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, and that a world war is likely to break out. Liu Fei Yan delivers Erika to Yu Ling for safety before he goes to fight Kenshiro, claiming is his destiny and telling her that the List of Hope is memorized inside Erika's head, not written in the books. Liu Fei Yan goes to the "Great New World" to challenge Kenshiro, who arrives to accept the challenge. Liu Fei Yan attacks with his "One Thousand Hands", but after an initial exchange of blows, Kenshiro understands Liu Fei Yan's attacks and manages to strike a winning blow. Defeated, Liu Fei Yan asks Kenshiro to kill him, but he refuses, and Liu Fei Yan prepares to kill himself with his own fingers. Erika calls out that she needs Fei Yan and he softens, telling her that he has little time left. Kenshiro realizes that Fei Yan has been nursing a fatal illness. Meanwhile de Guise's killer has been watching these events from a rooftop nearby.
Conscient qu’Erika n’est en sécurité qu’avec lui, mais se sachant condamné à très brève échéance, Fei-Yan poursuit sa quête d’une personne plus forte que lui et à laquelle il pourra confier l’enfant.
Quando um oficial militar japonês é assassinado, a situação em Xangai fica tensa e a ameaça de uma guerra mundial se aproxima. Sentindo que sua morte está próxima, Fei-Yan pede a Yu-Ling que cuide de Erika e lhe conta a verdade escondida por trás da Lista de Esperança. Ele está profundamente preocupado com Erika. Fei-Yan começa uma briga, e Kenshiro aparece diante dele. Qual será o trágico destino dos dois artistas marciais que cruzam os punhos mais uma vez ...? Enquanto isso, uma figura solitária assiste a batalha heróica das sombras.
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