Chapter Summaries

Little White Tiger gathered Chun Prefecture’s forces and allies to honor Instructor’s grave before the coming war. Overlord and the armed bandits pledged to fight for the Dragon Kingdom, and the chapter ended as more allies arrived ahead of the final battle.

• Overlord, his adopted sons, Ruan Lie, and the Peninsula leaders came to Loyalty and Righteousness Mountain to see Instructor off.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth told Yixiu they had received their assignments and might not meet Shadow Ghost again after heading to war.
• Overlord poured treasured wine onto Instructor’s grave, thanked him for guiding Little White Tiger, and pledged that Overlord Stronghold would give everything in the war.
• Little White Tiger led the armed bandits in saluting the unknown hero and vowed they would repay Instructor by killing those who threatened the Dragon Kingdom.
• Li Youxian, the Pao Ge Society, Ji Min, and A Huo arrived with their forces to bid farewell and prepare to fight alongside Chun Prefecture.

Enoch escorted Federation weapons to Kou Island, where the Dragon Kingdom launched a surprise air attack that destroyed the docks and nearby military camps. The Iron Eagle Squadron crossed a deadly thunderstorm and began its first strike, intending to prevent any Kou Island aircraft from taking off.

• Enoch accompanied Kou Island officers to the docks as Federation-supplied weapons were unloaded for the war against the Dragon Kingdom.
• Enoch grew uneasy at how quiet the journey had been, while the legion commander dismissed the risk of a Dragon Kingdom attack.
• Dragon Kingdom artillery bombarded the docks and nearby military camps, destroying the ammunition and killing or injuring troops.
• The legion commander revealed that Kou Island had no patrols because the storm made him believe enemy warships could not enter its waters.
• The Iron Eagle Squadron reported that more than a hundred aircraft had crossed the thunderclouds, accepted that its pilots would be martyrs, and flew toward Kou Island.

Commander Sun and the Dragon Kingdom’s forces launched a devastating assault on Kou Island, while Enoch fled and was cornered by Sun. Sun ordered Zhou Zheng to take soldiers to the emperor’s palace and make the emperor kneel outside the city gate.

• Enoch discovered that the Dragon Kingdom fleet had arrived, while the jammed signal left him unable to report Kou Island’s danger to the West.
• Commander Sun ordered the harbor’s warships destroyed, and over a hundred Nuclear Cannon blasts wiped out Kou Island’s remaining fleet.
• Sun rallied the Fourth War Zone’s soldiers with a call for vengeance, then led them ashore to attack Kou Island; Guan Lei ordered the Seventh Fleet to join them.
• Enoch fled toward the city, but Commander Sun landed in front of him and blocked his escape.
• Sun surrounded Enoch with elite fighters and ordered Zhou Zheng to take soldiers to the emperor’s palace and make the emperor kneel outside the city gate.

Zhou Zheng and the Fourth War Zone stormed Kou Island’s palace, captured the newly appointed emperor, and beat him as the island’s rulers’ dreams collapsed around them. As the palace burned and its defenders were slaughtered, Beast and the Xiang Prefecture Lei Zi continued their paid killing spree.

• The obese emperor dismissed reports of fighting outside the city and boasted to his lover about conquering the Dragon Kingdom and the West.
• Zhou Zheng and Yazi-masked soldiers seized the emperor in his bedchamber, beat him, and mocked his claim to be sovereign.
• Zhou Zheng revealed his identity and said the attack was revenge for wrongs against their ancestors, then ordered his men to beat the emperor again.
• The soldiers dragged the emperor outside, where he saw the palace burning and its people being slaughtered.
• Beast told Zhou Zheng that the Xiang Prefecture Lei Zi were fulfilling Ninth Master’s order to kill for pay, and urged them to keep hunting victims.

