Recaps

Xin Mo refused to rescue Jin Zhichang and focused on finding the Sunlit Heavenly King's Ruins before rival factions. As Little White Tiger organized his forces to take over Chun Prefecture’s underworld, Xiao Yuan offered an alliance and revealed that the ruins would reappear in three days.

• Xin Mo told Xin Ru that they would not save Jin Zhichang, then ordered their people to search outside the city for the Sunlit Heavenly King's Ruins.
• False Eye led Little White Tiger’s men in raids across more than a dozen blocks to seize Chun Prefecture’s underworld territory.
• Little White Tiger assigned the Lower Three Districts to Brother Yan'er, the Upper Three Districts to Black Mountain Town, and the group's legitimate business to Fang Mu.
• Xiao Yuan arrived at Eight-Nine Prefecture and told Little White Tiger and Old Ninth that factions including the Purple Gold, Ji Family, Ma Family, and Gu Family were pursuing the ruins.
• Old Ninth agreed to work with Xiao Yuan, who revealed that the ruins would reappear in three days.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth went to Chun Prefecture Airport to collect Shu Nan, an illegitimate son of Farbridge Group’s boss, after Xiao Yuan explained why powerful families sent their younger members to Ma Family territory. Shu Nan was humiliated by Shengnan of Purple Gold, then took his anger out on Little White Tiger, who approached him with Old Ninth while deciding to honor Mr. Li’s request.

• Xiao Yuan’s hickeys on Little White Tiger’s neck sparked teasing at breakfast, and she calmly joined the group while he insisted they had not slept together.
• Mr. Li asked Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to look after Shu Nan, and Xiao Yuan explained that powerful families sent juniors to Chun Prefecture because the area belonged to the Ma Family.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth waited at Chun Prefecture Airport for Shu Nan, who arrived among wealthy youths and fawned over Shengnan.
• Shengnan rejected Shu Nan’s advances, mocked his status as an illegitimate son, and warned him not to speak to her again.
• After Purple Gold’s youths left, Shu Nan berated Little White Tiger over the phone, and Little White Tiger and Old Ninth walked toward him while joking about beating him up.

Shu Nan arrived in Chun Prefecture with Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, mistreated them before learning they were the city’s new kings, and was warned to keep his distance. Back at the hotel, a masked conspirator recruited him to act as Farbridge Group’s inside man for a secret task.

• Shu Nan complained about Little White Tiger and Old Ninth’s vans and tried to strike Old Ninth, but Little White Tiger stopped him and warned him to behave in Chun Prefecture.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth brought Shu Nan’s group to the Supreme Hotel, where the assembled factions and hotel staff recognized them as Eighth Master and Ninth Master.
• Shu Nan tried to order an introduction to the local kings, then discovered that Old Ninth was one of them when False Eye held a knife to his neck.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth warned Shu Nan that Farbridge Group carried little influence in Chun Prefecture and left him at the hotel.
• A masked man visited Shu Nan and told him to remember his father’s task, explaining that Farbridge Group was needed as an inside man because the conspirators could not appear in public.

Little White Tiger and the rival factions converged on the ruins beneath a frozen lake, where a barrier allowed only underage Awakened to enter. As the Sunlit Heavenly King appeared on the lake, Little White Tiger prepared to enter the boiling water himself.

• Black Raccoon told Little White Tiger that he had found a pre-Calamity town beneath the lake, where a middle-aged man had expelled him and raised a barrier that barred adults and ordinary people.
• Little White Tiger assembled his companions, ordered Lei Zi to secure the area, and brought Hungry Ghost along to confront anyone who challenged them.
• Little White Tiger's group arrived at the crowded lakeshore, where Bone and the Lei Zi forced rival factions away from the eastern shore.
• A pillar of light heated the lake, and the Sunlit Heavenly King appeared in a boat, singing a tune from before the Great Calamity.
• Old Ninth paid respects to the figure, while Little White Tiger rejected the idea of sending weaker people into the lake and announced that he would enter himself.

Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Wang Shengnan, and the other contenders endured the Sunlit Heavenly King's blinding light and crushing pressure as they struggled toward his boat. After Old Ninth lost consciousness, Black Old Ninth revealed that the light could help him reach the Third Awakening, and Old Ninth responded by attacking him.

