Chapter Summaries

Little Pig attacked the Internal Affairs Section team to destroy fabricated evidence intended to convict Zhang Yang. After killing the officers and technicians guarding it, he confronted Shu Dong over the phone and announced that he would challenge him in Ice Prefecture City.

• Shu Dong dismissed the middle-aged interrogator’s worries and insisted that no one could rescue Zhang Yang.
• Supervisor Li and the Internal Affairs Section technicians finished collecting evidence at Westwater Residence, pocketed illicit cash, and prepared to transport the evidence.
• Little Pig entered the building with three hired guns, confronted a veteran cop, and threw a bomb into the elevator, killing the technicians and destroying the evidence.
• The hired gunmen killed the veteran cop, while Little Pig confronted Supervisor Li and left him dying with Shu Dong’s phone still connected.
• Little Pig introduced himself to Shu Dong as Little Pig and declared that he would play with him in Ice Prefecture City.

Shu Dong tried to secure Zhang Yang’s conviction with a protected witness, but Little Pig forced the woman to choose between testifying and her family’s safety. Little Pig’s gang then publicly terrorized the middle-aged man helping Shu Dong, while the conflict with Shu Dong remained unresolved.

• Shu Dong ordered the evidence against Zhang Yang submitted quickly and visited the finance director, promising her a position at the Farbridge Group in exchange for her testimony.
• Little Pig called the finance director and threatened her family; after seeing him on a nearby rooftop, she refused to testify and took her own life.
• Little Pig explained to Lei Zi that Brother Nine and Brother Tiger would not target children, then led the young brothers from the rooftop to act.
• The middle-aged man left the Police Bureau unaware of the witness’s death, but Little Pig’s riders surrounded him and forced him to kneel and kowtow in public.
• Little Pig identified himself and challenged the middle-aged man to come find him at the Black Mountain Town Ruins outside town.

Shu Dong learned that Little White Tiger’s men had disrupted the investigation and ordered the Ming King to strip Zhang Yang’s deputy director of his authority. Meanwhile, Little Pig’s gang seized a Farbridge Group convoy outside Ice Prefecture, and Xiao Feng welcomed him home with the brothers.

• Shu Dong learned that the investigators had been killed or intimidated, then ordered the Ming King to undermine Zhang Yang’s deputy director.
• Brother Ma and four Awakened rested with a Farbridge Group convoy at a lodging house outside Ice Prefecture.
• Little Pig and his Lei Zis confronted the convoy, killed the four Awakened, and claimed its cargo.
• Little Pig revealed that he was Little White Tiger’s sworn brother, while the other drivers recognized his reputation.
• Xiao Feng and the armed group welcomed Little Pig home, and the brothers embraced.

Little Pig returned to Chun Prefecture and was welcomed by Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, and their brothers, who entrusted him with a powerful new role in the group. After False Eye delivered an invitation to Chief Zhu’s promotion reception, Xiao Yuan proposed a way to protect Zhang Yang and address the group’s predicament, and Old Ninth agreed to act.

• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth reassured Little Pig that he would always be their brother and offered him a role away from combat.
• Xiao Yuan proposed creating an Inspection Department and placing Little Pig in charge, and Little White Tiger gave him the authority and resources to do it.
• The brothers welcomed Little Pig home, and False Eye arrived with an invitation to Chief Zhu’s promotion reception and farewell banquet.
• False Eye reported that Zhou Ming, a deputy chief from the Capital, was likely to replace Chief Zhu.
• Little Pig said Shu Dong’s framing of Zhang Yang had been disrupted, but Xiao Yuan warned Zhang remained at risk and suggested a way to protect him; Old Ninth agreed to the plan.

Zhou Ming arrived in Chun Prefecture as its new deputy police director and presented himself as an upright, pragmatic official. He asked Little White Tiger to keep Overlord Stronghold’s wanted criminals and gunmen out of the city for a month, and Little White Tiger agreed.

• Zhou Ming met with an ally outside the Zhu Residence, who warned him not to approach Little White Tiger too eagerly and advised him to apply pressure first.
• Chief Zhu introduced Zhou Ming to the police force’s senior figures, and Zhou Ming rebuked those who tried to curry favor with him.
• Zhou Ming greeted Chief Zhu and declared his commitment to protecting the public and fighting crime.
• Chief Zhu introduced Zhou Ming to Little White Tiger, Li Huajiu, and Xiao Yuan; Zhou Ming expressed respect for Little White Tiger’s opposition to the Alien Races while warning him to rein in the Eight-Nine Group’s illegal dealings.
• Zhou Ming proposed a month-long crime crackdown, asking Little White Tiger to keep wanted criminals and gunmen out of Chun Prefecture while promising not to interfere with Overlord Stronghold outside the city.
• Little White Tiger considered Zhou Ming’s carefully framed request and agreed to give the city some peace.

