Chapter Summaries

Little White Tiger and his companions brought A Yao to Settlement Town, where their kindness deepened his conflict over betraying them. After Hi Dog explained why Little White Tiger cared for him, A Yao ran out barefoot, apparently unable to bear the guilt.

• Old Ninth gave A Yao his jacket, and the group introduced themselves as they arrived at a hotel in Settlement Town.
• Master Qiu warned Old Ninth that people had posted a bounty and were heading to town, but Little White Tiger told him to delete the message.
• A Yao secretly sent a message from the pit latrine, then ran into Old Ninth, who returned his dropped phone.
• The next day, A Yao woke to find unfamiliar vehicles and strangers in town and tried to persuade Hi Dog to leave with him.
• Hi Dog told A Yao that Little White Tiger cared for him because he reminded him of their own childhood as orphaned beggars and pickpockets.
• After Hi Dog urged him to stay alive, A Yao shoved through the door and ran out barefoot.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger waited at Wanxing Casino for Old Qian, while Hi Dog and Wine Sword Spear confronted the casino’s guards. Bald-Headed Tiger arrived with armed men and Brother Scar, but Old Ninth recognized Scar, and A Yao returned to warn them and apologize for betraying them.

• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger lost their cash while staking out the casino, so Old Ninth sent Hi Dog to borrow money from its guards.
• Hi Dog demanded a huge loan and Wine Sword Spear entered the courtyard, ordering the Awakened guards to die rather than make him repay it.
• A Yao ran toward the casino to warn Little White Tiger, but Bald-Headed Tiger caught him and gathered armed bandits, including Brother Scar, to attack the group.
• Brother Scar sat down across from Old Ninth, who recognized his scar as the man they had been searching for.
• A Yao admitted that he had betrayed Little White Tiger under pressure because his brother had been taken, then returned prepared to die with them.
• Little White Tiger calmly welcomed A Yao, and Old Ninth said A Yao had helped them find Brother Scar.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger exposed themselves as powerful figures from Chun Prefecture while confronting Bucket Hat, Bald-Headed Tiger, and the gambling den’s men. The group revealed their identities to the armed crowd outside, leaving Boss Li and the townspeople shaken as Old Ninth threatened them.

• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger challenged Bucket Hat to a rigged card game, and Old Ninth claimed they were Ji Min and Thirteen before Bucket Hat saw through the disguise.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth attacked Bucket Hat after he declared victory, and Old Ninth beat him while revealing they had come for Old Qian.
• Old Ninth turned on Bald-Headed Tiger, while Little White Tiger stopped him from fleeing as armed townspeople gathered outside the gambling den.
• Little White Tiger let Bald-Headed Tiger leave to rally his men, and Xiao Gang, Wine Sword Spear, Bone, Hi Dog, and A Yao joined the others outside.
• Little White Tiger presented his Gold Badge, and he and his companions named themselves as Chun Prefecture figures, frightening Boss Li and the assembled crowd.
• Old Ninth introduced himself and challenged the crowd to prepare to be killed.

Little White Tiger taught A Yao that survival demanded ruthlessness, then brought him into a clash with Bald-Headed Tiger’s gang. After Boss Li’s loyalty to Scar convinced Little White Tiger to spare the town, A Yao was thrown into the enemy crowd as a test, with Little White Tiger protecting him and challenging him to kill ten men.

• Little White Tiger gave A Yao a Short Axe, showed him how to grip it, and told him to become ruthless if he wanted to live with dignity.
• Boss Li and the townspeople armed themselves to defend Scar, while Old Qian urged them not to risk a fight with Chun Prefecture.
• Little White Tiger revealed that he had only wanted Boss Li to guide them to Prison Island, and Boss Li agreed to go along with Old Qian.
• Little White Tiger refused to spare Bald-Headed Tiger, then hurled A Yao into his gang as Old Ninth told him to start killing.
• Little White Tiger shattered the blades aimed at A Yao and challenged him to kill ten men, while Old Ninth seized Bald-Headed Tiger.

