, and he later found Yu Leer in bed with him while Little White Tiger and others listened over the phone.

Old Ninth woke beside Yu Leer, who was devastated to learn they had spent the night together and tried unsuccessfully to kill herself. Outside his room, Rat Eyes bragged to Hong Kong’s powerful visitors about his supposed loyalty to Old Ninth.

• Rat Eyes made the Hong Kong officials wait in line and claimed Old Ninth valued him for his fighting ability.
• Old Leng privately recognized that Rat Eyes had been beaten by Old Ninth, while the other visitors flattered Rat Eyes to stay on Old Ninth’s good side.
• Yu Leer woke beside Old Ninth and accused him of taking advantage of her after she saw the hickeys, lipstick, and other signs of the night before.
• Old Ninth teased Yu Leer and told her she had initiated what happened, while she mourned losing her first time and insisted he had ruined her life.
• Yu Leer tried to cut her wrist and then hang herself, but she only injured herself and fell from a chair.

Little White Tiger prepared to join Old Ninth in searching for the old turtle who could wake Xiao Yuan, while Old Ninth was confronted by Eden fighters who warned him not to touch Yu Leer. The warning left their relationship and Eden’s intentions unresolved.

• Overlord told Little White Tiger that Heavenly Venerable had located the old turtle in the waters off Hong Kong and urged him to join Old Ninth in confronting him.
• Hi Dog, Bone, Xiao Feng, and the others arrived with their bags, ready to begin the journey with Little White Tiger.
• Yu Leer threatened Old Ninth after her failed attempts to kill herself, and Old Ninth teased her about the possibility of having his child.
• Four Eden fighters attacked Old Ninth, but he fought them off and damaged the mechanical arm of their Eight Awakenings leader.
• The Eden leader told Old Ninth they had come to warn him not to touch Yu Leer, saying they would have become enemies if he had taken advantage of her.

Margaret reported to Adam that Old Ninth threatened Eden’s search for the fifth divine object, and Adam ordered him to avoid a direct conflict. Meanwhile, Yu Leer found her manager murdered and fled after mistaking Hi Dog and Bone for the killers, while they suspected someone had framed them.

• Margaret told Adam and the other leaders that Eve’s body had nearly been defiled and that Eden’s followers had roughly located the fifth divine object in the sea.
• Margaret reported that Old Ninth had overwhelmed them and warned that his interference could ruin their chance of capturing the divine object; Adam ordered him to mobilize hidden branches and keep Old Ninth occupied rather than attack him.
• Yu Leer worried that she might be pregnant by Old Ninth, then decided to visit her manager and retrieve her contract after receiving her apologetic messages.
• Yu Leer entered her manager’s blood-soaked room and found the woman nailed to the wall, then saw Hi Dog emerge from the bathroom with blood on his hands and ran away screaming.
• Bone told Hi Dog that Yu Leer had mistaken them for the killers, and the two men suspected someone had arranged the murder to frame them before leaving as police sirens sounded.

After Leng Qing and Bai Xuanxuan were murdered, Yu Leer recognized Old Ninth’s men in the surveillance footage and rushed away, while Margaret’s group hoped the killings would break Yu Leer’s connection with Old Ninth. Old Ninth’s men were cornered by Hong Kong’s underworld leaders but denied killing Leng Qing, as four cloaked figures prepared to pursue their real business.

• Yu Leer recognized Hi Dog and Little White Tiger in the murder footage and realized they were Old Ninth’s men.
• Margaret revealed that her group wanted Yu Leer to blame Old Ninth and intended to use Hong Kong’s forces to delay the Chun Prefecture group.
• Little White Tiger suspected the Ma Family or the European Capitalist Faction had framed them, just as the Four Elders and Old Man Leng arrived at Rat Eyes’ home.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger denied killing Leng Qing, while Xiao Feng admitted they had gone to confront him over his offense against their sister-in-law.
• Four cloaked figures sensed the confrontation and decided to handle their real business while Old Ninth was occupied.

The Old Man forced the foreign representatives to consider a harsh surrender treaty, then learned that Old Eighth and Old Ninth had been surrounded in the Hong Kong Government. He sent Zhu Le'er to handle the situation, where Little White Tiger and Old Ninth remained in a tense standoff with local bosses as the Police Bureau arrived.

• The Old Man rejected the representatives’ demands and ordered them to sign a treaty limiting each alien race to three Gathering Zones and forbidding armies larger than three thousand.
• The Old Man gave the representatives until sunrise to accept the treaty or face renewed fighting.
• Guan Ming reported that Old Eighth and Old Ninth had been surrounded by local gangs and issued warrants in the Hong Kong Government, and the Old Man ordered an investigation into who was behind it.
• Guan Lei suggested sending Zhu Le'er, and the Old Man agreed to have her go to the Hong Kong Government.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth prepared to fight four local bosses, but both sides held back until the Police Bureau arrived.

