Recaps

Ugly Ox told Yue Xiaofei that Ning Hongye had once killed an S-Level Transcendent with a glance, and Ning confronted Kurosaki while he hid in the shadows. As Kurosaki attacked, Ning removed the red silk covering her eyes and declared, “Illuminating All Things!”

• Ugly Ox told Yue Xiaofei the rumor that Ning Hongye had instantly killed Death God, one of Skull and Bones’ Twelve Thrones.
• Ning Hongye found Kurosaki in the shadows and drew an ancient blade, identifying it as a Tang Dynasty Mo Dao rather than a Japanese sword.
• Ning Hongye mocked Kurosaki and Eastern Japan’s claims about the blade’s origins, enraging him.
• Kurosaki probed Ning Hongye about her supernatural ability, and she claimed she was an ordinary person.
• Kurosaki launched a sudden attack at Ning Hongye’s neck, and she pulled off her red blindfold and announced, “Illuminating All Things!”

Ning Hongye revealed that all powers fell silent wherever her gaze landed, stripping Kurosaki of his Shadow Breathing Technique. When Kurosaki attacked her with a desperate sword strike, she cut him in half with her Mo Dao.

• Ning Hongye’s revealed eyes dispersed Kurosaki’s shadow form and repelled him from every shadow.
• Ning Hongye declared that she had no supernatural abilities but made all powers fall silent wherever she looked.
• Yue Xiaofei realized Ning Hongye’s power explained how she had killed the Death God, while Ugly Ox and the livestream viewers reacted in shock.
• Kurosaki insisted his swordsmanship could still kill Ning Hongye and launched a deadly iaido strike.
• Ning Hongye stepped forward and cut Kurosaki in half with a single sweep of her Mo Dao.

Ning Hongye rescued Yue Xiaofei and Ugly Ox by killing Kurosaki and Doma, then left Yue Xiaofei wondering how she was connected to his childhood. Yue Xiaofei challenged Ito Yūgorō to come to Modu and repent, while Ito decided to go and twist the confrontation into propaganda for a new imperial resurgence.

• Ning Hongye killed Kurosaki with one strike and beheaded the wounded Doma, then spared Ito Makoto after Yue Xiaofei explained that he was needed as a hostage.
• Ning Hongye told Yue Xiaofei they had met before, prompting him to recall a childhood photograph of himself beside a girl with pigtails and red silk over her eyes.
• Ning Hongye left, and Yue Xiaofei addressed Ito Yūgorō through the livestream, demanding that he come to the Modu Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall to kneel and repent.
• The Female Chancellor warned Ito Yūgorō not to go to Modu, but he decided to travel there publicly and portray himself as a peaceful elder bullied by the Dragon Kingdom.

Ito Yūgorō told the Female Chancellor he planned to travel to the Dragon Kingdom and exploit his terminal illness to turn the demanded apology into a public spectacle. He intended to set himself on fire at the Modu Memorial Hall, leaving the Female Chancellor to praise his scheme as Ito prepared to reclaim what he called a samurai’s honor.

• Ito Yūgorō revealed his terminal cancers and other illnesses to the Female Chancellor, saying he had only three months to live.
• Ito Yūgorō said he would travel to the Dragon Kingdom as a frail, dying grandfather and present himself as a victim rather than confess guilt.
• Ito Yūgorō explained that he would ignite prepared fuel at the Modu Memorial Hall when he was forced to kneel, turning his death into an accusation against the Dragon Kingdom.
• The Female Chancellor praised the plan, and Ito Yūgorō insisted the Dragon Kingdom would not dare kill him publicly.
• Ito Yūgorō took out a dagger and declared that he would use the trip to win back the honor of a samurai.

Ito Yūgorō recalled how Yue Qinhu had crippled him during the war, then planned to arrive in Modu as a dying great-grandfather while using foreign media to vilify the Dragon Kingdom. Yue Xiaofei learned of the campaign and arranged for his grandfather to meet Ito in Modu.

• Ito Yūgorō told the prime minister that Yue Qinhu had held off three armored divisions and blinded him during the battle for Jiangcheng.
• Ito Yūgorō ordered a staged arrival in Modu and a global media campaign portraying himself as a terminally ill elder rescuing his kidnapped great-grandson.
• The prime minister arranged hospital tests and instructed media allies to depict Ito Yūgorō as a kind, suffering great-grandfather and Yue Xiaofei as a villain.
• Foreign media spread Ito Yūgorō's claims, and international opinion turned against the Dragon Kingdom.
• Yue Xiaofei received Han Duoduo's file on Ito Yūgorō and revealed that his grandfather Yue Qinhu was still alive.
• Yue Xiaofei called General Lin Tiejun and asked him to bring Yue Qinhu's old uniform and escort him to Modu to meet Ito Yūgorō.

