Chapter Summaries

Kekelu brutally attacked Old Ninth while the Second Island Master revealed his plan to sacrifice him to the Sea God. A mysterious fighter and Shadow Ghost arrived to save Old Ninth, as the Guan Family's Seventh Fleet surrounded Prison Island and prepared to attack.

• Kekelu attacked Old Ninth while the Second Island Master dismissed Tong Fei's warnings and ordered Old Ninth's death.
• Gu Feng prepared to intervene, but Xian'er pointed out that Old Ninth was using Kekelu's blows to force larvae out of his body.
• Old Ninth survived Kekelu's hundred punches and countered his Champion's Fist-Deathblow with help from a tall man in a shabby military overcoat, who shattered Kekelu's arm.
• Kekelu offered ten million for Old Ninth's death, but Shadow Ghost and seventeen armed men arrived and shot down the attackers.
• Old Guan brought the Seventh Fleet to Prison Island and ordered five salvos to blast part of the island before demanding the island lord surrender.

Instructor and Shadow Ghost joined the battle against Kekelu and the islanders, while Ji Min and Thirteen were cornered in the lower district after Boss Li died. Just as Xiao Gang, A Yao, Ji Min, and Thirteen tried to flee, Little Cat arrived with the Pao Ge Society.

• Instructor arrived with Shadow Ghost and freed Hi Dog and Old Ninth from the larvae, restoring Old Ninth's strength.
• Instructor ordered Shadow Ghost to finish the battle within half an hour as Old Ninth faced Kekelu and Yixiu fired into the charging islanders.
• In the lower district, Boss Li sacrificed himself to save Old Qian, who prepared to die fighting alongside him.
• Xiao Gang and A Yao threatened to detonate explosives, but the outlaws kept advancing, forcing them to flee with Ji Min and Thirteen.
• Little Cat led the Pao Ge Society into the lower district, stopping the group's retreat and bringing reinforcements.

Pao Ge members fought the Second Island Master's forces while Little White Tiger and the Wine Sword Spear trio wiped out the Upper District battlefield. As the Guan Family Fleet arrived and a submarine volcano forced the Sea God to surface, Overlord Stronghold's Seventh Brother Duan Ka confronted the island masters and threatened the Great Island Master.

• Little Cat led hundreds of Pao Ge members against the vastly larger force pursuing Thirteen and told A Yao to take Xiao Gang and Thirteen away.
• Little White Tiger and the Wine Sword Spear trio killed the Upper District's experts, then Little White Tiger's Human Emperor Shoots the Sun attack devastated the battlefield.
• The Second Island Master accused Tao Tao of betraying Prison Island after the Guan Family Fleet appeared offshore.
• A submarine volcano erupted beneath the sea, forcing the scarlet Sea God to surface and weakening it.
• Zuo Ju and Duan Ka emerged from the water, revealed their ties to Overlord Stronghold, and Duan Ka slapped the Second Island Master.
• Duan Ka warned the Great Island Master not to interfere and challenged his confidence in fighting Duan Ka.

Xiao Yuan’s forces crushed the Second Island Master’s army and captured Tong Fei, while Yang Pan revealed that he had helped Chun Prefecture find Prison Island. Xiao Yuan let Yang Pan leave, leaving Tong Fei trapped on the island and the fate of Prison Island in Chun Prefecture’s hands.

• Yang Pan explained that Chun Prefecture had planned to cooperate with Prison Island and that the Guan Family had entered the conflict after the Second Island Master tried to kill Old Ninth.
• Xiao Yuan and Chun Prefecture’s leaders arrived with reinforcements, routed the Second Island Master’s forces, and ordered their enemies killed.
• Xiao Yuan confronted Tong Fei and wounded her, then ordered her to stay and see the wager through.
• Yang Pan told Tong Fei that Chun Prefecture would keep her prisoner and hinted that he had revealed Prison Island’s location.
• Xiao Yuan let Yang Pan leave, and Tong Fei accused him of betraying the organization; he claimed he was loyal to the Dragon Kingdom and filial to his parents.