• Wang Shengnan entered the lake first, freezing its surface as she led the Purple Gold youths toward the Sunlit Heavenly King.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth were thrown back when they tried to reach the boat, then charged again with Er Niu and the Demon Dragon.
• The Sunlit Heavenly King unleashed Blazing Sun Soul Cleansing, forcing the contenders underwater with scorching light and the pressure of Nine Awakenings.
• Hungry Ghost dragged Old Ninth and Little White Tiger through the lakebed but abandoned Old Ninth as the pressure intensified; the young master of the Gu Family injected Old Ninth with medicine before passing him.
• Old Ninth awoke in the Karst Cave, where Black Old Ninth restored his strength and said he could absorb the Heavenly King's light to reach the Third Awakening and withstand Heavenly Thunder.
• Old Ninth drew his short knife, pinned Black Old Ninth down, and cut off his head.

The Sunlit Heavenly King brought seven survivors into his legacy space, offering his martial arts and urging them to protect the Dragon Kingdom. As they watched his final battle, an Ancestor attacked Old Ninth and Little White Tiger, forcing their consciousnesses back to the classroom with strange memories flooding their minds.

• Old Ninth recovered and passed the Gu Family's young master, who was texting Xiao Mei, before Old Ninth mocked him.
• At the lakeshore, the Sunlit Heavenly King lifted the seven survivors from the lake and drew their consciousnesses into a pre-Apocalypse classroom.
• The Sunlit Heavenly King explained that he wanted to pass on his legacy and will, and the youngsters pledged to protect the Dragon Kingdom.
• Old Ninth promised to teach his brothers the Unique Technique, pleasing the Sunlit Heavenly King, who then showed them his final battle.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger saw an Ancestor in the battle, and it sent crimson energy into their foreheads, flooding them with alien memories before their consciousnesses returned to the classroom.

The Sunlit Heavenly King used his blood to help Little White Tiger fuse his Demon Core with the Demon Ancestor's Blood, creating a nascent pseudo-divine body. He explained that it would grow alongside Little White Tiger and could eventually make him a Nine Awakenings powerhouse.

• The Sunlit Heavenly King told Little White Tiger and Old Ninth that their Converted Beast blood prevented them from learning human Nine Awakenings techniques, but encouraged them to develop their own paths.
• The Sunlit Heavenly King awakened Little White Tiger's Demon Core and began fusing it with the Demon Ancestor's Blood, supplying his own blood essence when Little White Tiger's body began to fail.
• The fusion produced a tiny figure resembling Little White Tiger inside the Demon Core, which the Sunlit Heavenly King identified as a nascent pseudo-divine body.
• The Sunlit Heavenly King explained that Little White Tiger now had two bodies and two lives, and described the pseudo-divine body's extraordinary abilities and potential.
• Old Ninth marveled at Little White Tiger's new power and worried about what it meant for himself.

Sunlit Heavenly King rewarded the young cultivators for learning his martial forms, while granting Old Ninth the power of true dragon claws. Before his divine soul faded, he asked Little White Tiger to become his final student and offered to erase the Ancestors' memories within him.

• Sunlit refused to help Old Ninth fully transform into a dragon, explaining that Old Ninth's temperament and the being hidden inside him made it dangerous.
• After learning that the group planned to take revenge on Kou Island, Sunlit gave Old Ninth two genuine dragon claws, leaving dragon-shaped tattoos on his arms.
• Wang Shengnan and Wu Yan each learned five forms, Ji Min learned three, Gu Jiasheng learned two, and Hungry Ghost learned all of them.
• Sunlit thanked the group for their promises to the Dragon Kingdom, asked them to call him Teacher Zhang, and sent them away as his divine soul neared dissipation.
• Sunlit invited Little White Tiger to become his final student and offered to erase the Ancestors' memories within him; Little White Tiger agreed, while Old Ninth protested.

Shu Nan and the Farbridge Group plotted with the Amaterasu Sect to seize the Sunlit Heavenly King's corpse and capture Little White Tiger and Old Ninth. After the group emerged from the Heavenly King's Sea of Consciousness, Kou Island ninjas attacked, while Ji Min also turned back to confront Old Ninth.

