Chapter Summaries

Little White Tiger entered Dead Man's Prison after his boss, Old Xie, betrayed him for killing Madman Yang. He clashed with Old Yang’s men, and Brother Zhu intervened, but Little White Tiger knew the dispute was not over.

• Little White Tiger arrived at Dead Man's Prison, where inmates recognized him as the killer of Madman Yang and learned he faced execution the following month.
• Old Yang confronted Little White Tiger over Madman Yang’s death and demanded money and a public apology, but Little White Tiger refused and warned him against attacking.
• When Old Yang’s lackey blocked his way, one of Little White Tiger’s young followers stabbed the man, and both groups drew weapons.
• Little White Tiger threatened Old Yang’s family and invoked Old Ninth’s power outside prison as the guards rushed in to stop the confrontation.
• Brother Zhu rebuked Old Yang and let Little White Tiger go, while Old Yang vowed revenge and Little White Tiger entered the cellblock knowing the feud would continue.

Little White Tiger learned that Old Xie had targeted his gang and that every prison boss wanted him dead, so he moved to seize control of the fifth floor. After killing Old Yang, he left the prison’s other bosses with a warning and a new reason to seek revenge.

• Little White Tiger learned that Old Xie had killed San-San, crippled Little Five, and injured Brother Nine, while the prison’s bosses planned to kill him.
• Little White Tiger broke into Old Yang’s cell and restrained him and his five cellmates.
• Old Yang revealed that a bounty had been placed on Little White Tiger, but refused to identify the other bosses who wanted him dead.
• Little White Tiger’s men killed Old Yang’s five core underlings, forcing Old Yang to submit and giving Little White Tiger control of the fifth floor.
• Little White Tiger had his men kill Old Yang despite his warning that Mr. Li controlled the prison and would avenge him.

Little White Tiger fought off a prison-wide attack organized by Niu San, but was left gravely wounded and ready to die. Mr. Li intervened and offered to help him escape if he retrieved something for him.

• Little White Tiger learned that Old Xie had raised the bounty on him to three hundred thousand and that Mr. Li wanted him dead that day.
• Niu San led prisoners from across the cellblock to attack Little White Tiger, who fought back while his brothers were killed.
• After the attackers overwhelmed Little White Tiger, Niu San named himself and prepared to leave him to die.
• Little White Tiger raised his dagger to kill himself, but Mr. Li arrived and dismissed Niu San and the other prisoners.
• Mr. Li offered Little White Tiger a deal: he would help him escape if Little White Tiger retrieved something for him.

Little White Tiger learned that Mr. Li had arranged for him to enter Underground Level Three and retrieve a hidden box in exchange for his freedom and help against Old Xie. After arriving in the guarded underground prison, Little White Tiger began searching for the box and learned that many others had already failed to find it.

• Mr. Li explained that Little White Tiger could reach Underground Level Three by killing prisoners and offered to free him if he returned with a box hidden on a lifer.
• The warden’s guards dragged Little White Tiger away after reporting seventeen dead and more than thirty injured, and Mr. Li paid to have Little White Tiger’s wounded brothers sent to the Infirmary.
• Little White Tiger was taken to Underground Level Three, where Awakened guards assigned him to a cell with a dead prisoner.
• Little White Tiger traded a cigarette with a neighboring prisoner, who said that Mr. Li’s previous agents and the Awakened had searched all eighteen rooms without finding the box.
• Little White Tiger recovered from his wounds and began searching his cell, unsure what the box looked like.

With his execution moved up, Little White Tiger learned that the legendary box supposedly held Demon Ancestor blood, but the guards believed it was a myth. The night before his execution, he discovered a hard object inside a corpse and cut it open to search for the box.

• Little White Tiger asked a guard about the box and learned it was rumored to contain blood collected from the Demon Ancestors by a ninth-awakening Awakened.
• The guard explained that the dead son of the blood collector had taken refuge on the third basement level, where Mr. Li's men had searched for the box for twenty years.
• Little White Tiger realized the guard wanted him to tell Mr. Li to stop sending people, while he despaired over his impending execution and unfinished revenge.
• The night before his execution, Little White Tiger fell through broken bedboards onto a corpse and felt a hard object inside its abdomen.
• Little White Tiger cut into the corpse to look for the object, then disgusted the guard by pretending to offer him a blood-soaked chunk to eat.