Duan Ka used Buddhist power to block the Great Island Master's arrow and urged Prison Island to accept the Dragon Kingdom's oversight, while Zuo Ju exposed the Second Island Master's secrets. The Sea God attacked Duan Ka, leaving him demanding to know which tentacle was its weak point.

• The Seventh Fleet bombarded Prison Island, and the Great Island Master retaliated by firing a powerful arrow at Old Man Guan.
• Duan Ka intercepted the arrow with a golden lotus barrier and revealed a Buddhist legacy that subdued the Sea God and calmed the combatants.
• Duan Ka asked the Great Island Master to lay down his weapons, but the Second Island Master ordered the Sea God to attack the fleet.
• Zuo Ju targeted the Second Island Master and revealed that the Sea God's fatal weak point was its ninth tentacle.
• The Sea God struck Duan Ka onto shore, where he demanded to know which side's ninth tentacle Zuo Ju meant.

The Sea God attacked the warship, but Instructor sent it flying, and the allied forces defeated the island’s troops. Surrounded and outmatched, the Great Island Master agreed to cooperate with Chun Prefecture after Tao Tao revealed he had betrayed Prison Island to protect her.

• Guan Lei and Guan Ming learned that Duan Ka had been chosen as Buddhism’s heir instead of Old Sun.
• The Sea God attacked the warship, and Instructor struck it more than a thousand meters away.
• Thirteen killed the defeated Kekelu, while Pao Ge and the reinforcements ended the fighting on the island.
• Xiao Yuan offered the Great Island Master a chance to cooperate with Chun Prefecture, but he hesitated as the allies surrounded him.
• Tao Tao revealed that the Great Island Master had sent Prison Island’s coordinates to Yang Pan to protect her, and the Second Island Master was stunned by the betrayal.
• The Great Island Master agreed to cooperate, and Xiao Yuan said Prison Island would guard the sea against the West.

After Guan Ming’s forces moved to eliminate Western bandits on Prison Island, the Second Island Master fused with Sea God and began sinking the island. Little White Tiger, Ji Min, and the others plunged into the sea to stop him while Xiao Yuan led the survivors toward the island’s center.

• Guan Ming ordered the Seventh Fleet to land and eliminate Western Wanted Criminals, while Guan Lei and Guan Ming prepared to join the fight.
• Zuo Ju and the others overwhelmed the Second Island Master until he charged into the sea, where he fused with Sea God.
• The Second Island Master used Sea God to drill into Prison Island and drag it underwater, threatening everyone on the island.
• Tao Tao warned the group that Sea God was nearly invincible underwater, but Ji Min and the other fighters resolved to confront him there.
• Little White Tiger, Ji Min, Instructor, and the others dove into the sea while Xiao Yuan led the people from Chun Prefecture and the Pao Ge Society toward the island’s center.

As Prison Island sank, Little White Tiger and Old Ninth dove into the depths to confront Sea God while the others fought off swarms of larvae and tried to hold the island up. They baited the Second Island Master into revealing himself, then broke free of his tentacles and overwhelmed him with their strength, leaving the underwater battle underway.

• Little White Tiger ordered the others to hold Prison Island while he and Old Ninth descended to kill Sea God.
• Duan Ka used Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere to burn away the larvae attacking the group beneath the island.
• Old Ninth used Hi Dog's Azure Netherfire to destroy the larvae swarming around him and Little White Tiger.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger taunted the Second Island Master until he revealed himself and attacked with his tentacles.
• The Second Island Master dragged the two heroes to the seabed, where he revealed his body fused with Sea God.
• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger feigned weakness, then broke free of the tentacles and mocked the Second Island Master as they fought back.

The group fought the Second Island Master and his Sea God beneath Prison Island until Elder Ji intervened and freed the island. The fighters then combined their powers to kill the Sea God, while Elder Ji watched Ji Min reunite with Tao Tao.

