Chapter Summaries

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.

Ding Baobao confronted the Ma Family over Ding Ya’s ordeal, but the dispute erupted into a fight and the family’s experts subdued the siblings. Shisan and his companions arrived just as Ding Ya pleaded for help, and Shisan threatened the man holding her.

• Ding Baobao demanded that the Ma Family hand over Ma Qingshan and threatened to smash its ancestral hall when Second Uncle Ma refused.
• Second Uncle Ma and Ding Baobao’s opposing forces clashed after Ding Baobao ordered his men to break through the gates.
• Ma Family elders overwhelmed Ding Baobao and seized Ding Ya, while Second Uncle Ma said Minister Ding would need to explain himself before taking them away.
• Ding Ya stopped pleading with the Ma Family when she saw Shisan arrive with Old Ninth, Ji Min, Tao Tao, and the Great Island Master.
• Shisan entered the hall after a guan dao smashed inside and warned the goateed elder not to touch Ding Ya.

Old Ninth, Little White Tiger, and Ji Min confronted the Ma Family over their attacks and the Great Island Master’s personal vendetta. The Great Island Master revealed that Second Uncle Ma had raped his eldest sister and massacred Peach Tree Village to hide the crime, and Old Ninth prepared to kill him.

• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger entered the room and confronted Second Uncle Ma over the Ma Family’s seizure of Old Ninth’s goods.
• The Great Island Master confronted Second Uncle Ma, while Tao Tao and her brother revealed their hatred for him.
• The Great Island Master recounted how Second Uncle Ma had raped his eldest sister and slaughtered Peach Tree Village’s hundred-odd households, leaving only the siblings alive.
• Second Uncle Ma tried to excuse his actions by claiming he had loved Tao Xin, but the people present showed contempt for him.
• Old Ninth revved his Chainsaw, and Little White Tiger ordered the group to attack Second Uncle Ma.

Thirteen rescued Ding Ya as Ding Baobao allied with Chun Prefecture to attack the Ma Family and destroy its nameplate. The Ma and Chun forces summoned reinforcements, and Little White Tiger and Old Ninth began battling the Ma Family elders.

• Thirteen drove back Elder Li, rescued Ding Ya, and tried to lead her out of the fight.
• Ding Baobao broke free, demanded that Chun Prefecture help him attack the Ma Family, and Little White Tiger agreed to mobilize its forces.
• Second Uncle Ma ordered Elder Li to hold Ding Ya, but Thirteen and the others shielded her and forced their way toward the exit.
• The Ma Family and Chun Prefecture fired signal flares, marking the start of their battle for control of the Northeast.
• The Ma Family elders attacked Ding Baobao, but Little White Tiger protected him with Eight Dragons Body Protection and blasted the elders back with Long River Sunset.

After the Ma Family’s cargo heist gave Chun Prefecture a pretext to attack, Xiao Yuan and Sikong Jian mobilized forces to invade Shen Prefecture. In the Capital, Old Ma and Minister Ding argued over responsibility until Minister Ding revealed that his daughter had been sold to a Ma Family club.

• Xiao Yuan learned that Tiger had fired Chun Prefecture’s Righteous Gathering Cannon three times and ordered Chun Prefecture’s forces to assemble and support him in Shen Prefecture.
• Sikong Jian sent Xiao Feng and the surviving convoy into Shen Prefecture, ordered more troops from the Southwest, and led his own forces toward the city.
• Sikong Jian ordered Ma Qingshan killed as Chun Prefecture’s forces prepared to attack the Ma Family.
• At the Guan Residence, Old Ma and Minister Ding argued over the cargo heist while Guan, Bai, and Yang tried to keep the two families from fighting.
• Old Ma offered to accept any terms if Chun Prefecture released the captives, but Minister Ding erupted and accused the Ma Family of selling his daughter to one of its clubs.

Old Ma agreed to hand Ma Qingshan over for trial under Dragon Kingdom law, but the settlement collapsed when Chun Prefecture mobilized against the Ma Family. Old Ninth and Ding Baobao refused to stop the attack, leaving Old Ma terrified as Shen Prefecture faced a massacre.

• Minister Ding demanded Ma Qingshan, and Old Ma agreed to hand him over for a legal trial after the others warned him to yield.
• A caller reported that Little White Tiger had issued a Righteous Gathering Order and that thousands of Chun Prefecture fighters were heading for Shen Prefecture, while Ding Baobao had hired Lei Zi to attack the Ma Family.
• Old Ma blamed Old Guan for provoking Little White Tiger by hijacking his supplies, and Minister Ding stalled when urged to stop Ding Baobao.
• Old Ma pleaded with Old Guan to intervene, and Old Ninth finally answered while fighting in Shen Prefecture.
• Old Ninth said he was following his boss's orders, and Ding Baobao refused to halt the attack despite the Capital's demand.

Thirteen fought his way out of the Ma Family estate with Ding Ya and faced thousands of armed forces in Shen Prefecture. He protected her through the bloody battle, leaving the surrounding crowd momentarily afraid to advance.

• The Ma Family raised the alarm, mobilizing Shen Prefecture’s forces against Thirteen and Ding Ya.
• Thirteen refused to abandon Ding Ya and gave her his phone so she could call Little Cat if she escaped.
• Thirteen charged into the crowd with Ding Ya, cutting down attackers while the five leading combatants held back.
• When dozens of Elemental Skills targeted Ding Ya, Thirteen pulled her close and took the attacks on his back.
• Thirteen unleashed a sweeping saber strike that killed dozens of thugs, then declared his identity and challenged the crowd, which stopped advancing.

Thirteen fought his way through the Ma Family’s forces while protecting Ding Ya, but the goateed elder impaled him with flying swords. Just as Thirteen sent Ding Ya toward safety, Sikong Jian arrived and stopped the attack.

• Thirteen used Time Key-Heaven and Earth as One and Blade Rise-Eight Directions Slash to kill the five Sixth Awakening stewards and destroy the city gate.
• The goateed elder attacked Thirteen and Ding Ya, and Thirteen used Time Key-Imprisonment to stop the first wave of wooden swords.
• Thirteen shielded Ding Ya from the second wave of swords, was impaled, and confessed that he considered her his woman before groping her breast.
• Thirteen threw Ding Ya toward the city exit, but Sikong Jian arrived on a silver spear and confronted the goateed elder.

The Ma Family's direct-line troops arrived to defend their clan, and many injected the Undying Warrior Agent to fight without fear or pain. The agent empowered them enough to transform wounded Seven-Awakening elders into Eight-Awakening fighters who seized Little White Tiger as the undying legion kept charging.

• Old Ninth and Little White Tiger taunted Second Uncle Ma as the Ma Family elders remained suppressed.
• Ma Family direct-line troops arrived, and their leader urged them to fight to the death before the Great Island Master killed him with an arrow.
• The Ma Family descendants injected the Undying Warrior Agent, which boosted their strength while stripping away reason and fear.
• Little White Tiger’s powerful punches failed to stop the advancing legion, and four wounded elders reached Eight Awakenings after injecting the agent.
• The four elders seized Little White Tiger by the wrists as Second Uncle Ma thanked them and the others mourned their sacrifice.