Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jian crushed the Monkey Gathering Zone and ordered its people killed after its leader refused to betray the other zones. Meanwhile, White Garment confronted the Pope at sea over Eden’s return and the Pope’s secret entry into the Dragon Kingdom, leaving the Pope to plead for his life.

• Sikong Jian captured Mr. Li and demanded that he guide the Dragon Kingdom’s forces through the other gathering zones’ ambushes.
• Mr. Li refused to betray his people, so Sikong Jian ordered his execution and the massacre of the gathering zone.
• The Pope learned that the Coalition Forces’ navy had been defeated and urged the Alliance to prepare for Eden’s return.
• White Garment stopped the Pope’s yacht, dismantled it, and demanded that the Pope give him a reason not to kill him.

White Garment defeated the Pope after rejecting his plea to spare him, while the Pope explained that fear of the Dragon Kingdom’s rising generation had driven the Alliance to attack. The Pope survived, and White Garment then turned his attention toward the Marquis, who fled.

• The Pope argued that his death would leave the Alliance and Holy See divided and warned that Eden would threaten the Dragon Kingdom, but White Garment said he cared only about the Dragon Kingdom’s casualties and sealed off their surroundings.
• White Garment declared that he only wanted to beat the Pope, then fought him for an hour and left him badly injured, with his robes ruined and his scepter broken.
• Jiao Jiao, Black Flood Dragon, and White Flood Dragon watched from the sea, disappointed that the Pope had not fought White Garment to the death; the Marquis also hoped the Pope would injure White Garment so he could attack.
• White Garment taunted the battered Pope for not using Kingdom of God Descends, and the Pope admitted that he feared dying because he had no successor.
• The Pope blamed White Garment’s training of Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, along with the Dragon Kingdom’s other young talents, for terrifying the Alliance’s leaders into attacking before the Dragon Kingdom became too powerful.

White Garment and the Pope negotiated an end to the fighting, while Dragon Kingdom leaders managed the aftermath of their victory and debated the conduct of Sikong Jian and Mu Jinghua. Kou Island sent representatives to seek peace, and Little White Tiger prepared to meet them as Old Ninth stepped away.

• White Garment refused the Pope’s request to release surrendered Coalition Forces soldiers and warned that the Dragon Kingdom had not forgiven the Alliance.
• Old Man directed cleanup operations as Dragon Kingdom forces consolidated control, while Overlord searched Kou Island for Hattori.
• A communications officer reported that Sikong Jian had led the slaughter of one hundred thousand Alien Races, but Old Man and Guan Lei dismissed the report and shielded him from blame.
• The leaders discussed Mu Jinghua’s article asserting Mianbang’s capital was ancestral Dragon Kingdom territory, and Old Lady urged Little White Tiger to rule through proper methods.
• Kou Island sent representatives to seek peace, and Little White Tiger asked where they were as Old Ninth went out.

The Dragon Kingdom’s leaders debated how to deal with the defeated Alien Races and how to reward those who served in the war. They postponed deciding the Alien Races’ fate until meeting Western representatives, then turned to Old Luo’s funeral and Laojun’s affairs.

• The Old Man opened the meeting by crediting the soldiers and civilian forces, then asked the leaders to discuss what should happen after the war.
• Yun Fei argued against wiping out the Alien Races, warning that excessive demands could isolate the Dragon Kingdom.
• Guan Lei defended taking the whole Asia Region, but Tian Bo argued that the territory was harsh, difficult to develop, and would leave the Dragon Kingdom surrounded by the Transformed if the Alien Races were exterminated.
• Minister Bai proposed meeting Western representatives before setting terms, and the leaders moved on to rewards for merit in the war.
• Yang Huaimin proposed a funeral with the highest honors for Old Luo but no nationwide mourning, then raised the need to oversee Laojun’s affairs.

