Chapter Summaries

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.

Yue rewound the small world to the battle that sealed the Godforsaken Land, warning Little White Tiger and the others not to change its outcome. In the real world, Kantarō and four assassins ambushed Sikong Jian at a KTV, intending to kill him so Kou Island’s forces could pass through his territory.

• Old Ninth tried to count the forces that might threaten the Dragon Kingdom, but White Garment warned that the whole world would attack if the Dragon Kingdom lacked a Nine Awakenings fighter.
• Yue explained that Man could help them leave the small world early, then rewound time to before the battle that sealed the Godforsaken Land.
• Yue warned Little White Tiger and the others not to change the battle’s destined outcome and vanished, leaving behind a cigarette.
• Sikong Jian relaxed at a KTV while several women and his underlings surrounded him.
• Five of Kantarō’s Fifth Awakening assassins pinned Sikong Jian and tightened a fine wire around his bleeding neck.
• Kantarō revealed that he planned to kill Sikong because of his ties to Little White Tiger and the Chun Prefecture, clearing a path through the Southwest for Kou Island’s forces.

Sikong Jian turned an assassination attempt into a trap, while Xiao Yuan linked attacks on Chun Prefecture’s allies to a threat against the borderlands. On a cruise ship, masked conspirators confirmed that White Garment could not escape the Small World and began the Dragon-Slaying Plan.

• Sikong Jian revealed that he had lured Kantarō and five female assassins into a trap, then ordered his men to kill them while he left for noodles.
• Xiao Yuan learned that Sikong Jian had been attacked and that Mr. Li had disappeared after an ambush near Mianbang, and she suspected the attacks were connected to the borderlands.
• Xiao Yuan ordered a trip to the Capital by car, restricted travel from Chun Prefecture, summoned Fang Mu, and directed her people to purge rival factions’ spies.
• A bloodied young man told the masked conspirators that the Small World had been shattered and that White Garment could not escape for decades or longer.
• The masked conspirators declared that the Dragon-Slaying Plan could proceed, gave the young man a Wei Zheng mask, and toasted the Dragon Kingdom’s defeat.

On the Sealing War battlefield, Kakhun revealed that Western Awakened had massacred Dragon Kingdom soldiers and wounded, then died entrusting evidence to Little White Tiger. Little White Tiger led Old Ninth and the others toward the enemy while White Garment and the Dragon Kingdom’s geniuses stayed behind to survive and expose the truth.

• Kakhun identified himself as a squad leader and told Little White Tiger that Western Awakened had ambushed his brigade and attacked the wounded soldiers’ camp.
• Kakhun flayed the cross-marked skin from his chest and gave it, along with a dagger, to Little White Tiger as evidence for Xuanyuan before dying.
• Little White Tiger’s companions rallied against the Westerners, but he ordered them to hide and make the truth public if he did not return.
• Little White Tiger bowed to the geniuses and set out with Old Ninth and the other brothers, while White Garment stayed behind with the rest.

Ji Min and Thirteen explained Xuanyuan’s legendary deeds as the group approached the battlefield at Ancestral Grave Mountain. After finding Western Awakened abusing and killing Dragon Kingdom soldiers, Little White Tiger and his companions avenged a dying survivor and left the enemy squad displayed on stakes.

• Ji Min and Thirteen described Xuanyuan as the Dragon Kingdom’s greatest early Apocalypse hero and a likely candidate to reach Nine Awakenings.
• Little White Tiger and his companions found Western Awakened guarding the route into Ancestral Grave Mountain while Dragon Kingdom forces fought inside the basin.
• A Dragon Kingdom squad ambushed the Western guards, and Thirteen killed one of them when he refused to answer Little White Tiger’s question.
• A dying woman from the Expeditionary Army’s Fourteenth Battalion told Ji Min and the others that the Westerners had ambushed her unit after tricking them into a rescue.
• Little White Tiger ordered Old Ninth to do as the woman wished, and the group killed the guards, burned their camp, and mounted their remains on stakes.