Xu Anbang reunited with Yue Qinhu, who had dementia but still remembered Yue Xiaofei, and brought the Xu Family to pay their respects. The reunion was interrupted when Lin Tiejun reported that Japanese invaders had arrived.

• Xu Anbang arrived at the sanatorium with members of the Xu Family to visit Yue Qinhu.
• Xu Anbang found Yue Qinhu confused in his wheelchair, and Yue Qinhu failed to recognize him.
• Yue Qinhu accepted candy from Xu Anbang and remembered to save some for Xiaofei.
• Xu Anbang ordered the Xu Family to kneel and greet Yue Qinhu as their benefactor.
• Lin Tiejun rushed into the courtyard and told Xu Anbang that Japanese invaders had arrived.

After Ito Yūgorō headed to Modu to accuse Xiaofei of kidnapping and abusing his great-grandson, the news awakened Yue Qinhu’s memories of the Jiangcheng Campaign and his hatred of Ito. Yue Qinhu recognized Xu Anbang and Lin Tiejun, learned that Ito was targeting his grandson, and ordered his battle uniform so he could confront him.

• Lin Tiejun told Xu Anbang that Ito Yūgorō was going to Modu with reporters to accuse Xiaofei and turn international opinion against him.
• Yue Qinhu heard Ito’s name, regained his memories, stood from his wheelchair, and relived commanding his regiment during the Jiangcheng Campaign.
• Lin Tiejun identified Ito Yūgorō as the Japanese general whose left eye Yue Qinhu had stabbed in Jiangcheng.
• Yue Qinhu recognized Xu Anbang and Lin Tiejun, then learned that Ito was seeking revenge after Xiaofei crippled Ito Makoto.
• Yue Qinhu ordered Lin Tiejun to bring his battle robe and declared that Ito would not leave alive.

Yue Qinhu revealed the patch-covered uniform and battle flag he had preserved in memory of the Tiger Regiment's fallen soldiers. After learning that Ito had returned to Modu, he decided to confront him, and Xu Anbang ordered the guard company to assemble at combat readiness.

• Yue Qinhu ordered Lin Tiejun to open the suitcases containing his old uniform and the Tiger Regiment's battle flag.
• Lin Tiejun explained that Yue Qinhu had sewn scraps of clothing from fallen comrades onto his uniform after the Defense of Jiangcheng, where only seven of the regiment's 1,326 men survived.
• Yue Qinhu put on the patchwork uniform and unfurled the flag, while Lin Tiejun reported its 709 bullet holes and said none had come from behind.
• Yue Qinhu announced that Ito had returned to Modu and ordered Lin Tiejun to take him there to confront him.
• Xu Anbang ordered the guard company to assemble at level-one combat readiness and escort Yue Qinhu to Modu.

Yue Xiaofei watched Ito Yūgorō’s allies turn public opinion against him and learned that Ito planned to stage a self-immolation using napalm to make himself a martyr. Yue Xiaofei resolved to thwart the plan and ordered Xu Wenqiang to collect the contents of public toilets’ septic tanks.

• Sister Chrysanthemum and Professor Sheep publicly condemned Yue Xiaofei while promoting Ito Yūgorō as a dying, wronged elder.
• Han Duoduo found records showing that the influencers had received large payments from the Eastern Japan Cultural Exchange Foundation.
• Yue Xiaofei told Han Duoduo to hold off on exposing the payments and vowed to destroy the opposing side’s public image.
• Han Duoduo discovered the Ito Family had bought ingredients for napalm, and Yue Xiaofei deduced that Ito Yūgorō planned to set himself on fire to become a martyr.
• Yue Xiaofei called Xu Wenqiang and ordered him to gather the contents of every public toilet septic tank in Modu.

Yue Xiaofei arranged to douse Ito Yūgorō with fermented manure to ruin his planned self-immolation, while Ito arrived in Modu acting like a frail old man seeking reconciliation. After his performance won him international sympathy, Ito revealed his true health and contempt once he was inside his car.

• Yue Xiaofei told Xu Wenqiang to prepare fermented manure as a welcome gift for Ito Yūgorō, then explained to Han Duoduo how it would foil Ito’s planned self-immolation.
• Ito Yūgorō arrived at Modu International Airport in a wheelchair, posing as a dying centenarian who only wanted to see his great-grandson.
• Ito Yūgorō told reporters he did not blame the Dragon Kingdom and was willing to kneel to save his great-grandson, winning sympathy from foreign media and viewers.
• After the car door shut, Ito Yūgorō tore out his infusion tube, drank sake, mocked the public as stupid, and revealed that his frailty had been an act.

