Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Yuan was gravely wounded, Chun Prefecture's civilians fought the Koreans with renewed desperation, and Hungry Ghost awakened to protect her. The Saint Master fled toward the command headquarters, leaving Xiao Yuan to rally Chun Prefecture as she neared collapse.

• The old man announced Xiao Yuan's death, and Chun Prefecture's civilians launched desperate attacks against the Koreans; Youtiao Lao detonated his explosives in the courtyard.
• Zhang Yang tried to protect Xiao Yuan while she refused to let the Saint Master make Chun Prefecture surrender.
• Hungry Ghost burst into Eight-Nine Prefecture, fought through the Saint Master's attacks, and forced him to retreat with Pugu toward the command headquarters.
• Xiao Yuan sent Hungry Ghost after the Saint Master by invoking Little White Tiger, then urged Mayor Zhang and Chun Prefecture's people to drive out the remaining invaders.
• Sickness and Pestilence supported Xiao Yuan as she rallied the civilians from a chair at the entrance, while Old Sick watched her falter and Che Feixian collapsed inside.

After Xiao Yuan was declared dead, the people of Chun Prefecture lit candles to beg Heaven for her life, and she imagined Little White Tiger coming to marry her. As she gave up hope in Ice Prefecture, Little White Tiger returned and held her, telling her he was back.

• Doctors told Zhang Yang that Xiao Yuan had exhausted her life force and was holding on only through sheer willpower.
• Old Sick tried to take his own life, but Old Pestilence stopped him and vowed to wipe out the Koreans after Xiao Yuan was buried.
• Youtiao Lao's daughter suggested lighting a lamp to extend Xiao Yuan's life, so the civilians of Chun Prefecture lit candles and prayed.
• Xiao Yuan imagined a joyful wedding with Little White Tiger and the people who cared about her before realizing she was still in freezing Ice Prefecture.
• Little White Tiger returned through a crimson rift, cradled Xiao Yuan's face, and apologized for being late.

Old Ninth returned to Chun Prefecture after Xiao Yuan was gravely injured and vowed to kill the invading Koreans and punish anyone interfering. He attacked Ma Fangshan’s camp, brutally injured him, and forced Old Ma to withdraw the Ma Family from Chun Prefecture, while warning that he would come to Shen Prefecture if they sought revenge.

• Old Ninth learned that Xiao Yuan had been badly hurt and ordered Chun Prefecture to prepare for war against the Koreans and the Ma Family.
• Zhang Yang stopped the civilians from following Old Ninth as he left with Hi Dog and the others.
• Old Ninth ambushed the Ma Family camp and dragged Ma Fangshan out before confronting him and calling Old Ma.
• Old Ninth severed Ma Fangshan’s arm and threatened to kill the Ma Family’s descendants unless they withdrew from Chun Prefecture.
• Old Ma agreed to withdraw, but Old Ninth hacked at Ma Fangshan for five minutes and warned Old Ma not to seek revenge.

Guan Ming reported the Dragon Kingdom’s mobilization to the Old Man, who planned to lure the alien races into an attack. In Chun Prefecture, Little White Tiger used Silver-Patterned Tiger blood to save Xiao Yuan and prepared to join Old Ninth against the Koreans.

• Guan Ming told the Old Man that Old Ninth had crippled Ma Fangshan and that forces across the country were rallying to Chun Prefecture.
• The Old Man ordered the War Zones to feign weakness, border cities to prepare to trap invaders, and a nationwide telegram to claim he was critically ill.
• Little White Tiger refused to leave Xiao Yuan and considered using Human Emperor blood to restore her.
• Er Niu explained that Xiao Yuan’s Phoenix ability needed the blood of all Four Great Demon Ancestors to undergo nirvana, and advised using Silver-Patterned Tiger blood first to save her life.
• Little White Tiger gave Xiao Yuan Silver-Patterned Tiger blood, forming her into a fiery egg as her vital signs recovered.
• Little White Tiger told Old Ninth to wait for him at the Koreans’ main camp so he could take revenge himself.

