Chapter Summaries

Little White Tiger arrived at the buried hill and sensed that Old Ninth was alive, while Old Ninth endured Thousand Illusions Ancestors’ trials in a strange space. After Little White Tiger’s voice helped him break the final illusion, Thousand Illusions Ancestors offered Old Ninth his legacy.

• Little White Tiger and his companion reached Kun Sai’s camp, where his power forced the soldiers to the ground.
• Little White Tiger sensed Old Ninth’s heartbeat beneath the hill and chose to wait rather than dig him out.
• Old Ninth met Thousand Illusions Ancestors in a mirror-filled space and learned he was trapped inside an illusion.
• Thousand Illusions Ancestors showed Old Ninth visions of his childhood and his brothers’ deaths, but Little White Tiger’s call helped him resist.
• Old Ninth broke the illusion by injuring his eyes and declared he had to return to help Little White Tiger.
• Thousand Illusions Ancestors praised Old Ninth for passing his trials and offered him his legacy because they shared roots and Old Ninth possessed an Illusion Special Ability.

Old Ninth accepted the Ancestor’s Thousandfold Eyes and agreed to avenge him by sealing Su Qing, the Greenwood Ancestors. As Old Ninth emerged from Low Hill, Kun Sai attacked, but Little White Tiger’s allies and the Dragon Kingdom military arrived to defend him.

• The Ancestor explained that Su Qing betrayed him during his battle with Sunlit and demanded that Old Ninth avenge him, threatening to trap him in the illusion realm if he refused.
• Old Ninth agreed and accepted the Ancestor’s Thousandfold Eyes, learning that he would need to trap Su Qing’s soul in the final layer of the Thousandfold Illusion.
• Kun Sai held his army outside Low Hill while Little White Tiger challenged him and warned him not to interfere with Old Ninth’s awakening.
• As Low Hill split open and crimson demonic energy emerged, Kun Sai ordered his troops and Energy-Concentrating Cannon to attack while Little White Tiger tried to hold the fissure shut.
• Xiao Yuan protected Little White Tiger as a Dragon Kingdom fighter aircraft’s cannon blast canceled out Kun Sai’s attack, and Ji Min, Hi Dog, and many Lei Zi arrived to reinforce them.
• A Demon Dragon emerged from Low Hill as Old Ninth’s awakening shook the battlefield.

Old Ninth, Little White Tiger, and their allies confronted Kun Sai after he survived his attempt to bury Old Ninth. They overwhelmed him by combining Thirteen’s time ability with a brutal group assault, and Little White Tiger dealt the final blow.

• Old Ninth emerged atop the Demon Dragon with Wu Yan, Mr. Li, and Chairman Du, while Little White Tiger and the Lei Zis of Chun Prefecture gathered to welcome them.
• Wu Yan summoned the eight great fiends of Demon Law, and Old Ninth, Little White Tiger, Ji Min, and others surrounded Kun Sai and challenged him.
• Xiao Yuan ordered the Lei Zis to seize Kun Sai’s two Energy-Concentrating Cannons as the fighters prepared to attack.
• Thirteen used Return of All Things to Their Origin to thwart Kun Sai’s stone attacks, and the group beat him while restricting his Special Ability.
• Ji Min stabbed Kun Sai with Wasteland Artifact, Old Ninth pierced his spine, and Little White Tiger punched through him with his Pseudo-Divine Body.

After Kun Sai’s defeat, the Guan Family chose to secure Mianbang through Li Youxian and the Chamber of Commerce rather than conquer more territory. Li Youxian’s attempt to take control met a hostile refusal from Wu Ji, and Little White Tiger and Old Ninth confronted Wu Ji at his villa.

• The old man ordered Little White Tiger to help Li Youxian establish a foothold in Mianbang and pursue lasting stability.
• Li Youxian planned to take over Kun Sai’s territory through the Chamber of Commerce and secure its chairmanship, while Old Ninth volunteered to kill Chairman Du before Li Youxian explained that Du could be persuaded to return home.
• Li Youxian identified An Zuo, Huang Cang, Si Ben, and Wu Ji as the powerful members of Su Han’s faction and called Wu Ji to arrange a meeting.
• Wu Ji insulted Li Youxian over the phone, threatened Old Ninth, and later warned Chairman Du not to hand the Chamber of Commerce to an outsider.
• That night, Old Ninth confronted Wu Ji at his villa, and Little White Tiger entered carrying a bloodied axe.

A masked girl was chased through a bar in the City of Light after wealthy young men ordered their men to capture her. Cornered in an alley, she found a young man who seemed surprised that someone had discovered his hiding place.