At the meeting, Yang Huaimin and Old Guan maneuvered to secure influential posts and recognition for their allies after the war. Zhang Yang was recommended to replace Old Luo as director of the National Situation Bureau, leaving Little White Tiger poised to gain major influence within the establishment.

• Yang Huaimin let Wu Yan's nomination for Old Luo's position be rejected, then raised Mu Jinghua as a promising candidate for promotion.
• Old Guan praised the military contributions of civilian forces, including Chun Prefecture, while Tian Bo and Old Ma watched warily.
• Guan Lei credited Chun Prefecture and Little White Tiger with helping turn the war around, though officials noted that civilian fighters could not join the establishment.
• Old Guan claimed Zhang Yang had defended Chun Prefecture and recommended him to replace Old Luo as director of the National Situation Bureau.
• Yang Huaimin endorsed Zhang Yang, while Tian Bo and Old Ma realized that his appointment would strengthen Little White Tiger's influence within the establishment.

At the Guan Residence, Heavenly Venerable read Old Ninth’s face and warned that a deadly lover’s tribulation was approaching, urging him to leave the Capital and head south before midnight. As the group prepared to depart, Heavenly Venerable suffered for revealing the omen, and Guan Lei arrived asking whether they had found out what he feared.

• Overlord asked Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to toast Heavenly Venerable and Gu Feng, then asked Heavenly Venerable to read his sons’ fortunes.
• Heavenly Venerable predicted that Old Ninth’s bloodshed and fate would bring a life-or-death lover’s tribulation within a month, likely connected to Zhu Le'er.
• When Heavenly Venerable cast a divination, the copper coins cracked, and he ordered Old Ninth to leave the Capital for the south before midnight.
• Heavenly Venerable spat black blood and lost his sight in one eye after revealing the omen; he also said Little White Tiger had a hidden, chosen-one fate.
• Little White Tiger arranged a plane, and Old Ninth paid Heavenly Venerable five yuan before the brothers headed for the airport.
• Guan Lei hurried to meet them and asked whether they had found out.

Old Ninth learned that Zhu Le'er was getting engaged to Chang Jiang, but he insisted he had no feelings for her and did not go to the banquet. He sent Chun Prefecture and powerful allies to congratulate her, leaving Zhu Le'er with their public support as the engagement ceremony began.

• Guan Lei tried to stop Old Ninth from leaving after revealing that Zhu Le'er and Chang Jiang were holding an engagement banquet, but Old Ninth denied he wanted to interfere.
• Old Ninth received Zhu Le'er's message and photo in the car, felt a sudden sense of loss, and shattered his phone; Little White Tiger offered to help him take her, but Old Ninth refused.
• At the banquet, Old Man Chang celebrated the alliance with the Zhu Family while Chief Zhu worried that Old Ninth might disrupt the ceremony.
• Little White Tiger and Chun Prefecture's allies arrived, and Little White Tiger announced they had come on Old Ninth's behalf to congratulate Zhu Le'er.
• Wang Shengnan, Su Wanfang, and Gu Xiao Xi joined the delegation, making clear that Chun Prefecture and its powerful allies stood behind Zhu Le'er even though Old Ninth was absent.

Little White Tiger offered to take Zhu Le'er away from her arranged marriage, but she chose her family and severed her ties with Chun Prefecture. On a southbound plane, Old Ninth met Yu Leer after she mistook him for a fan and signed his precious wallet.

• Little White Tiger confronted Guan Ming and offered Zhu Le'er the Korean Peninsula as a wedding gift from Chun Prefecture.
• Little White Tiger told Zhu Le'er he would take her away if she did not want to marry, but Zhu Le'er chose her family and declined.
• Zhu Le'er said she would not wait for Old Ninth and left, ending her connection with Chun Prefecture.
• Old Ninth flew south alone, feeling weary and unsure where he was going.
• Yu Leer sat beside Old Ninth on the plane, mistook him for a fan, and signed his wallet.
• Old Ninth angrily threatened Yu Leer over the autograph, and she glared at him while he ignored her.

