Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng arranged the money and preparations for Ko Chun’s gambling match with Chan Kam-sing, then confronted Chan Kam-sing aboard the cruise ship and injured him. When Uncle Hing said Chan Kam-sing might not be able to play, Gu Sheng demanded that the match go ahead.

• Ah Ye reported that Yi Jian was preparing in Thailand while the Germans had not appeared, and she gave Gu Sheng money from Hell’s Angels and KINGS GROUP.
• Gu Sheng paid Ah Ye for her work and entrusted Uncle Bird with depositing 300 million for the match’s wager.
• Ko Chun asked about Gao Yi, and Gu Sheng promised Ko Chun access to him if Ko Chun defeated Chan Kam-sing.
• Gu Sheng and the others boarded the cruise ship, where Ueyama thanked Gu Sheng for helping protect Ko Chun.
• Gu Sheng kicked Chan Kam-sing and struck his armed men, then backed down when he learned they were from Wah Kee.
• Uncle Hing said Chan Kam-sing might be too injured to play, and Gu Sheng angrily insisted that the match proceed.

Gu Sheng forced Chan Kam-sing to finish the gambling match, which Ko Chun won, then took the winnings in exchange for Gao Yi. Back on Hong Kong Island, Gu Sheng ordered Uncle Bird brought to him, while Malaysian gang leaders debated how to respond to his treatment of Wah Kee.

• Gu Sheng threatened Chan Kam-sing into continuing the game, and Lui Hung recognized him as Hongxing's Handsome Sheng.
• He Yi chatted with Gu Sheng while Chan Kam-sing rested, then the gambling match resumed with Ko Chun and Chan Kam-sing at the table.
• Ko Chun wore down the injured Chan Kam-sing, who lost the match and asked to be taken to the hospital.
• Gu Sheng accepted Ko Chun's offer for Gao Yi, claimed the twenty million dollars, and told Tin Yeung-sang to arrange Gao Yi's release.
• Gu Sheng instructed Leung Siu-tong to bring him Uncle Bird from Wo Hing Wo.
• In Penang, leaders from Wah Kee and its branches agreed to pay Hongxing its winnings but debated how to answer for Gu Sheng striking Lui Hung.

Ko Chun confronted Gao Yi over Jenny’s murder and left Tin Yeung-sang to deal with him. Gu Sheng demanded his gambling winnings from Lu Guangzhi, who tried to force him to collect the money in Malaysia, so Gu Sheng prepared to go there himself while making plans with his men.

• Ko Chun confronted Gao Yi, who admitted killing Jenny and abusing her corpse, then walked away while Tin Yeung-sang cut Gao Yi’s wrist tendons.
• Gu Sheng refused to apologize to Lu Guangzhi for beating Wah Kee’s man and demanded his winnings within three hours.
• Lu Guangzhi told Uncle Bird to say the money could only be collected in Malaysia, and Gu Sheng said his men would go there in two days.
• Gu Sheng ordered Wang Jianjun to take men to Malaysia and learned that his men had killed Lei Fuhong in America.
• Gu Sheng paid Ah Wah and Zhang Chun’s men, asked Zhang Chun to recruit two or three hundred more men, and then offered Mazu incense while praying for another drop.

Gu Sheng made several system draws, gained Prediction after breaking through his Shooting skill, and flew to Malaysia. After a violent clash with local gang members in Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown, he reached Klang and prepared with Wang Jianjun to collect more than four hundred million in cash.

• Gu Sheng drew weapons, supplies, and skill books, raised several skills, and used a Skill Breakthrough Stone on Shooting, which spawned Prediction LV1.
• A woman from the High Table arrived at UV Bar seeking Gu Sheng, but Leung Siu-tong told her he was away and took her message.
• In Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown, Gu Sheng kicked a gang underling and fought off the gang’s men; when nearly a hundred more pursued them, he shot several and threw a grenade before escaping with his group.
• Gu Sheng and his men reached a hotel, then traveled to Klang the next morning and found Wang Jianjun’s men at their base.
• Gu Sheng told Wang Jianjun they were collecting over four hundred million in cash and instructed him to keep men outside and stay alert; Wang Jianjun assured him he would honor his professional ethics.

Gu Sheng confronted Lu Guangzhi at the Golden Age nightclub to collect the money Lu Guangzhi owed him, then seized him and launched a gunfight against Wah Kee. The battle spread outside as Gu Sheng used grenades to attack the men hiding inside.

