Chapter Summaries

The Ma Family unleashed its Undying Serum reserves, turning its elders into pseudo-eight-awakening fighters as Ji Min, Tao Tao, Ding Baobao, Little White Tiger, and Old Ninth tried to escape. Just as Ji Min faced another devastating attack, a nine-awakening figure appeared and blasted back both sides.

• Old Ninth released his black form and fought the undying warriors in a savage battle while Little White Tiger held off four fighters.
• The Ma Family's twelve elders injected Undying Serum, raising their power to eight awakenings at the cost of their lives, and Ji Min fled with Tao Tao and Ding Baobao.
• Second Uncle Ma pursued Ji Min, and seven pseudo-eight-awakening fighters struck him until his Undying Insect body shattered while shielding Tao Tao.
• Ji Min reassembled himself as a jelly shield and called for help as the Ma Family fighters attacked again.
• A nine-awakening figure appeared in the sky, blasted the fighters away, and greeted Little White Tiger.

Xiao Yuan ordered Chun Prefecture’s Lei Zis to attack the Ma Family before Guotai Min'an and Old Man Guan could arrive, determined to put her man on the throne of Northeast King. En route, a Russian mercenary attack on the officials’ plane was secretly arranged by Overlord Stronghold and used to eliminate the mercenaries, leaving the five elders unable to prove who was behind it.

• Xiao Yuan ordered the masked Lei Zis to parachute into Ma Family territory and crush the family before the Old Man arrived.
• Zuo Ju and Old Fourth paid Russian mercenaries to shoot down the plane carrying Guotai Min'an and Old Ma, lying that it carried Overlord’s mistress.
• The Russian leader fired a Qi Bullet that disabled the plane’s electronics, forcing five elders to leap out and locate the attackers.
• Duan Ka summoned Overlord Stronghold’s ambushing Lei Zis, who killed the mercenaries before they could escape.
• Guotai Min'an arrived and accused Zuo Ju and Duan Ka, but they claimed they had acted to stop foreign trouble, and the dead mercenaries left the elders without proof.

The Pseudo-Divine Body arrived to protect Little White Tiger and revealed that he had mastered eight laws after merging with Man. After he annihilated the Ma Family’s pseudo-eight awakenings fighters, the Great Island Master wounded Ma Tai, and the forces of Chun Prefecture and Bai launched an assault to destroy the Ma Family.

• The Pseudo-Divine Body appeared, reunited with Little White Tiger, and said a deadly tribulation had driven him out of seclusion early.
• The Pseudo-Divine Body used time, spatial, and life laws to kill the Ma Family’s pseudo-eight awakenings fighters.
• The Great Island Master shot Ma Tai with a golden arrow, while Old Ninth and Little White Tiger let him settle their grudge.
• Xiao Yuan rallied the Two Phoenixes, Three Immortals, Four Ghosts, Five Evildoers, and the Lei Zis to wipe out the Ma Family and claim the Northeast for Bai.
• Ding Baobao looked at Little White Tiger and remarked that everyone would know him from then on.

Chun Prefecture destroyed the Ma Family, and Old Ma arrived too late to save it. When he tried to kill Little White Tiger, a powerful figure descended and was introduced as Little White Tiger’s twin brother, Little God.

• Guotai Min'an and Old Ma reached Shen Prefecture and found the Ma Family’s compound destroyed, its warriors dead, and its territories under attack.
• Old Ninth and the others taunted Old Ma, while Ding Baobao offered to take responsibility and Xiao Yuan claimed Chun Prefecture had acted in self-defense.
• Old Man Guan tried to restrain the confrontation, but Old Ma released his Eight Awakenings aura and threatened to kill everyone from Chun Prefecture.
• Little White Tiger challenged Old Ma to strike him, and Old Ma swung the Short Axe at his head.
• The axe shattered before it could hit Little White Tiger, and a powerful figure descended from the sky; Little White Tiger introduced him as his twin brother, Little God.

