Chapter Summaries

White Garment rewarded the Lei Zis for their work at the Alliance, then revealed that the Godforsaken Land had once been a Dragon Kingdom village and exposed how the Alliance and Federation betrayed Dragon Kingdom Awakened there. He left the group with the truth about the stolen glory and the cost Dragon Kingdom paid to restore the balance of power.

• Old Ninth left the negotiations and greeted White Garment, who invited him to talk.
• White Garment met with Xiao Yuan, Old Ninth, Hi Dog, Thirteen, Ji Min, Hei Ba, and the others, and offered them a reward for their work at the Alliance.
• Old Ninth asked White Garment to kill Old Ma, but White Garment refused because the Ma Family served the Dragon Kingdom's interests.
• Hei Ba admitted that Black Six had damaged the Holy See's Holy Light Cross after failing to steal its secret treasure.
• White Garment explained that the Godforsaken Land had been Xu Family Village, and that Dragon Kingdom fighters had sealed it after the Blood Moon's arrival.
• White Garment revealed that Alliance and Federation Awakened betrayed and slaughtered Dragon Kingdom fighters, stole their glory, and that Ao Xing later died young after forcing a breakthrough to Nine Awakenings.

White Garment recruited the Lei Zis to help expose the truth about the Dragon Kingdom’s Pioneers in the Godforsaken Land, and they pledged to carry on his will. After he left to find promising young talents, Little White Tiger and the others attacked Gulis and the foreign representatives who insulted the Dragon Kingdom.

• White Garment stopped the Lei Zis from seeking revenge and explained that he wanted ruthless successors to prevent another tragedy like the battle in the Godforsaken Land.
• Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and the others pledged to carry on White Garment’s will and join his dangerous effort to reveal the truth and restore the Pioneers’ reputations.
• White Garment set a meeting in Chun Prefecture for half a month later and left to recruit promising young talents.
• Gulis arrived at the Small Shop with foreign representatives, and the Korean representative insulted the Dragon Kingdom and demanded food.
• Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Xiao Yuan, and the others attacked the representatives, demanding that Gulis kneel and offering to pay their medical bills.

After Little White Tiger and Old Ninth’s group beat up the Alliance delegation on Fei Island, the Alliance hastily accepted the Dragon Kingdom’s terms, fearing the Old Man was preparing to restart the war. The group fled to Chun Prefecture, while the Old Man scolded them in public and then urged them to cause even more trouble.

• The Alliance signed the treaty and sent secret cables distancing itself from Jorger, leaving the Dragon Kingdom’s senior officials baffled by its sudden retreat.
• A guard reported that Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and their companions had fought Gulis and the other ambassadors after a restaurant dispute, drawing in over a thousand loyal Lei Zis.
• The guard described the delegation’s injuries, including Gulis being disfigured and Jorger’s ankle tendons being severed, while the Dragon Kingdom’s leaders decided to publicly blame the Koreans.
• Yang Huaimin and the others realized the Alliance had mistaken the brawl for a warning from the Old Man and feared the Dragon Kingdom would resume the war.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth fled to Chun Prefecture, and the Old Man berated them before privately wishing they had killed some ambassadors and telling them to turn the plane toward Kou Island.

Kusa livestreamed his return to Chun Prefecture and mocked the Dragon Kingdom while his assistant tried to stage a flattering interview with Little White Tiger’s group. Old Ninth turned the interview against him, and the livestream viewers recognized Old Ninth as he insulted Kusa and the Alliance.

• Kusa landed in Chun Prefecture and told his livestream audience that the Dragon Kingdom had not forced the Alliance to back down, while insulting the city and its people.
• Kusa claimed his family had invested in Chun Prefecture’s airport, prompting Ji Min to realize it had actually been paid for with money Old Ninth had taken from him.
• Kusa’s assistant offered Old Ninth counterfeit Alliance currency and coached him to praise the Alliance during the interview.
• Kusa asked Old Ninth to remove his mask, and the livestream fell silent when viewers recognized him.
• Old Ninth called the Alliance a whorehouse and insulted Kusa for taking the phrase “Heaven on Earth” as praise.

Kusa arrived in Chun Prefecture on a mission to smear the city, but Old Ninth and Xiao Yuan intimidated him at the airport. After Kusa secretly contacted his Alliance handler, Jorger revealed that he and the Emperor planned to use public opinion against Chun Prefecture.

• Old Ninth confronted Kusa over his counterfeit money, while Xiao Yuan and Little White Tiger joined him; Kusa later claimed on livestream that the encounter was a joke between old friends.
• Kusa refused to leave Chun Prefecture and planned to stage a video of someone dressed like Old Ninth kneeling to him.
• Old Ninth called White Mouse to investigate Kusa's reason for coming to Chun Prefecture and told him to make Kusa seek his own death.
• Kusa messaged a mysterious contact, who instructed him to provoke controversy and portray Chun Prefecture as a place without human rights or freedom in exchange for five million Alliance dollars.
• On Kou Island, Jorger told the Emperor that they would use public opinion and the Dragon Kingdom's European Capitalist Faction and Ma Family to weaken Chun Prefecture and force Old Man Guan to abandon its leaders.

