Recaps

Xu Sihai and two other generals arrived at the cemetery and confronted Hou Liangbing for colluding with foreign enemies and targeting Yue Xiaofei. Xu Sihai revealed his identity as Hou demanded to know who Grandpa Xu really was.

• A car carrying Xu Sihai, Xu Mingzhu, Qin Qianshan, and Xu Wanqing arrived at the cemetery as Hou Liangbing tried to regain control.
• Xu Wanqing and the others rushed to Elder Xu, who accused Hou Liangbing and his allies of conspiring with foreign enemies to take Yue Xiaofei to Eagle Country.
• Xu Sihai and Qin Qianshan condemned Hou Liangbing and warned that he would face a military tribunal.
• Hou Liangbing demanded to know who Xu Sihai and the others were, insisting that Bureau 7 had authority over the investigation.
• Xu Sihai identified himself and declared his loyalty and power to the country.

Hou Liangbing dismissed Xu Sihai as a powerless technical general and challenged him, but Qin Qianshan stepped forward and revealed himself as commander-in-chief of the Longdu Military Region. Hou Liangbing recognized Qin’s authority and realized he had made a grave mistake.

• A subordinate told Hou Liangbing that Xu Sihai was the president of Naval Engineering University and a three-star general.
• Hou Liangbing mocked Xu Sihai as a powerless technical officer and claimed he could not challenge him.
• Qin Qianshan stepped forward and asked what would happen if Hou Liangbing counted him in.
• Hou Liangbing mistook Qin Qianshan for another technical officer and demanded to know which university he represented.
• Qin Qianshan identified himself as Qin Qianshan of Longdu, and Hou Liangbing recognized him as commander-in-chief of the Longdu Military Region and nearly collapsed.

Qin Qianshan arrived and revealed that Elder Xu was his father-in-law, then condemned Hou Liangbing and rejected Smith’s attempt to bargain over Yue Xiaofei and Elder Xu. The standoff ended with Qin declaring that the Dragon Kingdom would fight rather than surrender any of its citizens.

• Qin Qianshan saluted Elder Xu and revealed that he was his father-in-law, leaving Hou Liangbing stunned.
• Qin accused Hou Liangbing of bringing Eagle Country men into a cemetery for fallen Dragon Kingdom heroes and challenged his claim that he had not known Elder Xu’s identity.
• Smith warned Hou Liangbing not to change sides, and Hou chose to continue the operation and demand that Yue Xiaofei be handed over.
• Smith agreed to spare Elder Xu, believing he had made a generous concession, but Qin rejected his authority to decide a Dragon Kingdom citizen’s fate.
• Qin refused to abandon Yue Xiaofei or make a deal with Smith and declared that the soldiers would fight to the end.

Qin Qianshan defied Smith and ordered him to surrender, but Smith sent his agents to seize Yue Xiaofei. After Xu Wanqing began a countdown, a tremendous rumbling shook the Heroes' Cemetery, and Elder Xu announced that the Dragon Kingdom's army had arrived.

• Qin Qianshan refused Smith's demands and declared that Smith and his agents must surrender.
• Smith ordered his agents to capture Yue Xiaofei and promised a reward to whoever reached him first.
• Liu Gang and the Bureau 7 agents formed a barrier to protect Yue Xiaofei, while Jin Dapao prepared to fight.
• Xu Wanqing whispered to Elder Xu, then began a countdown at his command.
• A powerful rumbling shook the Heroes' Cemetery and threw the Eagle Country agents into disarray.
• Elder Xu announced that the Dragon Kingdom's army had arrived.

Smith and Hou Liangbing dismissed Qin Qianshan’s claim that reinforcements were coming, but the Eastern Sword special forces and a vast military formation soon surrounded the Martyrs' Cemetery. Jin Dapao recognized elite units from across the Eastern Frontier Theater and wondered whether the entire theater had come to Modu.

• Smith and Hou Liangbing called Qin Qianshan’s claim of an army impossible and accused him of bluffing.
• About a thousand Eastern Sword soldiers emerged around the Martyrs' Cemetery and surrounded Smith, Hou Liangbing, and their men.
• Jin Dapao recognized the Eastern Sword as a special operations battalion tied to the Dongfeng Carrier's Aircraft Carrier Battle Group.
• Smith realized the soldiers were only a vanguard as tanks, helicopters, drones, and fighter jets advanced toward the cemetery.
• Jin Dapao identified elite units from the Eastern Frontier Theater and asked whether the entire theater had arrived.

