Chapter Summaries

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth tricked Old Ox into revealing where the Turtle Ancestor appeared and secured a shipping contract in exchange for help reaching it. Just as Yu Leer bailed them out, Sir Chang arrived and used his Federation connections to keep them detained.

• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth convinced Old Ox that the Two-Headed Flood Dragon planned to kill the Turtle Ancestor and negotiated a contract for the elders’ shipping company to transport supplies to Fei Island.
• Old Ox revealed that the Turtle Ancestor surfaced on a reef fifty li south of Hong Kong Government territory on the first and fifteenth of each lunar month.
• Yu Leer arrived with a lawyer to bail out Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, and Officer Tie approved their release after deciding they had not killed Young Master Leng.
• Old Ninth told Yu Leer that nothing had happened between them, while Little White Tiger teased him about supporting her and a child.
• Sir Chang arrived with armed-looking men and claimed that his Federation status and Justice Department connections would prevent the suspects from being released.
• Sir Chang threatened to have Little White Tiger and Old Ninth held in secret, and Old Ninth tried to call the Old Man for help.

Zhu Le'er confronted Sir Chang outside the Police Bureau as she tried to help Old Ninth, but he threatened her and revealed he wanted to restore the Chang Family’s reputation. When she called for help, Mr. Li arrived, and Sir Chang’s lawyer boasted that Hong Kong’s legal system would keep Old Ninth imprisoned.

• Yu Leer left the Police Bureau angry, while Tangtang told her Chun Prefecture’s reinforcements had arrived and warned her not to get involved.
• Zhu Le'er arrived at the Police Bureau with Xiao Gang, and Sir Chang invoked their family ties to order her to stop trying to save Old Ninth.
• Zhu Le'er accused Sir Chang of using the Capital’s Chang Family as a shield and warned that she would not intervene in what followed if he kept Old Ninth from her.
• Zhu Le'er called for help, and Mr. Li arrived in a white car with documents; Xiao Gang recognized him and stayed cautious.
• Sir Chang’s lawyer claimed Old Ninth had broken Hong Kong law and boasted that his connections made him the law, while Sir Chang mocked Mr. Li’s methods.

Li Youxian retaliated against Sir Chang by arranging Lawyer Hou’s bombing and using a dying accomplice to take the blame under Hong Kong’s laws. He left with an escort of Lei Zis after warning Sir Chang that he would turn Hong Kong into his prison unless he surrendered within three days.

• Li Youxian told Sir Chang that Little White Tiger had learned his ruthlessness from him and that he would play by Sir Chang’s rules.
• Lawyer Hou’s car exploded, and Iron Sir rushed out to extinguish the flames and tried to arrest Li Youxian.
• Li Youxian offered the police a lead, and a dying man confessed to the bombing while claiming he had acted alone.
• The alleged bomber shot himself, leaving Sir Chang and Iron Sir unable to connect Li Youxian to the attack.
• Li Youxian threatened Sir Chang with a three-day deadline and departed as more than a hundred Lei Zis escorted his car.

Li Youxian persuaded Tang Xianping to leave Hong Kong while Chun Prefecture dealt with the Chang Family’s backers. Tang Xianping gave him a list of their key connections, hoping to limit the ensuing unrest.

• Sir Chang learned that Old Ninth would remain unavailable and was urged by his Federation contact to keep Old Ninth and Little White Tiger out of the way for half a month.
• Tang Tang brought Yu Leer to her father’s residence, where they found Li Youxian; he teased Yu Leer about Old Ninth and gave her his business card.
• Li Youxian tested Tang Xianping’s loyalties with tea supplied to the Guan Family, then asked him to leave Hong Kong while Chun Prefecture acted against the Chang Family’s backers.
• Tang Xianping agreed to inspect Li Youxian’s tea plantation and later emerged with a pastry box containing a list of more than a dozen connections behind Chang Jiang.
• Li Youxian told Zhu Le’er that Tang Xianping had provided the list to help target the key figures precisely and reduce the unrest in Hong Kong.

