Recaps

Han Xiao revealed that Sun Xiaochuan and the Black Dragon Chamber of Commerce had worked together with [Skull and Bones] to arrange the Nanshan Massacre, leaving Yue Xiaofei facing two powerful enemies. As Yue Xiaofei asked what Han Xiao planned to do next, Han Xiao sensed that enemies were approaching.

• Yue Xiaofei learned that Sun Xiaochuan, the King of Jinling, had secretly supported [Skull and Bones] and evaded investigations by the [Night Watchers].
• Han Xiao identified the Black Dragon Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Japan as [Skull and Bones]' powerful Asia-Pacific ally and named its chairman, Kurosawa Ichiryu, as a feared figure called [Utterly Evil].
• Han Xiao explained that the Black Dragon Chamber of Commerce had supplied the explosives for the Nanshan Massacre and that Sun Xiaochuan had transported them to South Mountain.
• Yue Xiaofei realized that clearing his father's name meant confronting Sun Xiaochuan and the Black Dragon Chamber of Commerce, and Han Xiao warned him not to trust anyone, including Han Xiao.
• Yue Xiaofei asked what Han Xiao planned to do after escaping Blue Bridge Prison, but Han Xiao sensed danger and announced that enemies were nearby.

Han Xiao and Yue Xiaofei were ambushed on an empty Modu road by two super soldiers who called themselves Transcendents. Han Xiao faced them alone as they revealed their names and claimed to exist above mortals.

• Yue Xiaofei noticed that the ambulance was traveling through an eerily empty city street when two figures suddenly appeared and blocked its path.
• Basaka stopped the speeding ambulance with one hand, while Yue Xiaofei discovered that his phone had no service.
• Han Xiao identified the pair as Skull and Bones super soldiers altered by the Adam Project, known as Transcendents, and urged Yue Xiaofei to escape.
• Han Xiao left the ambulance and confronted the pair, declaring himself Han Xiao the Butcher.
• Anna said Skull and Bones served the Transcendents, then introduced herself as Sequence 097: Raven, while the giant named himself Sequence 086: Berserker, Basaka.

Han Xiao fought Basaka to protect Yue Xiaofei after learning that the Transcendents behind [Skull and Bones] were mass-produced by the [Adam Project]. Yue Xiaofei escaped, while Anna let him go and promised they would meet again soon.

• Yue Xiaofei realized that the [Adam Project] had modified at least ninety-seven Transcendents and that [Skull and Bones] served Basaka and Anna.
• Han Xiao stepped in front of the ambulance and opened fire on Basaka, but the bullets bounced off his bronze skin.
• Han Xiao charged Basaka with Gun Fu and shot him in a vulnerable spot, drawing steaming blood-red mist and enraging him.
• Anna appeared beside Yue Xiaofei as Han Xiao urged him to flee and seek the Dragon Kingdom authorities.
• Yue Xiaofei escaped to expose the truth behind the [Nanshan Massacre] and [Skull and Bones], while Anna watched and said they would meet again soon.

Yue Xiaofei ran through an eerily empty Modu, but Anna’s power sent him back to the scene where Basaka was beating Han Xiao. Anna revealed that Yue was trapped in her Raven’s Cage and could escape only by killing her.

• Yue Xiaofei fled the cordoned-off street while Anna’s raven followed him through the silent city.
• Yue Xiaofei heard a noise, turned a corner, and found himself back at the ambulance and the brutal scene he had left.
• Basaka held the bloodied Han Xiao aloft and slammed him into the pavement, leaving him motionless.
• Anna laughed at Yue Xiaofei’s confusion and told him she had trapped him in her world, where space and time twisted.
• Anna said Yue Xiaofei would never escape Raven’s Cage unless he killed her.

Yue Xiaofei discovered Anna had trapped them in an illusion, while Basaka tried to kill Han Xiao and take their target. Han Xiao survived his brutal beating long enough to stop Basaka from reaching Yue Xiaofei, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Yue Xiaofei realized Anna had trapped them inside Raven's Cage and charged her, but she transformed into crows to evade his attack.
• Basaka held Han Xiao by the neck as Anna ordered him to kill Han Xiao and take their target.
• Anna used her power to immobilize Yue Xiaofei, who could only watch as Basaka threw Han Xiao to the ground and approached him.
• Yue Xiaofei stood his ground and raised his fists as Basaka reached for his neck.
• Han Xiao grabbed Basaka's ankle despite his broken body and vowed that Basaka would have to step over his dead body to touch Yue Changlong's son.

