Chapter Summaries

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.

After Chun Prefecture stabilized and began rebuilding, Xiao Yuan backed Ding Ya’s construction company and learned that the Greenwood Ancestors’ legacy had surfaced. Because Old Ninth had sworn to avenge the Thousand Illusions Ancestors, Xiao Yuan decided to enter the No-Man’s Zone with a small team to help him.

• Xiao Yuan assigned some east city projects to Ding Ya, while Little Cat intimidated the protesting contractors and Xiao Yuan offered them other projects as compensation.
• Ding Ya began dry-heaving, and Little Cat and White Mouse recognized the signs of pregnancy; Xiao Gang then arrived and awkwardly teased her about Thirteen.
• Xiao Gang told Xiao Yuan that the Greenwood Ancestors’ legacy had surfaced, prompting her to confirm the report and consider Old Ninth’s obligation to avenge the Thousand Illusions Ancestors.
• Xiao Yuan chose to take Xiaowan and Hungry Ghost into the No-Man’s Zone, ordering them to gather Hi Dog and Bone and stating they would retreat if no opportunity arose.

Yang Pan confronted Howard over the group’s secret operation in the Dragon Kingdom and learned that the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect was leading a plan to use the Three Dragons Borrowing Qi formation to steal the nation’s fortune. He concealed his reaction to the scheme, while deciding that Kou Island could not be allowed to continue.

• Yang Pan told Howard that his core cadres remained hidden in the Dragon Kingdom and admitted they had attacked Kou Island’s teams.
• Yang Pan challenged the group for violating the rule against branches interfering with one another, and Howard offered support for rebuilding the Dragon Kingdom branch.
• Yang Pan explained that Tong Fei disappeared after the Second Island Master plotted to ambush Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, and said Tong Fei was in Chun Prefecture.
• Howard revealed that the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect was leading the operation and described its Three Dragons Borrowing Qi formation, which would exploit the Dragon Kingdom’s dragon veins to create nine-awakening experts and stop White Garment’s breakthrough.
• Yang Pan hid his anger as Howard explained that the plan involved the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect and forces from the Federation and the Alliance, while resolving that Kou Island must be eliminated.

Yang Pan tricked Howard into revealing that three Alliance teams were hiding in the Dragon Kingdom, while Howard mistakenly believed his deployment was exposed. At No-Man's Zone No. 001, Xiao Yuan's group arrived at Sun and Moon Lake and Xiao Gang provoked the gathered Alien Races, making a fight seem inevitable.

• Xian'er bluffed that Yang Pan had uncovered a southern team, and Howard panicked and left to warn his chairman.
• After Howard departed, Gu Feng found listening devices, while Yang Pan and Xian'er decided not to warn the team and let Shadow Ghost pursue them.
• White Garment, Little White Tiger, and Old Ninth watched Awakened gather near Sun and Moon Lake for the Greenwood Ancestors' inheritance.
• Xiao Yuan and her companions landed among the Alien Races, whose hostility rose when they recognized people from the Dragon Kingdom.
• Xiao Gang insulted and shoved a Kou Island combatant, then slapped him after an unseen force restrained the man.

Yang Pan manipulated Howard into sending the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect’s agents to No-Man’s Zone No. 001, intending to use Chun Prefecture to eliminate them. After Zhang Yang identified the Nine Heavenly Ninja as a threat to the Dragon Vein, Xiao Yuan abandoned the Ancestors’ legacy and prepared to confront them.

• Yang Pan persuaded Howard to send his team to No-Man’s Zone No. 001, then arranged for A to protect Xiao Yuan while Chun Prefecture dealt with them.
• At Sun and Moon Lake, Xiao Yuan noticed the Four Great Clans and other Dragon Kingdom factions were conspicuously absent and decided to retreat.
• Zhang Yang sent Xiao Yuan files identifying nine aliens as the Nine Heavenly Ninja and warned that they planned to sever the Dragon Vein.
• Xiao Yuan gave Hungry Ghost the Nine Heavenly Ninja’s files and ordered him to remember their faces and kill them.
• White Mouse explained that the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect was a powerful, fanatical Kou Island organization whose Nine Heavenly Ninja used combined combat techniques.
• Xiao Yuan assessed her group’s chances and worried they might be outmatched if the Nine Heavenly Ninja included an Eight Awakenings fighter.

Gandhi arrived at the lake and demanded that the Dragon Kingdom fighters kneel and accept his claim that he had defeated Ao Xing. Hi Dog and the gathered fighters defied him, while White Garment revealed the truth and watched as Gandhi prepared to attack again.

• Gandhi arrived amid a display of divine signs, and Indian fighters proclaimed him the God King as many onlookers knelt.
• The Chun Prefecture group refused to kneel, so Gandhi struck Hi Dog with a beam of light and injured him.
• Gandhi claimed that Ao Xing had lost to him, but Dragon Kingdom fighters challenged his story and refused to submit.
• White Garment told Little White Tiger and Old Ninth that Ao Xing had defeated Gandhi and explained that Gandhi had hidden in shame before emerging to boast.
• Gandhi raised a golden palm over the crowd and demanded that the Dragon Kingdom fighters call Ao Xing inferior to save their lives.

A stopped Gandhi from killing Xiao Yuan and the Chun Prefecture fighters, then revealed that Yang Pan had sent him. Gandhi backed down, while Yang Pan and Gu Feng admitted that A could not defeat the Nine Heavenly Ninja.

• Gandhi demanded that Xiao Yuan become his maid, and she and the Chun Prefecture fighters prepared to fight him.
• Gandhi attacked, but a yellow paper fan blocked his strike and revealed the arrival of Xiao Shuai, Yang Pan's mysterious subordinate A.
• A warned Gandhi that Xiao Yuan was under his protection, and Gandhi withdrew rather than risk fighting him.
• Yang Pan learned that A had intervened and hoped he had not mentioned his name.
• Gu Feng said no one below nine awakenings could kill A, but Yang Pan explained that A never lost and never won.