• Gu Sheng gathered Wang Jianjun, Tin Yeung-sang, and their armed men and went to the Golden Age nightclub in Qiaonan to collect his money from Lu Guangzhi.
• Lu Guangzhi presented fifty-five cases containing 54.2 million US dollars and implied Gu Sheng might not leave with them.
• Gu Sheng drew a concealed pistol, took Lu Guangzhi hostage, and forced Lu Guangzhi's bodyguards to drop their weapons.
• Gu Sheng shot Lu Guangzhi's bodyguards and used Lu Guangzhi as a shield while Hongxing and Wah Kee's men exchanged fire inside the nightclub.
• Gu Sheng wounded Lu Guangzhi and taunted him when Wah Kee's men refused to surrender, while the gunfight also erupted outside.
• Gu Sheng threw two grenades toward Wah Kee's men hiding inside, and both explosions hit their targets.

Gu Sheng and his men killed Lu Guangzhi, seized Wah Kee’s money, and fought off an ambush by Sap Bat Chai while fleeing Klang. They left Malaysia’s gangs mobilizing against Hongxing, and Gu Sheng’s booby trap killed Ah Pao as he tried to leave the battlefield.

• Gu Sheng’s men cleared the nightclub, checked the cash, and killed Lu Guangzhi before loading the money into their cars.
• Gu Sheng ordered the group to head north for Kuala Lumpur and sent a boat to wait in Kuantan, while Wah Kee and allied gangs mobilized against them.
• Ah Pao led Sap Bat Chai’s armed convoy to intercept Gu Sheng, who destroyed its lead car with an RPG-7.
• Wang Jianjun’s men overpowered Sap Bat Chai in the ensuing firefight, and Gu Sheng planted grenades beneath Ah Pao’s sports car before leaving.
• Ah Pao returned to his car after the battle, triggering Gu Sheng’s trap and dying in the explosion.

Gu Sheng returned to Chinatown to settle his score with Da Shungui, then left Malaysia for Hong Kong Island while Wah Kee’s leaders plotted revenge. Back home, he learned that the High Table had been waiting to meet him, but he postponed the meeting until the next day.

• Gu Sheng switched vehicles, led his men to Chinatown, and ordered them to shoot Da Shungui and his men before leaving for Kuantan.
• Gu Sheng and his men waited for their boat, sailed back toward Hong Kong Island, and Gu Sheng considered establishing a foothold in Malaysia once the danger had passed.
• Wah Kee’s branch bosses met to discuss avenging their dead leaders, and Kalasu proposed putting up a bounty or hiring gunmen and mercenaries to kill Gu Sheng.
• After returning to Hong Kong Island, Gu Sheng told Wang Jianjun to take men back to Malaysia later and went to the bank to deposit money.
• Leung Siu-tong told Gu Sheng that a woman from the High Table had asked to meet him at the Peninsula Hotel, and Gu Sheng decided to see her the next day.

Gu Sheng went to Repulse Bay to inspect a villa and recognized the young man who had previously harassed Kong Sang, leading to a violent confrontation and a police response. At the station, Gu Sheng denied the accusations and invoked his ties to the police, while Superintendent Yiu Yeuk-sing spoke with the villa owner's father about what had happened.

• Gu Sheng agreed to buy a Repulse Bay villa after Kong Sang showed him its photographs and took her, Leung Siu-tong, and his men to inspect it the next day.
• The villa owner's son recognized Gu Sheng and Kong Sang from an earlier café incident, and Gu Sheng and his men beat and intimidated him before Gu Sheng demanded that he call his father to negotiate the sale.
• The young man called the police, and the Tactical Unit arrived; Gu Sheng blamed Ah Wu for the assault, accused the young man of harassing Kong Sang, and ordered his employees to monitor the officers and file complaints against them.
• At the police station, Gu Sheng denied the accusations to Yiu Yeuk-sing and boasted about his contributions to the Thai police, while Yiu warned him to behave if he wanted to go legitimate.
• Yiu Yeuk-sing told Wong Hoi-sam that his son was unharmed, and Wong asked what had happened and who Gu Sheng and his men were.

Wong Hoi-sam tried to settle his son’s conflict with Gu Sheng at the police station, but Gu Sheng demanded a steep discount on a Repulse Bay villa and refused to compromise. After Legislator Zhang encouraged him to stand firm and rally support against the triads, Wong Hoi-sam returned and declared he would never bow to Gu Sheng, who applauded his defiance.