After Piao Nanxing rallied the devastated Korean army and ordered an advance on Chun Prefecture, Little White Tiger stormed into the central camp alone to avenge Xiao Yuan. He overwhelmed the Saint Master and challenged the entire army, leaving Piao Nanxing to call in every available soldier.

• The Saint Master returned to headquarters to find the General Staff Department and its commanders dead, leaving the three-hundred-thousand-strong army unable to coordinate.
• Piao Nanxing arrived, rallied the Korean soldiers, and ordered several divisions to advance on Chun Prefecture by sunrise.
• Piao Nanxing demanded to know what had happened to Sikong Yuan, then ordered the Saint Master to bring him out.
• Little White Tiger flew into the camp by helicopter, attacked Piao Nanxing, and caught the Saint Master's Mountain-Crushing Palm before kicking Piao Nanxing away.
• Little White Tiger tore the barrel off a tank and dared Piao Nanxing to call all three hundred thousand troops so he could fight them alone.

Little White Tiger escaped the Saint Master's Ancient Book while Old Ninth tortured Pugu to death in front of Piao Nanxing. The Saint Master's book was destroyed, leaving him powerless as Old Ninth and Little White Tiger taunted him.

• The Saint Master trapped Little White Tiger inside his Ancient Book, but Little White Tiger broke free and destroyed it.
• Old Ninth revealed himself in the medical tent, where he mutilated Pugu and mocked him over his threat to Old Ninth's sister-in-law.
• Piao Nanxing attacked Old Ninth, but Old Ninth blocked his strike and cut his face with Pugu's thighbone.
• Old Ninth killed Pugu by driving a scale-covered finger into his heart after Pugu begged his father to end his suffering.
• Little White Tiger returned after escaping the Ancient Book, and Old Ninth and his companions taunted the Saint Master with a magazine.

Piao Nanxing sent the Korean Awakened against Little White Tiger and his brothers, but their attack became a slaughter as Little White Tiger overwhelmed the Saint Master. When Piao Nanxing summoned Dangun for help, the deity recognized Little White Tiger as the Human Emperor and vanished, leaving Piao Nanxing without divine aid.

• Piao Nanxing ordered the Korean Awakened to attack and threatened Chun Prefecture, while Little White Tiger and his brothers prepared to fight.
• Little White Tiger struck the Saint Master with Eighteen Rings, shattering his black-light defense and blasting him down.
• Old Ninth rampaged through the Korean Awakened and reached Piao Nanxing, who attacked in rage after Old Ninth taunted him.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth beat Piao Nanxing until the Saint Master intervened, and Piao Nanxing then summoned Dangun.
• Dangun recognized the Human Emperor mark on Little White Tiger, bowed to him, and disappeared despite Piao Nanxing's pleas.

The White Tiger Regiment attacked Chun Prefecture, believing its forces could easily take the city. Third Uncle lured the regiment into range of the Nuclear Cannon, then Black Mountain Town's Awakened defeated the surviving officer and revealed their strength.

• The White Tiger Regiment arrived outside Chun Prefecture and its officer demanded the city's surrender and wealth.
• Third Uncle mocked the regiment and, at Xiao Gang's request, persuaded its forces to move closer together.
• The Nuclear Cannon fired and destroyed more than half the regiment's Awakened and its vehicles.
• The surviving officer attacked Third Uncle, but Wine, Sword, and Spear knocked him down.
• Third Uncle summoned Black Mountain Town's Awakened and declared that the White Tiger Regiment had faced only one battalion.

Overlord Stronghold crushed the White Tiger Regiment's assault on Chun Prefecture, humiliating its soldiers by forcing them to accept the name Kitten Corps. At the Korean command post, Little White Tiger and Old Ninth continued to overpower the Saint Master and Piao Nanxing, and Overlord set off to join them.