Officer Tie arrested Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and the four bosses after the standoff in Hong Kong, while Zhu Le'er hurried to stop them from resisting. Watching Old Ninth being taken away, Yu Leer admitted she felt responsible for him and blurted out that she could not let their baby be born without a father, leaving Tang Tang and Margaret stunned by her apparent feelings.

• Officer Tie arrived with the Deep Red Action Team and ordered Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and the four bosses to surrender.
• Zhu Le'er called Old Ninth and urged him not to fight the police, so he reluctantly let Officer Tie arrest him.
• Officer Tie escorted the group away in police vehicles and offered them hoods to shield their faces from reporters.
• Tang Tang warned Yu Leer to stay away from Old Ninth, but Yu Leer said he had killed people to protect her and she felt responsible.
• Yu Leer blurted out that she could not let the baby be born without a father, and Margaret realized their attempt to scare her away had brought her closer to Old Ninth.

Iron Sir watched Little White Tiger and the Four Elders confront each other in a holding cell, hoping to learn whether Old Ninth would reveal anything about the murder. Little White Tiger denied killing Young Master Leng, and both sides made peace before Old Ox revealed his connection to the Turtle Ancestor.

• Iron Sir arranged for his subordinates to monitor the holding cell, believing Old Ninth might tell the Four Elders what happened.
• Hi Dog and Bone taunted the Four Elders, but Old Ghost calmed the confrontation and explained that they had been defending their turf.
• Little White Tiger insisted he had not killed Young Master Leng and threatened to bring hired guns if the Four Elders kept provoking him.
• The Four Elders believed Little White Tiger and apologized, choosing to avoid a war with Chun Prefecture.
• Old Ox mentioned his ties to the Turtle Ancestor, prompting Little White Tiger to question him and Hi Dog and Bone to eagerly welcome the Four Elders.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth tricked Old Ox into revealing where the Turtle Ancestor appeared and secured a shipping contract in exchange for help reaching it. Just as Yu Leer bailed them out, Sir Chang arrived and used his Federation connections to keep them detained.

• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth convinced Old Ox that the Two-Headed Flood Dragon planned to kill the Turtle Ancestor and negotiated a contract for the elders’ shipping company to transport supplies to Fei Island.
• Old Ox revealed that the Turtle Ancestor surfaced on a reef fifty li south of Hong Kong Government territory on the first and fifteenth of each lunar month.
• Yu Leer arrived with a lawyer to bail out Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, and Officer Tie approved their release after deciding they had not killed Young Master Leng.
• Old Ninth told Yu Leer that nothing had happened between them, while Little White Tiger teased him about supporting her and a child.
• Sir Chang arrived with armed-looking men and claimed that his Federation status and Justice Department connections would prevent the suspects from being released.
• Sir Chang threatened to have Little White Tiger and Old Ninth held in secret, and Old Ninth tried to call the Old Man for help.

Zhu Le'er confronted Sir Chang outside the Police Bureau as she tried to help Old Ninth, but he threatened her and revealed he wanted to restore the Chang Family’s reputation. When she called for help, Mr. Li arrived, and Sir Chang’s lawyer boasted that Hong Kong’s legal system would keep Old Ninth imprisoned.

• Yu Leer left the Police Bureau angry, while Tangtang told her Chun Prefecture’s reinforcements had arrived and warned her not to get involved.
• Zhu Le'er arrived at the Police Bureau with Xiao Gang, and Sir Chang invoked their family ties to order her to stop trying to save Old Ninth.
• Zhu Le'er accused Sir Chang of using the Capital’s Chang Family as a shield and warned that she would not intervene in what followed if he kept Old Ninth from her.
• Zhu Le'er called for help, and Mr. Li arrived in a white car with documents; Xiao Gang recognized him and stayed cautious.
• Sir Chang’s lawyer claimed Old Ninth had broken Hong Kong law and boasted that his connections made him the law, while Sir Chang mocked Mr. Li’s methods.

Li Youxian retaliated against Sir Chang by arranging Lawyer Hou’s bombing and using a dying accomplice to take the blame under Hong Kong’s laws. He left with an escort of Lei Zis after warning Sir Chang that he would turn Hong Kong into his prison unless he surrendered within three days.

• Li Youxian told Sir Chang that Little White Tiger had learned his ruthlessness from him and that he would play by Sir Chang’s rules.
• Lawyer Hou’s car exploded, and Iron Sir rushed out to extinguish the flames and tried to arrest Li Youxian.
• Li Youxian offered the police a lead, and a dying man confessed to the bombing while claiming he had acted alone.
• The alleged bomber shot himself, leaving Sir Chang and Iron Sir unable to connect Li Youxian to the attack.
• Li Youxian threatened Sir Chang with a three-day deadline and departed as more than a hundred Lei Zis escorted his car.