Kusa and his female assistant were brought to a warehouse in Chun Prefecture, where White Mouse and A Chun confronted them over Kusa’s hostile photos and livestreaming. Kusa’s pleas for help failed, and he was sent into the freezing snow while his assistant was left in an empty room.

• Kusa and his female assistant were driven to a warehouse and seized by A Chun and the Lei Zis.
• White Mouse and A Chun forced Kusa to unlock his phone and examined his photos portraying Chun Prefecture as a place of poverty.
• Kusa called the Police Bureau, but the officer pretended not to understand him because he claimed to be from the Alliance.
• Kusa reached the Alliance embassy, but its staff said they were on leave and ended the call.
• White Mouse ordered his men to give Kusa phone credit and put him outside in the snow to call for help.
• A Chun told the female assistant to find an empty room and wait there.

Kusa revealed that a mysterious man had paid him and dozens of influencers to smear Chun Prefecture, while the influencers launched coordinated livestreams portraying the city as cruel and lawless. Third Uncle volunteered to handle the crisis and set out to gather the Heroes' Association, leaving the response to the smear campaign in his hands.

• Hi Dog forced Kusa to confess that a mysterious man had paid him to make a video smearing Chun Prefecture, and Kusa showed him transfer records and chat logs.
• White Mouse urged Hi Dog to find the other influencers, warning that killing them would make Chun Prefecture look guilty.
• Zhang Yang showed Old Ninth, Thirteen, and Little White Tiger the online articles and livestreams attacking Chun Prefecture.
• Old Ninth prepared to act, but Zhang Yang stopped him from killing anyone on camera.
• Third Uncle volunteered to deal with the influencers, and Little White Tiger gave him until the next day to produce results.
• Third Uncle called Xiao Gang and told him to gather the Heroes' Association in the Poor District.

Xiao Xiao and her crew staged a livestream accusing Chun Prefecture of tyranny, but their scheme unraveled when hired actors turned on them and Third Uncle arrived. Third Uncle ordered the hired men killed and told the team leader to hang himself, leaving Xiao Xiao and the crew at his mercy.

• Xiao Xiao staged a fake protection-money confrontation while her crew filmed and celebrated their growing audience.
• A group of hired men broke into the house, demanded more money, and threatened Xiao Xiao and the team leader, exposing their scheme to the livestream viewers.
• Xiao Xiao and the team leader turned on each other as the viewers learned that Xiao Xiao had worked at the Listening Fragrance House and the staged abuse was a fraud.
• Third Uncle arrived with the real hired actors captured and kneeling, while Gui Laoda admitted that his men had been paid to cause trouble.
• Third Uncle had Xiao Gang stab Gui Laoda and ordered the boys to kill the hired men, then told the team leader to hang himself from a prepared rope.

Xiao Gang and the Heroes' Association rounded up internet celebrities who had staged a fake robbery in Chun Prefecture and brought them to Third Uncle. Old Ninth arrived and Xiao Gang, impressed by him, vowed to become just as formidable.

• Xiao Gang stabbed the dark-skinned organizer of Ququ's fake robbery and forced him to come along with the other actors.
• Xiao Gang's boys cornered Ququ in her car and took her away before she could escape Chun Prefecture.
• The next morning, Xiao Gang escorted dozens of internet celebrities into the warehouse and reported to Third Uncle that they had all been captured.
• Xiao Gang threatened White Mouse for calling Third Uncle San'er, then learned from Third Uncle that White Mouse served Brother Nine.
• Old Ninth arrived, praised Xiao Gang's nerve, and walked into the warehouse while Xiao Gang admired him.

Old Ninth questioned a group of influencers who had been stirring up trouble in Chun Prefecture and traced their payments to the Sange Transnational Group and Jorger. He left the influencers in Xiao Gang’s charge, while Xiao Gang immediately urged Third Uncle to lead their crew to Kou Island and kill Jorger.

• Third Uncle explained to Old Ninth that he wanted to build his own crew with Xiao Gang and other boys, and Old Ninth approved and promised them weapons.
• When a defiant influencer challenged Old Ninth, Xiao Gang stabbed him and threatened the others until they revealed who had hired them.
• Old Ninth ordered Xiao Gang to shoot into the crowd when they stayed silent, prompting the influencers to disclose that a mysterious Alliance-speaking source had paid them.
• Hi Dog told Old Ninth that the transfers came from the Sange Transnational Group and that its director Jorger was an old acquaintance.
• Old Ninth ordered the influencers to make videos praising Chun Prefecture before they could leave, then put Xiao Gang in charge of them.
• Xiao Gang urged Third Uncle to take their crew to Kou Island and kill Jorger, but Third Uncle said Jorger had already been badly wounded and was there.

