Recaps

Wild Chicken entered the battlefield with bizarre dance steps and used his powerful Iron Mountain Lean to defeat the Shrine Guard samurai. After clearing a path for Yue Xiaofei, he left Yue Xiaofei free to charge toward the bulletproof car.

• Wild Chicken arrived dancing in a beach shirt and overalls, confusing both sides of the battle.
• When a samurai attacked him from behind, Wild Chicken dodged and struck him with his Iron Mountain Lean, hurling him into a concrete wall.
• Wild Chicken danced through the blades of seven or eight samurai surrounding Yue Xiaofei, knocking them all down in under ten seconds.
• Wild Chicken cleared a gap in the Shrine Guard's defensive line, and Yue Xiaofei charged toward the specially made bulletproof car.

After [Reverse Scale] defeated the Shrine Guard, the Old Witch trapped herself inside an impregnable armored car and taunted them as reinforcements approached. Yue Xiaofei turned to [Wild Chicken] for an unconventional solution, and [Wild Chicken] pressed a foul-smelling, liquid-covered Screaming Chicken toy against the car window.

• [Wild Chicken] shattered the Shrine Guard's defensive line, and the fleeing samurai and ninja were killed by [Ugly Ox], [Spirit Snake], [White Tiger], and the others.
• Yue Xiaofei tried to wrench open the armored car, but the Old Witch mocked him from inside and boasted that its defenses could withstand their attacks.
• [Stone Monkey] scanned the car and explained that its dense armor and thick bulletproof glass could not be breached with the explosives they had.
• Yue Xiaofei asked [Wild Chicken] to take over, and [Wild Chicken] produced a Screaming Chicken toy from his overalls.
• [Wild Chicken] coated the toy with pungent green liquid and slapped it against the car's bulletproof window.

Wild Chicken used a corrosive liquid and an explosive Screaming Chicken to force the Old Witch out of her armored car. Yue Xiaofei seized her, but the Four Great Pillars of Eastern Japan arrived and surrounded Yue Xiaofei and Reverse Scale.

• Bai Bing, Spirit Snake, and the Old Witch watched as Wild Chicken attached a Screaming Chicken to the armored car's glass and set a green liquid dripping from it alight.
• Wild Chicken's liquid produced corrosive smoke that melted a hole through the car's bulletproof glass.
• Wild Chicken triggered the Screaming Chicken, releasing an explosive cloud of foul gas into the car.
• The Old Witch opened the armored door to escape the gas, and Yue Xiaofei dragged her out by the throat.
• As Yue Xiaofei prepared to kill the Old Witch, the Four Great Pillars of Eastern Japan appeared and surrounded Yue Xiaofei and Reverse Scale.

The Four Grandmasters arrived to protect the Old Witch and confronted Yue Xiaofei’s squad. As the battle began, Yue Xiaofei saved Bai Bing from Hattori Hanzo, while the other Grandmasters attacked the squad.

• Miyamoto Yuichiro, Abe no Seimei, Hattori Hanzo, and Fuma Kotaro surrounded the Reverse Scale squad and answered the Old Witch’s order to kill them.
• Miyamoto Yuichiro condemned Yue Xiaofei, who accused the Grandmasters of bearing responsibility for the deaths of Dragon Kingdom citizens.
• Hattori Hanzo attacked Bai Bing, but Yue Xiaofei blocked his kusarigama with Crimson Sky and challenged him to fight.
• Fuma Kotaro crept toward Jade Rabbit and Stone Monkey while Abe no Seimei summoned demons with the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.
• Hattori Hanzo attacked Yue Xiaofei again as the clash between the Grandmasters and the squad began.

Yue Xiaofei and Miyamoto Yuichiro fought a fierce sword duel as Lu Qingxue and the [Reverse Scale] squad battled the other Japanese masters. Han Duoduo hacked the battlefield screens to broadcast “Serve the Country with Utmost Loyalty,” rallying the squad as the fighting continued.

• Yue Xiaofei’s Crimson Firmament Sword revealed its powerful sword intent, and he charged Miyamoto Yuichiro, who drew his katana to meet him.
• Lu Qingxue entered the battle to protect [Stone Monkey] and challenged Fuma Kotaro, while the rest of [Reverse Scale] fought Hattori Hanzo and Abe no Seimei’s evil spirits.
• Han Duoduo restored the hacked screens and broadcast the anthem “Serve the Country with Utmost Loyalty” across the battlefield.
• The song stirred [Reverse Scale], especially Yue Xiaofei, who felt the force of his family’s generations of loyalty to the country.