Xuanyuan overwhelmed the Western Coalition Forces and protected Little White Tiger and his brothers when they arrived as reinforcements. Little White Tiger revealed Kakhun’s human skin and Hi Dog reported that the West had killed every Awakened in their village.

• Xuanyuan killed more than a dozen Seven Awakenings fighters with one punch, silencing the Western Coalition Forces.
• The Pope told Xuanyuan that he had used the Apocalypse Art to glimpse his future and learned that Xuanyuan would die that day.
• Little White Tiger and his brothers arrived on a Red Demon Dragon, and Hi Dog drenched the Coalition Forces with urine.
• Xuanyuan used nine golden iron rings to stop the Western fighters’ attacks and warned them not to use force against his people.
• Little White Tiger and the others introduced themselves to Xuanyuan, and Little White Tiger showed him Kakhun’s human skin.
• Hi Dog told Xuanyuan that the Western Coalition Forces had attacked their brothers and killed every Awakened in the village.

Little White Tiger and the others revealed to Xuanyuan that the Dragon Kingdom’s Awakened would be betrayed and vilified in the future. Learning that the Dragon Kingdom would endure because of their sacrifice, Xuanyuan led the Awakened in a final charge against the Ancestors, leaving the Western Coalition Forces poised to attack.

• The Western Coalition Forces activated the altar, and Little White Tiger showed Xuanyuan evidence of their betrayal while explaining that he and his companions came from the future.
• Xuanyuan asked how the Dragon Kingdom fared in the future, and Thirteen told him that the Awakened defeated the Ancestors but were betrayed by the West and branded cowards.
• Old Ninth described how the West sealed the Godforsaken Land and claimed to have saved the world, while the Pope redirected the altar’s power to awaken the Ancestors.
• Xuanyuan learned from Ji Min that the Dragon Kingdom eventually recovered and became powerful, and he accepted that the Awakened’s deaths would secure its future.
• Little White Tiger and the brothers knelt to honor Xuanyuan, who rallied the surviving Awakened to charge the Ancestors as the Pope prepared the Western Coalition Forces to strike afterward.

Little White Tiger stopped the Pope from killing Xuanyuan, but Xuanyuan and the wounded Dragon Kingdom Awakened chose death rather than burden their successors. As Little White Tiger and his allies fought the Coalition Forces, Man emerged from the merged red and white lights and revealed that he was a derivative consciousness within Little White Tiger’s pseudo-divine body.

• Little White Tiger blocked the Pope’s holy attack with the Human Emperor Seal and stripped the Western gods of their divine power.
• Xuanyuan gave Little White Tiger his Eighteen Iron Rings and urged the Dragon Kingdom’s Awakened to protect their successors; over a thousand wounded Awakened killed themselves to preserve their dignity.
• Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Hi Dog, and the others charged the Coalition Forces after the Pope ordered them to leave no survivors.
• A roar split the basin open, and Man emerged as red light merged with the pseudo-divine body’s white light.
• Man told Little White Tiger that he was a derivative consciousness who would be devoured when Little White Tiger’s original body was destroyed.

As the Dragon Kingdom faced an imminent invasion, ill Old Man Guan assessed the threatened borders and the uncertain loyalty of the Ma Family. Enemy commanders set a plan to attack in three days under the codename Dragon-Slaying, targeting Chun Prefecture and exploiting White Garment’s disappearance and Guan Xingguo’s poisoning.

• Old Man Guan studied the map despite his illness as Guan Lei, Guan Ming, and Fang Mu reported on the coalition forces and the threats along the Dragon Kingdom’s borders.
• Fang Mu reported that the former Emperor had unified Kou Island and that Chun Prefecture would represent the Southwest King, while eight thousand Wolf Soldiers prepared to defend the southwestern border.
• Guan Ming reported Dian Prefecture’s vow to fight Mianbang and defend its land, while Old Man Guan learned that the Ma Family wanted Chun Prefecture and Ice Prefecture as garrisons.
• Fang Mu warned that Chun Prefecture could face an attack from the Korean Peninsula, and Old Man Guan concluded that it had to hold while the main force fought the Alliance and Federation at sea.
• At a conference at sea, Saint George and the masked commanders planned strikes through the Southwest, Mianbang, and the Korean Peninsula, with special orders to slaughter the people of Chun Prefecture.
• Saint George announced that the war would begin in three days under the codename Dragon-Slaying, while Wei Zheng revealed his hatred of everything connected to Little White Tiger.