Han Xiao used a drug developed from the Adam Project to unleash his potential and attack Basaka and Raven Anna. He killed Anna with a devastating strike, leaving Basaka facing his final assault.

• Han Xiao endured Basaka's brutal stomping while Yue Xiaofei watched helplessly.
• Han Xiao revealed his plan to take Basaka and Anna down with him and injected a drug hidden in a molar.
• The drug gave Han Xiao a brief burst of extraordinary power, and he explained that Yue Changlong had developed it by reverse-engineering the Adam Project's modifications.
• Han Xiao charged past Basaka and struck Raven Anna, bursting her head and declaring that gods bled too.

Han Xiao killed Anna with one blow, then used the power of the life-burning drug to fight Basaka head-on. He impaled Basaka through the abdomen and declared that courage was his weapon.

• Han Xiao killed Anna with a single strike, leaving Yue Xiaofei stunned.
• Basaka roared in fury and charged Han Xiao, who met him head-on and overpowered him in their collision.
• Basaka realized Han Xiao's strength came from the drug burning his life and warned that he would collapse when its effects ended.
• Han Xiao and Basaka fought savagely as Han Xiao drove him back with powerful blows.
• Han Xiao let Basaka strike his shoulder, then plunged his forearm through Basaka's abdomen and declared that his weapon was courage.

Han Xiao defeated Basaka with his final burst of strength, then revealed that using Jade Shatter had doomed him. Before he died in Yue Xiaofei’s arms, Han Xiao recruited him into the Night Watchers and led him through their oath.

• Han Xiao used a relentless series of martial strikes to kill Basaka while teaching Yue Xiaofei his techniques.
• Han Xiao collapsed as Jade Shatter’s power faded and explained that it had burned away his life, soul, and will.
• Han Xiao told Yue Xiaofei that the Night Watchers lived on as a belief and asked him to join them.
• Yue Xiaofei accepted and repeated the Night Watchers’ oath with Han Xiao.
• Han Xiao died after completing the oath, but first asked Yue Xiaofei to fulfill one last wish.

Han Xiao died after urging Yue Xiaofei to expose the mole and continue the Night Watchers’ investigation. As Yue Xiaofei vowed to avenge him, Berserker Basaka revived and revealed that his Undying ability gave him thirteen lives.

• Han Xiao asked Yue Xiaofei to bury him on South Mountain and finish investigating the mole before dying in his arms.
• Yue Xiaofei saluted Han Xiao and vowed to expose the mole and take revenge on Skull and Bones, Sun Xiaochuan, and the Black Dragon Chamber of Commerce.
• Yue Xiaofei realized Raven's Cage had not vanished even though Anna was dead.
• Basaka's scattered body parts reassembled, and he revived with an even more terrifying aura.
• Basaka told Yue Xiaofei that his Undying ability gave him thirteen lives and that he could only be stopped by killing him thirteen times in one go.

Anna revealed that she had survived Han Xiao’s attack by using an illusion, and Basaka knocked Yue Xiaofei unconscious while trying to capture him. As Anna and Basaka prepared to take him away, the [Emperor Engine] sounded inside [Raven's Cage], and they feared the [Black Emperor] had arrived.

• Anna reappeared and explained that Han Xiao had struck an illusion instead of her true body.
• Yue Xiaofei fired at Anna in anger, but his bullets passed through her raven form.
• Basaka struck Yue Xiaofei with enough force to break his arms and leave him unconscious in a crater.
• Anna confirmed that Yue Xiaofei was still alive and ordered Basaka to take him out of the Dragon Kingdom before [Raven's Cage] ended.
• A heavy, growing sound shook [Raven's Cage], and Anna recognized it as the echo of the [Emperor Engine] and cried that the [Black Emperor] had arrived.

The [Black Emperor]’s [Emperor Engine] shattered Anna’s [Raven's Cage] and terrified Anna and Basaka with the power of the Divine Sequence. Anna and Basaka prostrated themselves and begged for mercy, but the emperor’s final judgment had yet to come.

• Anna’s cry of [Black Emperor] made the [Emperor Engine] roar and violently destroy the illusory space of [Raven's Cage].
• Anna and Basaka recognized the [Black Emperor] as the Divine Sequence 003 whose legend included defeating four [Royal Authority]-class Transcendents during the rebellion five years earlier.
• Anna dropped to her knees, apologized, and offered her soul in exchange for a chance to atone.
• Basaka also knelt and begged the [Black Emperor] to spare his life.
• Anna and Basaka remained prostrate as the [Emperor Engine] continued to pound, but no judgment came.