• Overlord broke the Sixth Awakening officer's bonded weapon, while Er Pang and Third Uncle beat him and forced him to rename the White Tiger Regiment the Kitten Corps.
• Overlord and Er Pang made the Korean Awakened kneel and meow, killing those who resisted or failed to comply.
• At the Korean command post, Little White Tiger and Old Ninth explained that their qi was effectively inexhaustible and kept beating the Saint Master and Piao Nanxing.
• Piao Nanxing called Park Seong-hwan to demand news of Chun Prefecture, but the officer cursed him and admitted he had surrendered to Overlord's forces.
• Overlord left Chun Prefecture for the command post as Little White Tiger and Old Ninth paused their fight and taunted their opponents about their fathers arriving.

Overlord arrived to rescue Little White Tiger and overwhelmed the Korean fighters, revealing powerful Overlord Style techniques. Little White Tiger used the Xuanyuan Ring to cripple the Saint Master, while Overlord defeated Piao Nanxing and left both leaders beaten.

• Overlord reached the valley, checked that Little White Tiger was safe, and challenged the Saint Master and Piao Nanxing to attack him together.
• Piao Nanxing burned thirty years of his lifespan to unleash an Eight-Awakening Peak attack, but Overlord used his Overlord Style techniques to freeze his clones and drain his vitality.
• Overlord recognized the Xuanyuan Ring on Little White Tiger and explained that it was a legendary close-combat Divine Artifact sought by Dragon Kingdom factions.
• Little White Tiger wore the rings and used their amplified power to destroy the Saint Master's arm with a single blow.
• Overlord used the Book of Life and Death to defeat Piao Nanxing, who collapsed as Overlord revealed that his Overlord Style had eighteen moves.

Overlord defeated Piao Nanxing and the Saint Master, ordered the destruction of the Korean forces in Chun Prefecture, and then confronted the foreign coalition leaders aboard the Sea Fortress. He demanded they blockade the Peninsula while he slaughtered the Koreans, leaving the coalition leaders too intimidated to answer.

• Piao Nanxing pleaded for his soldiers and people, but Old Ninth tore off his head after Little White Tiger defended the Dragon Kingdom’s resolve.
• Overlord killed the Saint Master, ordered Shu Dong to seal off the Peninsula, and told Little White Tiger and Duan Ka to bury the enemy forces in Chun Prefecture.
• The Masked Men planned attacks across the Dragon Kingdom, believing Guan was near death and the Korean forces had taken Chun Prefecture.
• Overlord broke through the Sea Fortress’s steel levels carrying Piao Nanxing’s and the Saint Master’s bodies, then warned the coalition leaders not to send anyone else to Chun Prefecture.
• Overlord ordered the coalition to blockade the sea so no Koreans could leave the Peninsula, threatening to kill the leaders if they resisted.

Old Luo visited his imprisoned son, Young Luo, and persuaded him to write down the intelligence he knew before they drank poisoned wine together. They died in the basement, leaving the intelligence behind for Instructor to collect.

• Old Luo brought Young Luo food in his cell, and Young Luo admitted he had betrayed the Dragon Kingdom to protect his own interests and his father’s standing.
• Old Luo told Young Luo he could no longer protect him, and Young Luo asked him to use his death to save the Luo Family.
• Old Luo gave Young Luo paper to record his intelligence, then prepared poisoned wine for them both.
• Young Luo finished writing, and he and Old Luo drank the wine and died together, reconciled.
• More than twenty masked deathsworn saluted the father and son as Instructor collected the intelligence and left.

Seimei and Le Suifeng led an international coalition’s attack on Dian Prefecture after fighter aircraft bombed the city. As Le Suifeng charged through the gates, Li Youxian restored the devastated city and confronted him.