Li Youxian persuaded Tang Xianping to leave Hong Kong while Chun Prefecture dealt with the Chang Family’s backers. Tang Xianping gave him a list of their key connections, hoping to limit the ensuing unrest.

• Sir Chang learned that Old Ninth would remain unavailable and was urged by his Federation contact to keep Old Ninth and Little White Tiger out of the way for half a month.
• Tang Tang brought Yu Leer to her father’s residence, where they found Li Youxian; he teased Yu Leer about Old Ninth and gave her his business card.
• Li Youxian tested Tang Xianping’s loyalties with tea supplied to the Guan Family, then asked him to leave Hong Kong while Chun Prefecture acted against the Chang Family’s backers.
• Tang Xianping agreed to inspect Li Youxian’s tea plantation and later emerged with a pastry box containing a list of more than a dozen connections behind Chang Jiang.
• Li Youxian told Zhu Le’er that Tang Xianping had provided the list to help target the key figures precisely and reduce the unrest in Hong Kong.

Sir Chang bribed three officials to pursue the Chang Family’s feud with Chun Prefecture, but Li Youxian arranged for the National Situation Bureau to arrest him and the officials. As Sir Chang was led away, Li Youxian confronted him and mocked his failed schemes.

• Sir Chang showed Congressman Zhang, Congressman Situ, and Deputy Minister Tan fifty million worth of gold bars to secure their help against Chun Prefecture.
• The three officials agreed to form a Special Investigation Team and push a case against Sir Chang’s enemies through the High Court.
• Li Youxian called Sir Chang and warned him to jump from the roof, but Sir Chang dismissed the threat.
• Men from the National Situation Bureau entered the meeting room, accused Sir Chang and the officials of stealing state intelligence, and arrested them.
• The National Situation Bureau leader ordered the Chang Clan Group sealed and forced the three officials to comply at gunpoint.
• Li Youxian met Sir Chang as he was escorted from the building and mocked his lack of judgment.

Li Youxian diverted Sir Chang to an abandoned warehouse, expecting the forces behind him to try to rescue him within forty-eight hours. After Li left, Xiao Gang, Langzi, and Yueyue misinterpreted his instructions and prepared to interrogate Sir Chang with a pile of medicines.

• Li Youxian identified Lü Zhen as the powerful figure backing Sir Chang and decided to avoid taking Sir Chang to the airport.
• Li Youxian had Sir Chang moved to a warehouse and said he would wait for the people behind him to make a move, while keeping Sir Chang weakened with Qi-Dispersing Agent.
• After Li left, Langzi and Yueyue suggested interrogating Sir Chang, and Xiao Gang decided Li had meant they should beat him until he talked.
• Sir Chang said his sixth-awakening toughness would protect him from the three boys, so they ran out to find another way to make him talk.
• The three boys returned with a table's worth of medicines, leaving Sir Chang visibly distressed.

Xiao Gang, Yueyue, and Langzi tried to interrogate Sir Chang with powerful drugs, but Lord Adam arrived and rescued him before they could learn much. The three survived Adam’s attack and set off to pursue him, while Margaret and her companions prepared to summon Lord Cain to obtain Turtle Ancestor’s Divine Object.

• Xiao Gang, Yueyue, and Langzi drugged Sir Chang with Potent Tonic Soup and threatened to expose him in a livestream until he agreed to answer questions.
• Sir Chang revealed that he had been sent after Brother Nine, then used his thumb ring to summon Lord Adam.
• Lord Adam freed Sir Chang and struck at the three interrogators, who survived by using the Yasakani no Magatama to absorb the energy of his attack.
• Xiao Gang vowed to pursue Lord Adam and rescue Sir Chang, while Yueyue and Langzi went with him.
• At sea, Margaret and her three companions spotted the reef guarding Turtle Ancestor’s Divine Object and prepared a Magic Array to summon Lord Cain.

Li Youxian ordered the National Situation Bureau to arrest Sir Chang’s suspected backers and use the crackdown to draw them out, while Shan brought the drugged Chang to the sea where the Turtle Ancestor emerged. Shan and the others began activating the Reverse Redemption Array to seize the Turtle Ancestor’s shed shell for Adam.

• After learning Chang had been rescued and Xiao Gang was missing, Li Youxian ordered a sweeping round of arrests to flush out Chang’s backers.
• Li Youxian presented Iron Sir with a National Situation Bureau order to question Li Huajiu and White Tiger in a mainland investigation.
• Shan reached Margaret and the others carrying Sir Chang, who was still disoriented from the drug and behaving lewdly with a Converted Beast.
• The Turtle Ancestor emerged from a gigantic whirlpool as he began shedding his shell.
• Shan and the others took up five Divine Artifacts and prepared to activate the Reverse Redemption Array so Shan could take the shell for Adam.