Sir Chang bribed three officials to pursue the Chang Family’s feud with Chun Prefecture, but Li Youxian arranged for the National Situation Bureau to arrest him and the officials. As Sir Chang was led away, Li Youxian confronted him and mocked his failed schemes.

• Sir Chang showed Congressman Zhang, Congressman Situ, and Deputy Minister Tan fifty million worth of gold bars to secure their help against Chun Prefecture.
• The three officials agreed to form a Special Investigation Team and push a case against Sir Chang’s enemies through the High Court.
• Li Youxian called Sir Chang and warned him to jump from the roof, but Sir Chang dismissed the threat.
• Men from the National Situation Bureau entered the meeting room, accused Sir Chang and the officials of stealing state intelligence, and arrested them.
• The National Situation Bureau leader ordered the Chang Clan Group sealed and forced the three officials to comply at gunpoint.
• Li Youxian met Sir Chang as he was escorted from the building and mocked his lack of judgment.

Li Youxian diverted Sir Chang to an abandoned warehouse, expecting the forces behind him to try to rescue him within forty-eight hours. After Li left, Xiao Gang, Langzi, and Yueyue misinterpreted his instructions and prepared to interrogate Sir Chang with a pile of medicines.

• Li Youxian identified Lü Zhen as the powerful figure backing Sir Chang and decided to avoid taking Sir Chang to the airport.
• Li Youxian had Sir Chang moved to a warehouse and said he would wait for the people behind him to make a move, while keeping Sir Chang weakened with Qi-Dispersing Agent.
• After Li left, Langzi and Yueyue suggested interrogating Sir Chang, and Xiao Gang decided Li had meant they should beat him until he talked.
• Sir Chang said his sixth-awakening toughness would protect him from the three boys, so they ran out to find another way to make him talk.
• The three boys returned with a table's worth of medicines, leaving Sir Chang visibly distressed.

Xiao Gang, Yueyue, and Langzi tried to interrogate Sir Chang with powerful drugs, but Lord Adam arrived and rescued him before they could learn much. The three survived Adam’s attack and set off to pursue him, while Margaret and her companions prepared to summon Lord Cain to obtain Turtle Ancestor’s Divine Object.

• Xiao Gang, Yueyue, and Langzi drugged Sir Chang with Potent Tonic Soup and threatened to expose him in a livestream until he agreed to answer questions.
• Sir Chang revealed that he had been sent after Brother Nine, then used his thumb ring to summon Lord Adam.
• Lord Adam freed Sir Chang and struck at the three interrogators, who survived by using the Yasakani no Magatama to absorb the energy of his attack.
• Xiao Gang vowed to pursue Lord Adam and rescue Sir Chang, while Yueyue and Langzi went with him.
• At sea, Margaret and her three companions spotted the reef guarding Turtle Ancestor’s Divine Object and prepared a Magic Array to summon Lord Cain.

Li Youxian ordered the National Situation Bureau to arrest Sir Chang’s suspected backers and use the crackdown to draw them out, while Shan brought the drugged Chang to the sea where the Turtle Ancestor emerged. Shan and the others began activating the Reverse Redemption Array to seize the Turtle Ancestor’s shed shell for Adam.

• After learning Chang had been rescued and Xiao Gang was missing, Li Youxian ordered a sweeping round of arrests to flush out Chang’s backers.
• Li Youxian presented Iron Sir with a National Situation Bureau order to question Li Huajiu and White Tiger in a mainland investigation.
• Shan reached Margaret and the others carrying Sir Chang, who was still disoriented from the drug and behaving lewdly with a Converted Beast.
• The Turtle Ancestor emerged from a gigantic whirlpool as he began shedding his shell.
• Shan and the others took up five Divine Artifacts and prepared to activate the Reverse Redemption Array so Shan could take the shell for Adam.