• Yiu Yeuk-sing told Wong Hoi-sam that the man involved was Gu Sheng, leader of Hongxing, and advised him to make peace.
• Gu Sheng demanded that Wong Hoi-sam’s son face prison for allegedly molesting his girl, then offered to settle the matter if Wong sold him a Repulse Bay villa for one and a half million.
• Wong Hoi-sam rejected Gu Sheng’s demand, and Yiu Yeuk-sing advised him to find a mediator rather than risk provoking Gu Sheng further.
• Wong Hoi-sam called Legislator Zhang, who urged him not to back down and suggested organizing Jockey Club members to pressure the English government against the triads.
• Wong Hoi-sam returned to the interview room and declared that he would never bow to Gu Sheng, who applauded him.

Gu Sheng received the High Table’s invitation to a meeting in Morocco, then ordered Wang Jianjun to kill Sang Gai Jai. After learning that Wong Hoi-sam’s son had impregnated an underage girl and the family had been paid to stay silent, Gu Sheng ordered Ah Man to find her.

• Gu Sheng told his men to watch the villa he had tried to buy and asked Ah Man to investigate Wong Hoi-sam and his son.
• Sophia met Gu Sheng at UV Bar and explained the High Table and Continental Hotels before inviting Hongxing to a meeting in Morocco in a month and a half to determine whether Gu Sheng could win a seat.
• Sophia, John Wick, and their companion left the meeting, and John Wick said he believed Gu Sheng could kill all three of them.
• Gu Sheng told Wang Jianjun to kill Sang Gai Jai, a contender to become Sap Bat Chai’s new Leader.
• Ah Man told Gu Sheng that Wong Hoi-sam’s son, Wang Weilian, had impregnated a girl while she was underage and that Wong had paid her family to conceal it.
• Gu Sheng ordered Ah Man to find the girl quickly.

Gu Sheng learned that Wong Hoi-sam and Zhang Wenli were organizing Jockey Club members to pressure the British Hong Kong government into cracking down on triads, but he believed Hongxing was safe because it operated as a security company. He arranged support for families of fallen police officers and sold properties to Zheng Bin, warning him about the coming crackdown.

• Gu Sheng identified Su Wenrui and Zhou Qi as associates of Wang Weilian and summoned their fathers and sons to meet him.
• Deng Yao told Gu Sheng that Wong Hoi-sam and Zhang Wenli were rallying Jockey Club members to push for a crackdown on triads, and Gu Sheng said he supported the effort.
• Gu Sheng instructed the Foundation to deliver supplies and money to families of officers killed in the line of duty and to fund the education of their children.
• Gu Sheng sold Zheng Bin eleven shops and an office floor for twenty million, giving him five days to raise the money.
• Gu Sheng warned Zheng Bin that Wong Hoi-sam and Zhang Wenli were pressing for a triad crackdown, leaving Zheng Bin alarmed about the Chaozhou Gang's illegal businesses.

Gu Sheng pressured Su Wenrui and Zhou Qi’s families after learning the two had helped cover up the assault and pregnancy of a fourteen-year-old girl, and ordered both men to study abroad. At a Hongxing meeting, he told the leaders that Wah Kee’s leader had died after their dispute over a gambling match.

• Leung Siu-tong brought Su Zhiming and Su Wenrui to meet Gu Sheng, who questioned Su Wenrui about Wang Weilian and the girl he had helped get pregnant.
• Su Wenrui revealed that Zhou Qi had also been involved and explained how Wong Hoi-sam had paid the girl’s family to keep quiet.
• Gu Sheng told Su Zhiming to send Su Wenrui to England for two years, and Mr. Zhou agreed to send Zhou Qi abroad as well.
• Zhou Qi asked to work for Gu Sheng, who told him to finish his studies first; Gu Sheng then planned to notify Lee Jiale.
• At a Hongxing meeting, Gu Sheng said he had won 124 million dollars from a 300-million-dollar bet and that Wah Kee’s leader had died after losing.

Gu Sheng addressed Hongxing’s conflict with Wah Kee and reviewed the triad’s transition into legitimate businesses. He then visited families of police officers killed in the line of duty to provide financial support, and the next morning Officer Wei saw the visit featured in a newspaper.