Ito Yūgorō manipulated online opinion and arrived at the Memorial Hall, while Yue Xiaofei refused pressure to release him or cancel the livestream. Yue prepared to confront Ito with a humiliating surprise as the crowd gathered outside.

• Ito Yūgorō watched public opinion turn against Yue Xiaofei and planned to use his supposed death to damage Dragon Kingdom.
• A hostile crowd gathered outside the Memorial Hall, throwing rotten food at the doors and soldiers.
• Xu Wenqiang told Yue Xiaofei that officials wanted him to cancel the livestream or release Ito Makoto, but Yue refused and vowed to make Ito's family kneel.
• Han Duoduo reported that Ito Yūgorō's convoy had arrived, and Yue asked whether the sewage trucks and special sauce were ready.
• Yue put on his Asura Mask and ordered the doors opened so he could confront Ito.

Ito Yūgorō arrived at the War of Resistance Memorial Hall and staged a plea for sympathy while his supporters urged people to kneel and apologize to him. Yue Xiaofei burst from the hall, struck down the two would-be kneelers, and condemned them for honoring a Class-A war criminal.

• Ito Yūgorō arrived in a wheelchair as reporters and paid supporters gathered around him.
• Ito Yūgorō claimed he had come to help the Dragon Kingdom and offered to atone for his great-grandson.
• Sister Chrysanthemum and Professor Sheep announced that they would kneel and apologize to Ito Yūgorō.
• Yue Xiaofei burst through the Memorial Hall doors and slapped Sister Chrysanthemum and Professor Sheep away from Ito Yūgorō.
• Yue Xiaofei denounced them for kneeling to a Class-A war criminal instead of honoring the fallen heroes.

Yue Xiaofei exposed Professor Sheep and Sister Chrysanthemum as paid agents, turning the crowd against them and humiliating Ito Yūgorō’s staged public-opinion attack. Ito then abandoned his fake heart attack and threatened to set himself on fire, but Yue Xiaofei called for someone in the darkness to act.

• Ito Yūgorō pretended to suffer a heart attack while Professor Sheep and the volunteers tried to blame Yue Xiaofei and force him to apologize.
• Yue Xiaofei revealed evidence that Professor Sheep, whose real name was Yang Wei, had received five hundred thousand U.S. dollars from the Eastern Japan Cultural Exchange Foundation.
• Yue Xiaofei showed a chat proving that Sister Chrysanthemum, whose real name was Zhu Cuihua, had also taken money to smear him and had been promised Eastern Japan Permanent Residency.
• The crowd turned against the two paid agitators, and Yue Xiaofei kicked Professor Sheep to Ito Yūgorō’s wheelchair and told Ito to take his lackey back to Eastern Japan.
• Ito Yūgorō stopped pretending to be ill, revealed tubing filled with aviation kerosene beneath his clothes, and threatened to set himself on fire.
• Yue Xiaofei waved toward the darkness and ordered someone to serve Ito Yūgorō the main course.

Yue Xiaofei stopped Ito Yūgorō’s staged self-immolation when Xu Wenqiang’s tanker trucks drenched the square in foul slurry. The livestream viewers erupted in disgust and laughter as Ito, Sister Chrysanthemum, Professor Sheep, and the protesters were left covered in filth.

• Ito Yūgorō prepared to ignite his fuel-soaked clothes while Sister Chrysanthemum livestreamed and accused Yue Xiaofei of driving him to his death.
• As Yue Xiaofei counted down, Xu Wenqiang arrived with five modified tanker trucks and ordered their crews to release the slurry.
• The slurry extinguished Ito Yūgorō’s lighter and coated him, while a stray jet drenched Sister Chrysanthemum and Professor Sheep.
• Xu Wenqiang ordered the crews to increase the pressure, soaking the protesters and shredding their banners as reporters struggled to film.
• Yue Xiaofei watched from the only clean spot and said he was giving his opponents what they wanted.
• Viewers worldwide resumed commenting on the livestream, reacting with disgust and mocking Ito Yūgorō, Sister Chrysanthemum, and Professor Sheep.

Yue Xiaofei had Ito Yūgorō drenched in sewage, but Ito revealed his strength and launched an attack after his hidden assassins began fighting the Azure Alliance in the square. Ito then leaped toward Yue Xiaofei with his Flexible Sword aimed at his throat.