• Shu Nan learned that the Farbridge Group had joined forces with the Amaterasu Sect, which planned to extract Demon Ancestor's Blood and seize Little White Tiger and Old Ninth.
• Wang Shengnan, Gu Jiasheng, Ji Min, Wu Yan, Hungry Ghost, and Old Ninth emerged from the Heavenly King's Sea of Consciousness, and Ji Min demanded to know whether Hungry Ghost had learned all nine forms.
• Old Ninth defended Hungry Ghost from Ji Min's threats, while Gu Jiasheng tried to broker a deal for the Sunlit forms and Wang Shengnan said she would visit Little White Tiger the next day.
• More than a dozen Kou Island ninjas arrived, and Black Raccoon attacked them before their leader challenged Old Ninth and ordered the others to search underwater for the Heavenly King's corpse.
• Ji Min grew angry again in the departing vehicle and yanked open the door, declaring that he would beat Old Ninth.

Ji Min intervened when Sanda and the Amaterasu Sect ninjas threatened Old Ninth, provoking them into a fight. As Ji Min faced Sanda, Hungry Ghost tore through the ninjas and defeated Sanda in a single blow, astonishing Ji Min.

• Ji Min arrived at the lake, stopped Old Ninth from fighting the ninjas, and said he would protect the Dragon Kingdom from the Alien Races.
• Ji Min insulted and slapped Sanda, then challenged him while removing his Wasteland Artifacts.
• Sanda attacked Ji Min, but his tachi shattered against Ji Min before he could continue.
• Old Ninth roused Hungry Ghost by telling him the ninjas wanted to kill his brother, and Hungry Ghost slaughtered the attackers.
• Hungry Ghost knocked away Sanda's Natal Tachi and crushed his confidence, leaving Ji Min stunned to learn Hungry Ghost was twelve.

Black Raccoon, Ji Min, and Old Ninth fought the ninjas and the war criminals summoned from the Amaterasu Sect’s scroll by the lake. The resurrected enemies reached the Fifth Awakening, and Old Ninth chose to face them rather than retreat.

• Black Raccoon and Ji Min faced the ninja in white and three mercenaries, while Old Ninth and Little White Tiger remained at risk of being taken away.
• Sanda opened the scroll and summoned Tojo into his body, but Ji Min struck him and challenged him with the Sunlit Heavenly King’s martial techniques.
• Old Ninth attacked the summoned war criminals, killed Doi Yuan, and mocked the resurrected enemy’s weakness.
• Doi Yuan regenerated as the scroll empowered the eight war criminals, raising them to the Fifth Awakening.
• Ji Min and Old Ninth prepared to fight the eight strengthened war criminals, and Old Ninth refused to run despite the danger.

Ji Min and Old Ninth fought Tojo’s group of War Criminals alongside Hungry Ghost, whose Taotie ability could devour their souls. When Doi Yuan stabbed Old Ninth and invoked the slaughter of his forebears, Old Ninth’s episode triggered and Black Old Ninth emerged, leaving the enemies facing his brutal attacks.

• Ji Min asked Old Ninth to hold off the eight fifth-awakening fighters while he prepared the Ji Family sealing technique.
• Old Ninth mounted the Demon Dragon and clashed with Tojo as Hungry Ghost attacked the killing-intent giant and devoured Matsuda, overcoming the War Criminals’ immortality.
• Old Ninth tore off Tojo’s head, but Doi Yuan stole it and restored Tojo before stabbing Old Ninth with five Tachi.
• Doi Yuan’s words about slaughtering Old Ninth’s forebears triggered his episode, and Black Old Ninth emerged amid a surge of black vapor.
• Black Old Ninth used Thousand Threads to trap an enemy and tore out his organs, terrifying Tojo’s group even as the man regenerated.

Ji Min activated the Ji Family’s Heaven and Earth Sealing, but a sniper shot knocked him unconscious before it could close. Xiao Yuan, Sickness, and Pestilence arrived to confront the attackers, while Little White Tiger awakened beside Old Ninth and prepared to fight the War Criminals.