Old Ma confronted Little White Tiger after the destruction of the Ma Family, but Guotai Min'an and the Demon Ancestors’ arrival made him abandon revenge. Learning that Ma Ran and the youngest children had survived, Old Ma left the Northeast, while Little White Tiger and Old Ninth faced a nominal trial and emerged as the region’s new power.

• Old Ninth signaled Chun Prefecture’s senior members to surround Old Ma, while Yang Huaimin urged Old Ma to stand down.
• Sword Crane and Turtle Ancestor arrived to support Chun Prefecture, and their opposing auras clashed with Guotai Min'an’s forces until Turtle Ancestor called for a settlement.
• Turtle Ancestor asked Little White Tiger to apologize, but Old Ma resisted until Ma Ran called and revealed that he had escaped with the Ma Family’s children under seven.
• Ding Baobao offered to turn himself in, and Old Guan said Little White Tiger and Old Ninth would return to the Capital for trial.
• Old Ma accepted that he could not win, asked how Chun Prefecture would be handled, and left the Northeast as Little White Tiger and Old Ninth stood with their supporters.

After the Lei Zi Army took Shen Prefecture, Xiao Yuan oversaw the purge of the Ma Family’s remaining forces while four senior officials pressured Chun Prefecture to limit the damage. Xiao Yuan explained that the Ma Family’s forces had collapsed quickly because Old Ma fled and most allies lacked loyalty.

• Chun Prefecture’s Lei Zis swept through Shen Prefecture and killed or captured the Ma Family’s remaining forces as Guotai Min'an watched from the Five-Star Hotel.
• The four senior officials detained Ding Baobao, Old Eighth, and Old Ninth, summoned Shen Prefecture officials tied to the Ma Family, and agreed to send Old Eighth and Old Ninth to Death Prison.
• An explosion woke Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Ji Min, and Ding Baobao, who feared the Ma Family was counterattacking before seeing the Lei Zis clear out the remaining forces.
• Xiao Yuan brought food to the group and explained that the Ma Family’s direct line had been defeated, its allied factions were being rounded up, and its officials were detained nearby.

Little White Tiger worried that Eight-Nine Prefecture might follow the Ma Family’s path and sought guidance on ruling without exploiting the people. Meanwhile, Thirteen woke in the hospital and faced Ding Baobao’s vow to find and castrate the man who had slept with his sister, unaware that Thirteen was the man.

• Xiao Yuan and Ji Min explained how powerful families squeezed the people at the bottom, prompting Little White Tiger to fear that Eight-Nine Prefecture could become like the Ma Family.
• Ding Baobao advised Little White Tiger that rulers needed to balance force with fair treatment of the people, while Old Ninth comforted him as he voiced his doubts.
• Old Man Guan praised Little White Tiger and invited him to return to the Capital in three days to hear answers to his concerns.
• Thirteen woke in the hospital and learned that Ding Baobao believed he had nearly died protecting Ding Baobao’s sister.
• Ding Baobao offered to become Thirteen’s sworn brother, but Thirteen and the others stopped him to avoid making Ding Baobao’s sister Thirteen’s sister.
• Ding Baobao hired the group to find the man who had slept with his sister and vowed to castrate him, while the others awkwardly tried to leave.

Three days after Shen Prefecture stabilized, Xiao Yuan and the two kings began taking over the Ma Family’s legitimate businesses, putting Fang Mu in charge of the vast holdings. Li Shan then revealed he knew the location of the Ma Family’s century-old warehouse.

• Fang Mu explained that the former Ma Family company heads could help the new rulers absorb the family’s businesses, and Li Shan proposed transferring their assets into new companies over three to six months.
• Xiao Yuan accepted Li Shan’s help and assigned Fang Mu to lead the acquisition, with Hi Dog and Bone assisting him and someone else chosen to manage Fei Island.
• Little White Tiger named Fang Mu chief steward of Chun Prefecture’s holdings and gave him broad authority over the businesses, appointing Little Pig as his deputy.
• Li Shan told Xiao Yuan and the two kings that he knew where the Ma Family’s warehouse was and that it contained the family’s accumulated wealth.