Yue Xiaofei unleashed the Emperor Engine’s power and killed Miyamoto Yuichiro and Fuma Kotaro with the Crimson Firmament Sword. He then prepared to strike Hattori Hanzo for the three hundred thousand victims of Jinling.

• Yue Xiaofei’s aura surged as he powered up the Crimson Firmament Sword and challenged Miyamoto Yuichiro.
• Yue Xiaofei defeated Miyamoto Yuichiro’s Swallow Return technique and beheaded him with one strike.
• Yue Xiaofei turned to Fuma Kotaro and killed him with a sword thrust, avenging the twenty thousand victims of Lushun.
• Hattori Hanzo abandoned his fight with [Wild Chicken] and the others and charged at Yue Xiaofei in fury.
• Yue Xiaofei raised his sword and declared that his next strike was for the three hundred thousand compatriots of Jinling.

Yue Xiaofei killed Abe no Seimei, leaving all four of Eastern Japan’s Nation-Guarding Grandmasters dead. He then confronted the terrified Old Witch, who threatened war as he reminded her the conflict had never ended.

• Yue Xiaofei vaporized Hattori Hanzo with a sweeping strike of sword energy.
• Yue Xiaofei killed Abe no Seimei after the onmyoji’s Shikigami vanished and he wet himself in fear.
• The Reverse Scale squad watched in awe as Yue Xiaofei stood victorious, while Old Witch realized her protectors were dead.
• Yue Xiaofei approached Old Witch as she wet herself and pleaded that killing her would mean war with Eastern Japan.
• Yue Xiaofei told Old Witch the war had never ended and taunted her to keep barking.

Yue Xiaofei decided that killing the Old Witch would not be enough and ordered Han Duoduo to broadcast a global public trial. Han Duoduo hijacked television and online channels worldwide, and Yue Xiaofei announced that judgment had come as the world watched him pin the Old Witch beneath his foot.

• Yue Xiaofei dragged the Old Witch to the battlefield’s center and pinned her to the ground with his boot.
• Yue Xiaofei told Han Duoduo to broadcast the scene to Eastern Japan’s national television station and channels around the world.
• Han Duoduo agreed despite the risk of war and hacked television, satellite, and online signals.
• Screens worldwide showed Yue Xiaofei standing over the Old Witch amid the battlefield’s blood and ruins.
• Yue Xiaofei faced the cameras and declared that the time for judgment had come.

Yue Xiaofei rejected the Old Witch’s offers, broke her legs, and forced her to kneel before a worldwide audience. In Longdu, Xu Anbang watched the broadcast and eagerly asked his sons to help him inside to see it on the big television.

• Yue Xiaofei slapped the Old Witch, knocking out her denture as the live broadcast showed her humiliation around the world.
• The Old Witch begged Yue Xiaofei to spare her and offered him money, status, and women, but he refused.
• Yue Xiaofei kicked the back of the Old Witch’s knee, broke her legs, and forced her to kneel.
• Xu Sihai brought a tablet to Xu Anbang and Xu Sanjiang, showing them the broadcast of Yue Xiaofei and the Old Witch.
• Xu Anbang praised Yue Xiaofei and told Xu Sanjiang and Xu Sihai to help him inside so he could watch the broadcast on the big television.

People across the Dragon Kingdom watched Yue Xiaofei force Eastern Japan’s Female Chancellor to her knees in a hijacked live broadcast. As Eastern Japan’s leaders panicked, Yue Xiaofei confronted the Chancellor with her country’s wartime atrocities and demanded that she kowtow, confess, and atone.

• People across the Dragon Kingdom saw the broadcast and erupted in celebration, grief, and calls to discover the identity of the man who had humiliated the Old Witch.
• Eastern Japan’s official residence descended into chaos as leaders failed to stop the satellite broadcast and received urgent calls from governments around the world.
• Yue Xiaofei grabbed the Female Chancellor by the hair and forced her to face the camera toward Jinling.
• Yue Xiaofei condemned Eastern Japan’s wartime massacres, naming several sites and accusing the country of killing thirty-five million people and honoring war criminals.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered the Female Chancellor to face the victims’ souls, kowtow, admit her country’s crimes, and atone.