Little White Tiger sent Hu Du and the Lei Zis to retaliate against Jorger on Kou Island after Chun Prefecture’s agents vanished. Hu Du led an assault on the Royal Hospital, where the Lei Zis began fighting the Awakened security guards as Jorger and Gulis watched from above.

• Old Ninth offered to kill Jorger, but Little White Tiger refused so he could focus on White Garment’s arrival and the Godforsaken Land.
• Jorger realized his deployed agents had disappeared and decided he had to flee Kou Island before Chun Prefecture came after him.
• Hu Du arrived with Black Raccoon and Er Pang, confronted Jorger by phone, and ordered the Lei Zis to attack the hospital.
• Hu Du kicked a security guard through the hospital entrance and threatened the Awakened guards who gathered in the lobby.
• Er Pang ordered the Lei Zis to cut down the Kou Island Awakened, and the slaughter began.

Four Dragon Kingdom youths stormed the hospital, while Hu Du’s group searched for Jorger and Gulis gave away his hiding place. Jorger climbed down the hospital wall and ran into the youths, who recognized him and attacked.

• Xiao Gang’s crew blew up a taxi, then charged into the hospital with guns and grenades.
• The youths mistook the Lei Zis for Kou Islanders fighting among themselves and left through the back, but their grenades wounded the Lei Zis.
• Hu Du restrained Gulis and demanded Jorger’s location, so she pointed him toward the rooftop before Hu Du threw her downstairs.
• Lao Yang and the Lei Zis encountered Gulis in the lobby and approached her after she saw their faces.
• Jorger climbed down an outer water pipe and landed on Xiao Lang and the other youths, who recognized him and tried to stab him.

Xiao Gang and his three companions chased the injured Awakened Jorger through Kou Island and stormed the police headquarters after he sought help there. They killed Jorger and escaped as police reinforcements arrived, with Xiao Gang healing two wounded companions.

• Hu Du sent Little White Tiger a picture of Xiao Gang and his crew, and Old Ninth recognized them as the boys causing trouble.
• Xiao Gang and his companions chased Jorger through the city, shooting passersby who tried to stop them.
• Jorger ran into Kou Island's police headquarters, but Xiao Gang and his armed crew smashed through the glass doors and opened fire.
• The boys overwhelmed the ordinary cops, and Xiao Gang used his Awakened healing ability to survive gunfire before hacking Jorger to death.
• Xiao Gang announced himself as Chun Prefecture Little Old Ninth, healed Yueyue and Shuishui, and led the crew away as police reinforcements approached.

Four Dragon Kingdom teenagers killed Jorger and Gulis, then fought their way out of police headquarters with help from an unseen force. As the Emperor sent his guards to capture them, Xiao Gang decided to kidnap him, leaving Hu Du and his companions stunned when the boys asked their mysterious helper for directions to the Emperor’s residence.

• Hu Du, Er Pang, and Black Raccoon watched the teenagers’ rampage and anticipated that Kou Island’s Awakened would arrive soon.
• Koizumi told the injured Emperor that Jorger and Gulis were dead, and the Emperor ordered him to capture the four teenagers alive.
• Xiao Gang and the others escaped police headquarters after an unseen force crushed the police vehicles and pinned their pursuers to the ground.
• Xiao Gang proposed kidnapping the Emperor, and the four boys enthusiastically drove toward his residence with their pursuers behind them.
• Xiao Gang asked the unseen helper for directions, leaving Hu Du and his companions dumbfounded.

Xiao Gang and his companions stormed the Kou Island imperial palace and searched for the Emperor, while Old Ninth tried to make them retreat. They accidentally uncovered the entrance to the Emperor’s Treasury, and Xiao Lang began picking its lock.

• Xiao Gang drove an off-road vehicle through the palace perimeter with Langzi, Shuishui, and their companions, then declared that they would kill the Emperor and liberate Kou Island.
• Xiao Gang called Old Ninth, who ordered the group to run, but Xiao Gang charged into the Emperor’s bedchamber with Langzi and Shuishui.
• The Emperor hid in a secret room and watched as the group searched the empty bedchamber without finding the hidden mechanism among the portraits and eight-trigram diagram.
• Xiao Gang grew angry at the portraits and used bombs to destroy them, accidentally exposing a solid steel door behind the collapsed wall.
• Xiao Lang began picking the steel door’s lock and boasted that he could open even the Alliance National Bank’s Nine-Star locks.

