Recaps

Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and their crew attacked Nalan Xiao in the hospital and pursued him through the streets after he escaped. Old Ninth killed Nalan Xiao with a chainsaw, promising to send Brother Fei’s other enemies after him.

• Little White Tiger led the armed group into the hospital, and the guard fled while the lobby staff and patients took cover.
• Instant Noodle Hair delivered a basket of explosives to the top floor, destroying the corridor and scattering Nalan Xiao’s thugs.
• Old Ninth confronted Nalan Xiao in his ward, but Nalan Xiao escaped by jumping from the hospital while Old Man held off an Awakened guard.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger chased Nalan Xiao through the rain, slashing him until he collapsed after more than a thousand meters.
• Old Ninth killed Nalan Xiao with a chainsaw and told him to carry a message to Brother Fei about the enemies he would send after him.

Flower Boss hosted Ice Prefecture’s power brokers while implying that he had struck a deal with Mr. Li’s Farbridge Group, and Mr. Li realized Flower Boss was manipulating the conflict between Little White Tiger and Nalan. Little White Tiger refused to abandon his revenge, while the banquet ended with the Farbridge Group’s possible acquisition of the Hua-Style Group hanging over the gathered leaders.

• Group Leader Yao told Mr. Li that Little White Tiger and Old Ninth had attacked Nalan Xiao, and videos showed Old Ninth chasing him with a chainsaw and a blade.
• Mr. Li called Little White Tiger, who said he was outside the Nalan Family’s place and wanted to settle things that night, despite Mr. Li’s warning to stop and wait.
• Flower Boss poured drinks for Group Leader Yao, the Ming King, and Mr. Li, telling Mr. Li that he had contacted a Farbridge Group director about acquiring the Hua-Style Group.
• Nalan noticed that Flower Boss deliberately excluded him from the toasts, while the guests understood Flower Boss’s words to suggest an agreement with Mr. Li.
• Mr. Li worried that Farbridge Group might accept the acquisition and gain control of Hua Family businesses across Ice Prefecture.

Flower Boss tried to force Mr. Li to choose between him and Nalan, but news of Nalan Xiao’s death and Little White Tiger and Old Ninth’s deaths upended his plan. A recording revealed Flower Boss had implicated Nalan Xiao in Smoke Fiend’s death, leaving Flower Boss exposed and defeated.

• Flower Boss offered to surrender in ten days if Group Leader Yao’s team stayed out of Ice Prefecture, then demanded Mr. Li support the Hua business’s acquisition and hinted he could reveal Little White Tiger’s role in his brother’s death.
• Mr. Li refused to take sides as Flower Boss tried to pressure him into choosing between helping him and protecting Little White Tiger.
• Nalan learned that Nalan Xiao had been killed by Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, and he and Flower Boss confronted Mr. Li until Group Leader Yao stood beside him.
• A caller reported that Little White Tiger and Old Ninth had been killed after attacking Flower Mansion, relieving Mr. Li and disrupting Flower Boss’s attempt to provoke a conflict.
• The caller revealed that Little White Tiger had recorded a conversation in which a voice resembling Master Hua said Nalan Xiao had killed Smoke Fiend and his son, exposing Flower Boss’s scheme.

Flower Boss and Nalan began a bloody fight after Mr. Li left the Hua Family compound, while Little White Tiger and Old Ninth revealed they had survived and used the feud to turn the two enemies against each other. Little White Tiger led the Black Mountain Town residents to wait in the dark, ready to attack both families once the fighting inside ended.

• Mr. Li accepted Little White Tiger and Old Ninth’s bodies from Nalan, then left as Flower Boss offered a reward for Nalan’s death and the two men began fighting.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth blocked the road with over a hundred Black Mountain Town residents, and Mr. Li discovered they were alive.
• Old Ninth explained that they had turned Flower Boss’s plan against him, staged their deaths, and used the kidnapped Nalan Family steward to obtain Nalan’s phone.
• Old Ninth revealed that Zhang Yang had flooded Nalan’s phone with calls, while Little White Tiger prepared the gathered men to attack the Hua and Nalan families.
• Little White Tiger ordered his men to wait until the battle inside stopped, then raised his hand and had the streetlights shot out.