Zhou Ming secretly plotted with Shu Dong to use Overlord Stronghold's withdrawal to undermine Little White Tiger while lusting after Xiao Yuan. Three youths who also wanted to kill Little White Tiger decided to beat Zhou Ming instead, and caught him naked when they burst into his apartment.

• Zhou Ming pretended to leave the gathering, and Little White Tiger ordered Overlord Stronghold's men to make a show of withdrawing while sending in new faces.
• Zhou Ming told Shu Dong that Little White Tiger had agreed to withdraw his men, then admitted he wanted Xiao Yuan and planned to win Little White Tiger's trust.
• Old Spear, Old Sword, and Xiao Jiu overheard Zhou Ming's scheme and chose to beat him rather than let him interfere with their plan to kill Little White Tiger.
• Zhou Ming waited impatiently for a woman at his apartment and took a blue pill when someone knocked.
• Old Spear, Old Sword, and Xiao Jiu entered Zhou Ming's apartment, found him naked, and moved in to attack him.

Zhou Ming ordered the Special Action Team to kill the three youths who had beaten him and silence the woman who witnessed the incident. Little White Tiger and Xiao Yuan uncovered his intentions and began planning to replace him with Zhang Yang, while also trying to protect the youths from Zhou Ming’s forces.

• Zhou Ming claimed that three fifth-awakening fighters had attacked him, while Little White Tiger and Old Ninth knew his account was a cover for his own misconduct.
• After reviewing camera footage, Zhou Ming identified the attackers as the same youths who had previously attacked Little White Tiger and ordered his driver to find them and silence the woman witness.
• Xiao Yuan played the audio captured by a bug, revealing Zhou Ming’s hostility toward Little White Tiger and his order to leave no survivors.
• Little White Tiger chose Zhang Yang as Zhou Ming’s replacement, and Xiao Yuan agreed to approach Chief Zhu about transferring him from Ice Prefecture.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth left to warn the three youths, whom Overlord had promised Tai Sui would be allowed to make three assassination attempts.
• Zhou Ming’s driver led the Special Action Team out with orders to execute the three youths without leaving survivors.

Xiao Jiu, Old Sword, and Old Spear ambushed the Special Action Team after its agents tried to kill them, then escaped through a tunnel into the Slums. The team cornered them in an alley, where Old Ninth and his armed Lei Zis blocked the way and refused to hand them over.

• Xiao Jiu, Old Sword, and Old Spear planned to target Little White Tiger and Old Ninth at the Chun Prefecture Charity Banquet.
• A Firearm Awakened shot at the youths, but Xiao Jiu, Old Sword, and Old Spear trapped the captain and driver in a fire tornado.
• More than a hundred Awakened attacked, so Xiao Jiu revealed a tunnel and the three youths escaped as the house was destroyed.
• The Special Action Team tracked the youths to an alley and found Old Ninth, Bone, Xiao Feng, and dozens of Lei Zis blocking their path.
• Old Ninth denied knowing the youths and challenged the captain to get past him.

Little White Tiger and Old Ninth rescued Wine Sword Spear from the Special Action Team, then explained that the three could not be harmed until they had made three assassination attempts. Old Ninth proposed a wager that would decide what happened if they failed or succeeded.

• Little White Tiger arrived with False Eye and the Lei Zis, forcing the Special Action Team to let Old Ninth and his brothers leave.
• At Eight-Nine Prefecture, Wine Sword Spear ate a meal, believing Little White Tiger planned to kill them afterward.
• Little White Tiger stopped Bone from killing Xiao Jiu and explained that his father had promised Tai Sui the three could make three assassination attempts.
• Old Sword tried to kill himself rather than betray Tai Sui or repay Little White Tiger with hostility.
• Old Ninth proposed that Wine Sword Spear work for them for ten years if they failed, or care for his younger brothers if they succeeded.

Big Boss arrived in Ice Prefecture and instructed Zhou Ming to carry out a plan against Little White Tiger’s allies. In Chun Prefecture, False Eye discovered that Capital Police Bureau agents had come to arrest him, and a series of explosions leveled his villa as he tried to warn Little White Tiger.

• Big Boss warned Zhou Ming that Xiao Dong was on Overlord’s must-kill list and secretly gave Zhou Ming instructions for dealing with Little White Tiger.
• Three days later, False Eye returned home after seeing Chief Zhu off to the Capital and sent Xiao Mai away after detecting intruders.
• A white-haired agent from the Capital Police Bureau’s Special Investigations Section confronted False Eye and ordered him to return to the Capital.
• False Eye refused to surrender, suspecting the agents meant to use him against Little White Tiger, and said he needed to warn his boss.
• More than a dozen explosions destroyed False Eye’s villa, and Little White Tiger’s residence was notified of the blast.