• The Second Island Master drove Prison Island deeper into the sea and sent the Sea God's young to attack as Duan Ka's Buddha's light faded.
• Instructor shielded the group, and the young fled when Elder Ji's arrival shook Prison Island and snapped the Sea God's tentacles.
• Elder Ji confronted the Great Island Master, condemned his forced cultivation, and scolded Tao Tao for winning Ji Min's devotion before returning to the warship.
• Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Duan Ka, Zuo Ju, Ji Min, Thirteen, and Instructor combined their powers to form and wield the Human Emperor Spear.
• The Human Emperor Spear crushed the Sea God and drove it into a seabed fissure, killing it as the Second Island Master watched helplessly.
• Elder Ji praised the younger generation, then scowled when Ji Min hurried toward Tao Tao without noticing him.

After Prison Island’s battle, Yang Huaimin read Yang Pan’s letter explaining his betrayal as a desperate attempt to obtain medicine for his father and reaffirming his loyalty to the Dragon Kingdom. Yang Pan sailed toward the Federation with Xian'er and Gu Feng, beginning a secret life that the chapter said would make him a major force overseas.

• The Seventh Fleet and Pao Ge Society defeated the Second Island Master's forces, and Old Man Guan brooded over Yang Pan’s letter while inspecting Prison Island.
• Guan Ming told the others that Yang Pan’s letter had left Old Man Guan troubled, and they discussed Yang Pan’s motives and filial devotion.
• Yang Huaimin received Yang Pan’s letter, learned that his son intended to serve as a secret agent for the Dragon Kingdom, and wept with relief and sorrow.
• Yang Pan sailed away from Prison Island with Xian'er and Gu Feng, warning them that their journey to the Federation would be dangerous.
• Yang Pan declared that he already had an explanation for Shadow Group Headquarters and set sail, with the chapter foreshadowing his future role in the Dragon Kingdom’s victory over the Federation.

After returning to Chun Prefecture, Little White Tiger’s faction hosted a banquet as businessmen competed for a share of the city’s rebuilding projects. Zhu Le’er and Miss Ding approached Old Ninth to seek work, but Yu Leer’s presence turned their meeting tense.

• Chun Prefecture prospered after receiving funding and drew residents, workers, faction observers, and business representatives.
• False Eye and the other senior figures mingled with businessmen at the banquet while Thirteen, Ji Min, Duan Ka, Old Ninth, and Zuo Ju played mahjong upstairs.
• Zhu Le’er arrived with Guan Ming and Miss Ding, a partner in a construction company backed by the Capital’s Ding Family.
• Miss Ding introduced herself to Old Ninth and asked for construction projects, using Zhu Le’er to suggest that she and Old Ninth could become friends again.
• Yu Leer took Zhu Le’er’s hand and answered Miss Ding while Old Ninth endured Yu Leer twisting the flesh on his back.

Ding Ya failed to secure a share of the Chun Prefecture project and was humiliated when Old Ninth openly affirmed his relationship with Yu Leer. After leaving, Ding Ya decided to pressure Chun Prefecture by seeking help from the Ma Family.

• Ji Min tried to smooth over Ding Ya’s demand for part of the Chun Prefecture project, but Old Ninth refused and told her the Old Man would have to call him directly.
• Ding Ya offered to negotiate peace with the Ma Family in exchange for a project share, prompting the Chun Prefecture group to mock her inexperience.
• Old Ninth left with Ji Min and Thirteen for a job, declaring that he had already repaid what he owed Zhu Le'er.
• Xiao Yuan, A Yao, Langzi, Xiao Gang, and Yueyue sent the visitors away and publicly identified Yu Leer as Chun Prefecture’s Sister-in-law.
• In the car, Ding Ya blamed Chun Prefecture for the rejection, then left alone to seek another way to make them compromise.
• Guan Ming realized Ding Ya was heading to the Ma Family, while Zhu Le'er chose not to stop her.