Yue Xiaofei crushed the Old Witch’s remaining hand after she refused to kowtow, forcing her to submit before the world. He ordered her to kowtow ninety-nine times for the thirty-five million wronged souls, and she began as the broadcast spread worldwide.

• The Old Witch refused to kowtow to the Dragon Kingdom, so Yue Xiaofei crushed her unbroken hand beneath his boot.
• The Old Witch begged for her life and agreed to kneel and kowtow.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered the Old Witch to kowtow, and she struck her forehead against the ground before the cameras.
• Elder Xu watched the Old Witch kowtow and remembered his fallen comrades, praising Yue Xiaofei and the younger generation.
• Yue Xiaofei demanded ninety-nine kowtows for the victims and the Dragon Kingdom’s dignity, and the Old Witch began repeating the motion.

Yue Xiaofei forced the Old Witch to complete her kowtows, fulfilling Lu Zhenhua’s lifelong ambition and stirring pride among Reverse Scale and the Dragon Kingdom. After the Old Witch collapsed, Yue Xiaofei turned his attention to the Sacred Toilet and declared that his judgment was not over.

• Wild Chicken, Ugly Ox, Han Duoduo, and Lu Qingxue watched Yue Xiaofei with pride and emotion as he made the Old Witch kowtow.
• Lu Qingxue realized Yue Xiaofei had fulfilled her grandfather Lu Zhenhua’s lifelong dream of making Japan’s criminals repent on their knees.
• The Old Witch continued kowtowing while people in the Dragon Kingdom celebrated and Eastern Japan’s internet fell silent.
• The Old Witch completed her ninety-ninth kowtow, collapsed, and passed out.
• Yue Xiaofei pointed at the Sacred Toilet and said that leaving it standing only polluted the air.

After Yue Xiaofei ordered the Sacred Toilet destroyed, Reverse Scale set it ablaze and demolished it with explosives while the world watched. The Old Witch woke to see the shrine collapse, and the sight drove her into despair and madness.

• Wild Chicken, Ugly Ox, and Stone Monkey rushed toward the main hall to burn and blow it up.
• Eastern Japanese officials ordered the Self-Defense Forces to intervene, but the First Division refused, fearing the mission was suicidal.
• Ugly Ox soaked the hall in gasoline, and Wild Chicken threw a lit Molotov cocktail that set it on fire.
• Stone Monkey planted explosives inside the burning hall, then retreated with the others to stand beside Yue Xiaofei.
• The Old Witch woke and watched helplessly as the explosives destroyed the Sacred Toilet, leaving her screaming in despair.

After the livestreamed destruction of the Sacred Toilet sent Eastern Japan and global markets into turmoil, Bureau 7 considered the diplomatic fallout and the danger facing the [Reverse Scale] squad. Zhang Beihai received orders to bring the squad home safely and activated a massive extraction plan.

• The Sacred Toilet burned to scorched ground as the livestream ended, leaving the Old Witch kneeling amid the ruins.
• Eagle Country’s officials reacted to the crisis as Eastern Japan’s stock market crashed and its currency plunged.
• Zhang Beihai and Bureau 7’s senior leaders debated the consequences and the danger to Yue Xiaofei and the [Reverse Scale] squad still in Eastern Japan.
• Zhang Beihai’s superior ordered him to bring every member of the squad home safely, whatever the cost.
• Zhang Beihai activated the “Beacon Fire” contingency plan, ordering the fleet, fighter jets, undercover personnel, and Zhao Mengsheng’s troops to prepare for the extraction.

After destroying the Sacred Toilet, Yue Xiaofei refused Bureau 7’s offer to sneakily rescue the Reverse Scale squad and vowed they would leave Eastern Japan openly. He demanded that the Emperor meet them, while the Emperor’s ministers debated whether to send him out or rely on the Self-Defense Forces.

• Wild Chicken worried that the Reverse Scale squad was surrounded, but Yue Xiaofei said their judgment was over and they were going home.
• Zhang Beihai told Yue Xiaofei that Bureau 7 had activated a large-scale rescue plan, but Yue refused it and vowed to leave in broad daylight with honor.
• Yue Xiaofei said he would make Eastern Japan bring out its greatest ghost and have the Emperor negotiate with them.
• At the Imperial Palace, ministers told the Emperor that Yue Xiaofei had demanded a personal meeting and urged him to stay away while the Self-Defense Forces surrounded the area.
• A cold voice challenged the ministers’ confidence in the troops outside.

