Chapter Summaries

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.

Shu Dong orchestrated an explosion and a riot at the mine, then manipulated the Korean leaders into fleeing to Kou Island while pretending to protect them. He asked Xiao Yuan to eliminate them before they could expose him, but she refused and pointed him toward Fang Mu and Lei Zi.

• Shu Dong detonated explosives among the Koreans and had his men incite the crowd to attack the miners and wreck the mine.
• Piao Wugen and the other minor leaders feared punishment, and Shu Dong persuaded them to flee to Kou Island while he claimed he would take responsibility.
• Shu Dong sent the leaders toward the pier, then rejected his subordinate's suggestion to use his hidden men.
• Shu Dong called Xiao Yuan and asked her to deal with the fleeing leaders, but she refused and told him to handle it through Fang Mu and Lei Zi.

Xiao Yuan’s plan used a massacre on Fei Island to give the Dragon Kingdom a pretext to intervene, while Fang Mu escaped the company and took control of the island operation. In the Capital, Old Man Guan prepared to negotiate the intervention’s limits before Little White Tiger and Old Ninth deployed, and told Old Ninth to seek Li Youxian’s help with a plan.

• Xiao Yuan ordered Fang Mu to leave no survivors who could reveal that the three thousand miners were alien, making the massacre grounds for a military intervention.
• Brother Chun and his men killed the attackers at the company, then escorted Fang Mu and the secretary away by helicopter.
• Fang Mu told the secretary that Mr. Hu had been a front and that he now had full authority over Fei Island, while deciding not to lead the response before the other factions acted.
• Old Man Guan received meeting invitations from Yang Min, Bai Tai, and Ding Kuian, then told Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to prepare to go to Fei Island after negotiations.
• Old Man Guan warned that the intervention’s objectives had to be settled in advance, and advised Old Ninth to ask Li Youxian to devise a plan.

Yang Min, Bai Tai, Ding Kuian, and Old Man Guan struck a deal over military action on Fei Island, tacitly allowing Chun Prefecture to act while the fleet underwent repairs. At the airport, Mr. Li and Xiao Yuan advised Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to attack the Indians first to sow confusion among Fei Island’s factions.

• Yang Min said the Satan Organization was on Fei Island, and the four officials discussed the island’s defiance and the shutdown of its four mines.
• Ding Kuian agreed to request military action, while Old Man Guan demanded permission for Chun Prefecture to act during the fleet’s three-month refit.
• Yang Min and the others accepted Old Man Guan’s condition that his soldiers would avoid a massacre, while tacitly allowing Chun Prefecture to operate.
• At the airport, Little White Tiger and Old Ninth told Mr. Li that Old Guan’s meeting had settled on a third of Fei Island’s population dying.
• Mr. Li advised them to target one faction rather than unite their enemies, and Xiao Yuan proposed attacking the Indians first to make them suspect the Koreans.

Overlord Stronghold and the Lei Zi Corps entered Chun Prefecture on their way to fight the aliens on Fei Island, where the people welcomed and supported them. The Lei Zis accepted the residents’ money as payment for killing aliens and vowed to follow their rules.

• Overlord Stronghold arrived at Chun Prefecture’s East Gate, where residents cheered for the bandits marching to fight the aliens.
• Overlord told his men to honor the people’s welcome, and thousands of bandits bowed to the residents, who bowed back.
• The Lei Zi Corps entered through the West Gate, where residents offered them liquor and pleaded with them to avenge their compatriots.
• A schoolboy offered a Lei Zi five yuan for ten alien lives, and the Lei Zi promised to return alive if he could.
• The Lei Zi leader allowed his men to take private jobs at one yuan per alien, and the residents showered the corps with cash.

The Dragon Kingdom’s leaders prepared to retake Fei Island after Chun Prefecture, the Ji Family, and the Pao Ge Society mobilized forces. Thirteen prepared to lead Pao Ge disciples into battle, while his master urged him to make their sacrifices count.

• Guan Lei reported that Chun Prefecture, Overlord Stronghold, and the Eight-Nine Group had assembled over ten thousand men to attack Fei Island.
• Ji Min ordered the Ji Family to mobilize its security companies, ships, and funds, demanding five thousand men within a day.
• Thirteen received permission to lead Pao Ge Society forces out of Chuan, and the elder called the disciples to assemble.
• The Pao Ge disciples drew life-and-death lots to decide who would stay behind and who would fight on Fei Island.
• Thirteen told his master he feared watching his brothers die, and the elder reminded him that his duty was to make their deaths count.

Little White Tiger assembled Chun Prefecture’s forces to prepare an invasion of Fei Island and welcomed Instructor’s group into the expedition. The first landing force was assigned to False Eye, while the other leaders argued over who should go first.

• Little White Tiger urged Chun Prefecture’s troops to fight the alien races on Fei Island, and they enthusiastically pledged to follow him.
• Instructor arrived with Yixiu and his companions, and Little White Tiger welcomed them into the campaign.
• Little White Tiger ordered the Eleven Brothers to serve as the vanguard and told Old Ninth to protect their brothers and survive.
• False Eye, the Old Man of Black Mountain Town, and Hu Du each argued that their forces should land first.
• Xiao Yuan assigned the vanguard position to False Eye, who vowed to lead the landing and fight until his men were dead.