• Old Ninth restrained the seven War Criminals as Ji Min activated the Heaven and Earth Sealing, draining the Qi of everyone inside its formation.
• A sniper shot Ji Min just before the formation closed, interrupting the seal, and Xiao Yuan arrived with Sickness and Pestilence.
• Sickness infected White Garment Ninja with accelerated disease, while Pestilence’s plague forced both sides to retreat from the affected area.
• Inside the barrier, Old Ninth lay unable to move after exhausting his Qi, and Tojo struck him with a giant Tachi attack.
• Little White Tiger appeared beside the unharmed Old Ninth, lifted him onto a towering wave, and vowed to fight alongside his brother.

Overlord and his allies arrived to save Little White Tiger, while the Sunlit Heavenly King confronted the seven war criminals and fulfilled his long-held wish with a final attack on Kou Island. After Sunlit vanished, White Garment changed course toward Kou Island to continue the retaliation.

• Overlord leaped from a helicopter, killed a Fifth Awakening mercenary, and pursued Kujue, while Shu Nan was surrounded by Bone and the others and stabbed after admitting nothing.
• Little White Tiger fought the seven Fifth Awakening war criminals and used the Sunlit Nine Forms to suppress them until the Sunlit Heavenly King intervened.
• Sunlit named the war criminals as men who had brutalized the Dragon Kingdom, then explained his regret at being unable to avenge the forebears they had killed.
• Sunlit demonstrated his final move, Nanjing, and vanished after sending a devastating attack toward Kou Island that killed six hundred thousand people and laid the three hundred thousand wronged souls to rest.
• Little White Tiger, Overlord, and Old Ninth bid farewell to Sunlit, while White Garment changed course for Kou Island and told Meng Kan, Hi Dog, and Earthworm that they would slaughter two more cities.

After the Sunlit Heavenly King’s final radiance awakened the fallen heroes of the Dragon Kingdom, they returned to protect Little White Tiger and the others from the Kou Island war criminals. The heroes defeated the enemies, then departed after entrusting the Dragon Kingdom’s safety to the living.

• Overlord’s men brought hundreds of Kou Island captives to the lakeshore and shot them as the seven war criminals watched from inside the barrier.
• Bone, Xiao Feng, Wang Shengnan, Gu Jiasheng, and their clans entered the barrier to protect Little White Tiger and Old Ninth.
• Golden starlight fell where the Sunlit Heavenly King had disappeared, and a bugle call sounded from a nearby hill.
• Translucent heroes appeared across the hills, and Tojo recognized them as the fallen soldiers who had once driven the invaders from the Dragon Kingdom.
• The returned heroes charged the seven war criminals and killed them while protecting Little White Tiger and the others.
• The heroes bid farewell to Little White Tiger, left him a broadsword wrapped in red cloth, and the people by the lake knelt in gratitude.

White Garment stopped his assault on Kou Island after a warning from the Capital and turned toward the Amaterasu Sect. In Chun Prefecture, Mr. Li urged Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to surrender Bone and the Sunlit Nine Forms to appease Farbridge Group, but they chose to fight instead.

• White Garment razed a city on Kou Island, then agreed to stop slaughtering after an elder warned him about political pressure and the approaching European Union fleet.
• White Garment ordered his group to visit the Amaterasu Sect and warned the European Union fleet to stay outside Dragon Kingdom waters.
• Shu Nan demanded Little White Tiger after recovering from his injuries, while Mr. Li arrived at the hospital and took Little White Tiger and Old Ninth aside.
• Mr. Li explained that Farbridge Group wanted Bone and the Sunlit Nine Forms, along with an apology from Little White Tiger, to prevent a conflict.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth refused to surrender Bone and declared that they would go to war with Farbridge Group.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth faced Mr. Li over Farbridge Group’s demand for Bone, the Unique Technique, and an apology. Mr. Li negotiated a delayed handover of the technique, and Shu Nan left Chun Prefecture terrified after Mr. Li whispered to him, while Old Ninth predicted he would not make it back to the Capital.

