Chapter Summaries

Li Youxian’s plan helped put Huairen on Kou Island’s throne, while Commander Sun and the assembled leaders prepared to attack the Ninth Division. Xiang Lintian’s small guerrilla unit spotted the Ninth Division retreating and warned Commander Sun, but Xiang feared the enemy would escape through Flying Dog Gorge before the main force arrived.

• Li Youxian explained that he had sent Huairen five million in Mianbang’s name and a video of Qingren’s resuscitation, prompting Huairen to seize the throne before Qingren’s survival became known.
• Commander Sun gathered the leaders and ordered them to pursue the Ninth Division, while Minister Yan and Guan Ming tried to block their way; Old Ninth knocked Minister Yan down, and Guan Ming let the group pass.
• Guan Ming warned Commander Sun that the Ninth Division had already begun withdrawing, and Commander Sun led the force out to pursue them.
• Xiang Lintian and his guerrillas found a Kou Island outpost preparing to retreat, so Xiang called Commander Sun, who told them to stay hidden and wait for the main force.
• Xiang Lintian worried that the Ninth Division would escape through Flying Dog Gorge before the main force arrived, while his companions reminded him that their unit numbered only twenty.

Xiang Lintian sacrificed himself to block the Ninth Division’s retreat through Flying Dog Gorge, killing many soldiers and badly burning Mitsui. After the passage was cleared, descendants of the E Prefecture Guerrilla Force launched another attack and sacrificed themselves to block the convoy again.

• Xiang Lintian chose to stay behind and destroy Flying Dog Gorge rather than retreat with his companions.
• Xiang Lintian fought the Ninth Division alone, but Mitsui wounded him and prepared to kill him.
• Xiang Lintian used his final ability, A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire, setting the passage ablaze, burning Mitsui, and blocking the division’s retreat with exploding vehicles.
• After the passage was cleared three hours later, a group of E Prefecture guerrillas attacked from above the gorge and detonated explosives as they leapt into the convoy.
• Lao Kui, Ma San'er, Li Xiaoqi, and the remaining guerrillas sacrificed themselves, setting off more explosions and blocking the passage again.

Old Ninth arrived at Flying Dog Gorge after the Guerrilla Force trapped the Ninth Division, and he began hunting the Kou Island soldiers responsible for Xiang Lintian’s death. He cornered Mitsui and his deputy in their tent and demanded that Xiang Lintian’s killer identify himself.

• Mitsui struggled to clear the collapsed passage and move the Ninth Division’s ordinary soldiers through the snow.
• Old Ninth appeared beside Xiang Lintian’s charred corpse, lit three cigarettes with a burning soldier’s arm, and vowed to take revenge.
• Mitsui’s Awakened scouting squad entered the passage, but Old Ninth made all ten men slit their own bellies.
• Old Ninth vanished from the drone footage and appeared inside Mitsui’s tent, where he said he had set up a barrier and killed the guards outside.
• Old Ninth asked Mitsui and his deputy to reveal who had killed Xiang Lintian.

Old Ninth infiltrated the Kou Island military camp, broke Mitsui with illusions, and sawed off the Ninth Division commander's left hand. Little White Tiger arrived to protect him as the furious commander unleashed his Seven Awakenings aura.

• Old Ninth taunted Mitsui, while Xiang Lintian stabbed him from behind and Mitsui later stabbed Xiang Lintian, whose face changed into Mitsui's son's.
• Old Ninth trapped Mitsui and the deputy in an illusion that made Mitsui mistake the deputy for his bride, leaving both men humiliated and shaken.
• The Ninth Division commander arrived with more than a hundred Awakened and found Mitsui and the deputy in the tent.
• Old Ninth introduced himself to the commander and sawed through his left arm as Mitsui warned the others that Old Ninth could use mental illusions.
• Little White Tiger crashed down and blasted away the Kou Island warriors attacking Old Ninth.
• The commander escaped with his left hand severed, then unleashed his Seven Awakenings aura as Old Ninth offered to saw off his right hand too.