Shan, Margaret, and three others used five Wasteland Artifacts to weaken the Turtle Ancestor while it shed its shell, intending to take the shell for Lord Adam. Xiao Gang and his two companions arrived with guns and seized control, while the weakened Turtle Ancestor asked them for help and Xiao Gang refused.

• The Turtle Ancestor revealed its Black Tortoise bloodline and attacked the five, but Shan ordered them to activate their formation for Lord Adam.
• The formation suppressed the Turtle Ancestor’s defenses and forced it to shrink as it shed its shell, while the five lost their qi and special abilities.
• Shan and Margaret celebrated the Turtle Ancestor’s impending defeat and revealed Eden’s plan to use its shell and the Sword Crane’s Wing to make Adam a true human.
• Xiao Gang and his two companions arrived by speedboat and shot Margaret, forcing Shan and the others to kneel at gunpoint.
• The Turtle Ancestor begged Xiao Gang to help it survive and offered him its legacy, but Xiao Gang refused and ordered it to kneel too.

Doctor Lü assessed the crisis surrounding Sir Chang as a struggle against the Capital and ordered an all-out fight with Li Youxian to force negotiations. At sea, Xiao Gang and his companions held Margaret and Eden's people at gunpoint and tried to ransom them from Adam.

• Doctor Lü rejected killing Old Chang and said the Capital was the real opponent behind Li Youxian's arrival.
• Doctor Lü planned to visit the Capital to negotiate a safe surrender while ordering his allies to wage war against Li Youxian.
• Doctor Lü told Old Yang to transfer Little White Tiger and Old Ninth into secret custody so they could not be freed.
• Margaret tried to negotiate with Xiao Gang, but he shot her in the shoulder after she spoke in the Federation language.
• Shan offered money for their release, and Xiao Gang called Adam to demand a ransom.
• Xiao Gang demanded a trillion from Adam, who appeared naked on the video call.

Xiao Gang paid Eden a hundred million, then reneged on his promise and killed Shan and the other men aboard Eden’s boat. At the Police Bureau, Li Youxian helped Little White Tiger and Old Ninth escape custody, and the Lei Zis surrounded the building as Little White Tiger vowed to avenge Xiao Gang if he was dead.

• Third Uncle received a text confirming that Xiao Gang’s payment of a hundred million had reached his bank account.
• Xiao Gang refused to release the hostages, shot Shan and the other men, and tossed his phone into the sea after Eden’s boat exploded.
• Minister Yang blocked Li Youxian from taking Little White Tiger and Old Ninth out of the Police Bureau, claiming the Justice Department had ordered their secret detention.
• After Li Youxian shouted that something had happened to Xiao Gang, an explosion struck Old Ninth’s cell, and Little White Tiger and Old Ninth broke their Special Handcuffs.
• Hundreds of Lei Zis surrounded the Police Bureau to welcome Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, while Little White Tiger threatened to kill whoever was responsible if Xiao Gang was gone.

Doctor ordered Minister Yang to use the Leng Family heir’s death to stir public opinion against Chun Prefecture while avoiding a direct confrontation with Little White Tiger. At sea, Xiao Gang and his companions recovered Sir Chang and found the tiny Turtle Ancestor, whose blood Sister Yuan needed.

• Doctor instructed Minister Yang to steer media coverage of the Leng Family heir’s death toward Chun Prefecture and warned him not to arrest or fight Little White Tiger.
• Steven complained that Doctor was surrendering power, then met Cain, who offered to help him against their common enemy.
• Xiao Gang and his companions watched five Eden members sink, recovered Sir Chang, and dragged him behind their speedboat.
• Turtle Ancestor called to Xiao Gang for help, explaining that a villain’s scheme and an array had left him unable to protect himself.
• Langzi persuaded Xiao Gang to rescue Turtle Ancestor because Sister Yuan needed his blood, and the boys were shocked to find he was a palm-sized turtle.