Yu Leer took Old Ninth’s abandoned phone and discovered his fearsome reputation after she had already antagonized him. As Chun Prefecture’s men tracked the phone to her hotel, Sister Qing rushed to seek help from Young Master Leng.

• Old Ninth left his phone on the plane, and Yu Leer took it and sent a teasing reply to Big Brother.
• Little White Tiger and his men misread the message, learned Old Ninth was in Hong Kong, and sent Lei Zis to track his phone.
• Yu Leer arrived at the airport and rode with Sister Qing to meet Young Master Leng while browsing Old Ninth’s phone.
• Sister Qing recognized Old Ninth in the phone’s photo and warned Yu Leer that she might have endangered them by offending him.
• Yu Leer read Old Ninth’s alarming online profile, and Sister Qing hurried to the hotel to ask Young Master Leng for help.
• Little White Tiger’s men followed the phone signal to the hotel and received orders to find Old Ninth and kill anyone who interfered.

Old Ninth arrived in Hong Kong without his phone or a ride, but turned the tables on an unlicensed cab driver who tried to extort him. Meanwhile, Yu Leer told Young Master Leng that Old Ninth had caused her trouble, and Leng promised to call Old Eighth for help.

• Old Ninth stood stranded outside the airport with no phone, little money, and no way to contact his pickup.
• Old Huang lured Old Ninth into his unlicensed cab, demanded five thousand for a short ride, and summoned several thugs when Old Ninth balked.
• Old Ninth beat the thugs, made Old Huang pay him change for a one-unit coin, and asked for enough extra to buy a hotel room and food.
• A beauty introduced Yu Leer to Young Master Leng, who offered to help her return to the Dragon Kingdom and advance her career.
• Yu Leer named Old Ninth as the person who had troubled her, and Young Master Leng promised to contact Old Eighth and use his family's connections to deal with him.

Young Master Leng drugged Yu Leer and tried to assault her, but Old Ninth’s call brought Lei Zi and his men, who beat and threatened Leng while demanding to know Old Ninth’s whereabouts. Meanwhile, Old Ninth tracked down Rat Eyes at the airport and asked him to pay for a taxi and lend him more money.

• Young Master Leng’s companion left Yu Leer alone with him, and Leng offered her money to become his girlfriend before attempting to touch her.
• Young Master Leng drugged Yu Leer, threatened her, and ignored her warning that she would call the police.
• Old Ninth called his phone, and Young Master Leng arrogantly insulted the caller before masked Lei Zis burst into the restaurant carrying his companion.
• Lei Zi shot Young Master Leng in the knee and beat him, while Little White Tiger ordered the Leng family to find Old Ninth within an hour or face deadly consequences.
• Old Ninth found Rat Eyes at the airport and asked him to pay the taxi fare and provide money for a new SIM card.

Old Man Leng told Old Ma that his son had been abducted by Chun Prefecture’s Lei Zi, who demanded that the Leng Family hand over Old Ninth. At the Guan Residence, Chun Prefecture’s fighters learned that Old Ninth was missing and Zhu Le’er was being pushed into an engagement with the Chang Family, then left threatening the Chang Family and warning the Guan Family not to interfere.

• Old Man Leng called Old Ma for help after Lei Zi from Chun Prefecture abducted Old Third and demanded Old Ninth; Old Ma agreed to seek help from the Guan Family but feared Old Ninth’s reaction.
• Old Ma told Ma Qingshan that Old Leng had kidnapped Old Ninth, and they wondered whether Old Man Guan was preparing to move against the Hong Kong Government.
• Old Guan returned to the Guan Residence and heard that Old Ninth was missing and Zhu Le’er was being arranged to marry into the Chang Family.
• Old Guan rebuked Guan Ming for forcing Zhu Le’er’s marriage to secure the Chang Family’s support, while Guan Lei explained that the Dragon Kingdom’s victory would attract investment.
• Overlord threatened to slaughter the Chang Family if it proceeded without Old Ninth’s approval and warned the Guan Family not to interfere, then led Chun Prefecture’s fighters away.
• Old Guan ordered Guan Ming to relay Overlord’s warning to the Chang Family and stay out of sight.