Kuroba Ichiro led Kou Island’s forces against Little White Tiger and the Dragon Kingdom’s young talents, unleashing a massive lightning attack. Old Ninth absorbed the Thunder Flood Dragon and revealed that his power had risen to Seven Awakenings, leaving Kuroba stunned as Little White Tiger prepared to join him.

• Kuroba Ichiro ordered his division to destroy the passage and attack Little White Tiger, even as Dragon Kingdom troops closed in from three directions.
• Wang Shengnan and Xiao Yuan arrived with twenty-six Dragon Kingdom talents, who gathered to kill Kuroba.
• Kuroba used his Seven Awakenings secret art, Thousand Thunders, and sent a colossal Thunder Flood Dragon toward the group.
• Old Ninth stepped forward, absorbed the Thunder Flood Dragon, and surged to Seven Awakenings while Kuroba watched in disbelief.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger both called on the Heavenly Thunder stored in their bodies.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth annihilated Heiyu’s forces with their combined Heaven’s Wrath strike. Commander Sun then cast off his uniform and led the old soldiers in a devastating assault that split Kou Island in two, fulfilling his lifelong wish for revenge.

• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth fused their powers into Heaven’s Wrath, creating a lightning tiger that destroyed Flying Dog Gorge and killed Heiyu and thousands of soldiers.
• Heiyu lamented Kou Island’s fate before Little White Tiger blew his charred body into dust, and Old Ninth vowed Kou Island would have no survivors within ten years.
• Commander Sun and the other leaders prepared to attack Kou Island’s stranded elite troops while Ninth Division forces waited for orders.
• Guan, Yang Huaimin, and Minister Bai urged Commander Sun to stop, but he removed his uniform and said he would accept the consequences after avenging Nanjing.
• Commander Sun led dozens of leaders into the sky and called for them to let the dragon roar; their power devastated Kou Island, erased its capital, and split the island into northern and southern halves.

Commander Sun returned to the Capital and faced competing efforts to arrest or honor him. At a meeting of the country’s power brokers, Old Guan proposed disbanding the Fourth War Zone, while Young Luo suggested sending Commander Sun to the Fifth Court to retire, leaving his fate under debate.

• Commander Sun arrived in the Capital, where Zhou Zheng deterred the Capital Police Bureau from arresting him and Minister Yan welcomed him after revealing that White Garment had entered the Capital.
• The First War Zone soldiers saluted Commander Sun, and White Garment joined the heavyweights at the Guan Family's Courtyard to discuss his punishment.
• Old Guan proposed removing the Fourth War Zone from the order of battle, prompting debate over what would happen to its hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
• White Garment said Chun Prefecture could accommodate the troops, and Old Ma accused him of seeking to punish him through Old Ninth and Little White Tiger.
• At Minister Bai's invitation, Young Luo praised Commander Sun but argued that unauthorized troop deployment could not go unpunished and proposed sending him to the Fifth Court to retire.

Young Luo and the political leaders bargained with White Garment over Commander Sun’s fate in exchange for access to the Godforsaken Land. After Little White Tiger and Old Ninth confronted the leaders, Young Luo revealed that he intended to exploit a secret in the Godforsaken Land to keep White Garment from returning and avenge Xiao He.

• Young Luo proposed stripping Commander Sun of his positions and accomplishments, but White Garment refused to let the leaders destroy his teacher’s legacy.
• Young Luo demanded entry tickets to the Godforsaken Land, and White Garment agreed to twenty spots without guaranteeing safety; the leaders settled on removing Commander Sun from office temporarily before restoring him to command.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger confronted the leaders, and Little White Tiger flipped their table while Old Ninth threatened their juniors.
• In the Luo Family’s convoy, Young Luo told Uncle Zhang that he had joined the opposition to the Guan Family and blamed Little White Tiger for Xiao He’s death.
• Young Luo claimed that a secret beyond nine awakenings in the Godforsaken Land would keep White Garment trapped there forever.