Little White Tiger found the Demon Ancestor's Blood inside a corpse and hid the tubes in his mouth before guards led him to the execution ground. He convinced Mr. Li to help him escape and protect his brothers, then called his brother to pull their people out of town.

• Little White Tiger found four silver tubes containing black blood inside an unidentified corpse and hid them in his mouth as guards came to take him away.
• Little White Tiger told Mr. Li that he had found the Demon Ancestor's Blood and demanded his freedom and protection for his brothers in exchange for revealing its location.
• Little White Tiger called his brother, told him to pull everyone out, and heard gunfire as his brother's men attacked Old Xie's side before withdrawing.
• Mr. Li took back his phone and remarked that Crazy Old Ninth and wild Old Eighth lived up to their names.

Little White Tiger survived his staged execution after swallowing three containers of the Demon Ancestor's Blood, but one was shattered and another went missing. Mr. Li was ordered to keep Little White Tiger under guard, while Brother Nine and his armed gang raided the clinic.

• The executioner shot Little White Tiger in the abdomen, and the body collector secretly took him from the Mass Grave to a van.
• A black-market doctor removed the bullet and discovered that Little White Tiger had swallowed three tubes, one of which had shattered.
• Mr. Li told his boss that they had secured the Demon Ancestor's Blood, and the boss ordered him to find the missing tube and keep Little White Tiger under constant watch.
• Mr. Li noticed Brother Nine and a group of armed teenage boys passing his car.
• Brother Nine's gang stormed the black-market clinic, subdued Mr. Li's guards, and confronted the doctor.

Old Ninth guarded the wounded Little White Tiger and questioned the men who had brought him to the Black-Market Doctor. Mr. Li arrived and tried to recruit Old Ninth against Old Xie, but Old Ninth refused to trust him and said the decision would wait until Little White Tiger woke up.

• Old Ninth stopped Yellow Hair from threatening the two men in black, learned Little White Tiger had been shot as punishment in prison, and ordered everyone to stay until his brother woke.
• Mr. Li entered after silently knocking out five armed boys, and the men in black revealed that he had saved Little White Tiger.
• Old Ninth thanked Mr. Li and promised to repay the debt, while Mr. Li offered to pay for barbecue and beer for the boys.
• Mr. Li asked whether Old Ninth and his crew still followed Old Xie, but Old Ninth stayed cautious and claimed he was only an underling.
• Mr. Li offered to help Old Ninth and Little White Tiger take out Old Xie, but Old Ninth said they would decide after Little White Tiger woke.

Little White Tiger remained unconscious after absorbing the Demon Ancestor's Blood, while his body began transforming and his soul confronted the Silver-Patterned Tiger. He learned the tiger was a Demon Ancestor named Lian Shen, as Old Ninth left the room and unknown pursuers prepared to attack him.

• The doctor found Little White Tiger's wounds healed and white fur growing, while Mr. Li suspected the Demon Ancestor's Blood had changed him.
• Mr. Li left to consult experts, and a young couple reported to their boss that they had found Old Ninth.
• Little White Tiger grew larger and furrier as Old Ninth urged him to wake and vowed to avenge their friends and take down Old Xie.
• After Old Ninth left, Little White Tiger's soul confronted a giant White Tiger in a dark cave and tried to force his way past it.
• The giant tiger introduced himself as Lian Shen, a Demon Ancestor also known as the Silver-Patterned Tiger.

Little White Tiger was forced to share his body with Silver-Patterned Tiger’s kitten daughter, linking their lives and minds as Silver-Patterned Tiger warned him to beware of Sword Crane. Meanwhile, Old Xie’s armed men raided the Black Market Clinic looking for Old Ninth, but Hi Dog trapped them with explosives and demanded to know Old Ninth’s whereabouts.

• Silver-Patterned Tiger told Little White Tiger her soul was fading and asked him to nurture her daughter in his body in exchange for power.
• The kitten peed on Little White Tiger, struck him, and entered his body; Silver-Patterned Tiger warned that they would die together if either one died and said to beware of Sword Crane.
• Old Xie sent Brother Ren and dozens of armed underlings to the Black Market Clinic to kill Old Ninth and his crew.
• Brother Ren’s men found the clinic empty except for Hi Dog, who calmly ate noodles and taunted them.
• Hi Dog revealed explosives wired to a remote and said Old Ninth had ordered him to prevent anyone from leaving, then Brother Ren demanded to know where Old Ninth was.