• Bone offered his life and knelt before Little White Tiger, but Old Ninth gathered their men and threatened war when Mr. Li tried to take him.
• Little White Tiger warned Mr. Li that they could keep him in Chun Prefecture, then negotiated to hand over three forms of the Unique Technique first and the rest one form each year.
• Mr. Li agreed to the terms and advised Little White Tiger to rely on Old Pei to rule Chun Prefecture, while Old Ninth said he would kill Mr. Li if they became enemies.
• Shu Nan taunted Little White Tiger and Bone, but Mr. Li let Bone leave and endured Shu Nan slapping and threatening him.
• Mr. Li whispered four words to Shu Nan, who panicked and ordered an immediate return to the Capital; Old Ninth said Shu Nan would not make it back.

Farbridge Group’s Big Boss and his son planned to punish Li Youxian and tighten their control over Shu Nan. On the flight back, the Ji Family diverted Shu Nan to Demon City and took him into custody, while treating Li Youxian with conspicuous respect because of his connection to Old Ninth.

• Big Boss and his son agreed to restrict Little White Tiger and Old Ninth for five years and replace Li Youxian in Ice Prefecture.
• Shu Nan humiliated Li Youxian aboard the plane while Big Boss reprimanded him over the phone.
• The plane landed at Demon City Airport, where the Ji Family’s butler invited Shu Nan to meet Ji Min.
• Shu Nan refused to take the butler’s phone and sank to his knees as the Ji Family escorted him away; his bodyguards were killed.
• The butler explained that Ji Min respected Li Youxian because of his connection to Old Ninth and wanted to avoid misunderstandings with them.

Ji Min offered to invest in the San Mu Group in exchange for a move of Old Ninth’s Unique Technique, then revealed that he had captured Shu Nan and planned to kill him. The next day, the Farbridge Group received six packages from the Ji Family.

• Ji Min proposed giving the San Mu Group two hundred million and management teams in return for a move of Old Ninth’s Unique Technique, and Old Ninth decided to seek Little White Tiger’s approval.
• Ji Min’s men dragged Shu Nan from a cold-storage room to a slaughterhouse, where Ji Min confronted him about shooting him and explained that the Ji Family had refused to help.
• Shu Nan blamed Yixiu from Shadow Ghost, but Ji Min rejected his claim and declared that he could kill Shu Nan without evidence.
• Ji Min video-called Old Ninth, who said he would watch Shu Nan die while eating breakfast.
• The Farbridge Group received six packages from the Ji Family one day later.

Three months after Little White Tiger’s rise, the Eight-Nine Group prepared to reopen with Chun Prefecture’s elite in attendance. The ceremony was interrupted when Third Uncle shot at Shu Dong’s companion, Ming King, and was seized by a bodyguard.

• False Eye ordered Xiao Mai to guard the city gates and arrange cars to retrieve Little White Tiger’s Imperial Guards from training.
• Ji Min arrived at the Eight-Nine Group’s reopening and spotted Farbridge Group heir Shu Dong with Ming King.
• Third Uncle summoned Ji Min to cut the ribbon, then recognized Ming King and fired three shots at him.
• Ming King deflected the bullets, and Third Uncle lunged at him before Shu Dong’s bodyguard grabbed him by the throat.
• Ji Min, Ming King, and Shu Dong all ordered the bodyguard to let Third Uncle go.

Shu Dong and Ming King confronted Little White Tiger and Old Ninth in Chun Prefecture, where tensions escalated after Shu Dong’s bodyguard provoked them. Xiao Yuan killed the bodyguard and publicly tied herself to Little White Tiger, then asked him for a stake in his group, leaving her exact goal secret.

• Third Uncle shot at Ming King, but Shu Dong stopped him and dismissed the danger of the gun.
• Old Ninth’s followers attacked Shu Dong’s bodyguard after learning he had nearly strangled Third Uncle, and Old Man and False Eye pinned the bodyguard down.
• Shu Dong identified the bodyguard as a Farbridge Group employee, prompting Little White Tiger to order his release despite the bodyguard’s insults.
• Xiao Yuan arrived and declared herself Little White Tiger’s woman, then Old Pestilence killed the bodyguard as she mocked Shu Dong.
• Xiao Yuan told Little White Tiger she wanted a stake in his group, while he questioned her motives and she kept them secret.