Anna and Basaka discovered that the terrifying [Emperor Engine] came from the unconscious Yue Xiaofei, not the [Black Emperor]. Anna decided to capture and exploit him, but Yue Xiaofei awoke just as she reached for him.

• Anna tried to pledge her loyalty to the [Black Emperor], but received no response.
• Anna stopped Basaka from kowtowing and pointed out that Yue Xiaofei was the only other living person there.
• Basaka and Anna realized Yue Xiaofei's heartbeat was producing the [Emperor Engine].
• Anna concluded Yue Xiaofei could inherit [Divine Sequence] abilities and imagined using him to produce descendants of the [Black Emperor].
• Anna rushed toward Yue Xiaofei and reached for his clothing, but he opened his eyes.

Yue Xiaofei’s unconscious [King's Domain] repelled Basaka and made Anna realize his bloodline might hold the key to [Royal Authority]. When Anna tried to seize him, Yue Xiaofei vanished and spoke from behind her.

• Yue Xiaofei’s scarlet eyes opened, freezing Anna and filling Basaka with instinctive fear, though he remained unconscious.
• Basaka attacked Yue Xiaofei, but an invisible barrier stopped his fist and a backlash shattered his arm and hurled him into the ruins.
• Anna recognized Yue Xiaofei’s power as [King's Domain] and became determined to take him and study his bloodline.
• Anna sent a flock of ravens to capture Yue Xiaofei, but he vanished from the crater.
• Yue Xiaofei’s hoarse voice sounded behind Anna as he asked whether she had been looking for him.

Yue Xiaofei instinctively attacked Anna after she tried to escape, ripping off her arm and breaking her Crow Doppelganger. Basaka’s barrage failed to touch him, and as Basaka prepared to fight again, Yue Xiaofei began to awaken and said it was his turn.

• Anna realized Yue Xiaofei was acting on instinct and split into a flock of crows to escape.
• Yue Xiaofei caught one of Anna’s crows, forcing her to reform and leaving her with her left arm torn off.
• Anna ordered Basaka to kill Yue Xiaofei, and Basaka erupted from the ruins and unleashed Star-Shattering Barrage.
• Yue Xiaofei evaded every blow with Autonomous Ultra Instinct, leaving Basaka terrified and unable to defeat him.
• Anna warned Basaka that failure meant facing their lord’s punishment, and Basaka steeled himself to fight again.
• Yue Xiaofei focused on Basaka and announced that it was his turn.

Yue Xiaofei unleashed his own Divine Hall, overrode Anna’s Raven’s Cage, and obliterated Basaka with a barrage of attacks. Basaka regenerated and insisted he still had eleven lives, but Yue Xiaofei promised to kill him a hundred more times.

• Basaka panicked at Yue Xiaofei’s declaration and ordered Anna to end Raven’s Cage so they could escape.
• Yue Xiaofei unfolded his domain, transforming Raven’s Cage into his dark-gold Divine Hall and severing Anna’s control.
• Yue Xiaofei revealed a mysterious primordial totem on his body and struck Basaka with more than ten thousand blows, tearing him apart.
• Basaka’s body regenerated in about ten seconds, and he boasted that he still had eleven lives.
• Yue Xiaofei told Basaka he would kill him a hundred more times.

Yue Xiaofei repeatedly killed Basaka inside his King's Domain until the Berserker exhausted all thirteen lives and died permanently. He then turned toward the wounded Anna and ordered her to come closer and die.

• Yue Xiaofei struck Basaka again, killing him for the third time and leaving him terrified of the repeated deaths.
• Anna told Basaka they were trapped in Yue Xiaofei's King's Domain and urged him to stall until Yue Xiaofei regained consciousness.
• Basaka threatened Yue Xiaofei, then begged to become his servant, but Yue Xiaofei continued killing him after each resurrection.
• Yue Xiaofei killed Basaka for the thirteenth and final time, and Basaka's body crumbled away for good.
• Yue Xiaofei turned toward Anna and told her to come closer and die.

Yue Xiaofei annihilated Anna’s last escape attempt inside the Divine Hall, while the Eastern Frontier Theater detected powerful anomalies near First People’s Hospital and rushed forces there to protect Han Xiao and Yue Xiaofei. Xiao Tian Ce learned that a third signature exceeded the instruments’ limits and was classified as Royal Authority level.