After Old Ninth and Little White Tiger found Flower Boss and Nalan seemingly dead from their duel, the two old schemers revealed they had faked their deaths. Old Ninth and Little White Tiger ambushed Flower Boss, but he rallied with his remaining strength and began overpowering the youths who had been hiding among the corpses.

• Flower Boss and Nalan fought through the night until Old Ninth and Little White Tiger entered the Flower Room and mocked them over breakfast.
• Nalan collapsed from the poison, and Flower Boss appeared to die, but both men revived after the youths left and admitted they had planned to lure Little White Tiger closer.
• Flower Boss heard a cry for help that sounded like his son, You Cun, rushed outside, and fell into Old Ninth and Little White Tiger's ambush.
• Flower Boss revealed that he still had strength to fight, struck Old Ninth and Little White Tiger, and knocked them back.
• Hi Dog, Earthworm, and the other youths sprang from the corpses and attacked Flower Boss, but he blasted them away with his qi.

At the greenhouse, Old Ninth suffered a mental episode and charged Nalan, turning the fight into a brutal contest of endurance. He left Nalan’s face shattered and declared that the Five Overlords were nothing special.

• The Old Man and Black Mountain Town residents confronted Flower Boss to avenge Xiao Fei, while Old Ninth’s distress grew as he stared at Xiao Fei’s portrait.
• Hi Dog warned that Old Ninth was having an episode, and the Evil Jiao emerged as Old Ninth challenged Flower Boss and Nalan to fight.
• Little White Tiger, Hi Dog, and Earthworm empowered themselves with their companions and shared energy as Old Ninth charged Nalan.
• Nalan’s silver-thread whirlwind cut into Old Ninth, but Old Ninth seized Nalan’s hand and repeatedly headbutted him, disrupting his attacks.
• Nalan pierced Old Ninth’s chest and broke his ribs, but Old Ninth used the Evil Jiao to choke Nalan before smashing Nalan’s face with a final headbutt.
• Old Ninth stood over the defeated Nalan and declared that the Five Overlords were nothing special.

Flower Boss sacrificed himself to merge with the Man-Eating Flower, trapping the brothers in the Flower Mansion and swallowing Little White Tiger. Believing their leader was dead, the brothers poured their energy into Earthworm, who attacked the flower with a massive blast.

• The Old Man, Little White Tiger, and the others attacked Flower Boss, but he unleashed his blood-powered plants and fused with a giant Man-Eating Flower.
• The Man-Eating Flower bound Little White Tiger and swallowed him as the Old Man carried unconscious Old Ninth away.
• Hi Dog and Bone charged into the flower’s mouth to rescue Little White Tiger, but the three disappeared into its gullet.
• Convinced Little White Tiger had died, the brothers gave all their energy to Earthworm, who hurled a giant energy blast at the flower’s stem.

Little White Tiger awoke inside the Man-Eating Flower and devoured its Demon Core, awakening under Heavenly Thunder that killed Flower Boss and destroyed the Flower Mansion. He survived with a regenerated body and Twin Pupils, while Mr. Li and Group Leader Yao arrived to help rescue his brothers.

• Inside the Man-Eating Flower, Bone shielded Little White Tiger from its corrosive slime while Er Niu warned Little White Tiger that leaving his Sea of Consciousness could destroy his soul.
• Hearing Bone's dying pleas, Little White Tiger left the Sea of Consciousness, awoke, and attacked the flesh inside the Man-Eating Flower, absorbing its black blood and triggering an awakening.
• Heavenly Thunder struck the Man-Eating Flower, and Little White Tiger devoured its Demon Core before a second, stronger bolt killed Flower Boss and reduced the Flower Mansion to a crater.
• Little White Tiger emerged alive with his body regenerated, while Er Niu explained that he had become Half-Human, Half-Demon after consuming the Demon Core.
• Mr. Li and Group Leader Yao arrived, and Little White Tiger asked Mr. Li to dig out his brothers before feeding them pieces of the Demon Core's flesh.
• Group Leader Yao praised Little White Tiger's physical strength and offered to train him, while Mr. Li noticed his Twin Pupils and changed aura.

