Chapter Summaries

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.

Li Youxian’s plan sent the Kou Island Second Echelon into a rout as Mu Jinghua led Dian Prefecture’s civilians in a counterattack. Seimei ordered an assault on the supposedly empty city, where Instructor stood alone at the gate and challenged the Kou Island army to take it.

• Li Youxian ordered his troops to drive the Second Echelon toward the Third Echelon and let panic spread through the Kou Island forces.
• Mu Jinghua led Dian Prefecture’s civilians into the enemy camp, rallied them despite his own fear, and charged back into the fighting after his secretary rescued him.
• Seimei learned that the Second Echelon was retreating and considered slaughtering the fleeing soldiers before Onizuka urged him to capture Dian Prefecture instead.
• Seimei sent Kojima, Yuto, Haruto, and other disciples to attack the city, but Instructor killed Kojima and Yuto at the gate.
• Instructor declared that he would defend Dian Prefecture alone and challenged Seimei’s tens of thousands of soldiers to attack.

The Instructor faced Seimei and Kou Island’s army alone, absorbing five Nuclear Cannon blasts and turning their energy against the advancing troops. He crushed a group of Sixth Awakening commanders with his Golden Bell Shield and overwhelming strength, then challenged Seimei to give him a real fight as Kou Island’s forces faltered.

• Seimei summoned powerful Shikigami and ordered the five Nuclear Cannons to fire at the Instructor.
• The Instructor absorbed the five beams and redirected their energy across the charging troops, inflicting heavy casualties.
• Six Sixth Awakening commanders attacked together, but the Instructor’s Golden Bell Shield blocked their strikes.
• The Instructor killed one commander with a slap and incapacitated the other five with a giant phantom palm.
• The Instructor taunted Seimei and the remaining Kou Island forces, demanding a stronger opponent.

Seimei used Yamata no Orochi and the Kou Island army to force the Instructor to choose between fighting back and protecting Dian Prefecture. As the Instructor weakened beneath the city’s attacks, Li Youxian joined the defense, but Seimei unleashed his final strike while the Instructor prepared to die.

• Seimei summoned the Great Tengu, but the Instructor destroyed it and threw it aside.
• Onizuka urged Seimei to attack Dian Prefecture, so Seimei summoned Yamata no Orochi and bombarded the city, forcing the Instructor to shield its civilians.
• Li Youxian ordered his subordinates to evacuate civilians through the tunnels and took up his Tang Dao as Kou Island troops entered the city.
• The Instructor endured Yamata no Orochi’s attacks as the civilians begged him to stop, but he declared that protecting them was his duty.
• Li Youxian charged the invading warriors, and the Instructor, believing he had failed Dian Prefecture, began to give up.
• Seimei unleashed Eight Souls Return as One-Soul Roar, and the bloodied Instructor closed his eyes, apologizing to Dian Prefecture.

White Garment and Guan Ming discussed the plan to lure the Pope and the Marquis into the Capital, while in Dian Prefecture Li Youxian and Instructor fought Seimei’s forces. Dian Prefecture’s civilians joined Li Youxian’s desperate defense, and Seimei shattered Instructor’s barrier.

• White Garment told Guan Ming that the Pope and the Marquis would be forced to attack and gamble that he had not returned.
• Seimei confronted Instructor and Li Youxian as lava consumed half of Dian Prefecture, asking why they would sacrifice themselves for civilians.
• Instructor vowed to stand by his duty, and Li Youxian declared that he would rather die than retreat before alien races.
• Dian Prefecture’s elderly, weak, sick, and disabled arrived with weapons and detonators, and their leader vowed that the people would never withdraw.
• Li Youxian led the civilians into battle against the Kou Islanders, while Seimei grew fearful and ordered Instructor’s death.
• Seimei’s eight serpent heads struck Instructor’s energy barrier and shattered it, leaving Instructor with every bone broken.