As Kou Island and Mianbang’s armies threatened Dian Prefecture, Mayor Mu Jinghua refused to abandon the city and its people rallied to defend it. In Chuan Prefecture, the Pao Ge Society beat its Hero Drum and prepared to march to war under the Death Character Flag.

• Mu Jinghua told his teacher Yang Huaimin that he would stay in Dian Prefecture and fight, and Yang gave his tacit consent.
• Mu Jinghua ordered civilians to evacuate and officials to defend the city, but Dian Prefecture’s elderly people, women, and children gathered to help protect their home.
• Young Luo urged Mu Jinghua to surrender in exchange for becoming King of Dian Prefecture, but Mu Jinghua rejected him and vowed Dian Prefecture would never yield.
• The Pao Ge Society’s Chief Boss sounded the Hero Drum and called on its members to march from Chuan to fight the Alien Races.
• The Chief Boss raised the Death Character Flag, ordered the Pao Ge members to bid farewell to their families, and distributed money before they set out to battle.

As war approached, people across Chuan Prefecture, Gui Prefecture, and Yue Prefecture sent their fighters to resist the alien forces. The Pao Ge Society marched from Chuan, Sikong Jian gathered Wolf Soldiers and university volunteers, and Gu Jiasheng led fishermen out to sea against the alien fleet.

• The people of Chuan Prefecture bid farewell to the Pao Ge Society as the Chief Boss accepted their wine, bowed, and led the men out of the city.
• Sikong Jian assembled more than a hundred resistance units in Gui Prefecture, where Li Kaiming brought the university faculty and students to volunteer for battle.
• The Gu Family Patriarch and Gu Jiasheng rallied the Gu Family Disciples to defend Yue Prefecture's waters, while Captain Zhou said they would not fire first.
• After six favorable divination casts, Gu Jiasheng ordered fishermen to load explosives onto their boats and sail against the alien fleet.

Old Luo ordered the Blood Group to kill his treasonous son, Luo Zhengting, while Xiao Yuan sought Xiang Prefecture’s Lei Zi to help fight the alien races. Master Qiu agreed to mobilize the prefecture’s fighters, who prepared to march into Gui Prefecture alongside the Wolf Soldier brothers.

• Old Luo declared that Luo Zhengting had betrayed the country and ordered the Blood Group to kill him within three days.
• Old Luo learned that Xiao Yuan had hired Xiang Prefecture’s Lei Zi to kill Young Luo, and his wife collapsed in despair.
• Xiao Yuan arrived at Master Qiu’s underground casino with Hei Ba and asked Xiang Prefecture’s Lei Zi to fight the alien races.
• Master Qiu and the Twelve Representatives agreed to send Xiang Prefecture’s fighters to Gui Prefecture without demanding payment up front.
• Master Qiu ordered all Lei Zi in the prefecture to gather outside the city and march alongside the Wolf Soldier brothers.

Old Man Guan asked Fang for the Mountains and Rivers Order to mobilize the Shanhe Four Prefectures against the invading alien races. After Qin Hongfang summoned the region’s forces, Lu Residence’s mounted bandits prepared to raid the Korean gathering zone.

• Old Man Guan called Fang and asked to borrow her Mountains and Rivers Order, and she agreed to help despite teasing him about their past.
• In Yu Prefecture, Qin Hongfang listened to opera as Bo Wen of Jin Residence paid his respects and discussed the alien invasion with her.
• Qin Hongfang issued the Mountains and Rivers Order, prompting Lu Residence’s Bandit Hall to summon its forces.
• The mounted bandits assembled by the Mother River, where their chief ordered them to stand ready to reinforce the borders.
• The chief announced an expedition into the Korean gathering zone, ordering the bandits to seize spoils and bring back ten heads each.