Before Little White Tiger and Old Ninth left for the Capital, Little White Tiger assigned control of the newly won territories and resources among his allies. The Northeast’s new leadership was in place, with its forces divided between governing the three prefectures and guarding against outside threats.

• Little White Tiger told his gathered allies he would reward those who helped defeat the Ma Family and announced that Black Mountain Town would take full control of Ice Prefecture under Third Uncle.
• Little White Tiger assigned Shen Prefecture to False Eye, with Fang Mu managing its companies, and False Eye accepted the responsibility.
• Little White Tiger ordered Wine Sword Spear to take twenty thousand troops and intervene on the Korean Peninsula, while Broken Shoe, White Mouse, and Xiaowan were sent to Fei Island to watch Ruan Lie.
• Little White Tiger told Li Shan to give half the Ma Family’s accumulated wealth to Overlord Stronghold once the vault was opened.

Earthworm and Sword Crane encountered the Divine Descent Society’s sinister procession in a border town and discovered that it was abducting people for a ritual. The Yuan and Ma families seized the noodle shop owner as a sacrifice while the frightened townspeople watched.

• Earthworm and Sword Crane arrived in a small Dragon Kingdom border town disguised as a couple.
• The noodle shop owner explained that the Divine Descent Society’s daily processions had coincided with more than a hundred unexplained disappearances.
• Sword Crane recognized the procession as a Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, and Earthworm identified its music and ritual as resembling the parade they had seen when they killed Amaterasu.
• Earthworm and Sword Crane noticed the procession included monsters from many mythologies and a stone pillar carved with demons devouring a golden dragon.
• A laborer tried to escape but burst apart, and the priest ordered the Yuan and Ma families to gather eighty-one people for the ritual.
• Yuan Family henchmen kicked open the noodle shop, seized its owner, and threatened everyone else into staying quiet.

Earthworm learned that the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons was part of an Alien Races plot to destroy the Dragon Kingdom’s national fortune, and set out to stop the ritual. In Shen Prefecture, the Pseudo-Divine Body revealed that Little White Tiger faced a Human Emperor Tribulation, but Little White Tiger vowed to fight rather than hide.

• Earthworm promised Niuniu he would protect her grandfather, called Old Ninth for support, and identified himself to the noodle shop’s occupants as a man from Chun Prefecture.
• Sword Crane explained that the procession’s ritual used Dragon-Pinning Pillars to attack the Dragon Kingdom’s national fortune, with ceremonies planned in forty-nine cities.
• Earthworm asked Hi Dog to connect him with Lei Zi’s people in the borderlands so he could confront the threat.
• The Pseudo-Divine Body warned Little White Tiger that the Human Emperor Tribulation was approaching and foresaw White Garment, Overlord, Instructor, and Guotai Min'an falling in the coming battle.
• Little White Tiger refused to avoid the tribulation, declared that he would protect his brothers and country, and led them in vowing to fight Heaven.

Earthworm and Sword Crane blocked a Kou Island procession in Border Town, and Earthworm’s armed men forced one of its warriors to kneel. The priest recognized Earthworm’s connection to Chun Prefecture, leaving the procession fearful of the force that had devastated Kou Island.

• Old Yuan helped the Kou Island procession prepare to sever the Dragon Kingdom’s Dragon Vein, while his sons rejected his betrayal and walked away.
• Earthworm ate noodles at a table blocking the procession’s road, with Sword Crane holding the captured noodle shop owner’s granddaughter, Niuniu.
• A masked Kou Island warrior struck Earthworm’s table, and Sword Crane pinned the man’s hand with chopsticks before Earthworm ordered him to kneel.
• Lei Zi and the armed men arrived, greeted Earthworm as their boss, and blasted the warrior’s knees until he fell before the table.
• The Kou Island priest recognized Earthworm’s connection to Chun Prefecture, and the procession’s anger gave way to fear as they recalled Chun Prefecture’s attacks on Kou Island.