After False Eye was abducted and the Old Man was hospitalized in a raid by men from the Capital, Little White Tiger suspected Farbridge Group and mobilized the underworld to stop the kidnappers from reaching the Capital. He ordered Xiao Yuan to watch Zhou Ming while he and Old Ninth headed for the east gate to pursue the group.

• Bone reported that the Lei Zis had found no bodies at the destroyed villa, and Old Ninth ordered them to hunt down Brother Yan'er's enemies.
• Third Uncle told Little White Tiger that Capital-accented attackers had beaten the Old Man, killed more than twenty men, and escaped.
• Xiao Yuan warned that the attackers likely had an insider, while Chief Zhu hinted that a powerful Capital force was behind the attacks and warned Little White Tiger about Zhou Ming.
• Lei Zis brought in the east-gate guards, who admitted that eight men in five cars had left half an hour earlier after paying them.
• Little White Tiger ordered the Lei Zis to assemble at the east gate, assigned Xiao Yuan and Black Mountain Town to watch Chun Prefecture and Zhou Ming, and told Overlord Stronghold to seal every road.
• Old Ninth ordered the guards punished, and a Lei Zi killed the squad leader with a machete.

Little White Tiger led the Lei Zis to rescue False Eye from Big Boss’s ambush, while Big Boss’s men tried to capture him. The Lei Zis overwhelmed the ambushers, and one sacrificed himself to kill Xiao Li as the fight continued.

• Little White Tiger gathered 327 Lei Zis and led them out of Chun Prefecture to pursue the people who had abducted False Eye.
• Big Boss used false trails to split the Lei Zis into five groups and prepared to capture Little White Tiger, while arranging for Xiao Dong to be taken from Ice Prefecture.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth reached the cave, where Little White Tiger rescued False Eye and Old Ninth attacked the white-haired man.
• The Lei Zis swarmed Big Boss’s team, and one burning Lei Zi detonated explosives while holding down a flame-wielding attacker.
• Xiao Li survived the blast long enough to reach toward the white-haired man, but the Lei Zis hacked him to pieces.

The Big Boss confronted Little White Tiger and Old Ninth in the cave, demanding their submission and the Demon Ancestor's Blood. He revealed his Seven Awakenings strength and Fat ability, leaving Old Ninth battered and Little White Tiger facing his next attack.

• The Big Boss sent more than a dozen Fifth Awakening fighters into the cave and ordered them to capture Little White Tiger and Old Ninth for their Demon Ancestor's Blood.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth refused the Big Boss's offer to submit, accusing the Farbridge Group of betraying them, while False Eye blamed himself for the trap.
• The Big Boss revealed that he had reached Seven Awakenings and offered to let the brothers go if they survived three moves against him.
• Little White Tiger summoned his Pseudo-Divine Body and used Long River Sunset, but the Big Boss resisted the attack without injury.
• The Big Boss enlarged his body and struck Little White Tiger, but Old Ninth blocked the blow and was smashed into the cave wall.
• The Big Boss explained that his Fat ability absorbed attacks while soft and became hard under Fat Solidification, then swung at Little White Tiger again.

Old Ninth and Little White Tiger wounded Big Boss and escaped the cave with Er Niu’s help, while the Lei Zis sacrificed themselves to hold off Big Boss’s fighters. Severely injured and grieving, Old Ninth fled toward the city, determined to gather help and rescue Little White Tiger.

• Little White Tiger joined his light with Er Niu’s energy, allowing Old Ninth to wound Big Boss with a combined claw strike.
• Er Niu carried Old Ninth out of the cave as Little White Tiger stayed behind to push him to safety.
• The Lei Zis detonated their explosives and gave their lives fighting Big Boss and his fighters, creating enough time for Old Ninth to escape.
• Big Boss reprimanded his fighters for being intimidated by the Lei Zis, then acknowledged their resolve as he considered pursuing Old Ninth.
• Er Niu warned Old Ninth that Big Boss’s cultivation was at least as high as Overlord’s before she vanished.
• Old Ninth, badly injured and fighting the urge to turn back, staggered toward the city, vowing to return with help for Little White Tiger.

Old Ninth was left gravely injured after Big Boss captured Little White Tiger, and Wine Sword Spear rescued him from death but set out to find Little White Tiger. Big Boss began taking Little White Tiger away, but the arrival of Tai Sui’s disciples and approaching reinforcements forced him to withdraw.

• Old Ninth crawled through the woods and begged Wine Sword Spear to tell his godfather that Farbridge Group had taken Little White Tiger before he lost consciousness.
• Xiao Jiu and Old Spear refused to kill Old Ninth and sent Old Sword to carry him back to the city while they searched for Little White Tiger.
• Big Boss subdued Little White Tiger and offered to spare False Eye if Little White Tiger came with him; Little White Tiger said goodbye to Brother Yan'er and agreed.
• Two injured Farbridge Group fighters returned with Xiao Jiu and Old Spear as captives, and Little White Tiger warned Big Boss that they were Tai Sui’s disciples.
• As vehicles approached, Big Boss weighed the chance to capture Old Ninth against the threat of Overlord and ordered his group to leave.