The Fourth War Zone and the Xiang Prefecture Lei Zi devastated Kou Island’s capital as Commander Sun forced the emperor to surrender. Sun left Kou Island’s fate conditional on its people obeying while the Dragon Kingdom prepared to face the Federation.

• Zhou Zheng watched reports of the Xiang Prefecture Lei Zi’s destruction and told the emperor that Kou Island’s past crimes could not be dismissed as the deeds of ancestors.
• Commander Sun arrived with Enoch’s corpse, prompting the emperor to beg for surrender and the killing to stop.
• Sun revealed that Dragon Kingdom forces had assassinated the commanders of Kou Island’s main armies and demanded that its military surrender and the island stop resisting.
• Sun threatened that more Lei Zi were waiting offshore and claimed they were civilians outside the military’s control, so the emperor agreed to comply.
• Sun said Kou Island was not the Dragon Kingdom’s main target and warned that its people owed Xiang Prefecture, while Zhou Zheng said the Fourth War Zone was preparing to confront the Federation.

The Old Man prepared for a swift offensive into India while the Dragon Kingdom’s allies and Lei Zi mobilized for war. In Holy Sword City, Alliance general Nancy Archer revealed a plan to lure the Fifth War Zone into a city rigged with explosives, sacrificing its residents.

• The Old Man ordered Shadow Demon to report India's troop deployments and urged the Fifth War Zone to seize the three border cities before India could prepare.
• Guan Ming reported that Old Eighth, Old Ninth, the Overlord, and their allies had issued calls for Lei Zi to fight, while the old lady of the Four Prefectures of Mountains and Rivers issued the Mountains and Rivers Order.
• Nancy Archer arrived in Holy Sword City, warned Indian officers that thirty thousand troops from the Fifth War Zone would attack that night, and said he had brought fifty thousand elite Alliance soldiers.
• Nancy Archer ordered the Indian troops to retreat into Holy Sword City and draw the Dragon Kingdom's main force inside, where buried explosives would destroy the city and its residents.

Nancy revealed his plan to lure the Dragon Kingdom forces into Holy Sword City, but Shadow Demon agent Wang Ziyang discovered the ambush and escaped after sacrificing an arm. Near death in the snow, Wang paid Lei Zi to deliver a warning, and Lei Zi and his two companions split up to carry it through while Nancy’s forces pursued them.

• Nancy instructed the Indian officers to retreat toward Holy Sword City while the Mahakala Legion hid in underground tunnels, then promised them three days of plunder in the Dragon Kingdom.
• Nancy exposed the disguised Wang Ziyang as a Dragon Kingdom spy, but Wang released Green Pufferfish poison, severed his own arm, and escaped.
• Nancy ordered the city sealed and pursued Wang, who crossed the snowy wilderness while badly wounded and determined to warn the Dragon Kingdom about the ambush.
• A helicopter’s gunmen shot Wang, but a crimson shell destroyed their helicopter, and Lei Zi and his companions found him in the snow.
• Wang gave Lei Zi his last ten yuan and asked him to warn the Fifth War Zone, and Lei Zi, Wang Minghao, and Jiang Yu split up as Nancy’s forces arrived.

The Dragon Kingdom’s vanguard departed for the border as civilians sent them off with food and pleas to return alive. On the snowfield, Chen Dongqian gave his life to warn of an ambush at Holy Sword City, and a group of Lei Zi emerged to take over his mission.

• Civilians gave the departing soldiers food and urged them to return safely, and the vanguard commander Xiang vowed to defend the Dragon Kingdom’s border.
• Nancy’s forces caught Chen Dongqian in wolf form, shot him, and demanded to know what Shadow Demon had told him.
• Chen Dongqian refused to betray his mission and sent up a crimson signal to summon nearby Lei Zi before he died.
• Chen Dongqian warned that an ambush awaited at Holy Sword City and called for someone to take the job.
• Dayu, Guaizi, Xiaowu, Xiao Axing, and other Lei Zi appeared from the snow and announced they were taking over the mission.