After A Yao survived Bald-Headed Tiger’s gang, Little White Tiger accepted him as his godson and laid out the principles he must follow. A Yao left his fellow beggars to join Chun Prefecture, beginning his rise as its future heir.

• The Four Villains watched Old Ninth’s bloody rampage, and Beast warned them to stay away from him.
• A Yao endured the fight and asked Little White Tiger to become his godfather, declaring that he wanted to become a feared king.
• Little White Tiger accepted A Yao, gave him three rules to live by, and welcomed him into Chun Prefecture.
• The next morning, A Yao gave money to his followers and entrusted their care to A Xiao before preparing to leave.
• A Xiao and the other beggars wished A Yao well, and Xiao Gang urged him not to look back as he departed for Chun Prefecture.

Yang Pan let Little White Tiger come to Prison Island, accepting the risk that the island might be destroyed as he sought a remedy for an old man and hoped to leave the conflict behind. At sea, Little White Tiger and his companions approached the island while Old Ninth promised to face its Great Island Master.

• Gu Feng told Yang Pan that Little White Tiger was nearing Prison Island, and Yang Pan ordered that he be allowed to land.
• Yang Pan explained to Xian'er that he wanted to protect the Dragon Kingdom and planned to leave with her and Gu Feng after obtaining a secret remedy.
• Yang Pan told Gu Feng to warn the Great Island Master that killing Little White Tiger would bring Prison Island close to destruction, and he transferred a billion to Chun Prefecture.
• Aboard the yacht, Old Ninth cheated at chess against A Yao while Ji Min, Thirteen, and Little White Tiger teased them.
• Little White Tiger told Old Qian and Boss Li to leave with the yacht when Prison Island came into view, and Old Ninth said he would challenge the Great Island Master.

Old Qian explained Prison Island’s harsh conditions and Shadow Investment’s plans to develop it, while Little White Tiger’s group prepared to interfere. Gu Feng arrived with a warning, destroyed their yacht to prevent them from landing in it, and left them stranded until a ship bearing a peach-blossom flag appeared.

• Old Qian told Little White Tiger’s group that Prison Island was divided into three districts and that Shadow Investment sought a stake, management rights, and a naval port there.
• Old Ninth warned the group that Yang Pan was on the island, while Ji Min called for them to disrupt Shadow Investment’s plans.
• A Yao spotted Gu Feng approaching, and Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Ji Min, and Thirteen confronted him over their past blood feuds.
• Gu Feng told them Shadow Investment and the Great Island Master were watching them, warned them to watch Tong Fei, and advised them to find Tao Tao if they wanted Prison Island.
• Gu Feng slashed their yacht apart and escaped before the group could retaliate.
• After the group spent a long time in the water, a large ship flying a peach-blossom flag appeared.

Tao Tao's ship rescued Little White Tiger's group after Shadow Investment's water Awakened withdrew rather than attack in front of her. Onboard, Ji Min tried to persuade Tao Tao to arrange a meeting with the Great Island Master, then shamelessly asked to become her eighth husband.

• Miss Tong ordered the water Awakened to withdraw after their leader spotted Tao Tao's ship and warned that attacking could expose Shadow Investment's plan.
• Tao Tao's crew rescued the stranded group and confronted Old Qian, whom she recognized from his time as her squad leader.
• Ji Min introduced himself as the Sea God, flirted with Tao Tao, and explained that the Ji Family wanted to cooperate with Prison Island.
• Tao Tao told Ji Min that the Great Island Master had already chosen to cooperate with Shadow Investment.
• Ji Min set business aside and asked Tao Tao to make him her eighth husband, but she replied that she had heard he already had many children and did not want to become a stepmother.

Ji Min and his companions negotiated with Tao Tao for Prison Island’s support, offering to help the Great Island Master get revenge on the Ma Family. As the Great Island Master considered the offer, Tong Fei learned that Little White Tiger’s terms might win him over, and the Second Island Master proposed killing Tao Tao to turn the situation against him.