Earthworm and the Lei Zis blocked Kou Island’s procession, humiliating the Priest and threatening Old Man Yuan over his collusion with the Alien Races. When the Priest ordered an attack, Sword Crane revealed her Nine-Star strength and devastated the procession, leaving Earthworm to order that no one survive.

• Earthworm had the Lei Zis execute a Kou Island man who had bullied Niuniu, then mocked the procession for its weakness and forced the Priest to take a detour.
• Earthworm demanded that the Priest crawl between his legs and threatened Old Man Yuan over the Yuan Family’s collusion with the Alien Races.
• Earthworm baited the Priest into attacking, then had the Lei Zis crouch as eight pickup trucks arrived and opened fire with Gatling guns.
• Old Man Yuan attacked Earthworm, but his hand was severed before Sword Crane unleashed her Nine-Star Crane Slash-Beating Wings and cut through the procession.
• Earthworm gave Old Man Yuan one day to flee, then ordered the Lei Zis to kill everyone and leave no survivors.

At the Guan Family compound, Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Old Guan, and White Garment discussed Old Ma’s disappearance and the Ma Family’s collapse. White Garment revealed that he could no longer suppress his cultivation, but Old Guan understood that the real source of White Garment’s worry was something else.

• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth drank tea with Old Guan and White Garment while visitors crowded the Guan Family’s front courtyard.
• Old Guan said Old Ma had disappeared after Shen Prefecture fell and the Ma Family lost its power.
• White Garment explained that Old Ma could not trust Tian Bo or his former allies, who might trade his location to Chun Prefecture.
• White Garment said he could not suppress his cultivation much longer, and Little White Tiger reassured him that the Dragon Kingdom’s younger generation could defend the country.
• Old Guan said White Garment was worried about something other than the Dragon Kingdom’s future.

White Garment revealed that hidden nine-awakening elders threatened his plan to restore the Dragon Kingdom’s strength, then recruited Little White Tiger and Old Ninth for a secret two-year training program. In Shen Prefecture, a mysterious attacker overwhelmed Sikong Jian with the same spear technique and brought down the hospital.

• White Garment explained that powerful elders survived by feigning death and would likely emerge to seize the chance for immortal ascension.
• White Garment said he wanted to restore the Dragon Kingdom’s dominance and asked Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to help him; he promised to raise them to nine awakenings in two years.
• Old Guan ordered Guan Lei to keep the plan secret, and White Garment told Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to accompany him to the No-Man’s Zone the next day.
• In Thirteen’s hospital room, Thirteen panicked after Ding Ya warned him that the Pink Palace’s cameras had caught him, while his friends teased him about the Ding family.
• A mysterious attacker appeared amid a supernatural blackout and battlefield-like sounds, then knocked Sikong Jian’s spear away with a mop using Sikong Jian’s own technique, collapsing the hospital.

The Man in Black, revealed as Gunman, reunited with his former disciple Sikong Jian after abducting him from the battle. Gunman confessed that he was truly dying but said he could be saved, and the pair set off for the Southwest with a plan to drink together before facing the challenge.

• The Man in Black defeated Ji Min, Duan Ka, and Zuo Ju’s combined attacks, then carried Sikong Jian away; Zuo Ju realized the attacker knew Sikong and sent for help.
• The Man in Black revealed himself as Gunman, Sikong Jian’s former master, and admitted he had faked his death to make Sikong cry.
• Gunman and Sikong Jian fought with their spears, and Gunman rebuked Sikong for holding back because he cared too much about his feelings.
• Gunman showed Sikong his death pulse and said he was truly dying, so Sikong decided to take him back to the Southwest and care for him as a son would.
• Gunman said there was a way to save him, and the two agreed to go to the Southwest, drink together for a year, and later use their spears to topple the world.

Old Ma brought Ma Ran to the Fox Immortal’s tomb and revealed that the Ma Family had guarded it for generations in exchange for her aid. To invoke her power and help Ma Ran rebuild the family, Old Ma sacrificed his own heart, leaving his son to serve as her vessel and carry on alone.

