Chapter Summaries

Old Ninth tortured Park Il-hun for information about the Seventh Master, learning that the man was a young Capital native with a powerful father and a famous girlfriend. After Xiao Yuan warned that Hi Dog had been framed and was being hunted, Old Ninth left for Divine Mountain, killing Park Il-hun and warning him not to threaten Chun Prefecture again.

• Old Wine, Old Spear, and Old Sword beat Park Il-hun and forced him to identify himself as the Gathering Zone’s steward before demanding what he knew about the Seventh Master.
• Old Ninth arrived with Park Ji-hyeon, who revealed that the Seventh Master’s surname was Dong, then killed Park Ji-hyeon when he tried to leave without thanking him.
• Park Il-hun told Old Ninth that the Seventh Master was a cautious man from the Capital in his early thirties, whose powerful father was unaware of his secret identity and whose girlfriend was a famous star.
• Xiao Yuan told Old Ninth that Hi Dog had been framed for killing examinees, that False Eye’s real badge had been found at the scene, and that a fifty-million bounty had been placed on Hi Dog.
• Old Ninth concluded Chun Prefecture had a mole, then set Park Il-hun on fire and drove toward Divine Mountain to help Hi Dog.

After hundreds of students were killed on Divine Mountain, Lingzi accused Hi Dog and Chun Prefecture of the massacre while Wang Shengnan defended Hi Dog and refused to reveal his whereabouts. Old Ninth asked the university leaders to delay searching the mountain, but the room turned hostile when his smile faded.

• Lingzi publicly claimed Hi Dog had cut off his arm and accused Chun Prefecture of murdering the students, drawing excited media attention.
• Wang Shengnan told the university presidents that Hi Dog had been with her and argued that Chun Prefecture would not have left survivors or evidence if its people had committed the killings.
• Old Feng proposed dividing Divine Mountain among the university leaders and searching it, while Wang Shengnan refused to disclose where Hi Dog was and said she had expelled Lingzi.
• Old Ninth entered the inn after Wang Shengnan left and asked the university leaders to wait a few days while he investigated what had happened.
• Old Feng threatened that no one would protect Hi Dog, and Old Ninth insisted his brothers would not slaughter people from the Dragon Kingdom before his expression turned serious.

Old Ninth forced Old Feng to give Hi Dog three days to prove his innocence, then encountered Lingzi and publicly apologized after accidentally knocking him down. A message from an unknown number changed Old Ninth’s approach, and he warned Lingzi that he would make him understand despair within three days.

• Old Ninth asked Old Feng and the other principals to let him investigate Lingzi, but Old Feng refused to release him.
• Old Ninth returned, overpowered Old Feng, and threatened him until Old Feng granted Hi Dog three days to prove his innocence.
• Lingzi arrived with reporters and accused Old Ninth of bullying Old Feng and trying to silence him.
• Old Ninth shook Lingzi away, and Lingzi used his injury to accuse Chun Prefecture of attacking him in front of the cameras.
• After receiving a text from an unknown number, Old Ninth apologized publicly to Lingzi and quietly warned him that he would learn what despair meant within three days.

Zuo Ju received Ghost Thorn from K Steward as a test of loyalty, then recognized K by his habit of reaching for his waist and narrowly avoided provoking him further. Meanwhile, Hi Dog and his companions learned they were wanted and continued deeper into the mountains, unaware that K Steward was closing in.

• Zuo Ju welcomed K Steward, who ordered him to return to the Capital and presented him with Ghost Thorn as Seventh Master's reward.
• K Steward told Zuo Ju that he must become the organization's blade and kill his father, Tiger, or lose his standing.
• Zuo Ju accepted Ghost Thorn after warning that killing Tiger could disrupt Seventh Master's plans.
• Zuo Ju asked K Steward where his saber was, causing K to realize that Zuo Ju had recognized him by his habitual gesture; Zuo Ju then left in a car and worried that Old Ninth would suffer.
• Hi Dog, Bone, and their companion learned they were wanted, received word that Tiger was coming to handle the situation, and continued searching for Divine Artifacts.
• K Steward raced toward Hi Dog and the others through the snow, apologizing to Overlord.