As the Godforsaken Land expedition prepared to begin, the leaders and young contenders gathered in a valley and clashed over family influence, status, and strength. Little White Tiger and Old Ninth arrived with a heavily armed crew and openly provoked the Capital's elite, leaving the rival groups on the brink of conflict.

• The gathered leaders discussed Commander Sun, the expedition's elite entrants, and the absence of Guan Family youths, while Old Guan defended Chun Prefecture's places for Little White Tiger and Old Ninth.
• Wang Shengnan rejected Little Luo's advances, and Old Wang confronted Old Luo over his pursuit of Old Sun and his actions at Kou Island.
• The entrants split into camps led by Wang Shengnan, the Capital powers, and White Garment's unaffiliated selections.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth arrived with more than a hundred armed riders, and Old Ninth's motorcycle drift showered the Capital scions with gravel.
• Little White Tiger's crew dismounted in formation as he taunted Old Luo and challenged the Capital geniuses to prove they could fight.

White Garment gathered the geniuses to enter the Godforsaken Land and expose what he said was the West’s distortion of the Dragon Kingdom’s history. As the group entered, Old Ninth stole the map Old Luo had given Young Luo, disrupting the Luo father and son’s plan.

• White Garment declared that the Dragon Kingdom’s Awakened had conquered the Godforsaken Land and that the West had stolen credit, then punished Young Luo for repeating the history he had learned abroad.
• Young Luo asked to enter the Godforsaken Land and verify the truth, while Old Luo backed him and privately urged him to retrieve a map and avoid Old Ninth.
• White Garment opened the entrance with a golden cross, and the geniuses prepared to enter as Little White Tiger told Xiao Yuan to stay behind and guard Chun Prefecture.
• Old Luo told Young Luo that White Garment would die and urged him to put the Luo Family’s interests above conscience.
• Old Ninth revealed he had taken Young Luo’s map and refused to return it, while Xiao Yuan and the Lei Zi blocked Old Luo from taking it back.

Little White Tiger and the others entered the Godforsaken Land and found a peaceful village where their special abilities had vanished. As Young Luo confronted Old Ninth over a stolen map, his allies threatened Little White Tiger’s group, leaving a fight imminent.

• Little White Tiger learned that Old Ninth had lost his special ability and the Demon Dragon mark, while Hi Dog still carried weapons and ammunition.
• White Garment told the geniuses that the scenery resembled the Dragon Kingdom before the apocalypse, defended the Dragon Kingdom’s history, and sent them to explore in groups after warning that their abilities were gone.
• Ji Min joined Little White Tiger’s group, and Old Ninth revealed that he had taken Young Luo’s map.
• Young Luo gathered support from the Capital’s powerful families and demanded the map back, while Old Ninth refused to return it.
• One of Young Luo’s lackeys drew a knife and threatened Little White Tiger’s group as the two sides prepared to fight.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger intimidated Young Luo’s group into retreating, then followed their map to a mountain pavilion where they met White Garment and Yue, who revealed that he was the Blood Moon, also called Calamity. Yue described the Apocalypse as a reshaping of the world and said Awakening was merely a side effect, leaving the group with more questions about the transformation he called the true great path.

• Old Ninth, Hi Dog, Bone, and Little White Tiger used guns and detonators to force Young Luo’s group to kneel and retreat into the village.
• Old Ninth showed his map, and his group headed toward the marked opportunity while Young Luo rallied the others to follow them in secret.
• Little White Tiger’s group reached a mountain pavilion and found White Garment sitting there with a red-robed man named Yue.
• Yue told the group that he was the Blood Moon, called Calamity, and explained that he had reshaped rather than created the Apocalypse.
• Yue said Awakening was a side effect of reshaping and that the true great path was transformation.

