Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yuan left Fei Island after arranging for Shu Dong to overthrow Ruan Lie and rule the island. As the cruise ship departed, she and Little White Tiger promised to support Third Uncle’s education and future leadership of Black Mountain Town, before a group of burly men appeared from the cabin.

• At the wharf, Ruan Lie thanked Xiao Yuan for helping him gain power on Fei Island as she prepared to leave with Guan Lei and the others.
• Aboard the ship, Xiao Yuan told Shu Dong to lead the Bai Family in overthrowing Ruan Lie and offered to make him King of Fei Island.
• Shu Dong accepted Xiao Yuan’s offer, resolved to develop Fei Island under the Dragon Kingdom’s lead, and thanked her for giving him a new life.
• As the cruise ship departed, Old Ninth revealed he had left a Lei Zi Squad with Fang Mu and warned him to kill anyone who caused trouble.
• Xiao Yuan and Little White Tiger arranged for Third Uncle to attend school, with Little White Tiger promising to manage Black Mountain Town until Third Uncle graduated.
• A group of burly men emerged from the cabin as everyone joked aboard the departing ship.

Sikong Jian reunited with Xiao Yuan and warned Little White Tiger and Old Ninth that Sword Crane had killed Ma Xu and might seek the remaining Demon Ancestor’s Blood. As the group dismissed the threat, Two-Headed Flood Dragon appeared and confronted Old Ninth, announcing that Sword Crane had emerged.

• Sikong Jian met Little White Tiger and accepted him as Xiao Yuan’s partner, declaring that anyone who harmed him would make an enemy of the Southwest.
• Sikong Jian revealed that Ma Xu, who had absorbed Old Turtle’s Demon Ancestor’s Blood, had been killed and drained of blood by the person who absorbed Sword Crane’s blood.
• Sikong Jian warned that Sword Crane might target Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to obtain their Demon Ancestor’s Blood, but they refused to be intimidated.
• A massive serpentine creature attacked the cruise ship, and Old Ninth recognized it as Two-Headed Flood Dragon.
• Two-Headed Flood Dragon told Old Ninth that Sword Crane had emerged.

The Two-Headed Flood Dragon confronted Old Ninth over the Dragon Horns, but Xiao Yuan realized it wanted the group’s help tracking down the Sword Crane. The White Flood Dragon revealed that the Sword Crane had possessed an Awakened and was hunting Old Ninth and Little White Tiger for their Demon Ancestor’s Blood, leaving the group facing a forced alliance.

• The Two-Headed Flood Dragon poisoned the sea and threatened Old Ninth, while Little White Tiger and the others gathered to defend him.
• Xiao Yuan questioned why the Two-Headed Flood Dragon had not attacked and persuaded it to reveal its purpose.
• The White Flood Dragon explained that the Four Great Demon Ancestors could evolve by devouring one another and asked the group to help capture the Sword Crane.
• The White Flood Dragon revealed that the Sword Crane possessed an Awakened and intended to absorb the Demon Ancestor’s Blood in Old Ninth and Little White Tiger.
• The Two-Headed Flood Dragon threatened to use Old Ninth and Little White Tiger as bait, and explained that it could not possess Old Ninth because he never trusted it.

Little White Tiger and his companions returned to Demon City with Evil Jiao, a former Demon Ancestor, and warned him to keep his temper under control. When they learned Old Ninth and Hi Dog had sold him to a pimp, Evil Jiao’s fury shook the hotel, leaving the group facing the consequences.

• Little White Tiger and his companions reached Demon City with Evil Jiao, and Old Ninth gave him the human name Jiao Jiao.
• The group met Old Man Guan and Old Man Ji at the Ji Family hotel, where Old Man Ji scolded Ji Min about his many children.
• Old Man Guan asked to meet the Demon Ancestor, and roars and shaking from downstairs sent Old Ninth and Hi Dog fleeing.
• Xiao Yuan questioned Earthworm, who revealed that Old Ninth and Hi Dog had sold Jiao Jiao to a pimp.
• The hotel began to tilt as the furious Jiao Jiao roared, leaving the two old men stunned.