Zhao Mengsheng watched Yue Xiaofei’s livestream and celebrated his old company commander Yue Changlong’s son avenging the Dragon Kingdom. After learning that the government ordered Bureau 7 to bring the heroes home safely, Zhao put his army on first-level combat readiness and threatened war against anyone who harmed Yue Xiaofei.

• A guard brought Zhao Mengsheng a recording of Yue Xiaofei’s judgment livestream, and Zhao watched him humiliate the Old Witch and destroy the Sacred Toilet.
• Zhao poured out his liquor and praised Yue Xiaofei for accomplishing what he and Yue Changlong had once wanted to do.
• Zhang Beihai called Zhao to warn him that Eastern Japan was hunting the heroes and the Western world was pressuring the Dragon Kingdom.
• Zhang Beihai told Zhao that the government had ordered Bureau 7 to bring every hero home safely at any cost.
• Zhao told Zhang Beihai that harming Yue Xiaofei would mean war, then ordered his army to assemble and enter first-level combat readiness.

Zhao Mengsheng rallied a hundred thousand Northern Frontier soldiers to launch a mission into Eastern Japan and rescue the trapped Reverse Scale squad. He ended by ordering soldiers who were their parents' only child to step back.

• The highest-level combat alert mobilized the Northern Frontier forces, and a hundred thousand soldiers assembled within ten minutes.
• Zhao Mengsheng showed the troops footage of Yue Xiaofei forcing the Old Witch to apologize and burning the Sacred Toilet, prompting cheers from the soldiers.
• Zhao Mengsheng told the soldiers that the Reverse Scale squad was trapped in Eastern Japan and that the enemy had mobilized to kill them.
• The troops vowed to strike back and bring their heroes home, even after Zhao Mengsheng warned that many might die on foreign soil.
• Zhao Mengsheng ordered any soldier who was their parents' only child to take one step back.

Zhao Mengsheng tried to keep only children from joining the fight, but the hundred thousand soldiers refused to step back and declared themselves brothers who would care for one another’s families. Moved by their resolve, Zhao Mengsheng ordered the entire force to move out together and bring their comrades home.

• Zhao Mengsheng ordered only children to step back, but not one soldier moved.
• A young officer declared that enlistment had made them sons of the country and its people, and the soldiers raised their hands when Zhao Mengsheng asked who was not an only child.
• Zhao Mengsheng rebuked Wang Xiaohu for risking the end of his family line, but Wang Xiaohu insisted he was not an only child and said his comrades would care for his mother.
• The soldiers roared that the comrades behind them were all brothers and promised to care for one another’s families.
• Zhao Mengsheng saluted the soldiers, vowed that they would leave no one behind, and ordered the force to move out.

Zhao Mengsheng launched a massive military operation to rescue the Dragon Kingdom’s young people in enemy territory, while Zhang Beihai ordered the armed forces to confront anyone who tried to stop them. The operation began as the Dragon Kingdom declared it would bring its heroes home by force.

• Zhao Mengsheng sent tanks, troops, White Emperor fighters, and a naval fleet led by the aircraft carrier Kunlun Mountain toward the rescue operation.
• Bureau 7 officials warned Zhang Beihai that the Eagle Side’s Seventh Fleet was mobilizing and Western countries were condemning the Dragon Kingdom’s actions.
• Zhang Beihai defended the rescue and denounced the country’s long history of restraint in the face of humiliation.
• Zhang Beihai ordered the navy to fire if the Seventh Fleet made a move and the air force to intercept any enemy fighters that took off.
• Zhang Beihai ordered officials to leak the operation’s code name and Zhao Mengsheng’s orders, declaring that anyone who obstructed the rescue would die.

Yue Xiaofei used Han Duoduo’s hack to confront the Japanese Emperor inside the Imperial Palace and summoned him to Mount Fuji. He threatened to burn down the palace if the Emperor did not arrive alone within ten minutes.

• The Japanese Emperor blamed his ministers for the deaths of the Four Grandmasters and Shrine Guard and the destruction of the Sacred Toilet.
• Han Duoduo hacked the Imperial Palace’s screens, security system, and PA system from the Reverse Scale squad’s command vehicle.
• Yue Xiaofei spoke through the hacked system and demanded that the Japanese Emperor meet him alone at the summit of Mount Fuji.
• Yue Xiaofei gave the Emperor ten minutes and threatened to burn down the Imperial Palace if he arrived late.