Smith and Hou Liangbing watched as the Eastern Frontier Theater’s forces surrounded the Martyrs' Cemetery, and Qin Qianshan revealed that he had not summoned them. The commanders saluted Elder Xu and awaited his orders.

• Jin Dapao announced that the assembled forces were ready, leaving Smith stunned and Hou Liangbing collapsed.
• Hou Liangbing accused Qin Qianshan of illegally mobilizing troops across theater boundaries and threatened him with a court-martial.
• Qin Qianshan said he was not the one who had summoned the army, prompting Hou Liangbing to suspect Elder Xu.
• Commanders from the Eastern Frontier Theater arrived at the Cemetery and marched past Qin Qianshan toward Elder Xu.
• The commanders saluted Elder Xu and announced that their units had assembled, then awaited his orders.

Elder Xu revealed his authority by summoning the Eastern Frontier forces and rallied the generals against the Eagle Country agents at the cemetery. As Smith threatened to call Xiao Tian Ce, the War God arrived in person.

• Dozens of generals saluted Elder Xu as their Chief, shocking Hou Liangbing, Smith, Jin Dapao, and Yue Xiaofei.
• Elder Xu thanked the assembled commanders, then denounced the Eagle Country agents for insulting Dragon Kingdom heroes and called for the Eastern Dragon to roar again.
• Li Hu, Li Yunlong, and other generals pledged their forces, while hundreds of thousands of troops roared in support and frightened the agents into dropping their guns.
• Smith accused Elder Xu of rebellion and threatened to report him to Xiao Tian Ce, the Eastern Frontier Theater's highest commander.
• Xiao Tian Ce announced his arrival and told Smith there was no need to call.

Xiao Tian Ce arrived at the Cemetery and revealed that the order mobilizing the Eastern Frontier Theater's forces had come from the Supreme Military Command. He saluted Elder Xu and reported that three hundred thousand soldiers were assembled and ready for inspection.

• Xiao Tian Ce entered the Cemetery, and Hou Liangbing accused Elder Xu and Qin Qianshan of illegally mobilizing troops.
• Xiao Tian Ce said the order had not come from him because he lacked authority to send the Navy, Army, and Air Force into Modu.
• Xiao Tian Ce revealed that the Supreme Military Command had issued the order, leaving Hou Liangbing and Smith stunned.
• Xiao Tian Ce saluted Elder Xu and reported that he had assembled three hundred thousand soldiers for inspection.

Xu Anbang addressed the assembled Eastern Frontier Theater troops after Hou Liangbing and Smith were subdued, then Xiao Tian Ce revealed Xu’s legendary identity. Yue Xiaofei realized Xu’s influence might offer hope of clearing his father’s wrongful conviction.

• Xiao Tian Ce saluted Elder Xu as Commander Xu, and Xu returned the salute before addressing the gathered troops.
• Xu Anbang urged the soldiers to honor the fallen and defend the Dragon Kingdom, prompting the assembled forces to roar their support.
• Hou Liangbing and Smith collapsed under the army’s overwhelming presence and demanded to know Xu’s identity.
• Xiao Tian Ce revealed that Xu was Xu Anbang, a founding hero and the first commander of the Dragon Kingdom Navy, known as one of the Twin Pillars of the Dragon Kingdom.
• Yue Xiaofei recognized Xu’s stature and believed he might help overturn his father’s wrongful conviction.

Hou Liangbing realized he had arrested Xu Anbang and begged for mercy, but Zhong Zhenguo disowned him and Xiao Tian Ce ordered the Eagle Country agents to surrender. Smith claimed powerful allies would keep pursuing Yue Xiaofei, and the chapter ended with news that Eagle Country’s Ninth Fleet was approaching Modu.

• Hou Liangbing recognized Xu Anbang’s identity and collapsed, begging him for mercy after Xu condemned his treachery.
• Hou Liangbing turned off the signal jammer and called Zhong Zhenguo, who disowned him and said his daughter would divorce him.
• Xiao Tian Ce ordered Hou Liangbing, Smith, and the Eagle Country agents to surrender, and the agents dropped their weapons.
• Smith refused to surrender, declared that his backers would free him and continue targeting Yue Xiaofei, and left Yue Xiaofei realizing he was the target.
• A combat staff officer reported that Eagle Country’s Ninth Fleet had crossed international waters and was heading toward Modu.