Ding Ya asked the Ma Family to intercept Chun Prefecture's supplies, unaware that Ma Qingshan and Second Uncle Ma planned to use her request to tie the Ding Family to their conflict with Chun Prefecture. She dismissed her brother's warnings and remained confident her scheme would make Chun Prefecture compromise.

• Ma Ran warned Second Uncle Ma that Ding Ya had come to use the Ma Family, but Second Uncle Ma and Ma Qingshan decided to exploit her visit to challenge Chun Prefecture.
• Ding Ya asked the Ma Family to seize Chun Prefecture's supplies and promised to take responsibility if Chun Prefecture retaliated.
• Ma Qingshan and Second Uncle Ma agreed to intercept the supplies, intending to bind the Ding Family to the Ma Family's cause.
• Ding Ya called her older brother and boasted that she had found a way to secure Chun Prefecture's projects.
• Ding Ya's brother warned her not to provoke Chun Prefecture, but she hung up, convinced she was only giving them a scare.

Ding Ya joined the Ma Family’s ambush on a Chun Prefecture convoy, but her conspicuous behavior gave the attackers away. When the Ma Family opened fire, Chun Prefecture’s drivers fought back instead of surrendering, leaving Ding Ya stunned by their ferocity.

• Ding Ya stood openly on a hillside while over a hundred Ma Family men hid nearby, and Ma Qingshan worried that she had ruined their ambush.
• Xiao Feng traveled behind the Chun Prefecture convoy with Brother Huo and Brother Jian, who said they were headed to Chun Prefecture on business.
• Ding Ya told the Ma Family men to charge and announced their identity as they attacked the convoy; Ma Qingshan had two men shoot out the lead vehicle’s tires.
• A fire arrow struck Ding Ya’s defensive Wasteland Artifact, frightening her as the convoy’s drivers armed themselves and opened fire.
• The Chun Prefecture drivers shouted that the Ma Family was robbing their cargo and urged one another to fight, while Ding Ya froze in disbelief.

Ma Qingshan’s robbery of Chun Prefecture’s convoy turned into a bloody feud, and the Ma Family then discovered that their final truck belonged to Sikong Jian, the Southwest King. Ma Ran told Old Ma that Ma Qingshan had forced Sikong Jian to squat, leaving Old Ma furious and the Ma Family facing a second powerful enemy.

• Ding Ya urged Ma Qingshan to stop killing Chun Prefecture’s drivers and Awakened, but Ma Qingshan killed a subdued captive and warned that Little White Tiger would retaliate regardless.
• Ma Qingshan’s group surrounded the last truck, where Sikong Jian and Brother Huo emerged and revealed the truck’s true occupants.
• A Ma Family Awakened ordered Sikong Jian and Brother Huo to squat, and Sikong Jian played along before exposing more than twenty of his core guards hidden under the truck’s tarp.
• Ma Ran called Old Ma and reported that Ma Qingshan had robbed the Southwest King and ordered him to squat.
• Old Ma realized the scale of Ma Qingshan’s provocation and erupted in fury over the danger to the Ma Family.

Old Ninth and his companions arrived in Shen Prefecture to plan revenge against the Ma Family, but the city went on alert after the Southwest King clashed with Ma Qingshan. Sikong Jian vowed to confront the Ma Family, while a woman carrying Wasteland Artifacts escaped Brother Huo.

• Old Ninth, Little White Tiger, Ji Min, Tao Tao, Thirteen, and the Great Island Master checked into Old Tian’s hotel across from the Ma Family’s main gate, where Old Tian explained that Xiao Yuan had arranged his loyalty.
• The Great Island Master wanted to attack immediately, but Old Ninth, Ji Min, and Tao Tao urged him to follow the plan and wait.
• Ma Family lackeys flooded the streets, and Old Tian reported that the Southwest King had killed hundreds of Ma Family men outside the city and demanded an explanation over Ma Qingshan.
• Little White Tiger called Sikong Jian, who said Ma Family Members had robbed him while he was eating hot pot and ordered him to squat; he threatened to bring a thousand men from the Southwest if Old Ma did not answer for it.
• Sikong Jian said he had cut off one of Ma Qingshan’s legs and left him unconscious, then ended the call as Ma Family reinforcements arrived.
• Brother Huo reported that a woman covered in Wasteland Artifacts had escaped after he smashed more than a dozen of them during pursuit.