Xiao Gang, Langzi, and Yueyue kidnapped the injured Turtle Ancestor and threatened him for his heart's blood. Meanwhile, the Lei Zis attacked the Chang Family estate, leaving Zhu Le'er to choose between answering the Chang Family's pleas and remaining loyal to Chun Prefecture; she answered the call but hung up without agreeing to help.

• Xiao Gang, Langzi, and Yueyue learned that ordinary Demon Ancestor blood could not awaken them and demanded the Turtle Ancestor's scarce heart's blood.
• Yueyue cracked the Turtle Ancestor's shell, and the three men kidnapped him and took him back to the city.
• The Lei Zis stormed the Chang Family estate, killed its guards, and questioned the kneeling household about Sir Chang's whereabouts.
• Old Ninth ordered the Lei Zis to deal with the arriving police while Little White Tiger blamed the Chang Family for Xiao Gang's disappearance and Sir Chang's actions.
• Li Youxian advised Zhu Le'er not to answer calls from the Great Chang Family, warning that Chun Prefecture's support was more reliable.
• After the Chang Family's Old Man begged her to save his relatives, Zhu Le'er answered the call and then silently hung up.

Cain used his time abilities to freeze the Chang Family courtyard and approached Old Ninth and Little White Tiger, but they attacked him and proved immune to his power. Cain proposed a deal to settle Eden’s conflict with them, but the chapter ended with Old Ninth and Little White Tiger refusing his demand and preparing to fight.

• Cain froze time across the Chang Family courtyard as Zhu Le'er watched, unable to move or warn Old Ninth.
• Little White Tiger attacked Cain, and Old Ninth seized his head, but Cain said the power of law could not affect them and revealed that he served Lord Adam.
• Cain healed his wounds with his time ability and explained that Eden had wanted to restrain them temporarily rather than fight over Turtle Ancestor.
• Cain said Eden would punish Sir Chang for acting on his own, then revealed that Old Ninth’s subordinates had killed the apostle Shan and demanded they kill three youths in return.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger refused Cain’s demand and stepped forward to fight, defending Xiao Gang and the other youths.

Cain fought Old Ninth and Little White Tiger to a standstill before Gainan pulled him through a spatial rift, but Cain aged dozens of Lei Zis with his final attack. Old Ninth spared the Chang Family at Zhu Le’er’s request, then retaliated against the Great Chang Family, whose compound Overlord destroyed.

• Cain battled Old Ninth and Little White Tiger until Gainan dragged him through a spatial rift, and Cain used Temporal Power to age dozens of Lei Zis before vanishing.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger resolved to find Xiao Gang and later attack Cain’s base, while Old Ninth ordered the Chang Family buried and threatened its backers.
• Zhu Le’er pleaded for the Chang Family, so Old Ninth spared them but ended his relationship with her and warned the Zhu Family not to interfere again.
• Old Ninth called Old Man Chang and threatened to have his father kill either the Little Chang Family or the Great Chang Family; Old Man Chang chose the Little Chang Family.
• Overlord attacked the Great Chang Family compound, threw Chang Jiang and Old Man Chang aside, and ordered the estate leveled.

Gainan stopped Cain from attacking the people who killed Shan, and Cain agreed to seek revenge through the Dragon Kingdom instead. Meanwhile, Li Youxian and the others discovered that Turtle Ancestor was a shameless, unusually durable ordinary turtle, then bargained for his heart’s blood and heard that he might recover faster at a place Li Youxian knew.

• Gainan warned Cain that fighting further would harm both sides and that Eden needed time to carry out Lord Adam’s plan.
• Cain suggested letting the Dragon Kingdom kill White Garment, and Gainan tacitly agreed as long as Cain did not endanger Eden.
• Li Youxian and the others learned that Turtle Ancestor’s Black Tortoise appearance was a disguise and that his main strength was surviving attacks.
• Little White Tiger demanded Turtle Ancestor’s heart’s blood, and Turtle Ancestor agreed to provide it as he regained strength in stages.
• Turtle Ancestor promised to recover to One-Star in a month and Three-Star in three months after Old Ninth threatened to roast him.
• Li Youxian offered to take Turtle Ancestor to a place with abundant spiritual energy that might help him recover.