• Tao Tao questioned Ji Min and his companions, then contacted the Great Island Master and asked what the Ji Family could offer Prison Island.
• Tao Tao explained that Shadow Investment had promised supplies, legitimacy, and Federation citizenship, while Little White Tiger and Old Ninth warned that Western cooperation could bring the Seventh Fleet.
• Thirteen offered the Great Island Master justice against the Ma Family, and Tao Tao relayed the offer before ordering Ji Min and the others blindfolded.
• The Great Island Master told a woman from Shadow Investment that he would hear Little White Tiger’s terms and give her side priority if the offers were equal.
• Tong Fei learned that the Great Island Master had not accepted Shadow Investment’s proposal and that Little White Tiger had offered him revenge against the Ma Family.
• The Second Island Master suggested that Tao Tao’s death at Little White Tiger’s hands could solve Tong Fei’s problem.

Tao Tao brought Little White Tiger and his companions to Prison Island to meet the Great Island Master and discuss cooperation with the Dragon Kingdom. The Second Island Master opposed their arrival, and a huge wave surged toward them after Xiao Gang challenged his claim over the sea.

• Tao Tao welcomed the group to Prison Island and explained that the island moved because Kraken, the Second Island Master's Eight-Star Converted Beast, pulled it with chains.
• Tao Tao led the group toward the Great Island Master, but the Second Island Master arrived with twelve nuns and warned that he opposed their presence.
• Tao Tao and the Second Island Master argued over her guests and the island's cooperation, revealing their opposing political preferences.
• Xiao Gang mocked the Second Island Master's claim over the sea, and a towering wave rose and rushed toward the group.

The Lei Zis clashed with the Sea God and the Second Island Master at Prison Island’s Wharf, until the Great Island Master intervened with a volley of arrows. After the Sea God withdrew, Thirteen warned that Prison Island’s leaders were formidable, while Ji Min continued to cling to Tao Tao.

• The Sea God attacked Xiao Gang and A Yao, but Thirteen pulled them clear and Er Niu pinned one of its tentacles as Old Ninth struck it with the Second Island Master’s trident.
• Hi Dog, Bone, Old Spear, and Old Wine held the Twelve Nuns and Second Island Master at bay, while Boss Li and Xiao Gang threatened the crowd with weapons and Nuclear Explosives.
• The Sea God unleashed over a hundred tentacles, and Little White Tiger and Er Niu charged to meet them before the Great Island Master pierced them with arrows and ordered the fighting to stop.
• The Second Island Master called off the attack, and Thirteen warned the Lei Zis that he and the Great Island Master were dangerous opponents who might require help from home.
• Ji Min stayed sprawled over Tao Tao, claiming he was protecting her, while she blushed and told him he was poking her.

Yang Pan negotiated with Tong Fei and the Second Island Master, demanding access to the Federation branch’s hidden operatives in exchange for securing Prison Island’s cooperation. After Tong Fei accepted, Gu Feng confronted them and severed the Second Island Master’s arm for disrespecting his master, though the limb quickly regenerated.

• Yang Pan told Tong Fei and the Second Island Master that he could determine who prevailed and demanded three years’ access to the Federation branch’s hidden operatives to make his comeback.
• Tong Fei agreed to seek approval and asked Yang Pan for useful information; he advised her to pursue cooperation with the Great Island Master rather than clash directly with Chun Prefecture.
• Yang Pan offered to meet the Great Island Master and secure Prison Island for Tong Fei if she provided the operatives’ list.
• After leaving Yang Pan’s room, Tong Fei defended her trust in him as she and the Second Island Master encountered Gu Feng on a path.
• Gu Feng passed the pair, then swiftly cut off the Second Island Master’s arm and warned him not to disrespect his master again.
• The Second Island Master kicked aside his severed arm, and Tong Fei watched a new one grow from the wound.

Yang Pan uncovered the Second Island Master's weakness and arranged to send Tong Fei's list of Dragon Kingdom infiltrators to the Old Man. On Prison Island, Tao Tao revealed that she had wagered her own marriage to secure a Sea God Festival contest between Chun Prefecture and Tong Fei's faction, and Ji Min vowed to marry her instead.