Smith threatened the Dragon Kingdom after learning Eagle Country’s Ninth Fleet was approaching Modu, but Xu Anbang ordered the East Wind to block the fleet. The chapter ended with the East Wind Carrier Strike Group locking its fire-control radar onto the Ninth Fleet.

• Smith demanded that the Dragon Kingdom release him and Yue Xiaofei, threatening an attack by the Ninth Fleet.
• Xiao Tian Ce stopped the furious generals from shooting Smith, knowing he lacked authorization to open fire on Eagle Country.
• Xu Anbang called Jingtao and ordered him to lead the East Wind against the invading fleet.
• Jingtao accepted Xu Anbang’s order and vowed to advance without hesitation.
• General William dismissed the likelihood that the Dragon Kingdom would resist, but his radar operator reported that the East Wind Carrier Strike Group had locked onto the Ninth Fleet.

General William ordered Eagle Country's Ninth Fleet to press toward Dragon Kingdom waters, but Xu Jingtao's carrier group locked onto the fleet and threatened to attack. William ultimately ordered a retreat, and Xu Jingtao mocked him over the channel as the fleet turned away.

• General William spotted the East Wind Carrier Strike Group and ordered the Ninth Fleet to maintain course at full speed.
• Xu Jingtao warned the fleet to withdraw from Dragon Kingdom waters and began a countdown after William refused.
• The East Wind locked onto the fleet with more than 120 weapons, launched carrier-based aircraft, and prompted a report that the Ninth Fleet had less than a one-percent chance of surviving an engagement.
• As Xu Jingtao counted down to one, William gave in and ordered all ships to turn around and return to base.
• Xu Jingtao taunted William over the public channel as the Ninth Fleet began retreating.

General William’s Ninth Fleet fled after confronting the East Wind, and Smith learned that Eagle Country had abandoned him. Elder Xu condemned Smith for threatening the Dragon Kingdom and declared that its power had changed.

• General William’s Ninth Fleet turned back after the East Wind’s weapons gave them almost no chance of surviving a fight.
• Xiao Tian Ce told Smith that William had fled and that Eagle Country had abandoned him.
• Smith called General William, who confirmed the Ninth Fleet’s retreat and cursed Smith before ending the call.
• Elder Xu rebuked Smith and declared that the Dragon Kingdom would meet threats with force.

After Smith was arrested and Eagle Country’s Ninth Fleet retreated, the Dragon Kingdom celebrated its victory at the Martyrs' Cemetery. The celebration ended when Air Force One landed and General MacArthur arrived in person.

• Elder Xu’s proclamation sparked a huge celebration among the soldiers, while Smith feared that Skull and Bones had abandoned him.
• An aircraft approached the Cemetery, and Xiao Tian Ce recognized it as Eagle Country’s Megatron series and ordered first-level combat readiness.
• A disarmed Eagle Country agent identified the aircraft as Air Force One, and Smith rejoiced, believing he had been saved.
• Air Force One landed outside the Cemetery, and General MacArthur emerged wearing the insignia of a five-star general.

MacArthur arrived at the Martyrs' Cemetery and demanded that the Dragon Kingdom surrender someone accused of colluding with Asura Hall. Xu Anbang confronted him with memories of his defeat at Chosin Reservoir and named the man who had forced him to flee: Tiger Braves.

• MacArthur descended from the aircraft and kicked Smith aside after Smith begged him for help.
• MacArthur recognized Xu Anbang as Silver Fox and declared that he had come to take someone to Eagle Country for trial.
• Xiao Tian Ce challenged MacArthur, who belittled him and weakened the Dragon Kingdom side's resolve.
• Xu Anbang stopped Jin Dapao from attacking and reminded MacArthur of his defeat at Chosin Reservoir.
• Xu Anbang named Tiger Braves as the man who had forced MacArthur to flee the encirclement.

Xu Anbang named Tiger Braves, triggering MacArthur’s fear and revealing Yue Xiaofei’s suspicion that Tiger Braves was his grandfather, Yue Qinhu. MacArthur praised Tiger Braves as the greatest general Eagle Country had ever faced, then declared that only Tiger Braves and he stood supreme among the world’s heroes.

