Chapter Summaries

Xiao Feng and False Eye sacrificed themselves to lead the Lei Zi Corps against the Federation’s central army. False Eye brought down the command flag despite being struck by Nuclear Cannons, leaving the Federation’s forces in stunned silence.

• After Da Zhuang was killed, Xiao Feng drove a bomb-laden vehicle toward the enemy camp with the Flag of the Forebears, and the vehicle’s explosion threw the central army into chaos.
• False Eye and the Lei Zi Corps charged as the Twin Phoenixes, Twin Ghosts, Sick Ghost, and Pestilence blocked the reinforcements from reaching them.
• False Eye broke through the Federation’s defenses and leaped toward the command flag as fighter aircraft fired more than a dozen Nuclear Cannons at him.
• Although the blasts carbonized his body, False Eye lunged at the flag again and cut it down before the watching armies and cameras.
• False Eye remained frozen in his final chopping stance, smiling as he said he had fulfilled his mission for Eighth Master.

With the Federation’s forces closing in, Xiao Yuan and the surviving Lei Zi refused to surrender and prepared to die together. As Qiao unleashed a massive attack, Xiao Yuan saw a brilliant light flying toward her.

• The Federation surrounded the fewer than a thousand surviving Lei Zi, and Qiao declared that they had no right to surrender.
• Xiao Yuan refused Hi Dog and Old Sick’s offers to help her escape, choosing to stand with Little White Tiger’s brothers and thanking them for fighting for the Dragon Kingdom.
• Xiao Yuan and the Lei Zi knelt together, then rose to vow they would not fail the Dragon Kingdom.
• Qiao gathered the energy of the Federation’s Awakened into a Thunder God’s Spear as fighter aircraft prepared to fire Nuclear Cannons.
• The Lei Zi exchanged farewells and prepared to die, while Xiao Yuan looked east toward Chun Prefecture and told Tiger she would still be with him in her next life.
• Qiao’s attack struck as Xiao Yuan calmly accepted death, but she glimpsed a brilliant ray of light flying toward her.

After the Federation’s combined strike appeared to kill Chun Prefecture’s leaders, Yang Huaimin ordered the fallen recognized as Dragon Kingdom heroes. Little White Tiger returned alive, rescued Xiao Yuan, and ordered Old Ninth to wage war on the Federation, ending by threatening the Alliance on live television.

• Yang Huaimin ordered the world to learn that Chun Prefecture had fought for the Dragon Kingdom and that its dead were heroes, despite the political fallout.
• Tian Bo spotted Old Ninth emerging unharmed from the dust, protecting the Lei Zis behind a crimson barrier.
• Little White Tiger reunited with Xiao Yuan, comforted her, and told her he would take her home after the fighting.
• Little White Tiger ordered Old Ninth to kill throughout the Federation until it feared the Dragon Kingdom, and challenged Qiao to gather his forces.
• Old Ninth took a reporter’s clothes, addressed the Alliance on live television, and threatened to kill everyone in the Federation before coming for the Alliance.

Jin Mu and the other Federation officials accepted that they could not restrain Old Ninth and tried to negotiate after the Dragon Kingdom raised its demands. In the Federation's Capital, Old Ninth and Little White Tiger demanded a million lives for their fallen brothers, and Old Ninth left Qiao beaten into the ground as no one dared oppose him.

• Jin Mu agreed to sign the peace treaty, but Zhang Yang tore it up and Minister Bai said the terms had changed.
• Yang Huaimin warned the Federation officials that Old Ninth would not be talked down while his brothers' deaths remained unavenged.
• Old Ninth confronted the Federation's leaders in its Capital as Little White Tiger demanded a million lives or the death of False Eye be undone.
• Qiao claimed responsibility and pleaded for the civilians, but Little White Tiger rejected his appeal and named him as the first target.
• Old Ninth kicked Qiao a thousand meters, stomped his head into the ground, and challenged the silent crowd to fight.

Old Ninth and the Dragon Kingdom warriors fought the Federation forces in Capital City as Little White Tiger defended them from the city’s counterattack. Dragon Kingdom aircraft arrived, destroyed the Federation’s nuclear-armed fighters, and began clearing a safe route to bring the Chun Prefecture soldiers home.

• Old Ninth beat Qiao, demanded that the Federation’s commanders and civilians kneel, and ordered a massacre after a police operator told him to kill his attackers.
• Federation soldiers and civilians charged Lei Zi and the others while Little White Tiger released Er Niu and Old Ninth faced the surrounding troops.
• Little White Tiger stopped the shells and killed several legion commanders, while the Federation’s fighter aircraft prepared to fire nuclear cannons at him.
• Dragon Kingdom fighter aircraft emerged from the clouds and destroyed the Federation aircraft, then announced that they had orders to protect Dragon Kingdom citizens.
• The Dragon Kingdom pilots saluted Lei Zi and the Chun Prefecture soldiers, blasted a safe zone through the Federation forces, and promised to take their compatriots home.