• Seimei accepted Le Suifeng’s offer to lead Mianbang troops into Dian Prefecture after aircraft from several nations began bombing the city.
• The aircraft devastated Dian Prefecture, and Seimei’s troops prepared to enter after the pilots urged them to seize the city’s wealth.
• Le Suifeng promised rewards for capturing Dian Prefecture and killing Mu Jinghua, then led his troops toward the city.
• Seimei told his disciples that traitors like Young Luo and Le Suifeng did not represent the Dragon Kingdom, whose people included patriots like Wang Shengnan and Little White Tiger.
• Le Suifeng kicked open Dian Prefecture’s damaged gates, but Li Youxian appeared, extinguished the fires, and restored the ruined buildings.
• Li Youxian told Le Suifeng that he had arrived five minutes later than planned.

Li Youxian revealed that the destruction of Dian Prefecture was an illusion and that he had secretly kept control of the Chamber of Commerce and infiltrated Le Suifeng’s forces. With proof that the Coalition Forces had attacked first, he prepared to turn their invasion into a justification for striking back.

• Li Youxian revealed the Mirror Image Stone illusion, and Chamber of Commerce members killed Le Suifeng’s followers and reclaimed the streets.
• Le Suifeng tried to rally the Mianbang warlords with a bounty, but their own deputies and trusted aides killed them on Li Youxian’s orders.
• Li Youxian ordered the Chamber of Commerce to eliminate the remaining traitors and said he would deal with Le Suifeng himself.
• At the Central Army camp, Seimei sent Onizuka to inspect Dian Prefecture, and Onizuka discovered the city was unharmed and Li Youxian was alive before his eyes burst.
• Li Youxian told Si Ben that they had recorded the Coalition Forces bombing Dian Prefecture and explained that the footage would justify a counterattack; he then asked the disheveled man to deliver something to Seimei.

The Instructor confronted Seimei and crippled his disciple’s Ghost Eye, while Li Youxian prepared Dian Prefecture’s defenses for another air raid. As Li’s forces set out to strike the enemy, a transport aircraft carrying volunteers was hit and its veteran pilot sacrificed himself by steering it toward the enemy control tower.

• The Instructor faced Seimei, delivered Li Youxian’s taunting message, and watched Seimei order a vastly intensified air raid on Dian Prefecture.
• Li Youxian coordinated with Mu Jinghua and the other representatives, assigning forces to exploit the twenty minutes before the enemy aircraft arrived.
• Li Youxian revealed that he had tracked the enemy airfield and that the city’s fighter aircraft had been sent to Yue Prefecture, then urged everyone not to let the volunteers down.
• More than thirty transport aircraft carrying volunteers flew over Mianbang as enemy defenses locked on and fired at them.
• After the transport’s left wing was hit, the veteran pilot steered toward the enemy control tower, while the passengers prepared to parachute and the rookie copilot urged them to launch a surprise attack.
• The veteran pilot declared his final wish for the Dragon Kingdom Air Force, and the aircraft exploded.

The Gallant Heroes Association, the Pao Ge Society, and Dian Prefecture’s Awakened leapt from aircraft to attack the Alien Races’ forces. The Pao Ge Society’s Chief Boss confronted Amaterasu, who trapped him in a life-draining formation, but the Boss revealed his past connection to Seimei’s master and prepared to fight back.

• The Gallant Heroes Association jumped from their aircraft without parachutes, vowing to sacrifice themselves for their country.
• The Pao Ge Society followed the Chief Boss and his Death Character Flag into battle, while Dian Prefecture’s Awakened prepared explosives and vowed to destroy enemy aircraft.
• Amaterasu attacked the jumpers, and the Pao Ge Society’s Chief Boss met him in the sky and shattered his tachi with a powerful strike.
• Amaterasu and five great priests activated Seimei’s formation to drain the Chief Boss’s qi and vitality.
• The Chief Boss said he had beheaded Seimei’s master and declared he would seek justice for the more than three million people of Chuan.