• Yue Xiaofei ordered Xu Wenqiang to add Rapid-Setting Agent to the sludge, trapping Ito Yūgorō in the hardened filth.
• Ito tore the filth from his face, kicked his wheelchair across the square, and revealed that he had been faking his illness.
• Ito pulled a hidden Flexible Sword and ordered dozens of disguised Amaterasu Group assassins to attack the crowd.
• Xu Wenqiang stopped an assassin from stabbing a reporter, then summoned the Azure Alliance fighters to fight the attackers.
• Ito saw his assassins struggle against the larger Azure Alliance force and leaped at Yue Xiaofei with his sword aimed at his throat.

Yue Xiaofei exposed Ito Yūgorō’s lies about Yue Qinhu and the battle of Jiangcheng, then announced he would make Ito relive the war. The chapter ended as heavy engines roared and the song “March of the Big Sword” thundered across the square.

• Yue Xiaofei dodged Ito Yūgorō’s Flexible Sword and kicked him back, while the death squad attacked people around them.
• Ito Yūgorō claimed he had defeated Yue Qinhu, provoking Yue Xiaofei to catch and snap his sword before pinning him to a stone pillar with the broken blade.
• Yue Xiaofei revealed that Yue Qinhu had held off an entire division for three days and nights, and that Ito Yūgorō had used poison gas against Jiangcheng’s civilians to escape.
• Ito Yūgorō laughed that history favored the living victors, but Yue Xiaofei cut him off and vowed the Dragon Kingdom would never forgive his crimes.
• Heavy engines, searchlights, and military loudspeakers filled the square with the song “March of the Big Sword.”

Yue Xiaofei’s reinforcements arrived in the square, revealing themselves as hundreds of elderly veterans from China’s wartime armies. Their presence terrified Ito Yūgorō and challenged his claim that history could be rewritten once its witnesses were gone.

• Dusty buses arrived as Xu Wenqiang and the others waited, and elderly, battle-scarred veterans began stepping out.
• Ito Yūgorō mocked the veterans, but Yue Xiaofei saluted them, prompting Xu Wenqiang and the Azure Alliance to stand at attention.
• The veterans formed a square formation, and their battle-hardened presence made Ito tremble with fear as he recognized old enemies.
• Military bloggers identified veterans including Li Erniu and Zhang Mazi, and livestream viewers flooded the comments with salutes.
• Yue Xiaofei told Ito that the surviving veterans were living witnesses to his crimes and that those crimes would never be forgotten.

Veterans recounted the atrocities Ito Yūgorō had committed during the war, while Yue Xiaofei confronted him with their testimony. As Ito denied everything, an official black sedan arrived at the square.

• The veterans called out their former military units, and Ito Yūgorō recoiled as he recognized men he had tortured.
• Li Erniu and a one-eyed veteran described how Ito had killed Li Erniu’s baby sister and gouged out the other man’s eye.
• Yue Xiaofei presented the veterans’ scars as evidence and pulled his broken sword from the pillar, leaving Ito wounded on the ground.
• Ito Yūgorō claimed the veterans were paid actors, while Professor Sheep and Sister Chrysanthemum cowered nearby.
• A black sedan bearing a red-flag emblem and the license plate Hai A00001 entered the square.

Xu Anbang brought the long-missing Tiger Regiment flag and Yue Qinhu to confront Ito Yūgorō. When Ito mocked Yue Qinhu’s patched uniform, Lin Tiejun revealed that its patches belonged to the regiment’s 1,319 fallen soldiers, and declared that they had come to claim Ito’s life.

• Xu Anbang saluted the elderly Yue Qinhu as he stepped from the car carrying the Tiger Regiment’s battle flag.
• Ito Yūgorō recognized Yue Qinhu and panicked, while Yue Qinhu remembered him and demanded his Italian Cannon.
• Ito mocked Yue Qinhu’s patched uniform and claimed that he was only a scavenger.
• Lin Tiejun explained that the patches came from 1,319 fallen Tiger Regiment soldiers and said they had come with Yue Qinhu to claim Ito’s life.

Yue Qinhu and the veterans launched a final charge at Ito Yūgorō, confronting him with the scars and losses left by his crimes. The veterans surrounded him without striking, and Yue Qinhu faced him with accusations over the poison gas and dam that killed more than a thousand civilians.

• Yue Qinhu called the names of the fallen comrades represented by the patches on his uniform, while Ito Yūgorō imagined their spirits assembled behind him.
• Xu Anbang sounded the charge on his bugle, and Yue Qinhu raised the Battle Flag and ordered the veterans to charge.
• More than two hundred veterans advanced on Ito Yūgorō, who froze in terror as he saw them as the young soldiers he had once killed.
• Li Erniu and Zhang Mazi confronted Ito Yūgorō with their wounds and the comrades they had lost because of his orders.
• Yue Qinhu accused Ito Yūgorō of using poison gas and destroying a dam at Jiangcheng, killing more than a thousand people downstream, then condemned him as a coward.