• Young Master An chose the twin-tailed girl and ordered his men to bring her and her companions upstairs.
• The masked girl’s companions mocked her, then the twin-tailed girl offered her up in exchange for their own release.
• The bar’s men restrained the girls and exposed the masked girl’s extraordinary beauty, prompting the young men upstairs to demand her.
• The masked girl fled through the bar and into an alley, where thugs cornered her at the exit.
• A young man lit a cigarette nearby and asked who had leaked information about his hiding place.

Le Wan Wan was captured after her twin-ponytailed sister tried to trade her to the men holding them, while Le Wan escaped with Old Ninth's help. Old Ninth led an armed group to the bar to find Young Master An, and the chapter ended with him ordering the execution of the dyed-haired Matsai.

• Twin Ponytails called Le Wan Wan and threatened her into returning so the men holding her could take her instead.
• Old Ninth rescued Le Wan from her attackers and left with his men to confront the people at the bar.
• Le Wan called her father about her sister's capture, but he blamed and ordered her to go save her, so she armed herself and headed toward the bar.
• A youth accompanying Old Ninth shot the Matsai leader after the men tried to extort and threaten him.
• Old Ninth's armed men disarmed the Matsai, and he ordered them to kill everyone with dyed hair.

Old Ninth and the Lei Zis stormed a bar, disrupted its customers, and forced the manager to summon his boss. The manager recognized Old Ninth as a feared killer and realized the bar faced a grave threat.

• The manager and his staff spotted Old Ninth dancing with a Shotgun while the Lei Zis taped packages around the bar.
• Old Ninth failed to attract a woman, and Hi Dog and the others mocked him for trying to flirt while carrying a gun.
• Old Ninth demanded that the music stop and the lights come on, so Hi Dog fired at the DJ booth and the Lei Zis forced the customers to squat.
• Old Ninth returned money to the woman he had frightened, then went upstairs to confront the manager.
• The manager learned Old Ninth's name and feared him because his boss had warned him about Old Ninth the Madman, who had killed General Kun Sai.

Old Ninth threatened the Chamber of Commerce bosses to force them to apologize to Li Youxian, while Le Wan’s attempt to rescue the girls ended in betrayal and capture. Little White Tiger stopped the bosses’ convoy and demanded they surrender, as Old Ninth headed upstairs after learning what had happened to Le Wan.

• Old Ninth gave An Zuo half an hour to kneel and apologize to Li Youxian or face a fight, threatening to kill An Zuo’s son.
• Le Wan tried to stab Young Master An, but he caught her, and the twin-tailed girl abandoned her before the rich young men seized them all again.
• An Zuo, Huang Cang, and Si Ben rushed toward the bar to save their sons, but Thirteen and Ji Min blocked their convoy.
• Little White Tiger tore off An Zuo’s car door and gave the bosses one minute to call Li Youxian and apologize, showing them Tyrant Warriors and the chained Wu Ji.
• Old Ninth told Little White Tiger he might kill one or two of the young masters, then left the private room after learning of Le Wan’s ordeal.

Old Ninth rescued Le Wan from Young Master An and helped her fight back against the men who had abused her. Le Wan chose to follow Old Ninth, and he ordered her to kill Young Master An.

• Old Ninth killed the manager and joined Hi Dog in attacking the security guards.
• After Young Master An tormented her, Le Wan broke a bottle and stabbed herself, then pleaded with Old Ninth to save her.
• Old Ninth entered the room, killed the men from Mianbang, and encouraged Le Wan to stop letting others bully her.
• Le Wan helped Old Ninth kill the attackers and decided she wanted to follow him and control her own fate.
• Old Ninth summoned the Demon Dragon to restrain Young Master An and told Le Wan to kill him.

Little White Tiger killed An Zuo after Old Ninth killed An Zuo’s son, then Mr. Li offered Si Ben and Huang Cang a deal to join his plans and take over Kun Sai’s territory. Old Ninth and the others threatened the remaining bosses as they considered their choice.

• Mr. Li explained to Chairman Du that Old Ninth had killed someone and Little White Tiger was eliminating the victim’s father to prevent trouble.
• Little White Tiger, Thirteen, and Ji Min ambushed An Zuo in an open lot and killed him despite his surrender.
• Si Ben and Huang Cang arrived at Mr. Li’s office and demanded to know why An Zuo had been killed.
• Mr. Li offered to preserve their positions and businesses while giving them first pick of Kun Sai’s territory, backed by the Dragon Kingdom’s power.
• Old Ninth arrived with Young Master Si and threatened Si Ben and Huang Cang, while Little White Tiger urged them to choose quickly.