After Old Ninth’s scheme caused Evil Jiao to coil around a hotel, Little White Tiger discussed expanding the Lei Zi Group with Old Guan and Elder Ji. They decided he would seize Ice Prefecture while studying at the Military Department Awakening University, and Evil Jiao agreed to go to Chun Prefecture to guard Old Ninth from Sword Crane.

• Evil Jiao attacked the hotel after a man mistook her for a woman, and Old Guan, Elder Ji, and Xiao Yuan calmed her down while Old Ninth and Hi Dog fled to Chun Prefecture.
• At the Ji Family villa, Little White Tiger said he wanted to expand the Lei Zi Group after its success on Fei Island.
• Old Guan explained that Little White Tiger would need more money, resources, and territory, and urged him to take Ice Prefecture while the Ma Family focused on the Capital.
• Elder Ji enrolled Little White Tiger in the Military Department Awakening University, and Old Guan promised military support if the Ma Family attacked.
• Evil Jiao agreed to go to Chun Prefecture to protect Old Ninth because Sword Crane might target him while Little White Tiger was away.

The Ming King reflected on his decline and the Ma Family’s growing concern over Little White Tiger and Old Ninth. Old Ninth and his brothers arrived in Ice Prefecture and warned the Ming King to tell the Ma Family to leave by sunrise.

• The Butler told the wheelchair-bound Ming King that Shorty had invited him to a banquet and that Ma Family members had entered Ice Prefecture; the Ming King refused the invitation and speculated that the Ma Family feared Little White Tiger’s rise.
• The Butler discovered Old Ninth and Instant Noodle Hair waiting inside the Ming King’s darkened residence, and Old Ninth mocked the Ming King’s broken legs.
• Bone threatened the Butler after he challenged Old Ninth, but Old Ninth told Bone to show respect to their host.
• Old Ninth accused the Ming King of tolerating Flower Boss’s abuses while denying him and Little White Tiger a chance to make a living, and the Ming King argued that they would have become a threat.
• The Ming King recognized that Old Ninth and the Ma Family were both pursuing Ice Prefecture; Old Ninth declared that his boss wanted it and ordered the Ma Family to leave by sunrise.

Ma Fangshan learned that Old Ninth had entered Ice Prefecture and urged his people to stay clear while informing Ma Qingshan. At the Ming King's Residence, Old Ninth discussed taking the prefecture with the Ming King before Ma Qingshan arrived and greeted him with calculated friendliness.

• Ma Fangshan learned that Old Ninth had entered Ice Prefecture and told his people not to provoke him.
• Ma Fangshan ordered his secretary to leak Old Ninth's arrival to Ma Qingshan.
• The Ming King told Old Ninth that taking control of Ice Prefecture would be difficult and refused to help him fight the Ma Family.
• Ma Qingshan arrived at the Ming King's Residence with gifts and showed concern for the Ming King's disabled legs.
• The Ming King introduced Old Ninth to Ma Qingshan, who greeted him enthusiastically while Old Ninth's men took positions around the room.
• Ma Qingshan asked whether Old Ninth had come to visit the Ming King, and Old Ninth claimed he was there to collect five hundred from a mahjong game.

Ma Qingshan offered Old Ninth Ice Prefecture in exchange for killing his brother Ma Fangshan, claiming Ma Fangshan had caused the conflict between Old Ninth and the San Mu Group. Old Ninth agreed, unaware that Ma Qingshan planned to use the murder as a pretext to eliminate him and seize the city.