Old Ninth received a warning that Gu Feng was capturing Hi Dog and headed into the mountains to rescue him. Hi Dog, Bone, and Xiao Feng were confronted by Gu Feng, but the three brothers refused to surrender and prepared to fight.

• Old Ninth received a text warning that Gu Feng was capturing Hi Dog and set off alone into the mountains.
• Hi Dog, Bone, and Xiao Feng rested in the mountains, recalling how Little White Tiger and Old Ninth had raised and protected them.
• A man in red approached the three brothers and revealed his blade technique by cutting off part of a mountain peak.
• The man identified himself as Gu Feng and demanded that Hi Dog, Bone, and Xiao Feng surrender.
• Hi Dog, Bone, and Xiao Feng stood together and refused to yield, declaring they would fight Gu Feng.

Hi Dog, Bone, and Xiao Feng fought the red-clad man and revealed the extraordinary abilities they had gained in the Godforsaken Land. The man revealed himself as Gu Feng and drew Eighteen Hells, cutting through Hi Dog's Long River Sunset and marking the first failure of the Sunlit Nine Skills.

• Hi Dog attacked the red-clad man with Opening Fifteen Shots, but the man countered his flames with a blade of wind and snow.
• Bone stopped the man's snow blade with his chainsaw and revealed his flesh-replacing ability and the power he had gained from absorbing others' bones.
• Xiao Feng used Wind God's Form and Elemental Collapse to trap the man in a crushing sphere of wind and snow, but the man escaped into the air.
• Bone and Xiao Feng recognized the red-clad man as Gu Feng, one of the Red List's four great killing gods, and tried to stop him from drawing his blade.
• Gu Feng drew Eighteen Hells and split Hi Dog's Long River Sunset in two, scattering its golden pillar of light.

Hi Dog, Bone, and Xiao Feng fought Gu Feng with a brotherhood-forged spear, but Gu Feng’s blade drove them to the edge of a fissure filled with death energy. After Gu Feng pulled Hi Dog and Bone back from the fissure, Xiao Feng sacrificed himself so the other two could descend and seek the divine artifact.

• Gu Feng revealed that his blade had once broken the Overlord’s armor, then urged the three brothers to surrender.
• Hi Dog and Xiao Feng forged the Azure Que Spear with fire and wind, and the brothers joined them as they attacked Gu Feng.
• Gu Feng countered with his Second: Sorrow, and the spear wounded him before crumbling.
• The clash split the ice and exposed a fissure of death energy, so Hi Dog, Bone, and Xiao Feng jumped in search of the divine artifact.
• Gu Feng used his Third: Grief to pull Hi Dog and Bone back, but his strike left Bone badly injured and drove him into a killing frenzy.
• Xiao Feng shoved Hi Dog and Bone into the fissure, choosing to stay behind and face Gu Feng alone.

Old Ninth found only blood and devastation on Divine Mountain and succumbed to the voice in his mind, while Little White Tiger learned that Hi Dog and the others were missing. When the Security Department blocked Chun Prefecture’s convoy, Little White Tiger and Xiao Yuan mobilized the Lei Zis and prepared to fight.

• Old Ninth concluded that his brothers were dead, blamed Gu Feng, and let Black Old Ninth take control as he vowed to go on a killing spree.
• Little White Tiger’s convoy arrived at the foot of Divine Mountain, where Old Feng attacked his vehicle and Zhang Tong barred Chun Prefecture personnel from entering.
• Xiao Yuan tried to secure access for the group and Hi Dog’s defense, but Zhang Tong tore up Fang Mu’s lawyer’s license and threatened to arrest Little White Tiger.
• Old Ninth called to report that Hi Dog, Bone, Xiao Feng, and the others were missing, with only their blood found on the mountain.
• Little White Tiger ordered the Lei Zis out of their vehicles after the report, then seized Zhang Tong by the throat when he continued to provoke him.
• Xiao Yuan backed Little White Tiger and ordered the Lei Zis to mask up as Little White Tiger commanded them to draw their blades.