Li Youxian negotiated for Old Turtle to teach Little White Tiger and Old Ninth the Nine-Armored Black Tortoise Art in exchange for access to the Small World. After they agreed on two levels, Li Youxian revealed he intended to secure the rest later and ordered Xiao Gang to raid Old Turtle’s lair.

• Li Youxian persuaded Old Turtle that the Small World was a beautiful, spiritually rich place, then demanded a trade for access.
• Li Youxian praised Old Turtle’s defensive art and negotiated for him to teach Little White Tiger and Old Ninth its levels.
• Little White Tiger sent Old Turtle into the Small World, and Old Turtle agreed to teach them two levels in exchange for returning there.
• Li Youxian explained that Old Turtle might eventually teach them the rest of the art and presented it as a graduation gift for his disciples.
• Li Youxian instructed Xiao Gang to take Lei Zi and raid Old Turtle’s lair for his hidden treasures.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth reflected on their troubled relationships while drinking in Hong Kong Government, and Yu Leer and Tang Tang were attacked after leaving a hospital. Yu Leer called Old Ninth for help as Tang Tang tried to escape their pursuers.

• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth discussed their fears for their brothers and accepted that Old Ninth and Zhu Le'er could not be together.
• Old Ninth admitted he could live without Zhu Le'er and dismissed the chance of seeing Yu Leer again, though her name on his wallet caught his eye.
• Yu Leer learned from her examination that she was still a virgin, and she and Tang Tang discussed Old Ninth before planning Yu Leer's return to the Federation.
• Two seven-seater cars boxed in Tang Tang and Yu Leer's car at a traffic light, and Tang Tang tried to drive them out of the ambush.
• Yu Leer called Old Ninth for help, believing instinctively that he was the one who could protect her.

Tang Tang and Yu Leer were kidnapped by professional Awakened, prompting Old Ninth and Little White Tiger to race to their rescue. Old Ninth stopped the kidnappers, but a hidden speed-powered expert escaped with both women and warned him to await his boss’s call.

• Tang Tang called Old Ninth while she and Yu Leer were being pursued, and Old Ninth rallied the Lei Zis to help them.
• A roadblock caused the women’s car to crash, and masked kidnappers seized them and said they would take them overseas.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger caught up with the kidnappers, subdued their Awakened fighters, and killed several attackers as Old Ninth demanded to know who had sent them.
• The kidnappers threatened Yu Leer with a bomb, but Old Ninth and Little White Tiger rushed in and seized the remote after their leader stabbed himself to help his men escape.
• A hidden seven-awakened speed expert grabbed Tang Tang and Yu Leer, escaped after using them to stop Old Ninth’s pursuit, and told him to await his boss’s call.
• Old Ninth concluded that the abduction came from someone bearing a grudge and ordered the Lei Zis to kill everyone in the Hong Kong Government who might be responsible.

Cain and Steven plotted to use Old Ninth and Little White Tiger as pawns, but Steven's kidnappers abducted Tang Tang and Yu Leer instead. Cain then learned that Yu Leer had been kidnapped and realized his revenge scheme had spiraled out of control.

• Cain gave Steven two Holy Corpse Brain-Eating Worms and proposed using Zhu Le'er and Old Ninth to force Old Ninth and Little White Tiger to submit.
• After Cain left, Steven planned to impersonate Cain with a disguise Awakened and frame the Westerners for Old Ninth's murder.
• Steven discovered that his kidnappers had taken Tang Tang and Yu Leer rather than Zhu Le'er, and feared the consequences of abducting Tang Tang.
• Cain met Gainan and explained that he had deceived Steven about controlling the worms, intending to make Old Ninth kill Steven and his allies.
• A news report announced Yu Leer's kidnapping, and Cain realized that Steven's people had abducted Eve and panicked.