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.

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.