Old Ninth arrived on Fei Island after the Council nationalized the island’s mines, and he told Fang Mu to negotiate with the Koreans while bringing explosives. At a meeting, Bai Giyu proposed extorting the Dragon Kingdom over the Misha Mine, despite Jiang Min warning that Old Ninth was already on the island.

• The Fei Island Council nationalized the four major Nuclear Energy Mines and confiscated the Dragon Kingdom’s investments, while the Dragon Kingdom rejected the resolution.
• Old Ninth arrived at the docks, reunited with Fang Mu, and ordered him to contact the Koreans about negotiations.
• Bai Giyu proposed taking two hundred million from the Dragon Kingdom before driving its people off the island.
• Jiang Min warned Bai Chengjing that Old Ninth and the other mine backers were dangerous, but Bai Giyu dismissed the warning and accused Jiang Min of trying to suppress him.
• Bai Chengjing scolded Bai Giyu and praised Jiang Jing as a possible successor, prompting Jiang Min to deny that the Jiang Family sought the position.

Old Ninth’s group traveled to the Korean settlement to negotiate with Young Master Bai, but Bai’s people tried to intimidate them with a hostile crowd. The group retaliated when locals attempted to rob their vehicles, then continued to the hotel carrying bags of money, though Bone accidentally revealed that his bag contained Hell Money.

• Fang Mu explained the Korean Committee’s families and their negotiator, Bai Giyu, as Old Ninth’s convoy entered the settlement.
• A hostile crowd pelted the convoy with rocks and trash, but Old Ninth stayed in the car until Bai’s secretary came to escort them.
• Old Ninth mocked and threatened the secretary before following him toward the hotel.
• When locals began robbing the convoy’s cars, Hi Dog detonated explosives that killed or injured many people, and Old Ninth’s group denied responsibility.
• Old Ninth’s group headed into the hotel with bags they claimed held money, but Bone’s torn bag spilled a Hell Money note.

Old Ninth led a deliberately provocative negotiation with Bai Giyu over the mine, then vanished with his companions before the meeting turned violent. He revealed that the meeting’s real purpose was to show outsiders that Chun Prefecture had contacted the Bai Family.

• Old Ninth entered Bai Giyu’s private room, ignored the Koreans’ attempt to humiliate his group, and provoked them by sitting on a sofa and insulting their food.
• Young Master Bai demanded five hundred million for the mine, and Old Ninth offered a billion if Bai Giyu knelt and kowtowed five times.
• Old Ninth threatened the Bai Family, spat into the kimchi, and declared that he would take back the mine by force if necessary.
• When Bai Giyu and the others attacked, Old Ninth vanished with Hi Dog and Earthworm under cover of white mist.
• Bai Giyu told Chairman Bai that the talks had failed, and Chairman Bai warned him to unite with the other two families against the Dragon Kingdom.
• Old Ninth told Hi Dog and Earthworm to keep watch on Bai and explained that the meeting had been meant to show outsiders that Chun Prefecture had contacted the Bai Family.

Bai Giyu tried to recruit Amir and Ruan Xing to help attack the Dragon Kingdom people, but Old Ninth arrived and violently took control of the meeting. He left Ruan Xing bloodied as Hi Dog assured Bai Giyu that they had his back.

• Bai Giyu invited Amir and Ruan Xing to dinner and offered them business and political favors in exchange for help attacking the Dragon Kingdom people.
• Amir and Ruan Xing declined to commit immediately and said they needed time to think.
• Old Ninth entered with Hi Dog and the others, claiming to be Bai Giyu's brother and pushing Ruan Xing back into the room.
• Earthworm reported that the guards accompanying Amir and Ruan Xing had been dealt with.
• Old Ninth smashed Ruan Xing's head into the table, and Hi Dog struck him with a hammer while telling Bai Giyu not to be scared.

Old Ninth and the brothers turned Bai Giyu and Amir against each other, then killed Amir while Ruan Xing escaped under Illusion. Old Ninth trapped Bai Giyu in a bag and told him to inform Brother Yan'er to make his move.

• Old Ninth used Illusion on Ruan Xing, while Hi Dog knocked Bai Giyu down and Amir offered to call for backup.
• The brothers distracted Amir with porn clips, weakening his Divine Protection, and Earthworm killed a woman Amir had wanted.
• Sunlit wounded Amir, and Hi Dog and the others beat him until Hi Dog decapitated him with a Chainsaw.
• Ruan Xing snapped out of his daze and fled, but Old Ninth said his hatred-filled look would implicate Bai Giyu.
• Old Ninth emptied a Canvas Bag, ordered Bai Giyu inside, and told him to say that Brother Yan'er could make his move.

Ruan Xing accused Bai Giyu of conspiring with Old Ninth and killing Amir, forcing Chairman Bai to promise to find his missing grandson within three days. At an Amir Family casino, False Eye lost eighteen rounds in a row, shot the dealer, and declared a robbery.

• Chairman Bai and the Ruan and Amir family leaders waited for Ruan Xing to wake and discussed Old Ninth as the likely attacker.
• After waking, Ruan Xing accused Bai Giyu of arranging the ambush and killing Amir, then described an illusion in which the Bai Family allied with Old Ninth and the First War Zone.
• Chairman Bai said Bai Giyu was missing and promised to find him and hand him over within three days to prevent the families from going to war.
• At the Amir Family casino, False Eye lost eighteen consecutive rounds while A Chun and his men watched and discussed his bad gambling habits.
• False Eye accused the dealer of cheating, shot him dead, and announced that he was robbing the casino.