Deep in the streets of a southwestern city, the owner of a small restaurant lives quietly and keeps to himself.
He is Xiao Jingye, once the uncrowned overlord who guarded the border. Now, driven to act for his family, he comes out of retirement.
He spent three years lying low, hoping only for his parents to enjoy their twilight years, with no thought for the bloodshed of the underworld.
The Green Snake Society comes after him, wrecks his restaurant, kidnaps his parents, and forces him to his knees.
Unable to endure it any longer, he makes one phone call, and a hundred former subordinates return from across the border.
Battle-hardened generals, brilliant strategists, intelligence kings, and border commanders gather one after another.
He roots out the gangs down to their foundations and destroys them down to their souls, carving a path from the streets through the provincial underworld.
Official-criminal collusion? Shengshi Group? The Black Scorpion overseas? Powerful figures pulling the strings?
He peels back the layers, retracing every step, and uses thunderous force to sweep away the darkness.
When family is threatened, he will act. Who would dare stand in his way? The overlord has returned, and the world trembles.