Ito Yūgorō denied responsibility for his wartime crimes, but Yue Qinhu confronted him with atrocities he had committed and revealed how he had defeated and humiliated him. The square and livestream erupted in laughter after Yue Qinhu said Ito had fled into a dung pit.

• Ito Yūgorō called the veterans actors and insisted that history belonged to the victors.
• Yue Qinhu struck Ito Yūgorō with his cane and denounced him as a thief and a beast.
• Yue Qinhu accused Ito Yūgorō of using poison gas, flooding towns, and burning civilians alive.
• Yue Qinhu recalled holding off Ito Yūgorō's forces at Jiangcheng and stabbing his left eye during a fight.
• Yue Qinhu revealed that Ito Yūgorō had fled into a dung pit, prompting laughter from the crowd and livestream viewers.

Lin Tiejun confirmed Ito Yūgorō had escaped by hiding in a dung pit, and the crowd demanded that Ito kneel before the Memorial Hall. Just as Yue Qinhu’s ultimatum forced Ito’s knees to buckle, diplomatic limousines arrived and broke through the square.

• Lin Tiejun testified that Ito Yūgorō had fled into a dung pit and returned to Eastern Japan under a changed name.
• The crowd and Azure Alliance men roared for Ito Yūgorō to kneel as Yue Xiaofei invoked the people and the dead.
• University students seized Professor Sheep and Sister Chrysanthemum when they tried to escape.
• Yue Qinhu planted the Tiger Braves Battle Flag before Ito Yūgorō, forced him to face the Memorial Hall, and ordered him to kneel.
• Ito Yūgorō began to sink toward his knees, but a siren sounded and black Red Flag Limousines with diplomatic plates forced their way into the square.

Mei Liangxing and Minister Tanaka arrived to rescue Ito Yūgorō and threatened Yue Xiaofei, but Yue mocked Mei for his submissiveness. As bodyguards moved to seize Yue, an authoritative voice roared from behind the crowd.

• Mei Liangxing arrived with bodyguards and accused Yue Xiaofei of kidnapping Ito Yūgorō and violating the law.
• Mei claimed Ito enjoyed diplomatic immunity, while Minister Tanaka threatened sanctions and demanded Ito's safety.
• Ito Yūgorō regained his confidence and begged Tanaka to arrest Yue and his allies.
• Mei ordered his bodyguards to protect Ito and capture Yue, prompting the Azure Alliance men to form a barrier.
• Yue mocked Mei for bending his knees so long that he could not stand straight, enraging Mei and triggering his order to seize Yue.
• An aged, powerful voice from behind the crowd demanded to know who dared to act.

Xu Anbang confronted Mei Liangxing at the Modu Memorial Hall for shielding the war criminal Ito Yūgorō and obstructing law enforcement. He called the head of the Foreign Affairs Department, who ordered Mei dismissed and investigated, and Xu had him kept under guard.

• Xu Anbang stepped forward, and Mei Liangxing's bodyguards recognized him as a national military elder.
• Mei Liangxing tried to justify protecting Ito Yūgorō as a foreign-related duty, but Xu condemned him for defending a war criminal.
• Xu Anbang called the head of the Foreign Affairs Department and recommended Mei Liangxing be dismissed and investigated.
• The department head promised to act, and Xu ordered Mei kept at the scene while the investigation proceeded.
• Mei Liangxing fell to his knees and begged for mercy, while the bodyguards dragged him aside and the crowd cheered.

Yue Xiaofei defied Tanaka and declared that even Amaterasu would have to kneel, while Tanaka fled and fell into filth. Xu Wenqiang brought out the bound Ito Makoto, who mistook his great-grandfather’s arrival for a rescue and threatened Yue Xiaofei.

• Tanaka panicked after Mei Liangxing lost his backing and threatened to call the Female Chancellor and bring international condemnation.
• Yue Xiaofei challenged Amaterasu to come to Modu and collect Ito Yūgorō, saying she would have to apologize for past crimes.
• Tanaka tried to escape, slipped in the filth left by Professor Sheep and Sister Chrysanthemum, and fell face-first into it.
• Yue Xiaofei told Xu Wenqiang to bring out the final course, and Azure Alliance men carried in Ito Makoto bound to a stretcher.
• Ito Makoto heard Ito Yūgorō’s voice, believed his great-grandfather had come to save him, and demanded that Yue Xiaofei kneel and beg for forgiveness.