Dragon Kingdom aircraft and Marshal Guan joined Overlord Stronghold’s assault on the Federation Capital after the Federation targeted Little White Tiger and Xiao Yuan. Overlord killed Commander-in-Chief Qiao and threatened the city, while Marshal Guan openly claimed the fighters as his children and dared anyone to harm them.

• Yang Huaimin sent Dragon Kingdom fighter aircraft over the Federation Capital, and Bai and Ding explained that all four Dragon Kingdom leaders would fight if the Alien Races provoked them.
• Marshal Guan punched down several kilometers of the capital’s wall as Overlord and more than ten thousand people from Overlord Stronghold arrived.
• Overlord ordered the citizens to kneel and threatened to kill everyone who had bullied his family.
• Overlord crushed Qiao’s head after Qiao failed to finish his last words.
• Overlord comforted Xiao Yuan and Little White Tiger, while Marshal Guan admitted he had come to protect them and refused to deny their identities.
• Marshal Guan’s declaration was followed by a blast that shattered the distant city wall.

Dragon Kingdom forces from across the country gathered in the Federation capital to rescue Xiao Yuan and join Little White Tiger’s fight. Marshal Guan ignored Johnson’s surrender plea, leaving the assembled forces ready to attack while Little White Tiger hinted that Brother Yan'er would soon return.

• Black Mountain Town, Ji Min’s allies, and Xiang Prefecture’s Lei Zi arrived, with stolen passenger planes crashing into Federation troops and a skyscraper.
• Guan Lei, Sikong Jian and the Wolf Soldiers, the Gallant Heroes Association, Bandit Hall, and the Qin Family marched into the capital to support Xiao Yuan.
• Black Maitreya, Purple Gold, and the Gu Family joined the gathering Dragon Kingdom forces, and Little White Tiger agreed with Old Ninth that they should show no mercy.
• Ji Min asked why Little White Tiger and Old Ninth were not mourning Brother Yan'er, and Little White Tiger said they would soon see him again.
• Johnson called Marshal Guan through Yang Huaimin’s phone to beg for surrender terms, but Marshal Guan dismissed the call as a scam after claiming the line had no signal.

On the special train home, Little White Tiger and his companions heard that the world blamed the Transformed for the Federation’s fall and that the Federation and Alliance had agreed to surrender. Their journey ended in a chaotic dispute as Ji Min, Thirteen, Black Six, and Guan Lei begged Little White Tiger to make them gods.

• News outlets reported that the Transformed had destroyed the Federation’s Capital, while the Federation and Alliance later announced they would surrender to the Dragon Kingdom in three days.
• Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Mr. Li, and Li Youxian discussed other countries’ self-interest and the peace the surrender would bring.
• Ji Min and Thirteen clung to Little White Tiger and begged him to grant them godhood, prompting Xiao Yuan to push them away.
• Black Six and Guan Lei joined the pleas, while Hi Dog joked about their behavior and Ji Min threatened to give his children Little White Tiger’s surname if he refused.

The Alien Races arrived in the Dragon Kingdom's Capital to ask for surrender, but their convoy was met with public hostility and a staged confrontation. Chun Prefecture's men told the interpreter that the foreign guests had to leave their cars and walk obediently or crawl out of the city on their knees.

• More than a million Dragon Kingdom citizens gathered in Victory Square as Guotai Min'an, Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and other leaders prepared for the surrender ceremony.
• Old Ninth and his brothers discussed hiding their weapons and dealing with the Chang Family, while Zhu Le'er regretted not having chosen Chun Prefecture.
• The Alien Races' convoy advanced through the Capital as its security personnel shoved citizens aside, prompting Little White Tiger to signal Xiao Gang.
• Local youths tossed firecrackers mixed with chili powder into the convoy, and the tires on the vehicles burst as the foreign guests and their interpreter protested.
• The interpreter's security personnel seized three youths, but the crowd resisted, and the youths turned the incident into a public outcry against the Alien Races.
• Crew-Cut revealed his Chun Prefecture Emblem and told the interpreter that the foreign guests must walk obediently or crawl out of the city on their knees.

The Alien Races’ representatives arrived at Guotai Min'an and were made to endure humiliating protocols as the Dragon Kingdom hosted a ceremony celebrating its victory. The ceremony began with the unveiling of a stele honoring the ancestors and fallen heroes, leaving the assembled citizens in tears.