• Anna used Murder of Crows to scatter more than a thousand crows across the Divine Hall, hoping one would survive so she could be reborn.
• Yue Xiaofei closed his hand, causing every crow to explode and leaving Anna with no escape.
• A command hall monitor detected two overseas A-Level Transcendents near First People’s Hospital, where Han Xiao and Yue Xiaofei were headed.
• Xiao Tian Ce ordered the Dragon Fang and Snow Leopard teams to deploy, while Ouyang Jian arranged surveillance and traffic controls.
• As Xiao Tian Ce’s convoy raced toward the hospital, a monitor reported a third energy signature that exceeded the instruments’ limits and was classified as Royal Authority level.

After a mysterious [royal authority]-level presence vanished, Xiao Tian Ce and the others found Han Xiao and two Transcendents dead, while Yue Xiaofei lay gravely injured. With Yue Xiaofei's vital signs beyond medical explanation, Elder Xu ordered Professor Ye Kunlun brought in to save him.

• Elder Xu ordered Xiao Tian Ce to rescue Yue Xiaofei, and Xiao Tian Ce mobilized troops and helicopters after the detected energy signatures disappeared.
• Xiao Tian Ce and the others reached First People's Hospital and found Han Xiao dead, two other bodies reduced to bloody remains, and Yue Xiaofei unconscious but alive.
• A Dragon Fang squad captain reported that the two A-Level Transcendents were likely among the dead, but no trace of the [royal authority]-level presence could be found.
• A medic warned that Yue Xiaofei's vital signs had exceeded every limit and that standard treatment had no effect.
• Elder Xu invoked wartime authorization and ordered Professor Ye Kunlun brought from Qingbei University to save Yue Xiaofei.

Elder Xu brought Ye Kunlun to save the critically ill Yue Xiaofei, whose extraordinary biological readings fascinated the scientist. After Ye declared Yue had a 99.99 percent chance of dying, Elder Xu provoked him into attempting a rescue, and Ye ordered his team to prepare their most advanced treatments.

• Elder Xu explained Ye Kunlun's scientific history and identified him as the only person who might save Yue Xiaofei.
• Ye Kunlun arrived at the hospital, complained about being pulled away from his experiment, and examined Yue Xiaofei.
• Ye Kunlun discovered Yue's extreme cellular and energy activity and initially ordered preparations to dissect him alive.
• Xiao Tian Ce and Jin Dapao objected, and Ye stated that Yue had a 99.99 percent chance of dying within twenty-four hours.
• Elder Xu challenged Ye's ability, prompting Ye to order his researchers to bring the 'Ouroboros' gene stabilizer and 'Pangu' cell-repair agent.

Ye Kunlun used the Kunlun Project’s experimental treatments to stabilize Yue Xiaofei after his body rejected the initial stabilizer. As Yue Xiaofei remained unconscious, he dreamed of his father Yue Changlong accepting a secret mission that would brand him a traitor, and heard his father silently apologize and promise to return.

• Ye Kunlun injected Yue Xiaofei with the Ouroboros stabilizer, but Yue Xiaofei’s body rejected it and expelled the drug with golden blood.
• Ye Kunlun used the Kunlun Project’s Emperor’s Nectar and Pangu repair agent to stabilize Yue Xiaofei after three hours of treatment.
• Ye Kunlun left for Longdu aboard a White Emperor Fighter and told the unconscious Yue Xiaofei to find him when he woke.
• Yue Xiaofei dreamed of Yue Changlong accepting a mission that would erase his honors and make him infamous as a traitor.
• Yue Changlong declared that he would shed his last drop of blood for the Dragon Kingdom, then silently told Yue Xiaofei he was sorry and would return.

Yue Xiaofei woke in the hospital after a mysterious [Royal Authority]-level expert saved him, and he told his companions that Han Xiao had died protecting him. Zhang Beihai and Han Duoduo arrived, and Han Duoduo revealed that she had served under Yue Feng in [Reverse Scale].

• Yue Xiaofei woke after twelve hours unconscious and learned that Ye Kunlun had saved him from death's door.
• Yue Xiaofei recounted how Han Xiao sacrificed himself against [Raven], Anna, and [Berserker], Basaka, but could not remember the final moments.
• Xiao Tian Ce said their monitors had detected a [Royal Authority]-level energy and that the mysterious expert had killed the attackers and saved Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei asked Elder Xu to bury Han Xiao on South Mountain, and Elder Xu promised him a hero's honors.
• Zhang Beihai of Bureau 7 arrived and said Ye Kunlun had found an unusual individual in Modu.
• Han Duoduo introduced herself as a former member of [Reverse Scale] and Yue Feng's trusted hacker, then embarrassed Yue Xiaofei by revealing details of his private searches.