Little White Tiger threatened to massacre Chun Prefecture in revenge for his brothers, but Seventh Master revealed that Xiao Feng was alive and demanded that Little White Tiger withdraw his forces from Fei Island to save him. As Little White Tiger recalled the Lei Zis and headed for the capital, Overlord confronted Gu Feng and demanded his address.

• Little White Tiger ordered the Lei Zis to surround the town, threatened Lingzi and his family, and commanded the crowd to kneel and kowtow toward Divine Mountain.
• Little White Tiger called Brother Zhang to find Lingzi's family, then threatened Zhang Tong and Old Feng; Old Wine forced Old Feng to kneel and strike his head against the ground.
• Seventh Master called and revealed that Xiao Feng was badly injured but alive, and that Hi Dog and Bone had jumped into a fissure; he demanded Little White Tiger withdraw his forces from Fei Island or Xiao Feng would be executed.
• Little White Tiger rejected compensation, threatened to attack the city, then recalled the Lei Zis and set off for the capital after Seventh Master warned him to choose between revenge and saving Xiao Feng.
• In Capital City, Seventh Master and Gu Feng discussed the disastrous contest, while Overlord called Gu Feng, demanded his address, and vowed to beat him into submission.

As Chun Prefecture’s forces gathered amid rising tensions with the Capital, Overlord confronted Gu Feng outside the city over Gu Feng’s attack on one of his people. Their battle escalated into a clash of Red List abilities that shook the Capital’s walls, with the outcome unresolved.

• Reports of armed forces converging on the Capital reached its leaders, who debated whether to stop Little White Tiger and argued over responsibility for provoking him.
• Minister Ding warned Old Man Guan that the Lei Zi Army could not enter the Capital, while Old Man Guan said whoever had tied the knot would have to untie it.
• Gu Feng and Overlord fought in the wilderness outside the Capital as troops evacuated civilians and established a cordon.
• Overlord revealed his ghostly power and transformed into a colossal black figure, while Gu Feng unleashed his fourth strike, Silence.
• Overlord answered with Overlord Fist-Across Heaven and Earth as Gu Feng’s fifth strike, Offering, met it; the collision shook the city walls and filled the Capital with ghostly energy.

Overlord defeated Gu Feng, but a coordinated ambush left him mortally wounded, and Zuo Ju betrayed him by stabbing him with Ghost Thorn. Overlord died in his son's arms after refusing to let anyone pursue or avenge him.

• Overlord revealed that he had hidden his true ability for years, defeated Gu Feng, and demanded to know Xiao Feng's whereabouts.
• An order to conquer Chun Prefecture was given, and Zuo Ju arrived to warn Overlord of an ambush as masked attackers struck.
• Overlord protected Zuo Ju from the attackers, but Q, J, and a man in black wounded him while he was already injured from fighting Gu Feng.
• Zuo Ju stabbed Overlord with Ghost Thorn, confessed that he wanted to climb higher, and cried as his father fell into his arms.
• Overlord told Old Man Guan and White Garment not to pursue Zuo Ju or let his sons seek revenge, then died after asking whether he had been a good father.

Little White Tiger brought Chun Prefecture’s armed convoy to the Guan Residence after Overlord’s death and demanded to know who killed his godfather and who Seventh Master was. Old Guan refused to name Seventh Master, and Little White Tiger vowed to kill powerful figures in the Capital until he found him.