Yue revealed Wa’s history, the truth behind awakening and transformation, and his plan to create a new primordial human race using powerful souls. He offered a first-generation human body to those willing to risk having their souls erased, but White Garment declined so he could continue protecting the Dragon Kingdom.

• Yue explained that Wa created him and the human races, and that transformation—not awakening—was the true path to activating Wa’s essence blood.
• Yue revealed that he planned to use seven soulless first-generation human bodies and needed powerful souls to inherit them.
• Yue told the gathered groups that one body, named Man, was hidden in the small world, warning that failed candidates would have their souls erased.
• Yue said White Garment could not inherit Man because the side effects of his power had penetrated his marrow.
• Young Luo and the scions urged White Garment to put the Dragon Kingdom first, and White Garment chose to decline the inheritance.

Old Ninth and his companions learned that the villagers were secretly Transformed after a staged confrontation spiraled into chaos. As the creatures attacked, Little White Tiger and the others abandoned Young Master Yang and Young Luo, leaving them trapped.

• Yue warned Old Ninth, Little White Tiger, and their companions not to provoke the villagers and revealed they were ordinary people in the small world.
• Young Luo was beaten by villagers for stealing food, and Hi Dog sparked a fight between the villagers and the privileged youngsters.
• Young Luo stabbed a villager, who healed and transformed, prompting the other villagers to reveal themselves as Transformed.
• Young Master Yang and Young Luo rushed to Little White Tiger's room and agreed to fight the Transformed together.
• Old Ninth handed Young Master Yang and Young Luo shotguns without shells, and Little White Tiger and the others escaped through the window.

Little White Tiger and his brothers tried to survive the Blood Moon by climbing the village signal tower and transforming, but a fleeing crowd led by Young Luo brought hundreds of Transformed after them. Hi Dog, Bone, Xiao Feng, and the others chose to stay behind and protect Little White Tiger, leaving him to climb on and claim the First-Generation Human Race body.

• Yue revealed that the villagers were unfinished products from the first reshaping batch, while White Garment said Little White Tiger and the other Garbage Dump orphans knew how to survive.
• Little White Tiger led his brothers toward the signal tower to expose themselves to the Blood Moon, and they shot Young Master Yang and left him to die with a grenade.
• The brothers climbed the tower in their underwear, but Young Luo and other fleeing people brought a horde of Transformed toward them and demanded help.
• Hi Dog, Bone, Xiao Feng, and the others jumped down to defend the tower and urged Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to keep climbing.
• Little White Tiger tried to jump down, but Hi Dog threatened to shoot himself, and the brothers raised their guns and prepared to fight Young Luo's group.

Old Ninth and the brothers stood between Little White Tiger and the advancing Transformed, while Young Luo tried to use the crowd as cover. As Little White Tiger began transforming under the Blood Moon, memories of the brothers’ childhood oath returned, and Old Ninth led the others in a desperate charge against the beast.

• Old Ninth stopped Little White Tiger from jumping down and joined the brothers below the signal tower, confronting Young Luo and his followers.
• Young Luo urged the crowd to charge and secretly tried to circle around the tower, but Ji Min exposed his plan with a flashlight.
• A five-meter-tall beast arrived with a Transformed directing it, and Old Ninth prepared to face it as Thirteen and Ji Min restrained Little White Tiger.
• Yue told White Garment he no longer wanted the brothers to die so soon, while the Blood Moon’s light struck the tower and Little White Tiger’s bones began breaking through his skin.
• Little White Tiger remembered the brothers’ childhood oath to protect him and mourned the many brothers who had already died.
• Old Ninth, Hi Dog, and the other brothers drew their blades and charged the behemoth to protect Little White Tiger.

Wa awakened when Little White Tiger’s bloodline stirred, healed his brothers, and named him a Candidate for Human Emperor. After defeating the giant beast, Little White Tiger and his companions faced the crowd that had turned against them, which now sought his forgiveness and allegiance.