The Le Family couple came to Mr. Li for help after Le Xin was abducted, but their mother attacked Le Wan and Old Ninth intervened to protect her. Mr. Li offered the family control of some An Family businesses as compensation, and Le Xin ended the chapter demanding that Le Wan come home with her.

• Mr. Li learned that the Le Family couple had arrived seeking help to recover Le Xin, and Si Ben offered to retrieve her from the Blue Star Bar.
• The Le Family mother burst in, accused Le Wan of taking her daughter, and lunged at her before Old Ninth struck her with an ashtray and seated Le Wan beside him.
• Bone had Lei Zi bring Le Xin and several other tortured women into the room, and Le Xin reunited with her mother.
• Mr. Li rebuked the Le Family couple for their conduct and threatened to send them away, while Si Ben beat his son to answer for the harm caused by the An Family boy.
• Mr. Li offered the Le Family control of some legitimate An Family businesses as compensation, and Le Xin then demanded that Le Wan return home with her.

Le Wan rejected her abusive family and chose to become Li Wan, Old Ninth’s little sister, as Chun Prefecture’s powerful figures pledged to protect her. The chapter left her welcomed into a new family and destined to become the renowned Ice Phoenix Xiaowan.

• Old Ninth, Little White Tiger, and Thirteen confronted the Le Family when they tried to take Le Wan home.
• Le Wan refused to return or marry the head of the Xiang Family, and she renounced the Le surname.
• Old Ninth let Le Wan stay with him, and she chose the name Li Wan, or Li Jiuwan.
• Thirteen and Ji Min offered to bring Li Wan into their families, but she stayed with Old Ninth and Chun Prefecture.
• Little White Tiger introduced Li Wan as his sister-in-law, and Chun Prefecture’s Lei Zis bowed to her as their young lady.
• Old Ninth promised to protect Li Wan, who found a home among the people of Chun Prefecture and became the future Ice Phoenix Xiaowan.

After securing Mianbang, Mr. Li bid farewell to Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and their group as they prepared to return to Chun Prefecture. Li Wan rejected her father’s attempt to claim her as family, and the convoy departed with Old Ninth threatening to wipe out the Le Family if they persisted.

• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth helped Mr. Li establish himself as Mianbang’s top boss, and the group prepared to leave for Chun Prefecture.
• Mr. Li advised Little White Tiger and Xiao Yuan to protect Chun Prefecture, balance their allies’ interests, and restrain their aggression.
• Mr. Li warned Old Ninth to curb his bloodlust, and Old Ninth admitted he had wanted to kill him about a dozen times.
• Le Father tried to reconnect with Li Wan and use her ties to Chun Prefecture, but Li Wan said she had only an older brother and was not a Le.
• Old Ninth threatened to wipe out the Le Family if Le Father kept claiming Li Wan, and the convoy departed.

Old Ninth’s group found Yixiu at their Borderlands hotel, where he revealed that Instructor’s crew had uncovered a Satan Organization plot against the Dragon Kingdom. Yixiu had followed the organization’s agents to Borderlands, leaving Old Ninth and Little White Tiger concerned about their plans for Fei Island.

• Old Ninth’s group discovered that their hotel had been infiltrated and their guards had vanished, then found Hi Dog and the others fighting a skilled attacker upstairs.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth recognized the attacker as Yixiu, who had subdued their men and was sheltering several wounded people.
• Thirteen recognized Yixiu’s tattoo as the mark of Shadow Ghost and left with Ji Min, warning that they wanted no involvement.
• Yixiu told Old Ninth’s group that Instructor had taken them overseas, where they learned the Satan Organization was plotting with Kou Island and Alien Races against the Dragon Kingdom.
• Yixiu said Instructor had killed Kou Island’s Emperor, then he tracked three Satan Organization agents to Borderlands after they entered the Dragon Kingdom.

Yixiu revealed that the Satan Organization had tried to recruit Old Ninth through his hired guns, and Xiao Yuan identified Chun Prefecture as one of the Dragon Kingdom’s ten rising powers targeted by a larger scheme. The Satan Organization also tried to buy access to the southwestern border from Sikong Jian, who instead had its members surrounded and demanded ransom.

• Yixiu explained that the Satan Organization had repeatedly approached Old Ninth’s hired guns, and Gray Dog said they had offered money to contact Old Ninth and Xiao Yuan before a fight broke out.
• Xiao Yuan translated a document ranking the Dragon Kingdom’s ten rising powers and explained that it divided Chun Prefecture into the Tiger Faction and the Ninth Faction.
• Little White Tiger concluded that the Satan Organization was trying to turn Old Ninth and possibly other rising powers, and decided to consult Old Man Guan in the Capital.
• Sikong Jian accepted the Satan Organization’s money but refused to open the southwestern border to aliens, saying he needed them contained to supply labor for his mines.
• Sikong Jian’s men surrounded the three Satan Organization members, and he demanded that they arrange ten million in ransom for each of them.

