Pan Yu Ling succeeds her brother Pan Guang Yin as leader of the Qing Bang which has defeated the Hong Hua Hui. However the Japanese army has apparently hired martial artists to catch Kenshiro Kasumi
Liu Fei Yan seeks to protect Erika, but is ill himself. Meanwhile a Japanese military office is assassinated near the airport and Kitaoji tells Kenshiro that the Japanese will march on Shanghai in response
Yasaka holds Liu Fei Yan prisoner under the authority of the Japanese army. However, he then reveals that it was for his own purpose of revenge and he begins to torture Fei Yan with steel spikes.
Kenshiro commandeers a Japanese tank to reach Liu Fei Yan. Meanwhile the swallow returns to Fei Yan, and just as Yasaka is about to deliver the death blow the swallow distracts him.
Kenshiro heads to a ruined temple near the west gate to save Ramon and meets Shamura. Meanwhile Erika has taken Fei Yan's jewel to exchange for Ramon's freedom, so Yu Ling leaves with Yasaka to find her.
Liu Fei Yan's sister, Fei He, attacks Kenshiro as she believes he killed Liu Fei Yan, but he does not fight back. She explains that 8 years ago, she encountered Liu Fei Yan and eventually traveled with him for 4 years as his apprentice.
Kolk thinks he has immobilized Kenshiro, but painfully realizes that has not. In an effort to defeat Kenshiro, Kolk injects his own serum into himself to increase his strength and speed
Pan Yu Ling tells Fei He that Yasaka killed Liu Fei Yan, but that his dying words were to not seek revenge, however she has trouble reconciling this information.
Tian Xue-Fang and Hippo tell Fei He that a Dutch officer was involved in smuggling opium for Van Der Kolk's research. Fei He approaches the Dutch officer in a bar, seeking information
Kenshiro trades insults with Simeon and then engages him in battle. Meanwhile Himuka takes Erika and extracts from her the location of the Nahash jewels which are in Japan.
Erika accuses Kenshin of exploiting the Nahash and their prophesy for his own gain and she attempts to destroy herself and the temple but is easily thwarted by Kenshin.