• Little White Tiger, Xiao Yuan, and Chun Prefecture’s surviving brothers mourned Overlord as their armed convoy entered the Capital.
• Little White Tiger ordered most of the convoy to wait outside the Guan Residence and warned that Chun Prefecture would take revenge before dawn.
• False Eye restrained Guan Lei as Little White Tiger led his companions into the Guan Family’s main hall and confronted Old Guan.
• Little White Tiger accused the Guan Family of abandoning Chun Prefecture after using it as their blade and demanded the identities of Overlord’s killer and Seventh Master.
• Old Guan said he did not know who killed Overlord and refused to identify Seventh Master, so Little White Tiger threatened to kill the Capital’s powerful figures until he found him.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth mourned Overlord at the J Bureau and ordered the Lei Zis to retaliate against the Capital’s powerful families while seeking Seventh Master. As the slaughter began, armed Awakened ambushed the group transporting Overlord’s body and took it away.

• A masked force led by Little White Tiger, Xiao Yuan, and other Lei Zis entered the J Bureau and reached Overlord’s body in the morgue.
• Little White Tiger grieved with Old Ninth and vowed to stand against the Capital’s powerful figures for Overlord.
• Old Ninth ordered the Lei Zis to attack the Tian Family and Ma Family and force someone to reveal Seventh Master’s identity.
• Little White Tiger headed for the Tian Family, Old Ninth went alone to the Ma Family, and the Lei Zis rushed out to begin the attacks.
• A truck rammed the Lei Zis transporting Overlord’s body, and coordinated Awakened knocked them unconscious and took the body away.

After Overlord's apparent death, Tian Bo and Yun Fei feared Chun Prefecture would retaliate and suspected the battle had been manipulated. Little White Tiger attacked the Tian Residence, but Tian Bo offered information about Overlord in exchange for sparing the people there.

• Tian Bo sent Yun Fei away and discussed their suspicions about Overlord's death, the man in black, and White Garment's arrival.
• Lei Zi forces stormed the Tian Residence, and Little White Tiger arrived with Chun Prefecture's core members.
• Little White Tiger accused Tian Bo of killing Overlord, but Xiao Yuan said Tian Bo was not Seventh Master.
• Little White Tiger killed a European Capitalist Faction bigwig and threatened to slaughter the rest while demanding Seventh Master's identity.
• Tian Bo stopped Little White Tiger and offered information about Overlord in exchange for the lives of everyone in the residence.

Seventh Master learned that a Western Eight Awakenings expert had entered the Capital and left to alert the Old Man, while Chun Prefecture’s attacks and the Guan Family’s maneuvers pushed the city toward a crisis. The chapter ended with Old Guan recognizing that Chun Prefecture would be made to play the villain.

• Seventh Master suspected the man in black was a Western expert and hurried to warn the Old Man, then told J and Q not to interfere with Chun Prefecture before the Judgment Assembly.
• Old Ninth fought Old Ma at the Ma Family estate until Little White Tiger called him back, saying Tian Bo had shared information and someone had taken the old man after Lei Zi was intercepted.
• The Guan Residence received reports that Little White Tiger’s forces had killed the Tian Family’s guards and that the Lei Zis were nearing a clash with the Police Bureau.
• Old Guan ordered the City Defense Guard and First War Zone units to hold an emergency drill outside the Capital while the National Situation Bureau detained key Security Department and Police Bureau personnel.
• Old Guan concluded that Seventh Master’s schemes had left Chun Prefecture to take the blame, as a deep male voice said Chun Prefecture would play the villain.

Yang Pan warned his father Yang Huaimin about the foreign attacker and admitted he had chosen filial duty over his former resolve to oppose alien races, then left after pointing him toward a hidden item at their old house. Outside Capital City, Xiao Yuan spared the Lei Zis who had failed to recover the Overlord’s body.

• Yang Pan brought tea and breakfast to Yang Huaimin and warned him that the man in black who attacked the Overlord was not from the Dragon Kingdom.
• Yang Huaimin reminded Yang Pan of his childhood essay calling for the eradication of alien races, and Yang Pan confessed that he had chosen filial duty over loyalty to that cause.
• Yang Pan left his father a bottle of medicine and told him to look beneath the bicycle at their old house if he could not return.
• The Lei Zis knelt before Little White Tiger, admitted they had failed to retrieve the Overlord’s corpse, and prepared to kill themselves according to their rules.
• Old Ninth broke the Lei Zis’ blades, and Xiao Yuan absolved them, telling them to keep their lives.