• Old Ma told Ma Ran that the Ma Family’s secret contract required them to guard the Fox Immortal’s tomb and that she could act once during a family crisis.
• Old Ma and Ma Ran reached the grave, where Old Ma’s blood awakened the Fox Immortal, who appeared as a girl in red and agreed to help them take revenge on Sword Crane.
• The Fox Immortal explained that her power required the heart of an Eight Awakenings expert, and Old Ma chose Ma Ran as her vessel while preparing to pay the cost himself.
• Old Ma apologized for his past distance, entrusted Ma Ran with rebuilding the family, and warned him not to trust Tian Bo or side with the Alien Races.
• Ma Ran closed his eyes as Old Ma offered up his heart, and the Fox Immortal accepted the sacrifice.

Guan Ming reported to Old Man Guan on White Garment’s arrival in the No-Man’s Zone, covert attacks by Kou Island groups, and Old Ma’s death. He then revealed that several Nine Awakenings experts around the world had shown signs of emerging, leaving Old Man Guan concerned about the shifting balance of power.

• Old Man Guan ordered Guan Ming to keep White Garment, Little White Tiger, and Old Ninth’s whereabouts secret and to arrange for the prisoners’ care.
• Guan Ming reported that Kou Island groups had attacked in several regions, and Old Man Guan ordered Shadow Ghost to eliminate them and told Guan Ming to seek intelligence from the West.
• Guan Ming told Old Man Guan that Old Ma had died at the Ma Family’s Lone Grave with his heart removed; Old Man Guan explained that Old Ma had entrusted the Ma Family’s secret to him.
• Guan Ming reported that Gunman, a figure in the Holy See, Gandhi, and other Nine Awakenings experts had shown signs of emerging.
• Guan Ming said Indian netizens had publicized Gandhi breaking through the ground, and Old Man Guan criticized them for exposing a potentially world-changing expert.

At Sun and Moon Lake, White Garment explained the power of law and revealed the strength of the Nine Awakenings to Little White Tiger and Old Ninth. He sent them to fight Alien Race explorers so they could begin discovering their own laws before the Secret Realm opened.

• White Garment brought Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to No-Man's Zone No. 001 and declared that they would reclaim the Dragon Kingdom's land.
• White Garment explained that Nine Awakenings wielded the power of law, which allowed them to change the world's rules.
• White Garment revealed that the Pope mastered enlightenment laws, Old Bat mastered longevity laws, and he himself had comprehended two and a half kinds of laws.
• White Garment described the spear laws of Sikong Jian's master and explained that only those at nine awakenings peak could glimpse the Heavenly Dao and escape the constraints of laws.
• White Garment told Little White Tiger and Old Ninth to kill the Alien Race explorers nearby to discover their own laws.

Yang Pan planned to use the Kou Island teams in the Dragon Kingdom to assert his influence and force the Federation to reveal its intentions. At Sun and Moon Lake, White Garment revealed he had fabricated the Ancestors Legacy to lure Alien Races into becoming Old Ninth’s targets as he pursued a breakthrough.

• Yang Pan learned that Kou Island teams were trying to sever the Dragon Kingdom’s Dragon Vein and decided to have A eliminate them openly under his command.
• Yang Pan explained to Gu Feng that the operation would demonstrate his hidden strength and force the Federation’s leadership to engage with him.
• In No-Man’s Zone No. 001, Little White Tiger watched Old Ninth slaughter explorers and worried that his frenzy might let Black Old Ninth take control.
• White Garment told Little White Tiger that Sun and Moon Lake amplified desires, potentially helping Old Ninth comprehend Laws through his urge to kill.
• White Garment revealed that he had spread a false rumor about the Ancestors Legacy to draw Alien Races’ High-Tier Combat fighters to Sun and Moon Lake.
• An illusion of the Ancestors appeared in a crystal coffin above the lake, and White Garment said the deaths of the incoming fighters would help Old Ninth reach Nine Awakenings.