Chen Dongqian’s death set off a chain of Lei Zis carrying a warning to the Dragon Kingdom’s forces, while others stayed behind to delay Nancy’s pursuit. At the border, the commanders learned that Nancy had trapped Holy Sword City, but the messenger died after delivering the warning.

• Chen Dongqian tossed the bloodstained ten-yuan note, and Lei Zis accepted the mission to carry it onward as Nancy ordered his soldiers to pursue them.
• A Kun escaped with the message while Fat Monkey and the other Lei Zis blocked the route, fighting the Coalition Forces and triggering an avalanche to buy their messengers time.
• Xiang Fang assigned Boss, Qing Prefecture, and Tibet Prefecture forces to attack three Indian cities at midnight while Tibet Prefecture’s soldiers blocked reinforcements.
• Nancy pursued a wounded messenger to the border junction, where Boss attacked him and Qing Prefecture’s leader extinguished Nancy’s Hellfire after it struck the messenger.
• The dying Lei Zi revealed that Nancy had laid an ambush in Holy Sword City and said that seventeen messengers had completed the mission before he died.

Yang Pan arrived at Holy Sword City as the Dragon Kingdom launched its attack, and the Alliance discovered that its battle plan had been exposed. As Nancy sent commanders through the tunnels to reinforce the other cities, Thirteen entered Holy Sword City alone.

• Yang Pan arrived with Xian'er and Gu Feng, warning Nancy that the attack plan might have leaked.
• Dragon Kingdom troops emerged from the snow outside Holy Sword City as explosions destroyed Holy Hammer City and Holy Light City, while Holy Sword City remained quiet.
• Yang Pan concluded that the plan had been exposed, and Gu Feng said Lei Zi's messengers had completed their mission before they could be killed.
• Nancy learned that communications were cut and ordered his commanders through the tunnels to reinforce the other cities and join Great Dark Sky.
• A technician spotted Thirteen strolling into Holy Sword City after its gate patrols had fallen asleep, and Gu Feng identified him as the Pao Ge Society's feared fighter.

Thirteen, Little Cat, and Tian Yangsheng confronted Nancy in Holy Sword City while Yang Pan refused to send reinforcements. After Thirteen and Nancy began fighting, Yang Pan revealed he had been working for the Dragon Kingdom and arranged Nancy’s death.

• Thirteen arrived at the Central Tower with Little Cat and Tian Yangsheng, while the Dragon Kingdom forces outside the city withdrew to keep Nancy occupied.
• Nancy ordered Yang Pan to reinforce Holy Hammer City, but Yang Pan claimed he had twisted his ankle and refused.
• Thirteen fought Nancy with his Guan Dao and Time Reversal ability, then called for backup when Nancy gained the advantage.
• A attacked Nancy with needles and Gu Feng stabbed him with a Curved Blade.
• Yang Pan showed Nancy his identity card and explained that he had helped the Dragon Kingdom, then left after ordering Thirteen to send Nancy’s body to the Yang Family.

After the Dragon Kingdom won its first battles, the Old Man prepared the next stage of the war and sent Guan Ming and Guan Ting to the front. In Chun Prefecture, Little White Tiger and the other leaders faced tens of thousands of Lei Zi before they marched on a dangerous mission into Federation territory.

• Nancy died in Holy Sword City, and the Old Man learned that the Dragon Kingdom had defeated the attackers and that fifteen thousand Great Dark Sky Unit troops had died while the rest surrendered.
• The Old Man ordered Thirteen to handle the prisoners and learned that the Alliance would regroup in New Delhi after losing the three border cities.
• The Old Man expanded the team protecting White Garment on Divine Mountain, then ordered Guan Ming and Guan Ting to earn military merit on the front lines without special treatment.
• Tens of thousands of Lei Zi gathered in snowy Chun Prefecture to see off the force led by Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Xiao Yuan, Overlord, and Li Youxian.
• Little White Tiger worried that he was leading his brothers to their deaths, but Old Ninth reminded him that the Lei Zi understood the danger and chose to follow him out of loyalty and brotherhood.