Old Ninth recovered his phone from Young Master Leng, who had taken it, and left the Leng Family and Rat Eyes stunned by his status. Back at his hotel, Old Ninth found Yu Leer in his bed and panicked as she climbed on top of him.

• The Lei Zis nearly killed Young Master Leng after Yu Leer mistakenly seemed to claim she was Old Ninth’s woman, but Old Man Leng stopped them by revealing they had found Old Ninth.
• Old Ninth persuaded Rat Eyes to buy him a new phone, then discovered the Leng Family had come looking for him.
• Old Man Leng bowed to Old Ninth and explained that Young Master Leng had taken his phone; Old Ninth accepted its return and had the Lei Zis release Young Master Leng.
• Old Man Leng followed Rat Eyes to Old Ninth’s hotel and told his men to watch for a chance to win Old Ninth’s favor.
• The Lei Zis told Old Ninth they had put his sister-in-law in his room, and he later found Yu Leer in bed with him while Little White Tiger and others listened over the phone.

Old Ninth woke beside Yu Leer, who was devastated to learn they had spent the night together and tried unsuccessfully to kill herself. Outside his room, Rat Eyes bragged to Hong Kong’s powerful visitors about his supposed loyalty to Old Ninth.

• Rat Eyes made the Hong Kong officials wait in line and claimed Old Ninth valued him for his fighting ability.
• Old Leng privately recognized that Rat Eyes had been beaten by Old Ninth, while the other visitors flattered Rat Eyes to stay on Old Ninth’s good side.
• Yu Leer woke beside Old Ninth and accused him of taking advantage of her after she saw the hickeys, lipstick, and other signs of the night before.
• Old Ninth teased Yu Leer and told her she had initiated what happened, while she mourned losing her first time and insisted he had ruined her life.
• Yu Leer tried to cut her wrist and then hang herself, but she only injured herself and fell from a chair.

Little White Tiger prepared to join Old Ninth in searching for the old turtle who could wake Xiao Yuan, while Old Ninth was confronted by Eden fighters who warned him not to touch Yu Leer. The warning left their relationship and Eden’s intentions unresolved.

• Overlord told Little White Tiger that Heavenly Venerable had located the old turtle in the waters off Hong Kong and urged him to join Old Ninth in confronting him.
• Hi Dog, Bone, Xiao Feng, and the others arrived with their bags, ready to begin the journey with Little White Tiger.
• Yu Leer threatened Old Ninth after her failed attempts to kill herself, and Old Ninth teased her about the possibility of having his child.
• Four Eden fighters attacked Old Ninth, but he fought them off and damaged the mechanical arm of their Eight Awakenings leader.
• The Eden leader told Old Ninth they had come to warn him not to touch Yu Leer, saying they would have become enemies if he had taken advantage of her.

Margaret reported to Adam that Old Ninth threatened Eden’s search for the fifth divine object, and Adam ordered him to avoid a direct conflict. Meanwhile, Yu Leer found her manager murdered and fled after mistaking Hi Dog and Bone for the killers, while they suspected someone had framed them.

• Margaret told Adam and the other leaders that Eve’s body had nearly been defiled and that Eden’s followers had roughly located the fifth divine object in the sea.
• Margaret reported that Old Ninth had overwhelmed them and warned that his interference could ruin their chance of capturing the divine object; Adam ordered him to mobilize hidden branches and keep Old Ninth occupied rather than attack him.
• Yu Leer worried that she might be pregnant by Old Ninth, then decided to visit her manager and retrieve her contract after receiving her apologetic messages.
• Yu Leer entered her manager’s blood-soaked room and found the woman nailed to the wall, then saw Hi Dog emerge from the bathroom with blood on his hands and ran away screaming.
• Bone told Hi Dog that Yu Leer had mistaken them for the killers, and the two men suspected someone had arranged the murder to frame them before leaving as police sirens sounded.