White Garment opened the Secret Realm and ordered Xiao Yuan, Little White Tiger, and Old Ninth to help eliminate the Alien Races. Inside, Little White Tiger and Old Ninth confronted Gandhi after he threatened Xiao Yuan, and they forced him to his knees while demanding to know who had won between him and Ao Xing.

• White Garment opened the Secret Realm and declared that its entrants could leave only after killing every Alien Race member inside.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth arrived with Xiao Yuan, and White Garment sent them into the Secret Realm to fight the Alien Races.
• Gandhi arrived in a prosperous city from before the Apocalypse and relieved himself in the street before Xiao Yuan and the others appeared nearby.
• Little White Tiger challenged Gandhi for threatening Xiao Yuan, while Old Ninth taunted him and helped stop his attacks.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth overpowered Gandhi, pinned him to the ground, and demanded to know who had won between him and Ao Xing.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger discovered that Gandhi had prepared a near-invincible meditation technique to counter Ao Xing. As Gandhi’s power grew with every injury and his clones battled them, A warned that only the Power of Law could break his defenses.

• Old Ninth kicked Gandhi through a roadside skyscraper, but the Xuanyuan Ring warned Little White Tiger that Gandhi had been holding back.
• Old Eighth and Old Ninth unleashed their strongest attacks, but Gandhi absorbed Old Ninth’s dragon flames and transformed into a muscular, golden-haired form.
• Gandhi revealed his Shiva Meditation and used Meditation-Three Thousand Worlds-Overlap to twist the city into shifting, overlapping worlds.
• A warned that Gandhi’s meditation turned pain into strength and could transfer fatal injuries to Shiva, but Old Ninth and Little White Tiger attacked him anyway.
• Gandhi split into two clones that copied Old Ninth’s and Little White Tiger’s techniques, while A told Xiao Yuan that only the Power of Law could defeat him.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth failed to kill Gandhi after Ancestral Dragon wounded him, then withdrew to seek the Power of Law. Old Ninth secretly stayed behind and attacked Gandhi as he began to recover.

• Gandhi used Shiva's True God Eye against Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, but Ancestral Dragon appeared and wounded him before leaving.
• A stopped Little White Tiger and Old Ninth from attacking Gandhi, explaining that Shiva would take the fatal blows for him, so they retreated.
• Hi Dog, Bone, and Xiao Feng faced a group of Kou Island fighters in a bar, and Little White Tiger arrived before the fight began.
• Little White Tiger and Xiao Yuan noticed Old Ninth was missing, while Gandhi woke and vowed to find them in the Secret Realm.
• Old Ninth ambushed Gandhi from the rubble and smashed the foot he used to stand on.

The Heavenly Venerable learned that the northern Dragon Vein had been severed and left his mountain temple to try to repair it, warning Old Guan to protect the other two Dragon Veins. In the Secret Realm, Little White Tiger stopped the Nine Heavenly Ninja from retreating and prepared to hold them for Old Ninth.

• A blood moon, three blue stars, and a comet appeared as the northern Dragon Kingdom’s Dragon Vein was severed.
• The Heavenly Venerable told Old Guan that the black dragon’s soul had escaped and that he would try to repair the Dragon Vein, while urging him to guard the central and southern Dragon Veins.
• The Heavenly Venerable left his teachings at the temple, made a final offering, and walked into the snow with his sword.
• The Nine Heavenly Ninja decided to retreat from the tavern after weighing the Chun Prefecture group’s strength and the possibility that Old Ninth might appear.
• Little White Tiger blocked the Nine Heavenly Ninja from leaving, challenged them over their presence on Dragon Kingdom soil, and ordered Hi Dog to pour drinks.

Old Ninth repeatedly ambushed and humiliated the badly injured Gandhi, who finally agreed not to trouble him in the Secret Realm. Gandhi tried to recover after Old Ninth left, but Old Ninth returned and broke his remaining good leg.

• Gandhi waited for Old Ninth to attack, but Old Ninth refused, mocked his faith, and walked away.
• After Gandhi chased him and began healing atop a skyscraper, Old Ninth returned with a hammer and broke Gandhi's already injured leg again.
• Gandhi provoked Old Ninth by insulting his predecessor, but Old Ninth answered by bringing a sewage truck and smashing its tank open.
• Gandhi dodged the sewage, further injuring his broken leg, then promised not to trouble Old Ninth in the Secret Realm.
• After Old Ninth left, Gandhi hid in a room to recover, but Old Ninth broke through the wall and ambushed him, slashing his remaining good leg.

Eden and the Satan Organization joined forces with the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect to destroy the Dragon Kingdom’s Dragon Vein, while Enoch and Yalie showed respect for the fallen patrol soldiers. The Western forces prepared to hold the mountain for seven days, and Enoch revealed Adam’s prediction that Kou Island’s people would be wiped out within a century.

• Thirteen invaders gathered at Divine Mountain after their Magic Arrays began corrupting it, and Yalie ordered the fallen Dragon Kingdom soldiers buried.
• Enoch condemned two Kou Island Awakened for disrespecting the soldiers and bowed alongside Yalie to honor the patrol squad’s captain.
• Yalie explained that the coalition needed to hold the mountain for seven days to destroy the Dragon Vein, while the Satan Organization sought revenge for its six ministers killed on Fei Island.
• Yalie ordered the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect’s Awakened to guard the mountain’s foot and assigned Eden and Satan’s elites to face the Dragon Kingdom’s experts.
• Enoch revealed that Adam had predicted Kou Island’s people would be wiped out within the next hundred years.