• Xu Anbang said Tiger Braves, and MacArthur began shaking with fear as Yue Xiaofei remembered his grandfather’s calligraphy praising the general.
• Smith tried to deny that MacArthur was afraid, but MacArthur admitted he feared Tiger Braves and considered surviving a fight with him his proudest military glory.
• MacArthur declared Tiger Braves superior to every general Eagle Country had produced, criticizing Patton, Eisenwell, and Washington by comparison.
• MacArthur told Xu Anbang that only Tiger Braves and he stood supreme among the world’s heroes.

Xu Anbang exposed MacArthur’s defeat and lasting trauma at the hands of Tiger Braves, then claimed Tiger Braves was alive and revealed Yue Xiaofei as his apparent younger self. MacArthur recognized Yue Xiaofei’s resemblance to the legendary general and trembled in terror.

• Jin Dapao, Li Hu, and other Dragon Kingdom generals rebuked MacArthur for comparing himself to Tiger Braves.
• Xu Anbang told MacArthur that Tiger Braves had wounded him at Chosin Reservoir and left him with lasting fear and trauma.
• Xu Anbang revealed that Tiger Braves had captured MacArthur’s Corncob Pipe and sent him a mocking message to go home and grow soybeans.
• MacArthur admitted that he feared Tiger Braves but insisted the general was dead.
• Xu Anbang brought Yue Xiaofei forward and declared that Tiger Braves stood before MacArthur.
• MacArthur saw Yue Xiaofei’s resemblance to Tiger Braves and shook uncontrollably with fear.

Yue Xiaofei called his grandfather, Yue Qinhu, to prove that [Tiger Braves] was alive, but the confused old man initially seemed to confirm MacArthur’s doubts. When MacArthur mocked him, Yue Qinhu awakened and roared orders from the Korean Battlefield, leaving MacArthur stunned.

• Elder Xu revealed that Yue Xiaofei was [Tiger Braves]’s grandson and told him to call his grandfather.
• Yue Xiaofei video-called Yue Qinhu, who appeared confused and gave a muddled reply.
• MacArthur and Smith mocked Yue Qinhu and accused Elder Xu of using a senile impostor.
• Yue Qinhu’s demeanor transformed when he heard MacArthur laughing, and he recognized the general’s voice.
• Yue Qinhu issued fierce battlefield orders and declared that he crushed Eagle Country’s elite troops.

Yue Qinhu’s battlefield memories awakened as he recognized MacArthur and issued orders through Yue Xiaofei’s phone. Dragon Kingdom’s generals and soldiers saluted him and pledged to follow his command, while MacArthur’s pride collapsed.

• Yue Qinhu heard MacArthur’s name and erupted into battlefield orders, revealing that his supposed dementia had concealed his past as Tiger Braves.
• Lin Tiejun, Sun Desheng, and Xu Anbang recognized Yue Qinhu and reacted with tears, salutes, and reverence.
• Yue Qinhu called out Li Yunlong, Wang Dachui, and the 7th Armored Company, prompting the generals to recognize his historic command.
• Jin Dapao, Li Hu, Xiao Tian Ce, and the other Dragon Kingdom generals saluted Yue Qinhu and declared their units ready to fight.
• Hundreds of thousands of soldiers vowed to follow the Great General Tiger Braves’ command, and MacArthur admitted defeat.

Yue Qinhu heard the soldiers sing their military anthem and mistook their reports for victories from the war seventy years earlier. When Xu Anbang called himself Yue's old comrade, Yue accused the elderly man of impersonating the thirty-year-old Xu Anbang and being an Eagle Country spy.

• Yue Qinhu began singing, and Xu Anbang, Xiao Tian Ce, Lin Tiejun, and the assembled generals and soldiers joined him.
• MacArthur panicked at the familiar song, while Smith's confidence in Eagle Country's forces collapsed.
• Yue Qinhu asked whether the fighting had been won, and Li Hu, Xiao Tian Ce, and other commanders reported victories as if they were on the old battlefield.
• Xu Anbang took Yue Xiaofei's phone and reminded Yue Qinhu how they had fought together in Goryeo.
• Yue Qinhu rejected Xu Anbang's claim, saying the real Xu Anbang was thirty, and accused the old man of being an Eagle Country spy.

