Amid betrayals and unexpected alliances, Brooke plots to seize power and conquer Marianna. Sandokan and Yanez, meanwhile, prepare for the decisive battle for freedom, an epic clash that will forever mark the birth of the legend of the Tiger of Malaysia.

Sandokan faces the Sultan in a decisive duel, while Marianna confronts her father and must choose whether to trust Brooke. When she discovers that Sandokan is in danger, her heart wavers. Yanez is also called upon to make a choice that will change his destiny forever.

In the jungle, the village chief helps Sandokan rediscover his past, while the Sultan's troops and Brooke close in. A shocking revelation threatens his friendship with Yanez and his love for Marianne, while Brooke decides to act alone.

While Brooke attempts to regain the consul's trust, Sandokan and Marianne reach a Dayak village deep in the Sarawak jungle. There, Sandokan faces a severe test that forces him to confront his true identity, long buried.

Sandokan and his crew find refuge in Singapore. Brooke and Murray are hot on their trail. During the Lunar New Year, Marianne discovers more human Sandokan connected to his roots. Tensions reach boiling point and the Sultan intervenes.

Sandokan sets his sights on the Sultan's antimony mines. Brooke and Murray are hunting him. Marianne, shocked by the events, finally opens her eyes to the atrocities committed by the English in the colonies, and her worldview changes.

Marianna is celebrating her twenty-first birthday. Both Sandokan and Brooke are invited to the ball. Tension builds between the three, but Sandokan must first free Yanez and his crew, imprisoned in the dungeons, while trying not to blow his cover.

Leading his crew, Sandokan boards a ship and frees Dayak, a prisoner convinced that the pirate is the warrior of an ancient prophecy. Landing in Labuan in disguise, Sandokan meets Marianna, daughter of the English consul, and during a tiger hunt, clashes with James Brooke, a legendary pirate hunter.