After the Hua Family fell, Zhang Yang visited Little White Tiger and Old Ninth in the hospital and told them they were positioned to take over West Garden. Little White Tiger refused to betray Mr. Li, but Zhang Yang made clear that their rise was no longer optional.

• The Investigation Group sealed the Hua Family’s businesses and established Flower Boss’s crimes, while Mr. Li became Ice Prefecture’s new overlord.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth woke after three days in the hospital and found wealthy visitors offering gifts and praising them for defeating Flower Boss and the Nalan brothers.
• Zhang Yang warned them that the visitors had ties to Flower Boss and were trying to escape the Investigation Group’s scrutiny by currying favor.
• Zhang Yang explained that Li Youxian had chosen North Garden and urged the brothers to take control of West Garden, citing their allies, influence, and reputation.
• Little White Tiger refused to abandon his three-year agreement with Mr. Li, but Zhang Yang insisted that Li Youxian and Ming King would support their rise and that they had no choice but to keep climbing.
• After Zhang Yang left, the visitors returned with offers of a villa and luxury cars for the brothers.

The Ming King, Mr. Li, and Zhang Yang negotiated over who would control West Garden District, and Little White Tiger and Old Ninth prepared to take power. Little White Tiger was publicly welcomed as West Garden’s new ruler, with the Ming King and Ice Prefecture’s other top figures in attendance.

• Zhang Yang and Mr. Li urged the Ming King to put Little White Tiger in charge of West Garden District, while the Ming King resisted before the dispute remained unresolved.
• Hi Dog gathered the brothers at Little White Tiger’s hospital room, where Little White Tiger and Old Ninth dressed to leave and celebrated the start of their era.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth emerged to a crowd of West Garden bosses and Black Mountain Town residents, with Old Man declaring that Black Mountain Town would be their blade.
• The Ming King, Zhang Yang, Xiao Yuan, and Mr. Li arrived, and the Ming King congratulated Little White Tiger on taking over West Garden.
• Hi Dog announced that West Garden District would bear Bai’s surname, and the crowd cheered for Tiger Master and Ninth Master.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth accepted Mr. Li’s support as they began taking control of West Garden, while Little White Tiger insisted they would eventually avenge Xiao Fei. Their public launch as West Garden’s new rulers was interrupted when Ma Hongying arrived to insult them and provoke a confrontation.

• Little White Tiger explained that he would put the Old Man from Black Mountain Town in charge of street affairs and learn to manage legitimate businesses under Mr. Li’s guidance.
• Little White Tiger told Mr. Li and Zhang Yang that he and Old Ninth would seek revenge on the Ming King for Xiao Fei, but would wait until they were strong enough.
• Mr. Li gave Little White Tiger and Old Ninth the Supreme Club and arranged a public ribbon-cutting attended by West Garden dignitaries and the Ming King.
• Ma Hongying drove his sedan to a stop just short of Little White Tiger, then mocked him for growing up in a garbage dump.
• The Old Man’s people surrounded Ma Hongying as the crowd surged, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

Ma Hongying tried to intimidate Little White Tiger with a bomb, but Old Ninth turned the threat into a reckless standoff. Surrounded and outmatched, Ma Hongying hesitated to fight as Ming King offered him no support.