Old Man Guan arrived in Dian Prefecture and rescued the Instructor, then unleashed his power on the Kou Island forces. He subdued Seimei and Yamata no Orochi and continued brutalizing Seimei, declaring that any alien who spoke the Dragon Kingdom’s language would be executed.

• The Instructor dreamed of his dead brothers, who urged him to live, before Old Man Guan pulled him back to consciousness.
• Old Man Guan appeared in Dian Prefecture, took the wounded Instructor from the battlefield, and confronted Seimei.
• Old Man Guan immobilized and crushed thousands of Kou Island soldiers with his qi as Seimei watched in terror.
• Old Man Guan forced Seimei and Yamata no Orochi to the ground, mocked Seimei’s plea for a homeland, and beat him.
• Old Man Guan condemned Kou Islanders for speaking the Dragon Kingdom’s language and declared it a crime punishable by death.

Guan Guoxing used his plundering ability to drain the energy of Kou Island’s Awakened, then the Black Dragon Banner arrived and crushed their army. Seimei died as the slaughter continued, leaving Kou Island’s forces devastated.

• Guan Guoxing drained the energy of more than ten thousand Kou Island Awakened and forced Seimei to attempt a forbidden fusion with Yamata no Orochi.
• Spears bearing the Black Dragon Banner pierced Seimei and pinned Yamata no Orochi, interrupting the forbidden technique.
• The Black Dragon Banner arrived under its commander, and Guan Guoxing ordered the soldiers to leave no survivors.
• A Black Dragon Banner soldier impaled Onizuka as the army opened fire and advanced on the weakened Kou Island troops.
• Guan Guoxing killed Seimei after telling him to take his wish to Hell.

At Mianbang Airport, Thirteen, Ji Min, Hei Ba, Wu Yan, and Hi Dog fought Amaterasu and killed him after Bone used a sanitary pad to break his divine protection. The Kou Island soldiers fled, and the victory ended with Thirteen charging at Ji Min after the pad landed on his face.

• Thirteen, Ji Min, Hei Ba, Wu Yan, and Hi Dog battled Amaterasu while the Dragon Kingdom forces held off the Kou Island army.
• Hi Dog tricked Amaterasu into turning around, allowing Hei Ba to stab him in the stomach.
• Wu Yan and Ji Min restrained Amaterasu while Thirteen struck, but the god’s phantom protection repelled his blows.
• Bone threw a used sanitary pad onto the divine phantom, causing Amaterasu’s protection to fade.
• Hei Ba and Boss joined Thirteen in beheading Amaterasu, and the Kou Island soldiers scattered.
• Bone photographed Thirteen with the bloodstained pad on his face, and Thirteen charged at Ji Min in anger.

Chun Prefecture’s leaders discussed the ongoing extermination of Korean forces and the offensive on the Korean Peninsula, where Ruan Lie was massacring civilians and abducting young people. Little White Tiger approved Fang Mu’s plan to let some Koreans return across the border and weaken the Ruan Family, then received a call ordering him to handle another task personally.

• White Mouse reported that Chun Prefecture and its allies had trapped most of the Korean army and were close to destroying it.
• Mu Feifei warned Little White Tiger that Ruan Lie was drowning civilians and abducting young people on the Korean Peninsula, but the senior officers rejected her objections to their brutality.
• Mu Feifei relayed Fang Mu’s proposal to open the border and let some Koreans return, forcing Ruan Lie’s forces to fight them.
• White Mouse urged Little White Tiger to avoid provoking the Ruan Family while the Dragon Kingdom faced a crisis, and Little White Tiger approved Fang Mu’s plan.
• Little White Tiger ordered Third Uncle to open a gap at the border and commanded the others to kill the remaining Koreans in Chun Prefecture.
• A caller asked Little White Tiger to leave the remaining fighting to others and personally handle something, and Little White Tiger agreed.

Saint George faced pressure from the Asian members of the Dragon-Slaying Plan to attack the Dragon Kingdom, while the Old Man’s agents plotted to kill Saint George and escalate the conflict. The agents prepared to gather reinforcements, and Old Ninth requested several thousand tons of explosives.