Zhang Beihai invited Yue Xiaofei to join Bureau 7, while Xiao Tian Ce and Elder Xu objected because of the dangers. After a medical examination revealed Yue Xiaofei had become superhumanly strong, he chose to join Bureau 7 and vowed to become its strongest ace.

• Zhang Beihai explained that Yue Xiaofei's unknown power was dangerous and invited him to join Bureau 7 for guidance.
• Xiao Tian Ce, Elder Xu, and Jin Dapao opposed the invitation, but Yue Xiaofei rose from his bed and asked the doctor to examine him again.
• The doctor found that Yue Xiaofei's physical readings surpassed normal human peaks and even exceeded those of the Military's finest special forces.
• Yue Xiaofei asked Zhang Beihai and Han Duoduo whether Bureau 7 and the [Reverse Scale] squad still served the Dragon Kingdom with unwavering loyalty, and they affirmed that they did.
• Yue Xiaofei declared that his family's service to the country left him no right to seek a peaceful life, and he vowed to join Bureau 7 and become its strongest ace.

After gaining Elder Xu and Xiao Tian Ce’s support for joining Bureau 7, Yue Xiaofei left the hospital with Zhang Beihai and Han Duoduo. He learned that he had survived the only completed Emperor’s Nectar treatment and arrived at Bureau 7’s Modu branch, resolved to follow his family’s path.

• Elder Xu and Xiao Tian Ce accepted Yue Xiaofei’s decision to join Bureau 7, and Elder Xu invited him to the centennial military parade in Longdu in two months.
• Yue Xiaofei said goodbye to Jin Dapao, Lin Xiaolu, and Ouyang Jian, completed his discharge paperwork, and left the hospital with Zhang Beihai and Han Duoduo.
• Zhang Beihai explained that Yue Xiaofei had successfully integrated Emperor’s Nectar, the sole finished product of the Kunlun Project, and that his power shared its source with Reverse Scale.
• Han Duoduo told Yue Xiaofei he was a Reverse Scale reservist and jokingly offered to find him a girlfriend.
• Yue Xiaofei saluted the sculpture modeled on his grandfather at Bureau 7’s Modu branch and vowed to follow his family’s path.

At Bureau 7, Yue Xiaofei underwent a full assessment after receiving Emperor's Nectar, displaying extraordinary strength, speed, and defense. His combat power reached 2,223, and Zhang Beihai ordered the results sealed as top secret.

• Zhang Beihai brought Yue Xiaofei and Han Duoduo to Bureau 7's testing facility for a physical assessment.
• Yue Xiaofei dented a heavy metal target with a punch measured at 3,500 kilograms.
• Yue Xiaofei ran 100 meters in 2.8 seconds and experienced a sensation like bullet time.
• Yue Xiaofei's body shattered a simulated B-Level attack's alloy drill bit without injury.
• Han Duoduo's final assessment rated Yue Xiaofei A in strength, speed, defense, and endurance, with unknown special ability and a combat power of 2,223.
• Zhang Beihai ordered all test data classified as S-Level top secret.

Yue Xiaofei learned that his combat power qualified him to join [Reverse Scale] as a full member and chose the codename [Torch Dragon]. The celebration ended when Bureau 7 received news that Eastern Japan’s Demon God squad had brutally defeated the Dragon Kingdom’s Snow Wolf team and publicly insulted its soldiers.

• Han Duoduo encrypted Yue Xiaofei’s test data after Zhang Beihai recognized how dangerous its disclosure would be.
• Yue Xiaofei feared his combat ability was too weak to join [Reverse Scale] and pleaded to be accepted even as a reserve.
• Zhang Beihai invited Yue Xiaofei to join [Reverse Scale] as a full member, and Yue Xiaofei chose the codename [Torch Dragon] rather than take his brother’s former codename, [Heavenly Dragon].
• A Bureau 7 agent reported that Eastern Japan’s Demon God squad had defeated the Dragon Kingdom’s Snow Wolf team in the International Special Forces Competition, breaking all ten soldiers’ limbs.
• The agent told Zhang Beihai that an opponent suspected of being a Transcendent had led the defeat and that Eastern Japan had displayed a humiliating plaque and called the Dragon Kingdom’s soldiers trash.