• Xiao Yuan and Old Man warned Little White Tiger that Ma Hongying had come to challenge his control of West Garden, and Little White Tiger let Old Ninth handle him.
• Ma Hongying presented a bomb as a gift, but Old Ninth lit its candle, activated its timer, and pinned Ma Hongying's hand against it until the countdown ended without an explosion.
• Little White Tiger brought out real bombs, and Old Ninth threatened Ma Hongying while Hi Dog, Earthworm, and the others blocked his retreat.
• Old Ninth ordered False Eye to fetch Ma Hongying's children from school, slapped Ma Hongying, and challenged him to kneel or die.
• When Ma Hongying raised his fist, Zhang Yang and Mr. Li's auras closed in on him, Ming King gave him no backing, and Old Ninth mocked him.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger confronted Boss Yang’s men at the West Garden ceremony, forcing Boss Yang to concede while Ming King prevented a war. After the ceremony ended, Old Ninth had Ming King’s car blown up, leaving Ming King furious and the conflict unresolved.

• Boss Yang intervened when Old Ninth cornered Ma Hongying, but Old Ninth mocked him and rejected his apology for bringing a fake bomb.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger threatened Boss Yang with over a hundred men until Boss Yang offered a check and accepted the loss; Ming King declared that no one could start an internal war.
• Little White Tiger accused Ming King of letting the trouble happen and then stopping it, but chose not to escalate because he needed to secure West Garden and would soon leave Ice Prefecture.
• In the car, Boss Yang told Ma Hongying he would not be Ming King’s weapon again and blamed Ming King for wanting to control Little White Tiger without risking a clash with Overlord.
• After Ming King left the ceremony, his car, Ice A0001, exploded; Old Ninth mocked him and False Eye was spotted nearby, while Little White Tiger acknowledged that Old Ninth dared to do almost anything.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth confronted the Supreme Club’s entrenched supervisors, who tried to use their experience and contracts to pressure the new owners. They dismissed the ringleaders, promoted Fang Mu to manage the guest-room department, and left the former supervisors fighting outside the club.

• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth met with the club’s department heads, and Old Ninth questioned the absent supervisors and dismissed security captain Xing for failing to protect the club.
• Captain Xing and Supervisor Li tried to pressure the new owners into keeping them, but Fang Mu argued that they could terminate the contract with Xinjie Security Company.
• Little White Tiger asked Fang Mu to take over the guest-room department, and False Eye struck Supervisor Li with a bench when he protested.
• Old Ninth threatened Supervisor Li and summoned armed men, while Little White Tiger ordered the supervisors who had backed Li to leave the club.
• Old Ninth had Hi Dog shoot Supervisor Li in the thigh, and Fang Mu accepted the chance to manage the club as the former supervisors fled.
• Outside the club, Supervisor Li blamed the security captain for his troubles, and the two men began fighting.

Duan Ka, Little White Tiger’s former cellmate from Underground Level Three, arrived at the club and revealed that he was Overlord’s seventh sworn son. He said Overlord wanted to meet Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, and offered to take them outside the city to see him.

• Fang Mu told Little White Tiger that a visitor from outside the city wanted to see him, and Little White Tiger had him brought in.
• Little White Tiger recognized the visitor as Chatterbox, his former cellmate, who had just been released from prison.
• Duan Ka introduced himself as Overlord’s seventh sworn son and explained that his godfather had sent him to bring Little White Tiger and Old Ninth out of the city.
• Little White Tiger recognized Duan Ka’s Three-Colored Skull tattoo as Overlord’s exclusive mark, confirming his identity.
• Duan Ka said Master Bai had contacted Overlord, who specifically wanted to meet Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, then joined the group’s mahjong game.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth traveled to the Overlord's stronghold to seek his protection and become his disciples, while learning that the Ming King might have bribed one of the Overlord's sworn sons to sabotage them. Their arrival ended with a test of strength that forced them to resist a powerful man's crushing gravity.