Old Man used Sichuan Opera face-changing to summon Zhang Fei and Lord Bao and fight Amaterasu and the five great Priests, but the formation drained his qi. Thirteen arrived before the demons could kill Old Man and began summoning the Pao Ge Society’s ancestors to fight them.

• Old Man used Sichuan Opera face-changing to summon Zhang Fei, whose roar disrupted the black crows and whose spear sent Amaterasu flying.
• Amaterasu unleashed the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, but Old Man changed into Lord Bao and drove the demons back with the Gavel and the Gate of the Underworld.
• The formation exhausted Old Man’s qi, his facial makeup vanished, and Amaterasu ordered the demons to attack him.
• Thirteen arrived and pinned the Great Tengu to the ground with his Guan Dao before rebuking Old Man for smoking.
• Thirteen knelt and asked the Pao Ge Society’s ancestors and heroic spirits to help him defeat the demons.

The men of Dian Prefecture charged Kou Island's airport defenses, sacrificing themselves to open a path for the Gallant Heroes Association and Pao Ge Society. The survivors broke into the airport and rushed to destroy the fighter aircraft before they could take off for Dian Prefecture.

• Brother Hu rallied the Gallant Heroes Association to lead the assault while Boss fought Amaterasu.
• The men of Dian Prefecture charged into the barrage, using shields, their wounded bodies, and explosives to force a path through the Kou Island troops.
• As the Kou Island forces began closing in, the remaining Dian Prefecture fighters attacked in groups of five, sacrificing themselves to push the defensive line back.
• The last five Dian Prefecture fighters detonated their explosives, opening the road into the airport as Little Pao Ge raised the Death Character Flag.
• The Pao Ge Society and Gallant Heroes Association broke through and charged toward the planes, prompting the Kou Island officers to react.

Thirteen summoned the heroic spirits of the Pao Ge Society’s forebears, who helped him break the formation and cut down the demons at the airport. After Amaterasu ambushed the group and Xiao Gua was killed, Hi Dog and the others arrived from Chun Prefecture to reinforce Thirteen and surround Amaterasu.

• Thirteen called on the heroic spirits of the Pao Ge Society and the Sichuan martyrs, who lent him their strength and helped him destroy the demon formation with one mighty slash.
• Amaterasu survived Thirteen’s attack with a chest wound, while the airport battle continued and Dragon Kingdom’s death volunteers destroyed more than a hundred fighter aircraft.
• Amaterasu’s Tachi struck Xiao Gua as he carried the Death Character Flag, and Xiao Gua died asking Thirteen whether he had upheld the Pao Ge Society’s honor.
• Amaterasu attacked Thirteen while another assailant went after Xiao Gua, but Thirteen’s Guan Dao drove the assailant back and a lump of mangled flesh blocked Amaterasu’s strike.
• Hi Dog, Bone, Xiao Feng, Ji Min, Hei Ba, Wu Yan, and other reinforcements arrived from Chun Prefecture, and they joined Thirteen in surrounding Amaterasu.

At Old Guan’s memorial, Yang Huaimin and Tian Bo suspected that his reported death was a trap and discussed how to protect the Capital. In Dian Prefecture, Li Youxian’s air support struck the Kou Islanders’ rear, where Dragon Kingdom soldiers were also advancing.

• Tian Bo told Yang Huaimin that the Pope and Marquis had disappeared, Chun Prefecture’s behavior was suspicious, and he suspected Old Guan was setting a trap.
• Tian Bo offered eight thousand hidden men and a list of families and businesses linked to the Federation, while Yang Huaimin warned him not to act without evidence.
• Seimei waited anxiously for Coalition Forces aircraft, but fifty Dragon Kingdom planes from the Sixth War Zone’s Flamingo Squadron arrived instead.
• Li Youxian signaled the planes to attack the Kou Islanders’ second-echelon camp rather than Seimei’s elite first echelon.
• Seimei’s staff reported that the Inoshita Division was under air attack and that large numbers of Dragon Kingdom soldiers had appeared near its encampment.