• Guan Lei made Johnson and the Alliance leader request an audience with Marshal Guan before allowing them into the venue, while the other Alien Race representatives were admitted without individual announcements.
• The Alien Races entered as citizens watched, seeing the gathering as a return to the era when all nations paid homage to the Dragon Kingdom.
• Old Ninth questioned why the defeated representatives were allowed to sit, but Little White Tiger urged him not to act recklessly.
• Tian Bo announced that the ceremony’s first part would honor the ancestors and console the fallen heroes, prompting the Dragon Kingdom’s people to rise.
• Marshal Guan ordered everyone to stand, and the red cloth was removed from the stele, revealing the words “Mission Fulfilled with Honor.”

The Dragon Kingdom honored its fallen heroes, celebrated its victory, and received surrender from the Federation and the Alliance as other nations pledged allegiance or friendship. Little White Tiger looked up at clouds shaped like familiar heroes and elders, smiling as the new era began.

• Guan Lei saluted the Victory Stele, and Marshal Guan honored the heroes whose sacrifices had secured the Dragon Kingdom's future.
• Marshal Guan declared that the Dragon Kingdom had broken free of its shackles, and the people cheered and raised Red Flags across the city.
• Johnson and the Alliance leader presented instruments of surrender, which Marshal Guan accepted before the celebrating crowd.
• Ruan Lie, Kou Island's representative, Park Changseong, and other representatives bowed and offered allegiance or friendship to the Dragon Kingdom.
• Old Ninth ordered Hi Dog to make the Korean and Kou Island representatives record a victory dance, while Little White Tiger admired the peaceful new era.
• Little White Tiger saw clouds shaped like Instructor, False Eye, Er Pang, Big Bear, Xiao Feng, and several elders, all smiling above him.

Yang Pan visited Little White Tiger to collect the Shadow Group Prescription and intercede for people in the Capital, while also raising concerns about Chun Prefecture’s leadership. Little White Tiger agreed to spare Tian Bo, and Yang Pan suggested he step back after achieving success.

• Outside the Ji Family villa, Hi Dog and the others faced off with Gu Feng, Xian'er, and Old A while Little White Tiger met Yang Pan inside.
• Xiao Yuan handed Yang Pan the USB Drive containing the promised Prescription, and he accepted it after confirming Old Ninth had not handled it.
• Yang Pan asked Little White Tiger to spare friends in the Capital, and Little White Tiger gave the Chang Family three days to prepare for their deaths.
• Yang Pan argued that Tian Bo had served the Dragon Kingdom and could still be useful, so Xiao Yuan agreed that Little White Tiger should spare him.
• Yang Pan asked who would lead Chun Prefecture if Little White Tiger, Old Eighth, and Old Ninth were absent, then suggested that Little White Tiger step back at the height of his success.

Yang Pan warned Little White Tiger that Chaos was using forbidden places to encircle the Dragon Kingdom and proposed faking his death to protect Chun Prefecture. Meanwhile, Hei Ba’s group stormed the Chang Family compound and killed Chang He, leaving his father behind.

• Yang Pan revealed that forbidden places across the world formed a circle around the Dragon Kingdom and that Xu’s avatars were inside them as part of Chaos’s plan.
• Yang Pan explained that Chun Prefecture would remain vulnerable after Little White Tiger’s Apotheosis, so Little White Tiger agreed to fake his death and let Chun Prefecture withdraw from the Dragon Kingdom’s affairs.
• The Chang Family’s attempt to flee failed when Zhu Le’er said she was confined, and the Alliance refused to take them back.
• A mysterious man offered to protect the Chang Family if they killed Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, but Chang He dismissed the offer as impossible.
• Hei Ba and his allies entered the Chang Family compound and killed Chang He when he tried to beg Zhu Le’er for help.

Three months after the battle at Divine Mountain, the Dragon Kingdom secretly prepared the Deification ceremony at the renamed Immortal Ascension Platform. Guan Lei led a group of young elites through a minefield, and they arrived nearly naked just as the ceremony’s organizers gathered.

• Marshal Guan renamed the destroyed Divine Mountain the Immortal Ascension Platform and sealed the area under heavy guard.
• Guan Lei warned the young elites about the mines and hidden Nuclear Cannons, but Ji Min stepped on a mine and was blown out of his clothes.
• The others mocked Ji Min and lent him mismatched clothing, then several of them also triggered mines and ended up streaking through the snow.
• Yang Huaimin ordered that any living thing within fifty kilometers be killed, while the organizers discussed the ceremony’s security and plans to erase the site afterward.
• Guan Lei and the other naked young men reached the Deification Platform, where Marshal Guan, Old Ninth, and Xiao Yuan reacted in disbelief.