Xiao Gang, Yueyue, and the others broke into the Emperor’s secret treasury while Overlord Stronghold blocked Koizumi and the Emperor’s reinforcements outside. The Emperor ordered Koizumi to commit seppuku, and Koizumi’s attempt to force his way through sparked a fight.

• The Emperor called Koizumi for help, but Koizumi’s convoy was surrounded by hundreds of Overlord Stronghold People after Monkeys staged a traffic accident.
• Er Pang demanded a billion in compensation, and Koizumi prepared to fight as Overlord Stronghold waited for his side to strike first.
• In the Emperor’s bedchamber, Xiao Gang, Yueyue, and the others bargained with Old Ninth and Little White Tiger over how they would divide any treasure they found.
• Langzi picked the lock and opened the steel door, allowing the four boys to enter the Kou Island imperial family’s treasury as the Emperor collapsed in despair.
• The Emperor ordered Koizumi to commit seppuku, and Koizumi shoved Er Pang aside and charged through before Black Raccoon ordered Overlord Stronghold to attack.

Little White Tiger and Chun Prefecture moved to secure the treasures in the Emperor's treasury, while the Emperor rallied Kou Island's forces against Overlord Stronghold. The standoff ended with Xiao Gang threatening to destroy the treasury, leaving the Emperor furious and forced to reconsider his attack.

• Xiao Gang and the others discovered the Emperor's trove of treasures, including the Yasakani no Magatama, while the Old Man agreed to support Little White Tiger in exchange for half the wealth.
• Little White Tiger told Xiao Gang to blow up the first level of the treasury and planned to retrieve the group by plane as Chun Prefecture prepared for war.
• The Emperor confronted Hu Du outside the palace, summoned Kou Island's forces and the Amaterasu Sect, and demanded Overlord Stronghold withdraw.
• Hu Du and Overlord Stronghold refused to retreat, declaring they would fight rather than let Kou Island insult Overlord's name.
• An explosion struck the Emperor's bedchamber, and Xiao Gang told Hu Du to warn the Emperor that any further advance would make him destroy the treasures.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger negotiated with the Emperor to retrieve Xiao Gang and his companions, then looted the treasury while the Emperor’s forces prepared to attack. The chapter ended with Old Ninth taking the Emperor hostage as thousands of Awakened faced off against them.

• Old Ninth refused to help unless the Emperor paid, and the Emperor agreed to transfer thirty million.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth arrived at the palace, where Old Ninth taunted Amaterasu and Little White Tiger took Xiao Gang and his three companions out.
• The Emperor discovered that Little White Tiger had emptied the treasury and ordered his forces to attack.
• Little White Tiger caught Amaterasu’s sword strike, and Old Ninth seized the Emperor as Xiao Gang aimed a Shotgun at him.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger’s attempt to leave the Imperial Capital escalated into a battle after the Emperor killed himself and Kou Island’s forces attacked. As the Overlord Stronghold retreated toward the palace, Commander Sun ordered an emergency muster after learning of the clash.

• Old Ninth held the Emperor hostage while Little White Tiger and the Overlord Stronghold enforcers tried to force their way past Amaterasu and the Kou Island dignitaries.
• Little White Tiger kicked Amaterasu, and Old Ninth shattered three of the Emperor’s vertebrae while provoking the two sides against each other.
• The Emperor swallowed a red pill, declared that the Empire would not submit, and died after spitting out black blood.
• Amaterasu rallied Kou Island’s forces to attack, while Little White Tiger fought back and Hu Du ordered the group to retreat toward the palace.
• Old Ninth attacked Amaterasu as he reached for the Emperor’s body, then repeatedly punched the corpse to ensure the Emperor was dead.
• After an officer reported that the Overlord Stronghold had clashed with Kou Island’s forces, Commander Sun ordered an emergency muster.

Commander Sun and Guan Lei launched their forces toward Kou Island without waiting for approval, while Little White Tiger and Hu Du’s fighters faced imminent defeat at the imperial palace. Zhou Zheng’s armored division broke through the island’s defenses and surrounded Amaterasu, leaving the battle poised to turn in Dragon Kingdom’s favor.

• Commander Sun appointed Zhou Zheng acting commander of the Fifth Armored Vehicle Division and ordered the Fourth War Zone to sever contact with the mainland and invade Kou Island.
• Guan Lei took command of the Seventh Fleet, turned it toward Kou Island, and ordered a fighter strike against the island’s air power.
• Amaterasu’s forces pressed Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Hu Du, and the Lei Zis at the imperial palace, and the revived Emperor ordered aircraft to bomb them.
• Dragon Kingdom’s fighters destroyed Kou Island’s aircraft, and Zhou Zheng’s armored division crushed the defenses and advanced on the capital.
• Amaterasu sent civilians to block Zhou Zheng’s tanks, but Zhou Zheng ordered them run over, then faced Amaterasu at the palace gates and declared his division would take the city.