Bloodstained 1988: The Tyrant of Tianjin

【Dark realism】【Fighting evil with evil】【A tragic song of an era】【Violent power fantasy】 In 1988, Li Zhenping, a dockworker at Haihe Wharf, wanted nothing more than a quiet life caring for his sick younger sister. But gangsters assaulted her, and she died. The authorities hastily closed the case, citing “insufficient evidence.” That freezing winter night, Li Zhenping used a stolen fish-gutting knife to hack his three enemies into chunks of flesh. Bloody water mixed with ice and flowed into the Haihe River. “There’s no law in this world. I am the law.” From then on, a fearless “living King of Hell” emerged in the underworld of Jinmen. He got his start trading permits, then used the most brutal and primitive methods to fight for every inch of territory. But his rise drew the attention of even greater forces: southern outsiders crossing the river, northern tigers ruling their own turf, and betrayal lurking everywhere within. Only after he finally claimed the top seat did he discover that his sister’s murder had been connected to a massive conspiracy reaching across the entire north...