• Saint George told the coalition representatives that they needed to confirm whether Guan Guoxing was dead and whether White Garment had returned before escalating the war.
• The Emperor and the Korean representative demanded that the Western Coalition Forces act within three days and help extract their trapped armies, threatening to withdraw otherwise.
• Saint George agreed to contact the Pope and Marquis and send warships to help the Korean army break through the Dragon Kingdom’s border.
• At a nearby residence, the Old Man’s agents discussed killing Saint George, but Hu Du and others proposed wiping out the Dragon-Slaying Society and even destroying Kou Island.
• Little White Tiger decided to wait for Thirteen, Ji Min, Hei Ba, and Wu Yan to arrive before acting, while Old Ninth called the Old Man for support.
• Old Ninth asked the Old Man to airlift several thousand tons of explosives to support the mission.

The Old Man ordered Dragon Kingdom forces to prepare to stop the Western Coalition at sea while Little White Tiger targeted Saint George on Kou Island. Meanwhile, the Korean Representative and the Emperor agreed to organize an alliance of Asian nations, leaving the Emperor set to seek support from Saint George.

• The Old Man dismissed Guan Ming’s concerns, ordered the navy to advance, and sent Guan Ming and Guan Lei to coordinate with allied families and war zones to block the Western Coalition at sea.
• The Old Man ordered explosives sent to Old Ninth on Kou Island and said Little White Tiger would handle Saint George, after which the Pope would enter the Capital for a final showdown.
• The Old Man left the hospital in his Shroud, frightened a Nurse into fainting, and ordered the hospital sealed before asking someone to lend him people.
• The Korean Representative complained that Saint George had not sent troops to rescue his people, while the Emperor acknowledged that the West treated their nations as pawns.
• The Korean Representative and the Emperor agreed to contact other Asian nations and form a Small Alliance, with the Emperor as its proposed leader.
• The Emperor promised to pressure Saint George to send troops to the Peninsula, though he knew he might not be able to make him comply.

Old Ninth and his men stormed the Emperor’s gathering with the Korean representative, killed the guards, and tortured Mr. Bai. Old Ninth then confronted the trapped Emperor and offered him a knife to disembowel himself, threatening to use a chainsaw if he refused.

• The Emperor and Mr. Bai drank together while discussing their plans to carve up the Dragon Kingdom and offering each other geishas.
• Old Ninth entered disguised as a geisha, and Hi Dog and the others smashed into the room and subdued the Emperor.
• Xiao Feng cut off Mr. Bai’s hand after he challenged the intruders, and Old Ninth mocked him and revealed that his leader and Saint Master had died in Chun Prefecture.
• Hei Ba reported that the guards were dead, then forced Mr. Bai to kneel outside while Old Ninth confronted the Emperor over their feud.
• Old Ninth offered the Emperor a short knife to disembowel himself and put a chainsaw on the table as an alternative.

Old Ninth killed the Emperor and left Mr. Bai to die in a booby-trapped room, while Little White Tiger launched a brutal assault on a Kou Island club to reach someone on its fifth floor. Wu Yan and his companions joined the attack as they feared that Xiao Yuan’s injury had unleashed Old Eighth and Old Ninth.

• Old Ninth told the Emperor that the Old Man was still alive, then beheaded him before the arriving samurai could reach him.
• The samurai found Mr. Bai bound and gagged in the Emperor’s room; grenades exploded when he lifted him, and Mr. Bai named Saint George before dying.
• Little White Tiger arrived at the Five-Story High-End Club on Adult Street and ignored Wu Yan’s plan, carrying a Fire Axe inside.
• Little White Tiger killed the club guards, planted explosives by the entrance, and forced the staff and guests to their knees with his qi.
• Wu Yan put on the Black Maitreya Mask, ordered some companions to guard the exits, and entered the club while warning that Xiao Yuan’s injury had freed Old Eighth and Old Ninth.