• Gu Feng reported that the Second Island Master's body was weak despite his ability to regenerate, and Yang Pan deduced that killing him could also destroy the Sea God.
• Yang Pan refused to openly support either side and ordered Xian'er to have Tong Fei's list of Dragon Kingdom infiltrators delivered to the Old Man as a birthday present.
• Thirteen, Ji Min, and the others discussed their backup plans after learning the Great Island Master would postpone meeting them until after the Sea God Festival.
• Tao Tao told the group that Tong Fei had offered her brother revenge and that the island's cooperation would be decided by a beast fight at the festival.
• Tao Tao's guard revealed that Tao Tao had wagered she would marry the Sea God if Chun Prefecture lost, and Tao Tao said she had acted to avoid betraying the Dragon Kingdom.
• Ji Min declared that he would marry Tao Tao even if they lost, and Tao Tao smiled and called him childish.

Ji Min defied Old Man Ji and rallied his friends to help him rescue Tao Tao from her planned marriage to the Second Island Master. Moved by Ji Min’s resolve, Tao Tao and the Great Island Master began preparing their own forces as the confrontation approached.

• Ji Min told Old Man Ji he would marry Tao Tao even without his permission, but Old Man Ji refused to support him.
• Thirteen, Old Ninth, and Little White Tiger pledged to help Ji Min snatch the bride, and Ji Min admitted he could not let Tao Tao lose her happiness in a bet.
• Tao Tao listened to Ji Min’s words and told the Great Island Master she intended to marry the Second Island Master to avenge her seven husbands and protect Prison Island.
• Thirteen ordered his allies to assemble in Demon City, while Little White Tiger mobilized Chun Prefecture’s forces and prepared to put to sea.
• The Great Island Master ordered five thousand people readied and called Yang Pan to accept the terms they had discussed, asking him for help.

Ji Min and his companions arrived at the Sea God Festival with a dramatic dragon dance that declared the Dragon King the true Sea God. The Second Island Master challenged them, and Ji Min warned that the ceremony would not proceed peacefully.

• Ji Min dressed in red battle robes and asked Thirteen, Little White Tiger, and Old Ninth to support his plan to impress Tao Tao.
• The Great Island Master opened the Sea God Festival while the Second Island Master and Tong Fei prepared to win their wager against Tao Tao.
• When Little White Tiger and the others had not appeared, the Second Island Master claimed Tao Tao would lose the wager, but Tao Tao insisted they would come.
• Ji Min and his companions arrived on a black dragon dance, with Thirteen carrying its head and the others maneuvering its body through the sky.
• Old Qian, Boss Li, Xiao Gang, and A Yao fired their guns as the black dragon landed, and Ji Min declared that the Dragon King was the true Sea God.
• The Second Island Master accused Ji Min of causing trouble, and Ji Min warned that the festival would not pass peacefully.

The Sea God Festival procession began as Ji Min and his allies learned that Yang Pan had prepared for the beast fighting and that Xian'er was a powerful expert. At the shore, the rival groups gathered around the altar, where Little White Tiger and his companions stole chairs and brazenly claimed their place.

• The Great Island Master started the ritual, and the Second Island Master led the islanders toward the shore.
• Ji Min joined Tao Tao after she learned he had begged his allies to stage his dramatic arrival, and Xian'er told them to follow the procession and resist their enemies’ script.
• Xiao Gang grabbed Xian'er and was blasted away by her invisible qi; she revealed that Yang Pan knew the Second Island Master and Tong Fei’s arrangements and had advice for Ji Min’s group.
• At the altar, Yang Pan sat comfortably while the Second Island Master chanted and Yang Pan, Tong Fei, and Little White Tiger watched one another.
• Xiao Gang and the others brought chairs for Little White Tiger’s group, then the four sat down with chairs stolen from the Island Masters and the Sea God statue as the islanders and leaders looked on.