Old Ninth’s counter-ambush trapped Old Xie’s gang and forced Old Xie to flee, while Hi Dog kept Brother Ren’s men under control at the illegal clinic. Old Ninth returned with his prisoners and demanded they kneel, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Hi Dog held Brother Ren’s men at gunpoint with a remote, taunted them, and refused to let them take control of the room.
• Old Xie realized his men had walked into an ambush, then panicked when Old Ninth approached and opened fire.
• Old Ninth called out Little White Tiger’s boys, who joined the fight and drove Old Xie’s remaining men to flee in their van.
• Old Ninth chased Old Xie’s van, then demanded fifty thousand for his ammunition and threatened to kill the prisoners if Old Xie refused to pay.
• Old Ninth returned to the illegal clinic unharmed and ordered Brother Ren and the other men to kneel.

Old Ninth learned that Old Xie had betrayed him and Little White Tiger to protect a powerful child-trafficking operation, then killed Brother Ren and his men. He reunited with the recovered Little White Tiger, and the surviving brothers mourned their losses and vowed to make Old Xie pay.

• Old Ninth took Old Xie's money and dismissed the henchmen, then kept Brother Ren behind to ask why Old Xie had turned against him and Little White Tiger.
• Brother Ren revealed that Old Xie had pledged them to powerful people who wanted them dead because they had released a shipment of children three months earlier.
• Brother Ren admitted he had taken part in trafficking children, and Old Ninth ordered Hi Dog to kill him after explaining what the traffickers did to the children.
• Old Ninth's brothers found Little White Tiger awake, and the two reunited, joked, and roughhoused together.
• Little White Tiger asked how many brothers had died, and Old Ninth said their group had fallen from more than twenty to twelve before promising to make Old Xie pay.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth captured Xiao Kui while preparing to attack Old Xie's logistics market. Xiao Kui revealed the market's defenses and agreed to lure the front-gate guards away, while insisting they kill Old Xie.

• Old Xie ordered Xiao Kui to hurry the Awakened and keep watch on Old Ninth, then stayed at the logistics market overnight.
• Xiao Kui left alone to meet Old Xie's wife, but his car stalled near eleven raincoat-clad figures in the snow.
• Little White Tiger kicked Xiao Kui's car onto its side, and Old Ninth forced him to surrender and confess.
• Xiao Kui revealed that more than a hundred men guarded the market, including guards at the gates and an ambush inside the warehouse.
• Xiao Kui admitted he had slept with Old Xie's wife and offered to draw the front-gate guards away if the others killed Old Xie.

Old Xie feared Old Ninth had infiltrated his compound, but San'er and his men dismissed the danger until Hi Dog and Beibei stormed the warehouse, followed by Old Ninth and Little White Tiger. The chapter ended with Old Xie welcoming Little Tiger back while the armed men faced off.

• Old Xie discovered the guards at the main gate were missing and hurried to the warehouse, convinced Old Ninth had slipped inside.
• Old Xie found San'er and his crew eating hot pot, and San'er reluctantly sent men to check the gate.
• Hi Dog and Beibei drove two trucks into the warehouse and threatened San'er and Old Xie's men with explosives and liquefied gas.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger arrived with ten brothers, and Old Ninth kicked San'er aside before calmly eating with Little White Tiger.
• Old Xie signaled his men to lower their guns and raised a cup to welcome Little Tiger back.

Little White Tiger confronted Old Xie over the murder of his brothers, then revealed he had become an Awakened and fought to avenge them. The battle left Old Xie near death, Old Ninth gravely wounded, and Beibei dying as an unseen Awakened attacker continued striking from outside.

• Old Xie admitted he had betrayed Little White Tiger and Old Ninth because he feared their influence and wanted to expand his gang, then tried to have them killed.
• Little White Tiger’s awakened body resisted Old Xie’s knife and San’er’s bullets, while Old Ninth incapacitated San’er with the hot pot.
• An attacker hurled a steel pipe through the warehouse, impaling Old Ninth; Little White Tiger broke Old Xie’s spine and carried Old Ninth to cover.
• Old Ninth and Beibei used a liquefied gas tank to kill more than a dozen of San’er’s men, but another steel pipe pierced Beibei.
• Little White Tiger sensed the hidden Awakened attacker outside and challenged him, while Old Ninth held the fatally wounded Beibei as Beibei feared dying and being forgotten.