• Gu Sheng told Hongxing’s bosses that Wah Kee’s leader Sap Bat Chai had died and warned them to avoid causing trouble while the triad’s businesses transitioned toward legitimacy.
• Gu Sheng reviewed the film company, Shengshi Entertainment, and the property management company, then told unwilling former gang members to choose legitimate work or leave for Macau Island or Thailand.
• Gu Sheng asked Ah Tung to deal with students who wanted to become gangsters by putting them to work at a garment factory, and ordered Tin Yeung-sang to beat Ah Kei for speaking out of turn.
• Gu Sheng visited six families of police officers killed in the line of duty, promising financial and educational support and leaving supplies and cash.
• Officer Wei saw a newspaper profile of Gu Sheng’s visits, headlined, “We cannot let our heroes shed both blood and tears.”

A newspaper report about Gu Sheng helping fallen officers’ families stirred anger in the police and drew attention across Hong Kong, while Wong Hoi-sam’s campaign against Gu Sheng brought him a threatening warning. Gu Sheng’s men punished Brother Kei, and Gu Sheng ended the chapter considering a blind singer for his entertainment business.

• Officer Wei and Anti-Triad Squad officers read the newspaper about Gu Sheng supporting fallen officers’ families, while Yiu Yeuk-sing also reacted to the report.
• Wah Sang tore up the newspaper, and Tactical Unit officers argued about Hongxing members following their patrols to catch them breaking rules.
• Wong Chi-shing found Hong Kong Island Police Welfare Foundation representatives delivering supplies and money to a fallen colleague’s parents.
• Su Wenrui returned to England, while Wong Hoi-sam continued planning a petition against Gu Sheng and was threatened by a young man after dinner.
• Tin Yeung-sang beat Brother Kei for displeasing Gu Sheng, who then complained that a newspaper had taken his money but printed an unflattering photo.
• Gu Sheng listened to a blind newcomer sing and discussed making her a recording artist with Ah Tung.

Gu Sheng coerced the blind singer Jenny into spending a year with him in exchange for arranging her corneal transplant, then discovered that the killer Siu Jong who had injured her was watching her and forced him into custody. After making arrangements for Jenny’s care and surgery, Gu Sheng began coordinating a police raid on drug dealer Yu Lanjian, while Jenny grew suspicious of his relationship with Inspector Lee.

• Gu Sheng brought Jenny over, learned that she had gone blind in a club gunfight, and offered to pay for her corneal transplant in exchange for a year with him.
• Gu Sheng identified Siu Jong as the killer who had injured Jenny, and Siu Jong admitted his guilt before Gu Sheng refused his offer to work in exchange for her surgery.
• Tin Yeung-sang and the waiters subdued Siu Jong after he reached for his gun, and Gu Sheng ordered that his wrist tendons be severed while he arranged for Jenny to move into a new home.
• Gu Sheng told Leung Siu-tong to find a maid and locate a hospital for Jenny’s transplant, planning to obtain her corneas from Siu Jong.
• After hearing that Wong Hoi-sam had delivered a petition to the Governor's Office, Gu Sheng contacted Inspector Lee about Yu Lanjian’s drug operation and arranged through Ding Yao to place an order that would create an opportunity for a raid.
• Jenny overheard Gu Sheng speaking with Inspector Lee and realized that the man she was with appeared to have a connection to the police.

Yu Lanjian was arrested after Inspector Lee raided his factory, while Gu Sheng arranged opportunities for Jenny and pushed Xiang Heying to sue Wong Hoi-sam and his son. The Police Force approved a triad crackdown called Clearance, but left Hongxing’s treatment to local stations, and Wong Hoi-sam celebrated the coming operation.

• Lan Jiang, claiming to represent the Sanlian Gang, negotiated with Yu Lanjian for a hundred kilos of No. 4, and Yu agreed to deliver the shipment the next night for an increased price.
• Inspector Lee followed Yu Lanjian to his factory and led a raid; after a gunfight, Yu broke his leg while escaping and was arrested, making him the last major Yi Kwan figure in custody.
• Gu Sheng sent Jenny to meet singer Ah Lun, who praised her voice and agreed to find songs and make her a record.
• Gu Sheng persuaded Xiang Heying to sue Wang Weilian and Wong Hoi-sam, promised her compensation, and directed Ah Man to take her to Luo Shaoyang to file a complaint.
• The Police Force approved Operation Clearance and decided that local stations would determine whether Hongxing had committed crimes; Evans later warned Gu Sheng to keep his people out of trouble and said his award should soon be approved.
• Wong Hoi-sam heard about the planned crackdown, dismissed triads’ claims to respectability, and took out wine to celebrate.