Ding Ya collapsed in the snow and was abducted by Sister Hong’s convoy, which took her to the Pink Palace. Meanwhile, Ji Min dragged Thirteen to the club to find women, unaware that Ding Ya had been brought there.

• Ding Ya wandered through the blizzard, fainted from her injuries, and was found by Sister Hong’s convoy.
• Sister Hong ordered her men to take Ding Ya to the Pink Palace, planning to sell her or offer her to the Ma Family’s second young master.
• After Tao Tao threw Ji Min out for his advances, he recounted the failed seduction scheme to Thirteen.
• Ji Min persuaded Thirteen to leave the hotel with him and led him to the Pink Palace.
• Ji Min used his VVIP card to demand a selection of women from the club’s greeter.

The Ding Family searched frantically for Ding Ya while Minister Ding confronted Old Ma over the scheme involving Sikong Jian. At the Pink Palace, Ji Min’s teasing evening with Thirteen turned into a drugged ordeal, and Sister Hong decided to offer them an expensive beauty.

• Ding Family members mobilized their connections to find Ding Ya before dawn, while Minister Ding and Old Ma argued over who was responsible for the crisis involving Sikong Jian.
• Ji Min rejected the Pink Palace’s first group of hostesses and demanded a better selection.
• Thirteen drank Pink Spring Scenery, realized he had been drugged, and found himself unable to leave without drawing attention.
• Ji Min teased Thirteen and ordered the manager to find him a top-quality girl, threatening to pay for gunmen if Thirteen was dissatisfied.
• Sister Hong agreed to offer the guests a peerless beauty for at least a hundred and fifty thousand.

Thirteen, drugged, spent the night with Ding Ya, who had been held at a club; the next morning Ding Baobao attacked the club to rescue her. Ding Ya chose not to identify Thirteen and asked to go home, while his apology and promise to return stayed with her.

• Ji Min arranged for Thirteen to enter a club room where Ding Ya lay injured and unconscious.
• Ding Ya woke as Thirteen approached her, and he stopped when he realized she was being forced, explaining that he had been drugged and offering to help free her.
• The next morning, Ding Baobao arrived at the club with hundreds of men, attacked its staff, and killed Sister Hong while demanding to know where Ding Ya was.
• Ding Baobao found Ding Ya in a room upstairs and offered to avenge her, but she concealed Thirteen’s identity and asked to go home.
• Ding Ya remembered Thirteen’s apology and promise to return to Chuan Prefecture after finishing his business.

Minister Ding chased Old Ma with cleavers after learning that Ding Ya had been mistaken for a prostitute and slept with at the Ma Family’s club. In Shen Prefecture, Thirteen realized he might have been the man who slept with her, while Ji Min’s attempt to cover for him exposed their secret to Tao Tao.

• Minister Ding pursued Old Ma outside Capital City and demanded revenge for Ding Ya, while Old Ma denied that the Ma Family had sold her.
• Old Tian told Ji Min and the others that a stranger had paid 150,000 to sleep with Ding Ya at the Pink Palace.
• Tao Tao spotted bite marks on Thirteen’s neck, and Ji Min pretended to condemn him before privately begging him to take the blame.
• Thirteen suspected that Ding Ya had been the woman he slept with, and Ji Min advised him to deny it while boasting about the night to Little White Tiger and Old Ninth.
• Tao Tao overheard Ji Min’s claims and stormed away, while Thirteen feared Minister Ding’s reaction and Old Ninth suggested he ask Ding Ya whether she had enjoyed the night.