• Wa appeared after Little White Tiger awakened his bloodline, and Yue revealed that he had used the Blood Moon to try to awaken her.
• Little White Tiger begged Wa to save his brothers, and she sent rainbow-colored rain that healed them.
• Little White Tiger charged the giant beast with Er Niu, broke its legs, and reunited with his brothers as they fought beside him.
• Wa marked Little White Tiger with the Human Emperor Seal and named him a Candidate for Human Emperor, causing the Transformed army to retreat.
• Yue explained that Little White Tiger could become Human Emperor by fully awakening Wa’s blood essence, while Little White Tiger discovered his strength had increased.
• The crowd apologized and asked to follow Little White Tiger, who ordered Ji Min to get them.

Su Wanfang begged Little White Tiger to save Wang Shengnan, and Little White Tiger used his blood to help her begin reconstruction. As the group watched, Old Ninth’s transformation began beneath a storm, and Yue revealed that he might become the world’s only True Dragon.

• Su Wanfang carried the wounded Wang Shengnan to Little White Tiger and begged him to save her, confessing that he loved her.
• Little White Tiger asked Yue to help, and Yue said his blood could help reconstruct people while warning that those who had not absorbed the divine rain might lose their minds.
• Little White Tiger gave his blood to his brothers and sent a drop into Wang Shengnan’s mouth, but Su Wanfang refused to drink any because he feared harming her if his reconstruction failed.
• Su Wanfang carried Wang Shengnan away, and he told her that he had loved her since they met at the Su Residence three years earlier.
• Old Ninth writhed as Xuanhuang Qi surrounded him, while thunder shook the Small World and cracks spread across it.
• Yue recognized a wisp of genuine Human Emperor’s Qi inside Old Ninth and said he was transforming from a human into a dragon, potentially becoming the world’s only True Dragon.

Old Ninth endured a double Heavenly Tribulation while transforming from a human into a dragon, aided by Little White Tiger and their brothers. The Heart Demon Tribulation awakened Old Ninth’s seven split personalities and his original personality, and all eight emerged as True Dragons devouring Heavenly Thunder.

• Yue and White Garment watched as Heavenly Thunder and Heavenly Fire struck Old Ninth’s Human Emperor aura, destroying the village and cracking his eggshell.
• Little White Tiger fought the horde of exotic beasts trying to stop Old Ninth’s transformation, and their blood was absorbed by the eggshell.
• Hi Dog, Xiao Feng, Bone, and Thirteen joined Little White Tiger in battling the beasts with their abilities.
• The Heart Demon Tribulation attacked Old Ninth, but White Garment explained that Old Ninth had seven split personalities.
• Old Ninth’s eggshell burst, and eight dragons emerged and began devouring Heavenly Thunder.

Ancestral Dragon forced the Heavenly Dao to retreat, helped Old Ninth become a dragon, and warned that the Dragon Kingdom was in peril. White Garment learned that repairing the small-world passage would take at least two days, while back in Chun Prefecture Xiao Yuan struggled to maintain order until news arrived that White Garment had been attacked in Mianbang.

• Ancestral Dragon appeared, stopped the Heavenly Thunder, and drew his sword until the Heavenly Dao retreated and the small world collapsed.
• Ancestral Dragon helped Old Ninth return to human form, warned that the Dragon Kingdom was in peril, and faded away after looking meaningfully at Yue.
• Yue explained that one day in the small world equaled a year outside, and told White Garment the passage would take at least two days to repair.
• In Chun Prefecture, Xiao Yuan had False Eye and Lei Zi punish men spreading rumors that Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and White Garment were dead, then ordered the enforcers recalled and asked Godfather to come from Overlord Stronghold.
• Xiao Yuan received an urgent call from Mianbang saying White Garment had been attacked and that no one knew whether he was alive.