Old Ninth and False Eye met with Satan Organization members who tried to recruit him to betray Little White Tiger and sell his mining company over Fei Island. Old Ninth rejected their offer, and he and the Chun Prefecture Lei Zi surrounded the Westerners.

• Old Ninth and False Eye left the hospital to find the Alien Races who had attacked Little Gray Dog, while Little White Tiger watched them depart.
• Johnson and Kurr followed Old Ninth to a restaurant and attempted to speak to him in awkward classical Chinese before proposing an alliance.
• Old Ninth learned that Satan wanted him to kill Little White Tiger at a critical moment and sell his mining company in exchange for European Federation citizenship and support in ruling Chun Prefecture.
• Old Ninth excused himself and left the restaurant with False Eye, then returned with Little White Tiger, Xiao Yuan, Ji Min, Thirteen, Yixiu, and armed Lei Zi surrounding the Satan members.

Amaterasu and Abahan planned to recruit powerful Dragon Kingdom factions, but reports of deaths, a captured subordinate, and ransom demands derailed their scheme. Abahan was left reeling as every avenue he had pursued turned into a setback.

• Amaterasu and Abahan discussed recruiting Sikong Jian, the Raft Gang, and Old Ninth to destabilize the Dragon Kingdom.
• A black-robed Priest reported that Johnson and Cole had been killed, enraging Abahan.
• Abahan called Edward and learned that Old Ninth had captured and tortured him, then taunted Abahan over White Garment’s protection of the Dragon Kingdom.
• Sikong Jian called Abahan to demand ransom for his people and threatened to raise the price for every extra hour they stayed.
• The Raft Gang told Abahan they had taken apart his man and invited him to their ceremony honoring their ancestors.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth reported the Satan Organization’s involvement in the Fei Island crisis to the Old Man, who explained the group’s strength and urged them to fight without hesitation. He sent them to Fei Island to crush the threat, promising military support if they needed it.

• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth arrived at the Guan Residence and interrupted the Old Man’s fishing, then broke several tea utensils before he took over brewing tea.
• Little White Tiger told the Old Man about the border clash with the Satan Organization and asked whether it would retaliate.
• The Old Man explained that the Satan Organization served as the European Federation’s secret force, had nine divisions led by fallen-angel names, and numbered fewer than fifty elite members.
• The Old Man said the Satan Organization had once fled from him at sea because he commanded two fleets and tens of thousands of troops.
• The Old Man ordered Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to go to Fei Island, confront the plot against the Dragon Kingdom, and call for a full-strength division if they could not win.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth pledged to complete the mission.

Fang Mu recognized that Fei Island’s protests were a calculated attempt to drive Ji Min’s company away and seize its mines. As rioters attacked the company office, he called Ji Min for help, confident that the threat of retaliation from Chun Prefecture would keep him safe.

• Alien residents of Fei Island staged mass protests, accusing Dragon Kingdom mining companies of killing their people and demanding the mines back.
• The company manager and staff hid in their office while the manager and Fang Mu discussed Fei Island’s weak provisional government and the danger of losing the mines.
• Fang Mu concluded that someone had engineered the deaths and protests to make the companies abandon their investment and equipment.
• Protesters threw rocks through the office windows, and the manager asked Fang Mu to negotiate their escape.
• Fang Mu told the manager to call Ji Min for help and said Chun Prefecture Lei Zi would retaliate if anyone killed him.

Xiao Yuan ordered a trusted infiltrator on Fei Island to provoke a massacre at the mine, intending to use the deaths of the Dragon Kingdom miners to justify Chun Prefecture’s retaliation. Young Master Shu prepared to counter the plan after noticing something unusual among the miners.

• Xiao Yuan learned that the Koreans and their allies planned to seize the mines after the Dragon Kingdom workers extracted the ore, and she ordered her infiltrator to provoke a clash and kill the miners.
• Xiao Yuan arranged for illegal laborers through Brother Xie and promised to help her infiltrator rebuild his father’s group.
• Young Master Shu faced pressure from Korean leaders to make his men join the crowd surrounding the mine.
• Young Master Shu reminded his trusted men that they were Dragon Kingdom people and instructed them to use dynamite for a plan against the mob.
• Young Master Shu noticed something unusual among the miners and recognized it as a move by Chun Prefecture’s female strategist.