At the Eight-Nine Group’s opening ceremony, Little White Tiger and his allies were ambushed by three assassins using Thousand-Tempered Fire and a sword formation. The attackers trapped them inside a mysterious space, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Old Ninth and Ji Min joked about Shu Dong and the Farbridge Group before Little White Tiger and the Eight-Nine Group’s executives took the stage.
• Three assassins burst through the ceiling and attacked Little White Tiger, who caught two of their weapons and forced them back.
• The fire-breather unleashed Thousand-Tempered Fire, which burned away Old Ninth’s dragon scales by consuming his Qi.
• The sword-wielder trapped Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and Ji Min in the Soul-Shock Sword Formation, disrupting their senses.
• The fire-breather used the Wasteland Artifact-Little Space to make the stage and everyone on it disappear.

Old Ninth, Little White Tiger, and Ji Min fought off three assassins at the Eight-Nine Group’s headquarters, but a powerful man named Tai Sui rescued them. Hu Du identified Tai Sui as one of the Dragon Kingdom’s four SSS-level Red List criminals, leaving the group alarmed by the danger hidden in Chun Prefecture.

• The swordsman’s soul attack failed against Little White Tiger’s Pseudo-Divine Body, and Old Ninth’s condition awakened, letting him survive Soul Shatter and brutally defeat the swordsman.
• When the Wasteland Artifact’s time limit ended, Hu Du and Overlord Stronghold’s men entered the venue and tried to seize control as the three assassins attempted to escape.
• Little White Tiger and Hu Du stopped the assassins from fleeing, but a black-clad man knocked back the attackers, rescued the three, and escaped after exchanging a blow with a Ji Family expert.
• Uncle Fu revealed that the three assassins were Third Awakening fighters, while Ji Min awkwardly claimed he had a trump card he had not used.
• Hu Du identified the rescuer as Tai Sui, one of the Dragon Kingdom’s four Red List criminals, and Chief Zhu left to call the Capital for reinforcements.
• Elder Pei said Tai Sui spared Little White Tiger because he preferred victims with soft, delicate skin, prompting Little White Tiger to accuse him of slander.

Tai Sui ordered his three disciples to kill Overlord’s students after their failed ambush, while Shu Dong and Ming King were blamed for the attack in Chun Prefecture. Old Ninth let them leave, but Ji Min stopped Shu Dong and ordered the Ji Family’s expert to beat him.

• Tai Sui scolded his injured disciples for failing to kill Little White Tiger and demanded they avenge him against Overlord’s students.
• Tai Sui revealed that Overlord’s punch had left a hole in his abdomen, which a crystal sustained, and then left to brood over Overlord.
• Old Ninth confronted Shu Dong and Ming King at the Eight-Nine Group, accused them of complicity, and demanded that only one of them leave.
• Shu Dong insisted that the Farbridge Group had no connection to Tai Sui, and Old Ninth let him and Ming King go after Elder Pei intervened.
• Ji Min and the Ji Family’s Sixth Awakening expert blocked Shu Dong outside, and Ji Min ordered his uncle to beat Shu Dong because Shu Dong could not prove his innocence.

Chun Prefecture’s leaders discussed Tai Sui’s attack and learned that Overlord had agreed to let Tai Sui’s three disciples test Little White Tiger and Old Ninth. Overlord explained his old rivalry with Tai Sui, then shared the story behind Tai Sui’s search for a way to revive his wife, leaving the family roughhousing as Overlord reflected on growing old.

• Little White Tiger explained that Ji Min beat Shu Dong so they could blame the Farbridge Group’s dispute on Shu Dong and delay returning the three unique techniques.
• Overlord revealed that Tai Sui’s attack was part of an agreement: Tai Sui’s three disciples could try to assassinate Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, while Overlord would not interfere in fights between their generation.
• Overlord told his sons that he and Tai Sui had fought for three days at the peak of the Seventh Awakening, and that Tai Sui controlled corpses while seeking a way to bring his wife back to life.
• Xiao Yuan asked Little White Tiger if he would defy heaven for her, and his careless reply made her chase him with her sword.
• Overlord and Master Bai reflected on their age and hoped the younger generation would grow up, while Old Ninth promised to care for his father in his old age.