Xu Anbang convinced Yue Qinhu that seventy years had passed and told him how the Dragon Kingdom had fulfilled the hopes of their generation. The chapter ended with Xu Anbang proudly describing the nation’s powerful military and achievements in space.

• Xu Anbang reminded Yue Qinhu of private memories from their time fighting in Goryeo, and Yue began to recognize him.
• Yue Qinhu saw his aged reflection in a mirror and realized that seventy years had passed.
• Yue Qinhu asked whether the people had enough food, warm clothing, and reunited families, and Xu Anbang assured him they did.
• Yue Qinhu asked whether the army could defend the country without sacrificing soldiers against superior enemies, and Xu Anbang described its modern forces and equipment.
• Xu Anbang told Yue Qinhu about the Dragon Kingdom’s space program and other achievements, declaring that the nation had become everything Yue had hoped for.

Xu Anbang told Yue Qinhu that the Dragon Kingdom had become prosperous and strong, and Yue Qinhu learned from his grandson Yue Xiaofei that their sacrifices had not been in vain. The old man then asked what had happened to his three sons, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Xu Anbang described the Dragon Kingdom’s space program, national defense, and satellite network to the astonished Yue Qinhu.
• Yue Qinhu mourned the comrades he had lost and rejoiced that the country and its people were now safe and prosperous.
• Yue Xiaofei called Yue Qinhu Grandpa, and Yue Qinhu recognized his grandson.
• Yue Qinhu asked that his comrades be told they had won and their blood had not been shed in vain.
• Yue Qinhu asked what had happened to Chang Kong, Chang Hai, and Chang Long.

Yue Qinhu fondly recalled his three sons before Xu Anbang told him that Yue Zhangkong and Chang Hai had died as heroes. Overcome with grief, Yue Qinhu asked whether his youngest son, Chang Long, was still alive.

• Yue Qinhu reminisced about Yue Zhangkong's dream of becoming a pilot, Chang Hai's ambition to sail the oceans, and Chang Long's desire to become a soldier.
• Xu Anbang apologized to Yue Qinhu and warned him to brace himself before revealing the news about his sons.
• Xu Anbang explained that Yue Zhangkong died steering a malfunctioning fighter away from a residential area.
• Xu Anbang told Yue Qinhu that Chang Hai sacrificed himself by ramming the Sea Dragon into an enemy flagship after ordering his crew to abandon ship.
• Yue Qinhu cried that he had protected the country but failed to protect his family, then desperately asked whether Chang Long was still alive.

Yue Xiaofei reassured Yue Qinhu that Yue Changlong had fulfilled his heroic ambitions, hiding his imprisonment and treason charges. When MacArthur and Smith tried to flee the cemetery, Xu Anbang stopped them and declared that Smith would stand trial in the Dragon Kingdom.

• Yue Xiaofei took the phone and told Yue Qinhu about Yue Changlong's military achievements, leaving out his imprisonment.
• Yue Qinhu rejoiced at hearing that his son had become a hero and said that he needed to rest.
• Yue Qinhu asked whether MacArthur had been captured, prompting MacArthur, Smith, and the Eagle Country agents to run toward their plane.
• Xu Anbang halted the fleeing group and accused Smith of bribing Hou Liangbing and forcing his way into the heroes' burial grounds.
• Xu Anbang declared that Smith would remain in the Dragon Kingdom and face trial.

After MacArthur abandoned Smith and fled, Smith revealed his Skull and Bones tattoo and claimed the secret society ruled the world from the shadows. He threatened Xu Anbang with war if Dragon Kingdom proceeded with his judgment.

• MacArthur fled in Air Force One, leaving Smith and the other Eagle Country agents behind as Dragon Kingdom's soldiers mocked them.
• Smith rejected Xu Anbang's authority to judge him and exposed the Eye of Omniscience tattoo on his chest.
• Xu Anbang and Xiao Tian Ce reacted gravely to the tattoo, while Yue Xiaofei and the other soldiers looked confused.
• Smith declared that he was a full member of Skull and Bones and claimed it stood above nations and controlled global elites, finance, and world events.
• Smith threatened Xu Anbang that judging him would mean declaring war on Skull and Bones, and asked whether Dragon Kingdom could bear the cost.