• Mr. Li sent Little White Tiger and Old Ninth toward the Overlord with ten truckloads of supplies, accompanied by Duan Ka and the Old Man from Black Mountain Town.
• Fang Mu told Old Ninth that club money had been transferred to Zuo Ju, the Overlord's fourth Sworn Son, three days after the Overlord's interest in taking the two men as disciples became known.
• Duan Ka led the party through the defenses of Ninefold Bend to the Overlord Stronghold and introduced Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to the Overlord.
• A fat man in the hall demanded that the newcomers kneel and used his gravity-altering power to force them down.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth strained back to their feet despite the crushing pressure, and Old Ninth declared that he and his brother had bad legs and could not kneel.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth faced Overlord’s tests to become his disciples, refusing to betray each other even when offered a chance to join alone. After they tried to leave together, Duan Ka and the chain-wielding man urged Overlord to take them in, and the pair were pulled back into the hall.

• Duan Ka stopped the fat man from attacking Little White Tiger and Old Ninth by threatening to expose his mistress to his wife.
• The scarred chain-wielding man confronted Little White Tiger over his connection to Smoke Fiend, but Old Ninth defended him and challenged Overlord’s treatment of them.
• Overlord darkened the hall with his power, then asked why they wanted to become his disciples; they said they wanted to kill the Ming King.
• Overlord offered to take only the last one standing, but Old Ninth tried to stab himself so Little White Tiger could become his disciple, and Little White Tiger stopped him and refused to leave him behind.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth left together, but the chain-wielding man pulled them back with his chains while he and Duan Ka begged Overlord to take them in.

Overlord accepted Little White Tiger and Old Ninth as his godsons, then agreed to hold off on attacking Ice Prefecture City while they sought to avenge Xiao Fei themselves. He ended the chapter by extorting twenty million from the Ming King as a gift for taking them in.

• Overlord revealed that he had tested the two newcomers and welcomed them as godsons, promising to protect them.
• Overlord introduced them to his sons, including Hu Du, Black Raccoon, and Zuo Ju, while Old Ninth remained wary of Zuo Ju.
• Hu Du offered to enter the city and kill the Ming King and the other tyrants, but Little White Tiger asked Overlord to spare the city for now.
• Little White Tiger promised that he and Old Ninth would kill the Ming King within three months, and Overlord agreed not to attack the city until then.
• Overlord called the Ming King and demanded twenty million as a gift for taking in two godsons.

Overlord warned Little White Tiger and Old Ninth about the Alien Races in Chun Prefecture and taught them powerful techniques before they left. Meanwhile, Hu Du and his companions broke into Ming King's residence and prepared to beat him on Overlord's orders.

• Overlord explained that Blazing Sun Heavenly King's technique was their target and warned Little White Tiger and Old Ninth that Chun Prefecture was controlled by Alien Races.
• Overlord told the two to kill any Alien Races who interfered and taught Little White Tiger Overlord Armor Breaker and Old Ninth Overlord's Last Stand.
• Ming King discovered four intruders in his home after they killed his guards and butler.
• Hu Du said Overlord had ordered them not to kill Ming King and announced that they would beat him half to death.
• Black Raccoon and the fat man argued over the stolen liquor and teased Ming King before the group surrounded him.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth learned that their sworn brothers had beaten Ming King to protect their territory, then set out for Chun Prefecture. On the truck ride, they heard about a bank robbery and killings there, and Little White Tiger recognized a four-fingered man in the newspaper photograph.

• Mr. Li told Old Ninth that Hu Du, Fatty, Black Raccoon, and Zuo Ju had beaten Ming King and broken into his safe.
• Fatty and the others explained that they had attacked Ming King to protect Little White Tiger and Old Ninth's territory, and Hu Du vowed to fight him again.
• Overlord arranged a freight truck to take Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to Chun Prefecture, while Fatty gave them gold bars taken from Ming King's house.
• The driver told Little White Tiger and Old Ninth that Chun Prefecture was under lockdown after San Mu Group's bank was robbed and dozens of foreigners were killed.
• Little White Tiger spotted a four-fingered man among the masked gunmen in the newspaper photograph.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth hitched a ride with a mysterious group of Awakened on the way to Chun Prefecture. When enemy vehicles caught up, the group fought them off and continued toward the city, keeping their purpose secret.