• Ma Qingshan asked the Ming King for privacy and told Old Ninth that he also wanted Ice Prefecture.
• Ma Qingshan offered to yield Ice Prefecture to Old Ninth, confusing him and his companions with his generosity.
• Ma Qingshan admitted that Ma Fangshan had betrayed Old Ninth by revealing Lei Zi’s residence to the San Mu Group.
• Ma Qingshan asked Old Ninth to kill Ma Fangshan and promised him Ice Prefecture and another city in return.
• Old Ninth accepted the deal, and Ma Qingshan left the Ming King’s Residence.
• Ma Qingshan told his men that he intended to use Ma Fangshan’s death as justification to kill Old Ninth and take Ice Prefecture.

Ma Qingshan sent Old Ninth to kill Ma Fangshan while secretly arranging to eliminate Old Ninth afterward. Old Ninth reached the hotel, killed Ma Fangshan’s secretary, and attacked the guards as Ma Fangshan fled.

• Ma Fangshan spotted unfamiliar men watching the hotel and suspected that Ma Qingshan had made a deal with Old Ninth.
• Old Ninth arrived with Hi Dog, Bone, Xiao Feng, and others, while Ma Qingshan ordered his watchers to gather forces and ensure Old Ninth did not leave alive.
• Ma Fangshan tried to escape through the emergency exit, but his secretary switched clothes with him to draw Old Ninth away.
• Old Ninth killed the secretary with a hatchet when the elevator doors opened, mistaking him for Ma Fangshan because he wore Ma Fangshan’s clothes.
• Ma Fangshan ordered his guards to attack Old Ninth, then fled down the corridor as Bone, Xiao Feng, and the others joined the close-quarters fight.

Old Ninth trapped Ma Fangshan in a deadly illusion, beat him, and used compromising photos to secure his promise of Ice Prefecture and ten million. The chapter left Ma Fangshan furious and at Old Ninth’s mercy, with one week to make good on his deal.

• Ma Fangshan ran through the same stairwell floor repeatedly, realized he was trapped in Old Ninth’s illusion, and discovered that its pain and injuries were real.
• Old Ninth accused Ma Fangshan of betraying False Eye and said Ma Qingshan had tried to use him, then demanded that Ma Fangshan submit to a beating.
• Ma Fangshan attacked Old Ninth with Moonglow Flash Blade, but Old Ninth dismissed the moonlight within his illusion and beat him unconscious.
• Ma Fangshan woke with broken bones and found himself naked as Old Ninth and the others photographed him in compromising poses.
• Ma Fangshan offered Ice Prefecture and ten million in exchange for his release, and Old Ninth gave him a week to resolve matters with Ma Qingshan.
• Hi Dog showed Ma Fangshan the humiliating photos, and Old Ninth taunted him with the possibility of scandalous headlines.

Ma Qingshan led hundreds of Ma Family Awakened to avenge Ma Fangshan, only to find his younger brother alive and playing mahjong with Old Ninth and the others. As they played along and taunted him about hiring Lei Zi without paying a deposit, Ma Qingshan hinted that the supposed rule-breaker had a valuable face.

• Ma Qingshan tortured and killed Ming King's men at a KTV, then set out to avenge his brother.
• Ma Qingshan rallied the Ma Family Awakened and led them to the hotel, where they found Ma Fangshan alive and playing mahjong with Old Ninth, Hi Dog, and Bone.
• Ma Fangshan and Old Ninth pretended to be surprised by Ma Qingshan's arrival, while Bone and Xiao Feng kept his entourage outside.
• Ma Qingshan sat down to play mahjong and implied that the person who hired Lei Zi without paying a deposit was worth a lot.

Old Ninth and Ma Fangshan joined forces against Ma Qingshan, but the Ma Family’s Old Man arrived and confronted Old Ninth over his demand for Ice Prefecture. Old Ninth and his men charged at the Old Man after he used his power to pressure them.