Little White Tiger rallied the hired guns and Overlord Stronghold to join Old Eighth and Old Ninth in fighting the Western Coalition Forces, accepting that the expedition could cost them their lives. After the three leaders knelt and thanked the assembled fighters, False Eye and more than ten thousand members of his team volunteered to lead the charge.

• Little White Tiger warned the hired guns that many might die abroad, then urged them to fight the Western Coalition Forces in defense of the Dragon Kingdom.
• Overlord, Hu Du, and Black Raccoon stirred Overlord Stronghold's bandits to join the expedition and rob the West.
• Li Youxian cautioned that the operation was a personal action by Old Eighth and Old Ninth, but the crowd ignored him.
• Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and Xiao Yuan knelt and asked their brothers to follow them to their deaths, with Little White Tiger apologizing for leading them into danger.
• False Eye declared his loyalty to Little White Tiger and asked to serve as the vanguard, while more than ten thousand members of the False Eye Team knelt and volunteered to charge for Eighth Master.

Black Mountain Town, the Lei Zi Corps, and Little White Tiger’s sworn brothers volunteered to lead the advance into the Federation’s heartland. Little White Tiger struggled to accept his brothers’ risk, and Xiao Yuan sent Old Ninth with them to protect the vanguard.

• Third Uncle and the fighters of Black Mountain Town knelt and volunteered to serve as the vanguard, with Third Uncle asking to prove himself as their master.
• Zhou Si and the Lei Zi Corps declared that they would fight for Lord Eight and the Dragon Kingdom rather than for money.
• Hi Dog, Bone, Xiao Feng, Little Pig, and Little White Tiger’s other sworn brothers insisted on leading the charge into the West.
• Little White Tiger asked Hi Dog to stay beside him, but Hi Dog refused and urged him to let the brothers repay their debt.
• Xiao Yuan ordered Old Ninth to take the sworn brothers as the vanguard and protect them.

Little White Tiger and the Lei Zi bid farewell to their families before marching to fight the Alien Races. The Lei Zi reject their pay and set out for what they expect to be their final battle, while Little White Tiger and Old Ninth prepare to make their own move.

• Little White Tiger, Xiao Yuan, and Old Ninth kowtowed to the Lei Zi's families, and Little White Tiger apologized for taking their men away.
• Xiao Feng's elderly father supported his son joining the fight against the Alien Races and gave him an old Alliance Army flag captured by their ancestor.
• Little White Tiger led the Lei Zi in a farewell bow to their homeland, and Overlord provided wine for their send-off.
• Fang Mu arranged payment and death benefits, but the Lei Zi refused the money and volunteered to fight for the Dragon Kingdom.
• False Eye led the Lei Zi out as the crowd saw them off, while Little White Tiger and Old Ninth exchanged a vow to turn their world upside down.

As the Dragon Kingdom’s forces advanced on India, Old Sun prepared Kou Island’s Fourth War Zone for the Federation’s imminent landing at Xiantai, intending to lure the enemy into a decisive battle. The Federation’s planes arrived the next morning, and Hei Ba confronted the emperor while the Fourth War Zone readied its defenses.

• Old Sun received reports that the Federation planned to land troops at Xiantai and ordered the Fourth War Zone to prepare for battle, calling in support and reinforcements.
• Old Sun assigned Hei Ba to establish antiaircraft positions and ordered Old Teng to defend Xiantai’s beaches until reinforcements arrived.
• Federation transport planes appeared over Xiantai the next morning, and the island’s residents celebrated their arrival.
• Hei Ba confronted the emperor, declared they were family, and slapped him after the emperor angrily called him baka.
• Hei Ba ordered the Wretch to beat the emperor but keep him alive, then proposed that the emperor eventually hand the throne to Hei Ba’s nephew.