Beibei sacrificed himself to destroy San'er and his men while Little White Tiger fought an enemy Awakened and revealed the strength of the Demon Ancestor's Blood. After the Silver-Patterned Tiger killed the enemy, Mr. Li ordered his team to move in and take over the battle.

• Beibei grabbed a burning gas tank, shot it, and killed San'er and his men in the flames.
• Little White Tiger endured the enemy Awakened's spear attacks and fought back with his strength and resilience.
• The enemy Awakened used Dragon-Turning Spear, but the Silver-Patterned Tiger emerged from the snow, broke his spear, and killed him.
• The Silver-Patterned Tiger returned to Little White Tiger's body after urinating on his foot and told him to train properly.
• Mr. Li confirmed that the battle had been recorded and ordered his team to move in and take over.

Little White Tiger used the Demon Ancestor's Blood to save Old Ninth and brought his crew to the Black Clinic, where they learned Old Xie's gang's destruction had been reported as a fire. Li Youxian offered to recruit Little White Tiger into the Farbridge Group, then warned that refusing would mean headquarters took him for research.

• Little White Tiger fed Old Ninth the Demon Ancestor's Blood, then fled with his crew as a convoy approached.
• Little White Tiger and his brothers returned to the Black Clinic, where a news report blamed a fire for the deaths at the logistics center.
• The clinic doctor agreed to treat them for free, and Little White Tiger reassured himself that Old Ninth would recover.
• Li Youxian visited and told Little White Tiger that a five-hundred-thousand bounty was on his head and an eight-hundred-thousand bounty was on Old Ninth.
• Little White Tiger said his crew planned to leave the city, and Li Youxian offered him a place in the Farbridge Group.
• Li Youxian warned that if Little White Tiger refused to join, Farbridge headquarters would take him for research because he had the Demon Ancestor's Blood.

Mr. Li persuaded Little White Tiger to serve under him for three years, then took him to confront Old Ding and demonstrate how influence could be used as leverage. The chapter ended as Mr. Li placed a check on the table after Old Ding threatened Little White Tiger.

• Mr. Li offered Little White Tiger protection and a chance for his brothers to undergo the awakening ceremony in exchange for three years of service, and Little White Tiger agreed to repay his favor.
• Mr. Li took Little White Tiger to Old Ding's office and explained how powerful people used connections and status to advance.
• Old Ding welcomed Mr. Li and met Little White Tiger, then threatened him while patting his shoulder.
• Little White Tiger reached for his blade, but Mr. Li stopped him and slapped a check onto the table.

Mr. Li and Old Ding negotiated over Little White Tiger and control of Red Three Street, but Old Ding refused to give up the profitable district. Little White Tiger then challenged Old Ding directly and left to face him on Red Three Street.

• Mr. Li paid Old Ding a check to settle the matter of Old Xie, then asked him to let Little White Tiger take over Red Three Street.
• Old Ding refused to surrender the street, warning Mr. Li that powerful local interests backed him.
• Old Ding's men surrounded the office, but Little White Tiger attacked Red Hair and stood his ground while Mr. Li burned Old Ding's hand and threatened the men.
• Mr. Li and Little White Tiger forced their way out, and Mr. Li waited while Little White Tiger returned to Old Ding's office.
• Little White Tiger took the check from Old Ding's jacket, challenged him to fight, and declared he would wait for him on Red Three Street.

Mr. Li explained his plan to secure a foothold in Ice Prefecture and gave Little White Tiger money to build a force against Old Ding. Old Ding held back from attacking Red Three Street because Mr. Li had gained public and District Council support, while Red Hair proposed another way to strike.

• Mr. Li told Little White Tiger that he meant to force the local powers to negotiate, revealed he had arranged for a zealous Chief Detective to be transferred to Ice Prefecture, and gave him half a month and a million to establish himself.
• Little White Tiger returned to the Black Clinic, paid off the doctor, handed money to his brothers, and took Hi Dog with him while Old Ninth remained unconscious but stable.
• Mr. Li announced the Ice Prefecture Winter Charity Foundation would distribute food on Red Three Street for half a month, giving him the District Council's backing and making an attack there risky for Old Ding.
• Red Hair urged Old Ding to wipe out Little White Tiger's group, but Old Ding explained that Mr. Li's public charity and political support made that move costly.
• Red Hair told Old Ding that Little White Tiger had left the city and Old Ninth was in East Garden, then began suggesting an alternative attack.