• A middle-aged man and six armed Awakened stopped the truck and asked the driver for a ride.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth pretended to be young laborers while the middle-aged man saw through their story.
• A companion warned the middle-aged man that five heavily armed vehicles were approaching.
• The middle-aged man took control of the truck, and the driver drifted it around as the pursuing vehicles opened fire.
• The middle-aged man's group used precise gunfire to stop the enemy vehicles, then continued toward the city without revealing their mission.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth reached Chun Prefecture and witnessed San Mu Group goons and Kou Islanders abusing residents at the checkpoint. After a woman pleaded for help, they reunited with their armed brothers and prepared to strike back.

• The middle-aged man warned Little White Tiger and Old Ninth that they were too murderous to be ordinary travelers before he and his men walked toward Chun Prefecture.
• The driver explained that San Mu Group had taken over checkpoint inspections, and its goons demanded extra money while letting Kou Islanders operate with impunity.
• Kou Islanders shot a man in both legs and dragged his wife toward the duty room, while San Mu Group goons mocked the couple and dismissed the woman's plea for the Police Bureau.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth decided not to ignore the abuse, and three vans carrying their brothers blocked the truck shortly after it left the checkpoint.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger gathered weapons, identified two Awakened Kou Islanders as their targets, and bought masks before setting out.

Old Ninth and his eleven companions attacked San Mu Group thugs terrorizing people at the city gateway, then killed them after punishing their leader. They removed their masks and headed toward the duty room, intent on making the Kou Island group know who had killed them.

• Old Ninth, Little White Tiger, Earthworm, and their companions arrived at the gateway, where San Mu Group thugs were abusing people and extorting travelers.
• Earthworm opened fire and threw grenades as the twelve youths fought the thugs, and Little White Tiger used his awakened strength to overpower them.
• Old Ninth punished the thug leader for demanding money from him, forcing the man to swallow a shotgun shell and then an ammunition bag.
• Travelers helped force bullets into the leader's mouth, and Old Ninth ordered his companions to kill all the remaining thugs.
• After the crowd dispersed, Old Ninth and the others removed their masks and walked toward the duty room.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger confronted the Kou Islanders in the duty room, where a distant sniper killed a Third Awakening Awakened before he could kill the woman. The masked Firearm Awakened reported to Instructor, who ordered him not to shoot again so he would not frighten Little Lei Zi.

• A Garrison Battalion captain stopped his soldier from calling for reinforcements, and the squad pretended to be sick so they could avoid intervening.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger attacked the Kou Islanders in the duty room and found the woman being held hostage.
• Black Dog blocked Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, but Little White Tiger broke Black Dog’s Tachi after matching his attacks.
• A shot from a thousand meters away killed a Kou Island Third Awakening Awakened as he attacked the woman.
• The masked sniper reported the kill to Instructor, who told him not to shoot the other Awakened or frighten Little Lei Zi.

Old Ninth, Little White Tiger, and their masked brothers killed Black Dog in the streets of Chun Prefecture as citizens rallied behind them. San Mu Group reinforcements arrived, and the crowd linked arms to block their advance while Old Ninth and the others escaped into the people.

• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger cornered Black Dog in the duty room, but Black Dog escaped using smoke after failing to defeat them.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger pursued Black Dog into the street, where Hi Dog and the brothers restrained him despite his attacks.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger publicly condemned Black Dog’s crimes and stabbed him while the crowd joined their chants and threw them knives.
• San Mu Group reinforcements arrived in vehicles, and the masked youths vanished into the crowd as citizens urged them to flee.
• The San Mu Group leader ordered the vehicles to drive through the crowd, but the people linked arms and stood their ground.