Police raids hit Chung Yee Shun and the Red Star Society while Hongxing watched from the sidelines, and Gu Sheng’s campaign against Wong Hoi-sam exposed an old abuse scandal that sent the principal to the hospital. Lian Ho-lung learned Gu Sheng was behind the raids and decided to target him and Legislator Zhang once the crackdown eased.

• Police raided Chung Yee Shun’s bars and the Red Star Society’s gambling dens, arresting many gang members while leaving Hongxing untouched.
• Gu Sheng told Zuo Tai to spread the word that Wong Hoi-sam and Legislator Zhang had arranged the raids, then continued playing idiom games with Jenny.
• The Sun and other papers published allegations that Wong Hoi-sam had used his influence to cover up his son’s rape and pregnancy of a fourteen-year-old student, and Wong Hoi-sam was hospitalized after reading the report.
• Leung Siu-tong told Gu Sheng that Yu Lanjian had been arrested, and Gu Sheng planned to visit him and pursue control of his casino.
• Lian Ho-lung learned from Lian Ho-tung that Gu Sheng had caused the raids, but decided to wait until the police pressure eased before targeting Gu Sheng and Legislator Zhang.

After the cleanup operation, Fire Ox blamed Legislator Zhang for the raids and murdered him, while Zhang’s attempt to attack Hongxing through the newspapers led to public humiliation for Wong Hoi-sam and Wang Weilian. Police questioned Gu Sheng over Zhang’s death, and Gu Sheng angrily insisted he would not take the fall for whoever had killed him.

• Fire Ox learned Legislator Zhang had helped trigger the cleanup operation, decided to flee, and stabbed Zhang to death before leaving.
• Wong Hoi-sam blamed Handsome Sheng for Zhang’s murder when police questioned him, then a newspaper expose about Wong and his son was read aloud outside the hospital room.
• Police told Gu Sheng that Zhang had been carrying an article accusing Hongxing and asked where Gu Sheng had been the night of the murder.
• Gu Sheng gave an alibi supported by Ann, Leung Siu-tong, and others, then cursed the unknown killer for making him a suspect and ordered his lawyer to sue Zhang for defamation.

After Wong Hoi-sam’s attempt to secure police protection collapsed into further trouble, Gu Sheng learned that the Wang family was selling its assets and decided to seize their Repulse Bay villa and four schools. In Malaysia, Sang Gai Jai moved to become Sap Bat Chai’s leader and prepare revenge against Hongxing, but Wang Jianjun ambushed and killed him.

• Wong Hoi-sam’s police guard treated him and Wang Weilian with contempt while Hongxing’s men read newspapers outside the hospital, and police later took Wang Weilian in for questioning.
• Wong Hoi-sam called Zhou Xue'an for help, but Zhou denied any involvement and threatened to sue; Wong Hoi-sam spat blood and fainted after the call.
• Gu Sheng ordered Leung Siu-tong to intensify pressure on Wong Hoi-sam and learned that the Wang family was selling property, so he decided to take their Repulse Bay villa and four schools.
• Sang Gai Jai secured another boss’s support and prepared to lead Sap Bat Chai and avenge its losses against Hongxing.
• Wang Jianjun and his men ambushed Sang Gai Jai outside a restaurant in Malaysia, shot him and several of his men dead, and escaped.

Wah Kee’s branch leaders decided to retaliate against Hongxing by hiring mercenaries and arranging assassinations. Gu Sheng’s rigged boxing match earned Hongxing a huge profit, and he rejected Wong Hoi-sam’s attempt to bargain for his son’s release.

• Kalasu and Wangbiao persuaded Wah Kee’s branch leaders to arrange gunmen and mercenaries to target Hongxing, with Kalasu offering to speak to Wah Kee.
• Ah Tung reported that bets on Hong Tianzhao had exceeded eighty million, and Gu Sheng told him to accept them all because Hong Tianzhao was certain to lose.
• Gu Sheng, Kong Sang, and Ah Tung watched Puwade win the fourth Hong Kong-Muay Thai bout, earning Hongxing nearly one hundred forty million across the two matches.
• Gu Sheng ordered the commission distributed among the staff and money sent to the betting-station workers.
• Wong Hoi-sam called Gu Sheng while secretly recording him and offered to hand over the villa if Gu Sheng would spare his son.
• Gu Sheng denied wanting the villa, mocked Wong Hoi-sam’s son, and said he wanted him behind bars.