Xiao Yuan realized that the Guan Family had staged Overlord’s apparent death and used the Lei Zis to provoke a crisis in the Capital. The plan left Yang Huaimin preparing to advance Xiao Feng’s hearing, setting up a confrontation with Seventh Master the next day.

• Xiao Yuan deduced from the Black Dragon Banner’s military boot prints and Tian Bo’s question that the Guan Family had taken Overlord’s body to make everyone believe he was dead and drive Chun Prefecture into action.
• Xiao Yuan and the Lei Zis pretended to grieve in front of Hu Du and Overlord Stronghold’s bandits, who then charged into the Capital to avenge Overlord and demand Seventh Master’s identity.
• Hu Du’s men targeted families and institutions across the Capital, while the Lei Zis followed and joined the show of vengeance.
• Yang Huaimin recognized that Old Guan and his allies were using Chun Prefecture to force him to choose between his son and the Capital.
• Yang Huaimin ordered Xiao Feng’s Judgment Assembly moved up to the next day, leaving Seventh Master to face Chun Prefecture directly.

Zhou Zhou took Xiao Feng from Black Prison for a trial and used his authority to beat him, force a confession, and have his tongue cut out. He intended to secure a death sentence and make Chun Prefecture look like an enemy of the nation.

• Guards found Xiao Feng alive in his cell beside a dead prisoner and were warned not to let him die because the King of Spring Prefecture had entered the Capital.
• Zhou Zhou arrived with an order to transfer Xiao Feng to the Superpower Arbitration Tribunal and arranged to beat him while the guards watched.
• Zhou Zhou threatened Xiao Feng, said he would ensure a death sentence, and forced his fingerprint onto a confession.
• Zhou Zhou told Seventh Master he planned to silence Xiao Feng and claimed he could secure votes for a death sentence through his connections at the Law School.
• Zhou Zhou pressured the head guard into standing aside, then ordered his men to cut out half of Xiao Feng’s tongue.

Xiao Feng’s Judgment Assembly began under nationwide scrutiny as Zhou Zhou tried to railroad the tongueless suspect, while Little White Tiger and his allies challenged the proceedings. The masked giant who stopped Old Ninth and Little White Tiger was revealed by his familiar voice to be someone they recognized.

• Xiao Feng was brought to the Capital’s Judgment Assembly as Zhou Zhou prepared to preside over the trial.
• Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Ji Min, and Thirteen arrived late and mocked Zhou Zhou, while the senior adjudicators avoided taking his side.
• Xiao Gang and Langzi planned to attack Zhou Zhou during the intermission, but the trial began before they could act.
• Xiao Feng entered shackled and bleeding, and officials reported that he had tried to bite off his tongue in prison, leaving him unable to defend himself.
• When Xiao Feng lunged at Zhou Zhou, a masked giant restrained Old Ninth and Little White Tiger, and his familiar voice shocked them and the others.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth defended Xiao Feng at the Judgment Assembly, accepting shared responsibility as Zhou Zhou presented Lingzi as a witness against them. They challenged the accusations about Hei Ba, leaving Zhou Zhou and Lingzi unable to produce the alleged twin for questioning.

• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth mounted the Judgment Platform to defend Xiao Feng, declaring they would share his guilt and punishment.
• Thirteen, Ji Min, and Little Cat prepared to rescue the men by force if the Assembly sentenced them to death.
• Zhou Zhou called Lingzi as a witness, and Lingzi accused Xiao Feng, Little White Tiger, and Old Ninth of violence and oppression.
• Zhou Zhou cited testimony and photographs connecting Little White Tiger to Hei Ba, while Old Ninth claimed the man in the photos was Hei Ba's twin brother, Hei Eighteen.
• Old Ninth said Hei Eighteen had died during hemorrhoid surgery, leaving Zhou Zhou and Lingzi at a loss.