The Fourth War Zone’s soldiers endured Nuclear Cannon fire without revealing their positions, then rose to ambush the Coalition Forces’ airborne troops and fight their fighters. As the battle intensified, Red Flag fighters arrived to defend the Dragon Kingdom’s skies.

• Qiao ordered fighters to probe the snow-covered drop zone with Nuclear Cannons, and Zhou Zheng’s concealed soldiers held their positions despite the blasts and casualties.
• The wounded soldiers recited the Fourth War Zone’s enlistment oath, while Xiao Mingzi took his own life after realizing he could no longer fight.
• Once the transports entered range, Zhou Zheng gave the order to fire, and concealed antiaircraft guns and soldiers attacked the Coalition Forces.
• Jianren urged the young soldiers to scatter from the diving fighters, but Cui Shihuan and the others refused to retreat and fired back.
• Billy panicked as rifle fire hit his fighter and Coalition aircraft were destroyed by Nuclear Cannons; then Red Flag fighters arrived, and their captain ordered the formation to protect the Dragon Kingdom’s skies.

Federation commander Qiao halted his fleet rather than trade fire with the Teng Faction’s beach defenders, then ordered the God-Slaying Cannon to annihilate their defenses. With a deepwater harbor blasted open and Immortal Platform City devastated, Qiao led the Federation assault toward Kou Island.

• Qiao recognized the Teng Faction’s reputation and judged that a direct exchange of fire would cost the Federation far more casualties.
• Qiao revealed that the Federation had reserved a God-Slaying Cannon for the battle and requested authorization to fire it.
• Qiao entered the authorization code and ordered the God-Slaying Cannon to strike the beach.
• The blast erased the beach, created a deepwater harbor, and destroyed half of Immortal Platform City.
• Qiao ordered the Federation soldiers to storm Kou Island, and the fleet advanced through the newly opened harbor.

Qiao’s fleet attacked Kou Island with the God-Slaying Cannon, believing it had wiped out the defenders, but Teng Old Man revealed that the beach positions were bait and led his hidden Teng Faction Corps into battle. The chapter ended with eight thousand Teng Faction soldiers charging the vastly larger Coalition Forces landing force.

• Qiao ordered his fleet to destroy the beach defenses and prepared to announce that the Fourth War Zone’s Teng Faction had been annihilated.
• Fourth War Zone soldiers poured down from a nearby mountain and attacked the Coalition Forces landing troops.
• Teng Old Man revealed that the beach positions had been bait and explained that the Teng Faction had survived because its ambush force was beyond the God-Slaying Cannon’s range.
• Teng Old Man asked fathers, brothers, and only sons to step forward, but the Teng Faction soldiers refused to leave their comrades behind.
• Teng Old Man ordered the Teng Faction to stay with its banner and led eight thousand soldiers in a charge against the Coalition Forces.

The Federation’s overwhelming forces struggled to break through the Teng Faction’s beach defenses, so Qiao ordered the fleet to fire Nuclear Cannons indiscriminately. Old Man Teng shielded his soldiers from the bombardment, was left bloodied on the ground, and Qiao ordered a second attack as the chapter ended.

• The Teng Faction and Fourth War Zone held the narrow beachhead, using the terrain to break apart each wave of Federation troops.
• Qiao ordered the Federation warships to fire Nuclear Cannons despite the armies being intermingled, and the Federation soldiers panicked and tried to retreat.
• Old Man Teng expanded an energy barrier to shield his men, then urged his son to lead the Teng Faction and treat its soldiers sincerely.
• Old Man Teng’s son picked up his father’s saber and rallied the soldiers after the first bombardment ended, while Old Man Teng lay bloodied on the ground.
• Qiao ordered the warships to fire a second Nuclear Cannon attack at the Teng Faction.