• Ma Qingshan tried to renew his deal with Old Ninth, but Old Ninth and Ma Fangshan exposed his false mahjong win and made clear they had teamed up.
• Ma Qingshan claimed he had trapped Ma Fangshan’s people and tried to leave, but Ma Fangshan stopped him and gave him one last chance to surrender.
• Old Ninth chopped off Ma Qingshan’s left hand, then the Ma Family’s Old Man arrived with two Seven Awakenings and slapped Ma Qingshan down.
• The Old Man blocked Old Ninth from leaving and challenged him over attacking Ma Qingshan; Old Ninth demanded Ice Prefecture and threatened the Ma Family’s descendants.
• The Old Man unleashed pressure that forced Hi Dog to one knee, but Hi Dog stood again, and Old Ninth and his brothers charged at the Old Man.

Old Ma captured Old Ninth and planned to use him to pressure Little White Tiger and Chun Prefecture. Old Ninth mocked the Ma Family and revealed its feud over the phone, leaving Old Ma furious but unable to easily kill him.

• Old Ma captured Old Ninth after defeating him and took him away in the Ma Family convoy.
• Old Ma ordered Old Ninth to call Little White Tiger and demand that he come to Shen Prefecture if he wanted Old Ninth alive.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger discussed Ma Qingshan and Ma Fangshan’s feud while Old Ma listened, growing increasingly angry.
• Little White Tiger threatened to fight the Ma Family if Old Ninth was harmed, but Old Ninth said he had a secret weapon and hinted he possessed Ma Fangshan’s nude photos.
• Old Ma hung up and filled the car with killing intent as Old Ninth continued to show no fear.

Old Ninth tried to evade Evil Jiao, who had blocked the Ma Family convoy and demanded his life. After Old Ninth dragged Old Ma into their dispute, Evil Jiao beat him and attacked again while Old Ninth prepared to leave with Ma Fangshan.

• Old Ninth and Old Ma argued about the Ma Family’s authority before a walkie-talkie reported that someone had blocked the convoy.
• Old Ninth recognized the woman as Jiao Jiao and tried to hide, but she shattered the convoy’s windows and confronted him.
• Old Ninth called Old Ma his godfather and claimed he was the Ma Family heir, provoking Old Ma’s denial and Jiao Jiao’s anger.
• Evil Jiao attacked them with black slime, and Old Ma raised a qi barrier to stop it.
• Evil Jiao broke Old Ma’s barrier with one punch and struck him again while Old Ninth taunted her.
• Old Ninth went to Ma Fangshan’s car and asked them to leave while Old Ma prepared to face Evil Jiao.

Old Ninth used compromising photographs and threats to make Old Ma withdraw the Ma Family from Ice Prefecture, while the Ma Family focused on its political ambitions in the Capital. The Ming King kept control of Ice Prefecture and decided to have Shorty killed for joining the Ma Family.

• Old Ninth taunted Old Ma over the phone and threatened to bring Jiao Jiao to the Ma Family or Shen Prefecture unless the Ma Family gave up Ice Prefecture.
• Old Ninth sent Old Ma photographs of Ma Fifth Young Master with a dog and used them to force the Ma Family to withdraw from Ice Prefecture, while retaining the photographs as leverage.
• Old Ma chose to tolerate Old Ninth for now so the Ma Family could pursue political influence in the Capital with the European Capitalist Faction.
• The Ming King celebrated that Old Ninth and the Ma Family had left Ice Prefecture without taking it, and the butler credited his feigned weakness for helping him keep control.
• The Ming King decided to kill Shorty, who had joined the Ma Family, and rose on the leg Overlord had once broken, now healed.

Old Ninth returned to Ice Prefecture and killed Shorty, whom he said had sided with the Ma Family. He confronted the Ming King, exposed his feigned lameness, and prepared to kill him.

• The Ming King surrounded Shorty's residence and planned to rebuild the Five Overlords by inviting investors from the Capital.
• The Ming King entered Shorty's residence and found Shorty and dozens of Awakened dead inside.
• The Ming King discovered Old Ninth watching television among the corpses, with Hi Dog and the others beside him.
• Old Ninth said Shorty had sided with the Ma Family and revealed that Elder Ma had made him a sworn brother and given him Ice Prefecture.
• The Ming King signaled his men to kill Old Ninth, but Old Ninth mocked his acting and stood up to fight.