After Leng Qing and Bai Xuanxuan were murdered, Yu Leer recognized Old Ninth’s men in the surveillance footage and rushed away, while Margaret’s group hoped the killings would break Yu Leer’s connection with Old Ninth. Old Ninth’s men were cornered by Hong Kong’s underworld leaders but denied killing Leng Qing, as four cloaked figures prepared to pursue their real business.

• Yu Leer recognized Hi Dog and Little White Tiger in the murder footage and realized they were Old Ninth’s men.
• Margaret revealed that her group wanted Yu Leer to blame Old Ninth and intended to use Hong Kong’s forces to delay the Chun Prefecture group.
• Little White Tiger suspected the Ma Family or the European Capitalist Faction had framed them, just as the Four Elders and Old Man Leng arrived at Rat Eyes’ home.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger denied killing Leng Qing, while Xiao Feng admitted they had gone to confront him over his offense against their sister-in-law.
• Four cloaked figures sensed the confrontation and decided to handle their real business while Old Ninth was occupied.

The Old Man forced the foreign representatives to consider a harsh surrender treaty, then learned that Old Eighth and Old Ninth had been surrounded in the Hong Kong Government. He sent Zhu Le'er to handle the situation, where Little White Tiger and Old Ninth remained in a tense standoff with local bosses as the Police Bureau arrived.

• The Old Man rejected the representatives’ demands and ordered them to sign a treaty limiting each alien race to three Gathering Zones and forbidding armies larger than three thousand.
• The Old Man gave the representatives until sunrise to accept the treaty or face renewed fighting.
• Guan Ming reported that Old Eighth and Old Ninth had been surrounded by local gangs and issued warrants in the Hong Kong Government, and the Old Man ordered an investigation into who was behind it.
• Guan Lei suggested sending Zhu Le'er, and the Old Man agreed to have her go to the Hong Kong Government.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth prepared to fight four local bosses, but both sides held back until the Police Bureau arrived.

Officer Tie arrested Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and the four bosses after the standoff in Hong Kong, while Zhu Le'er hurried to stop them from resisting. Watching Old Ninth being taken away, Yu Leer admitted she felt responsible for him and blurted out that she could not let their baby be born without a father, leaving Tang Tang and Margaret stunned by her apparent feelings.

• Officer Tie arrived with the Deep Red Action Team and ordered Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and the four bosses to surrender.
• Zhu Le'er called Old Ninth and urged him not to fight the police, so he reluctantly let Officer Tie arrest him.
• Officer Tie escorted the group away in police vehicles and offered them hoods to shield their faces from reporters.
• Tang Tang warned Yu Leer to stay away from Old Ninth, but Yu Leer said he had killed people to protect her and she felt responsible.
• Yu Leer blurted out that she could not let the baby be born without a father, and Margaret realized their attempt to scare her away had brought her closer to Old Ninth.

Iron Sir watched Little White Tiger and the Four Elders confront each other in a holding cell, hoping to learn whether Old Ninth would reveal anything about the murder. Little White Tiger denied killing Young Master Leng, and both sides made peace before Old Ox revealed his connection to the Turtle Ancestor.

• Iron Sir arranged for his subordinates to monitor the holding cell, believing Old Ninth might tell the Four Elders what happened.
• Hi Dog and Bone taunted the Four Elders, but Old Ghost calmed the confrontation and explained that they had been defending their turf.
• Little White Tiger insisted he had not killed Young Master Leng and threatened to bring hired guns if the Four Elders kept provoking him.
• The Four Elders believed Little White Tiger and apologized, choosing to avoid a war with Chun Prefecture.
• Old Ox mentioned his ties to the Turtle Ancestor, prompting Little White Tiger to question him and Hi Dog and Bone to eagerly welcome the Four Elders.