The Japanese Emperor faced demands from his ministers to sacrifice himself or meet the Dragon Kingdom fighter, while Japan's frontline soldiers refused to attack. With his options exhausted, he called on Skull and Bones for help and addressed the organization's leader.

• The Defense Minister urged the Japanese Emperor to embrace “Jade Shatter” and destroy Mount Fuji with the fighter on its summit, while Conservative ministers pressed the emperor to preserve his life.
• The Japanese Emperor silenced the arguing ministers, but the Defense Minister tried to order an artillery strike through his Encrypted Communicator.
• The frontline commander reported that the soldiers were too terrified of the Dragon Kingdom fighter to hold their weapons or fire, and the Defense Minister dropped his communicator.
• The Japanese Emperor retreated to a secret chamber and called Skull and Bones using the imperial family's Satellite Phone.
• The Japanese Emperor humbly addressed the person who answered as the great Lord [Eye of Omniscience].

After Yue Xiaofei demanded that the Japanese Emperor meet him at the Sacred Mountain, the Emperor sought help from the [Eye of Omniscience] and learned that [Skull and Bones] valued Yue Xiaofei far more than Japan. The Emperor obeyed the order to appease Yue Xiaofei and set out for the Sacred Mountain despite his ministers’ protests.

• The Japanese Emperor pleaded with the [Eye of Omniscience] to punish Yue Xiaofei and save Eastern Japan.
• The [Eye of Omniscience] berated the Emperor and warned that Yue Xiaofei must not be harmed, even threatening to destroy Yamato.
• The [Eye of Omniscience] ordered the Emperor to meet Yue Xiaofei and fulfill every demand until the organization’s divine envoy arrived.
• The Japanese Emperor changed into formal clothes and announced that he was going to the Sacred Mountain.
• The ministers begged the Emperor not to go, but he dismissed their concerns and left the Imperial Palace.

The Japanese Emperor left the Imperial Palace and traveled under worldwide scrutiny to the Sacred Mountain, where he was ordered to climb alone to meet Yue Xiaofei. Zhang Beihai ordered the “Beacon Fire” contingency plan to proceed, declaring that China would back its heroes as the Emperor began his humiliating ascent.

• The Japanese Emperor departed the Imperial Palace in a heavily guarded motorcade as reporters broadcast his journey around the world.
• At Bureau 7, Zhang Beihai ordered the “Beacon Fire” plan carried out and told Commander Zhao to make the military response as conspicuous as possible.
• Citizens in Eastern Japan watched the motorcade pass and grieved over what they saw as their nation's humiliation.
• The motorcade reached the foot of the Sacred Mountain, where the Japanese Emperor dismissed his attendants and set off alone toward the summit.

The Japanese Emperor endured a brutal climb up the Sacred Mountain, only to find the summit empty and realize Yue Xiaofei had left him to suffer in public. As dawn broke, he saw the Dragon Kingdom’s red flag flying from the mountain’s highest point.

• The Japanese Emperor repeatedly fell and struggled up the snowy trail while the [Eye of Omniscience] warned him that his people would be destroyed if he failed to obey.
• After reaching the summit, the Japanese Emperor found Yue Xiaofei and the [Reverse Scale] squad gone, then collapsed in rage and humiliation.
• Sunrise revealed the Dragon Kingdom’s red flag planted atop the Sacred Mountain’s highest rock.

Yue Xiaofei planted the Dragon Kingdom’s flag atop Sacred Mountain, leaving the Japanese Emperor spiritually broken and viewers around the world stunned. The chapter ended with Dragon Kingdom celebrating while Eastern Japan fell into silence and despair.

• The Japanese Emperor saw the red flag flying over Sacred Mountain and realized Yue Xiaofei had intended to plant it there as a symbol of conquest.
• The Japanese Emperor wanted to tear down the flag but was too afraid to approach Yue Xiaofei, whose presence crushed his courage.
• Yue Xiaofei stood beside the flag and watched the sunrise as the Japanese Emperor’s spirit collapsed.
• Viewers around the world watched the scene in silence before the Dragon Kingdom’s internet erupted in celebration.
• Eastern Japan’s online community fell silent, and its people felt that their national spirit had been destroyed.