Little White Tiger attempted to conduct an Apotheosis, but when the Heavenly Dao seemed to refuse, he declared the mortal world free of its rule and provoked a battle. The past Human Emperors intervened, the Heavenly Dao relented, and the souls of the fallen appeared as the Apotheosis was set to begin.

• Little White Tiger declared his intent to conduct an Apotheosis, but the Heavenly Dao gave no response and its vision began to fade.
• Bone tried to offer his life as a sacrifice, but Overlord stopped him and reminded Little White Tiger of his identity as Lei Zi.
• Little White Tiger and his allies charged into the sky and declared that the mortal world would no longer be bound by the Heavenly Dao.
• The past Human Emperors emerged from Little White Tiger's sword, shielded the group from heavenly lightning, and persuaded the Heavenly Dao to relent.
• The First Human Emperor explained that an Apotheosis required offerings and brought the souls of those who died in battle to Little White Tiger.
• Instructor and False Eye appeared on the Deification Platform and reunited with Little White Tiger and the others.

Little White Tiger began the Apotheosis ceremony from the First Human Emperor’s throne and granted Instructor the title of Loyal and Martyrial Protector God. After overcoming his difficulty reading the investiture scroll, he also granted Er Pang the title of Loyal and Righteous Protector God General.

• The First Human Emperor sent his throne to the Deification Platform, and Little White Tiger sat upon it as the new Human Emperor.
• Instructor formally left active service, received Marshal Guan’s approval and the Dragon Kingdom’s thanks, then knelt to receive his investiture.
• Little White Tiger struggled to read the scroll until Xiao Yuan quietly supplied the title, and Instructor became the Loyal and Martyrial Protector God, commanding fifty thousand heavenly soldiers.
• Er Pang teased his father, Overlord, about becoming a god, while his brothers worried that he might receive a high-ranking title.
• Little White Tiger named Er Pang the Loyal and Righteous Protector God General, commanding ten thousand heavenly soldiers and guarding the passage between the First Heaven and the mortal world.

Little White Tiger granted False Eye godhood during the investiture, but White Garment returned from Chaos after killing the Supreme God and revealed that Chaos had infected him and his soul was fading. Unable to accept Apotheosis, he said his farewells and entrusted the Dragon Kingdom’s future to his comrades.

• False Eye refused Apotheosis because he feared it would cause trouble for Little White Tiger, but Little White Tiger insisted and invested him as the Golden-Eyed Divine General Who Slays Evil and Vanquishes the Demon God.
• False Eye received the Evil-Suppressing Eye, and the investiture continued as the fallen heroes were granted godhood.
• White Garment emerged from a crack in the sky, and the Supreme God’s severed head fell onto the Deification Platform; he revealed that he had killed the Supreme God.
• White Garment declined Apotheosis because Chaos had infected him and his soul was about to dissipate, then comforted Little White Tiger and the others as he prepared to die.
• White Garment raised three toasts: one to his comrades, one blessing the Dragon Kingdom, and one entrusting its future to them.

White Garment used his remaining soul to spread life across the Dragon Kingdom, promising an end to the bitter cold within fifty years, then vanished. His farewell reached Meng Kan at the Fourth War Zone headquarters, where the young man mourned the mentor he had hoped would return.

• White Garment asked Purple Gold Old Master to delay Apotheosis and guard the Dragon Kingdom with the Immortal Ascension Pill, and Old Wang agreed to serve for decades.
• White Garment revealed that Chaos had infected him and dispersed his soul and cultivation to bring life back to the snowfields, asking Yue to begin.
• Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Marshal Guan, and the others mourned White Garment as his starlight became Seven-Colored Rain across the country.
• Yang Pan discovered seedlings growing through the snow, and Yue explained that the Dragon Kingdom would regain its pre-Great Calamity climate within fifty years.
• At Fourth War Zone Command Headquarters, Meng Kan recognized White Garment in the seven-colored rain and rushed to the rocking chair, but found it empty.

Seven days after returning to Chun Prefecture, Little White Tiger reunited with the residents and celebrated with his companions. He then gathered the group preparing to fake their deaths, finalized their cover plans, and declared Project Stars underway.

• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth emerged safely before the residents of Chun Prefecture, and Little White Tiger promised them a seven-day banquet.
• False Eye hosted a card game while A Chun lost repeatedly at mahjong to Duan Ka, Black Raccoon, and Hu Du.
• Xiao Gang revealed that he had arranged a date for Third Uncle, prompting Little White Tiger to order Bone to stop him from dating before adulthood.
• Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and Xiao Yuan met with Yang Pan, Zuo Ju, Overlord, and Fang Mu to coordinate the plan to fake their deaths.
• Little White Tiger assigned Overlord and Fang Mu their roles and announced that Chun Prefecture would conceal its identity as Project Stars began.