The Sea God Festival’s sacrifice turned into a confrontation when the Sea God attacked Tao Tao and Ji Min rescued her, exposing the Second Island Master’s challenge to the Great Island Master. The Beast Fighting began with three Sea God Pearls, leaving Little White Tiger’s group facing an unfair contest against the island’s residents.

• The nuns offered their blood to the Sea God, whose tentacle seized Tao Tao before Ji Min cut it free and challenged the creature.
• Little White Tiger’s group confronted the Second Island Master, while the Great Island Master condemned the attack and the Second Island Master revealed he had arranged it to undermine his authority.
• The Second Island Master began the Beast Fighting, and three Sea God Pearls shot toward the island; Tao Tao warned that anyone from Little White Tiger’s group who claimed one would face the entire island.
• Tong Fei offered Little White Tiger money to withdraw, but his group refused, and the Second Island Master urged them to compete.
• Old Ninth urinated on the altar and mocked the Second Island Master’s fine, while Ji Min joined in and Thirteen offered Tong Fei ten yuan to piss.

Old Ninth confronted the forces gathered around the first Sea God Pearl and fought Tong Fei’s three hired experts. He left the black bodyguard’s metal arm shattered, while the battle for the pearl remained unresolved.

• The Second Island Master ordered Miss Tong to send her Seven Awakenings assassin after Old Ninth as fighting erupted over the first Sea God Pearl.
• Old Ninth descended into the square with Hi Dog and Bone, asked the islanders to surrender the pearl, and challenged the assembled fighters.
• Tong Fei’s black bodyguard, a pirate-hatted swordsman, and an old noble confronted Old Ninth, while Hi Dog and Bone blocked the two swordsmen.
• The black bodyguard struck Old Ninth with a Sixth Awakening Peak punch, but Old Ninth stood unharmed and mocked him.
• Old Ninth blinded the black bodyguard with a cigarette butt, pierced his metal fist with a scaled finger, and shattered his arm into iron filings.

Old Ninth used illusions and taunts to turn Black People against his own Western Islanders, then teamed up with Hi Dog and Bone to defeat Pirate Hat and overwhelm Old Noble. The chapter ended with Old Ninth ordering Bone to fetch his chainsaw while Old Noble protested that they were breaking the rules.

• Old Ninth shattered Black People's confidence, then used an illusion to convince him that the Western Islanders were Old Ninth and sent him attacking them.
• Old Ninth tricked Pirate Hat and Old Noble into looking away, wounded Old Noble with his Short Axe, and used illusions to make Pirate Hat stab Old Noble in the crotch.
• Old Ninth baited Pirate Hat into ignoring his warning, allowing Hi Dog and Bone to stab him from behind; Old Ninth then killed him with one of four apparent copies of himself.
• Old Ninth tricked Old Noble into looking down, then knocked him over and joined Hi Dog and Bone in kicking him.
• Old Noble accused Old Ninth of breaking the rules, and Old Ninth told Bone to fetch his Chainsaw.

Tong Fei revealed that the Sea God Pearl was a trap that infected Old Ninth, Hi Dog, and Bone with Sea God Larvae, while she tried to bargain with the Second Island Master. The Second Island Master’s King of Boxing arrived and began killing indiscriminately, leaving the fate of Chun Prefecture’s fighters uncertain.

• Yang Pan warned Tong Fei that Chun Prefecture had hidden forces and urged her to leave Prison Island before it became an Asura Battlefield.
• Tong Fei said she had found a powerful partner, while Old Ninth defeated Old Noble and Hi Dog and Bone took the Sea God Pearl.
• The Sea God Pearl shattered and released larvae that entered Old Ninth, Hi Dog, and Bone, causing them to weaken as Tong Fei explained that the Sea God Festival was a trap.
• Tong Fei offered to have the Second Island Master remove the larvae if the Guan Family agreed not to interfere with Prison Island, but Yang Pan warned that the Second Island Master wanted to kill Chun Prefecture’s people.
• The King of Boxing appeared, attacked the black bodyguard despite Tong Fei’s protests, and blasted half his body apart.