A mysterious girl arrived in Ice Prefecture and met Earthworm, who gave her money for candied hawthorns before hurrying off to fight. In Shorty Prefecture, Ming King confronted Old Ninth, but explosions interrupted the battle as Earthworm and the Black Mountain Town fighters arrived.

• The girl in white searched Ice Prefecture for a man she called a stinking snake, then stopped to admire candied hawthorns despite having no money.
• Earthworm bought candied hawthorns for the girl and gave her cash, then left with Third Uncle and his hired fighters to fight someone.
• Ming King faced Old Ninth at the main building in Shorty Prefecture and prepared to send his butler and Awakened fighters against him.
• Hi Dog whistled, triggering more than a dozen explosions in the courtyard.
• Earthworm arrived outside the courtyard carrying Third Uncle, followed by Wine, Sword, Spear, and the people of Black Mountain Town.

Black Mountain Town launched its revenge against Ming King, and Old Ninth confronted him in a brutal fight. As Old Ninth’s bloodlust took over and Ming King gained the upper hand, a woman revealed the location of his acupoint.

• Third Uncle led Black Mountain Town in opening Xiao Fei’s coffin, distributing weapons, and swearing vengeance on Ming King.
• Earthworm and Hi Dog led the attack on Ming King while Old Spear, Old Sword, and Old Wine killed the butler who tried to intervene.
• Ming King used his Golden Body to repel the brothers and explained that it reflected attacks.
• Old Ninth stepped in to protect Hi Dog, then traded blows with Ming King until the fight destroyed Shorty’s home.
• Ming King shattered the scales on Old Ninth’s chest, triggering his episode, and Old Ninth slapped and taunted him.
• A woman told Earthworm that Ming King’s acupoint was on top of his head.

Old Ninth killed the Ming King and claimed Ice Prefecture in Little White Tiger’s name. He assigned Old Sword and Third Uncle to manage the city, leaving Ice Prefecture under Black Mountain Town’s control as Little White Tiger’s power in the Northeast grew.

• Old Ninth and Earthworm killed the Ming King after Old Ninth revealed his healing ability and destroyed the Ming King with a demon dragon.
• The Tyrant Warriors and Black Mountain Town wiped out the Awakened forces, leaving Ice Prefecture’s last two overlords dead in one night.
• Old Ninth declared that Ice Prefecture would bear the name Bai, then ordered his men to consolidate control and bring the city’s forces under Little White Tiger.
• Old Sword suggested Old Ninth should rule Ice Prefecture, but Old Ninth rejected the idea and declared that Little White Tiger was the only king.
• Old Ninth assigned Old Sword, Third Uncle, and their allies to manage Ice Prefecture, while the wider plan placed Chun Prefecture under Little White Tiger and the company under Xiao Yuan.
• Little White Tiger’s forces became the Northeast’s second-largest power after the Ma Family, setting the stage for the Ma Family’s later betrayal.

Six months after the Five Overlords fell, Little White Tiger's group prospered in Ice Prefecture and prepared to divide profits from its Fei Island investment. The chapter ended with Earthworm's planned romantic confession ruined when Bone and the others played an erotic movie instead.

• Little White Tiger's group took over the Ming King's former office building, while Old Ninth, False Eye, and the others were chained together and forced to play cards for two days until Zhang Yang and Ji Min stopped the game.
• Hi Dog told Ji Min that Little White Tiger, Thirteen, and Fang Mu would arrive that night for a shareholders' meeting to divide the group's first investment profits.
• Ji Min asked about Third Uncle and Earthworm, and Hi Dog revealed that Third Uncle was in the hospital after Old Ninth beat him for failing an exam.
• Earthworm dressed up and planned to confess to a girl at a movie theater, while Bone and the others secretly arranged to play an erotic film as the movie's climax.
• Earthworm froze as the erotic scenes began, then cursed Bone and the others when they admitted they had played the film he had asked them to put on.