After Little White Tiger was captured and Old Ninth was wounded, Xiao Yuan took command of their men and marched on the Police Bureau to avenge him. She reached Zhou Ming on the rooftop and demanded that he choose whether to jump or be thrown.

• Xiao Yuan ordered Bone to secure Black Mountain Town and sent Xiao Feng to gather the Lei Zis and bring Overlord Stronghold into the city.
• Xiao Yuan led thousands of armed men to the Police Bureau, where they destroyed Zhou Ming's helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade.
• Xiao Yuan threatened the deputy chiefs and forced them to let her men into the Police Bureau after they learned the department chiefs would not support Zhou Ming.
• Xiao Yuan and the Lei Zis stormed the building, and the deputy chiefs abandoned Zhou Ming.
• Xiao Yuan confronted Zhou Ming on the rooftop and asked whether he would jump or be thrown down.

Xiao Yuan forced Zhou Ming to reveal that Little White Tiger had been taken to an overseas laboratory connected to the Amaterasu Sect, then ordered him killed. White Garment brought Hi Dog and Earthworm to the Capital to ask Old Man Guan for help locating the laboratory.

• Xiao Yuan threatened Zhou Ming and had Sickness kill the driver after he failed to provide useful information.
• Sickness broke Zhou Ming's leg and arm until Zhou Ming revealed that Little White Tiger was taken to an overseas laboratory connected to the Amaterasu Sect.
• Xiao Yuan refused to spare Zhou Ming and ordered Sickness to throw him from the rooftop.
• White Garment arrived at the Guan Family mansion with Hi Dog and Earthworm and discussed the Amaterasu Sect's Living Dead Experiment with Old Man Guan.
• White Garment asked Old Man Guan for full support in finding the laboratory, but admitted he had no evidence or location.

White Garment secured Old Man’s support for a covert operation to rescue Little White Tiger and destroy the Farbridge Group’s laboratory, while Xiao Yuan persuaded Mr. Li to help save Little White Tiger. Mr. Li revealed that the laboratory was aboard a ship that remained at sea and called a contact in Xiang Prefecture.

• White Garment explained that Lei Zi and the Chun Prefecture forces needed covert support to find and destroy the laboratory on Kou Island, and Old Man agreed to help.
• Old Man ordered the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Fleets to conduct month-long exercises near Kou Island, drawing its forces toward the coast while Hi Dog and Earthworm prepared to go.
• White Garment gave Hi Dog a thumb ring marked “Robe” and told him to take it to Chuan Prefecture for additional help.
• In Demon City, Xiao Yuan told Mr. Li that Little White Tiger was in danger and asked him to reveal the laboratory’s location.
• Mr. Li said the laboratory was on a ship that stayed at sea year-round and offered to help, then called a contact in Xiang Prefecture.

Big Boss arranged for the Amaterasu Sect to use Little White Tiger’s Demon Ancestor’s Blood to create Tyrant Warriors, while Overlord mobilized to rescue his captured son. Tai Sui arrived at Overlord Stronghold, and the two rivals agreed to cooperate against Farbridge Group.

• Aboard a freighter near Kou Island, Big Boss handed Little White Tiger over to Mitsui in exchange for the Amaterasu Sect’s first batch of Tyrant Warriors, and Mitsui secretly vowed to turn Big Boss into one after the experiment.
• Overlord learned that Old Eighth was missing and Old Ninth was hospitalized, then ordered Hu Du and the others to prepare to kidnap Shu Dong’s family and surround Ice Prefecture.
• Tai Sui and Old Sword crashed into Overlord Stronghold, and Tai Sui said he wanted to rescue his captured disciples and kill Big Boss.
• Overlord and Tai Sui argued over who would face Big Boss, then agreed to cooperate, with both intending to compete to kill him while Overlord’s men rescued the captives.

Overlord and Tai Sui searched for Shu Dong and learned he had fled by helicopter, while Old Spear and Xiao Jiu secretly contacted their allies from Big Boss’s ship. Old Ninth mobilized a force to rescue them and kill Big Boss.

• Overlord and Tai Sui confronted the Ming King, who revealed that Shu Dong had left by helicopter B711205, and Overlord decided to cripple him.
• Big Boss tried to recruit Old Spear and Xiao Jiu over dinner, but refused to let them call their master or reveal the ship’s location.
• Old Spear staged a drunken fight with a subordinate, then used a hidden phone in his cell to contact their teacher.
• Old Ninth left the hospital and ordered Black Mountain Town, False Eye, and his men to gather for a rescue attack on Big Boss.