Recaps

Yue Xiaofei kept the Japanese Emperor in suspense on the summit before declaring that he was not worthy of looking at what belonged to Dragon Kingdom. The Japanese Emperor spat blood and collapsed to his knees, leaving his fate in Yue Xiaofei’s hands.

• The Japanese Emperor stared at the Hongqi and imagined the humiliation he and the imperial family would face in history.
• Yue Xiaofei silently watched the sunrise until he turned to ask the terrified Japanese Emperor, “Tired?”
• Wild Chicken mocked the Japanese Emperor over comms, and Ugly Ox told him to watch.
• Yue Xiaofei looked at the Hongqi, then told the Japanese Emperor he was not worthy of looking at what belonged to Dragon Kingdom.
• The Japanese Emperor spat blood and dropped to his knees after his mind and body gave out.

Yue Xiaofei confronted the Japanese Emperor on the snow-covered mountain, condemning Japan’s wartime atrocities and demanding he answer to the Dragon Kingdom’s dead. He pinned the Emperor beneath his foot before the Hongqi flag and ordered him to admit his people were wrong.

• The Japanese Emperor knelt in the snow, defeated and stripped of his remaining dignity, while Reverse Scale watched without pity.
• Lu Qingxue realized Yue Xiaofei embodied true dominance and understood her grandfather’s words about the world coming to celebrate China’s strength.
• Yue Xiaofei honored the Hongqi flag, then recounted Japan’s wartime massacres and its refusal to acknowledge or apologize for them.
• Yue Xiaofei declared that he had come to collect a blood debt and drove the Japanese Emperor face-first into the snow.
• Yue Xiaofei pinned the Emperor before the flag and ordered him to confess that his people were wrong, regretful, and guilty.

Yue Xiaofei pinned the Japanese Emperor on Sacred Mountain and rejected his claim of innocence, demanding that he answer for the bloodshed caused by his ancestors. He recounted the atrocities committed in the Dragon Kingdom and honored his own family’s sacrifices, leaving the Japanese Emperor unable to answer.

• Yue Xiaofei crushed the Japanese Emperor beneath his foot until the emperor pleaded that he was innocent and had not started the war.
• Wild Chicken condemned the emperor for enjoying the benefits of his ancestors’ crimes while disclaiming responsibility, and Ugly Ox told him to trust Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei rejected the emperor’s excuse and asked why the red flag was so beautiful, then declared that the heroes of the Dragon Kingdom had dyed it with their blood.
• Yue Xiaofei recalled the invasion, the massacre of three hundred thousand people in Jinling, and the experiments conducted by Japan’s germ-warfare unit.
• Yue Xiaofei recounted how his grandfather Yue Qinhu fought during the Defense of Jiangcheng and how his granduncle Lu Zhenhua and his comrades defended Sihang Warehouse, then challenged the emperor’s claim of innocence.

Yue Xiaofei forced the Japanese Emperor to admit guilt for his ancestors’ crimes, stopping just short of killing him. The Emperor’s confession reached the livestream audience, and the Dragon Kingdom erupted in celebration.

• Yue Xiaofei threatened to kill the Japanese Emperor if he continued refusing to admit the crimes of his ancestors.
• As Yue Xiaofei counted down and raised his foot, the Japanese Emperor pleaded guilty to avoid death.
• The Japanese Emperor faced the Hongqi flag and declared, “I am guilty,” on the livestream.
• Viewers across the Dragon Kingdom celebrated the Emperor’s confession.

Yue Xiaofei forced the Japanese Emperor to kowtow three times before the Dragon Kingdom’s flag, answering a century of historical denial and humiliation. As the Emperor lost consciousness, people watching in the Dragon Kingdom celebrated Yue’s actions as justice for the fallen and a sign of the nation’s strength.

• Yue Xiaofei ordered the Japanese Emperor to kowtow after rejecting his confession as insufficient.
• Yue Xiaofei forced the Japanese Emperor to strike his head against the ground three times, naming the victims of Jinling, Japan’s historical revisionism, and the fallen heroes as he did so.
• The Japanese Emperor lost consciousness in a pool of blood while the Reverse Scale members watched and Lu Qingxue admired Yue Xiaofei.
• Lu Qingxue recalled her grandfather Lu Zhenhua’s words about restoring the Dragon Kingdom’s backbone and planting its flag in the enemy’s heart.
• Elder Xu watched the event at the Xu Family Courtyard and praised Yue Xiaofei, while Xu Sanjiang, Xu Sihai, and the others shared his emotion.

As Yue Xiaofei trampled the Japanese Emperor beneath the Dragon Kingdom’s flag, Han Duoduo broadcast the footage across Eastern Japan, shattering the nation’s composure. The scene also stirred dementia-stricken veteran Yue Qinhu, who saluted and declared that they had planted the flag and won.

• Lin Xiaolu and Lin Tiejun watched Yue Xiaofei defeat the Japanese Emperor, and Lin Tiejun praised the military spirit and thought of his old comrade Yue Qinhu.
• Han Duoduo hacked screens across Eastern Japan to broadcast the footage on a loop with funeral music, prompting widespread despair among viewers.
• In a Jiangbei military sanatorium, the sight of the red flag awakened Yue Qinhu, who saluted the screen and cried that they had planted the flag and won.
• Veterans throughout the Dragon Kingdom watched the history-making scene with their families.

Yue Xiaofei’s humiliation of the Japanese Emperor moved veterans and enraged Ito Yūgorō, who died watching the Dragon Kingdom’s flag fly atop Mount Fuji. Yue Xiaofei then forced the unconscious Emperor to read a prepared document aloud, threatening to leave the Hongqi flag as a tombstone for the imperial family.

• Veterans across the Dragon Kingdom celebrated Yue Xiaofei’s flag-raising on Mount Fuji as the fulfillment of a long-held wish.
• Ito Yūgorō watched the broadcast from a guarded room, raged at the Emperor’s humiliation, and died after spitting blood.
• Jin Dapao kicked over his desk and proudly praised Yue Xiaofei, the son of his former commander Yue Changlong.
• Yue Xiaofei told the unconscious Japanese Emperor that the kowtows had only been interest and threw a prepared document onto his bloodied face.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered the Emperor to read the document to the world and threatened to make the flag a tombstone for the imperial family if he omitted or altered anything.

Yue Xiaofei forced the Japanese Emperor to read an Edict of Self-Accusation demanding apologies, historical acknowledgments, returned artifacts, disbandment of the Imperial Guard, and one trillion dollars in compensation. After Yue Xiaofei warned that Skull and Bones might want him dead, the Japanese Emperor gave in and agreed to read it.

• The Japanese Emperor woke and read the Edict of Self-Accusation, which demanded that he acknowledge Japan’s crimes, return stolen artifacts, disband the Imperial Guard, and pay one trillion U.S. dollars.
• The Japanese Emperor refused to sign or read the edict, calling its terms an unacceptable humiliation of his nation.
• Yue Xiaofei told the Japanese Emperor that Skull and Bones might discard him and arrange his death now that he had become a liability.
• Yue Xiaofei gave the Japanese Emperor a choice between reading the edict and dying.
• The Japanese Emperor broke down, picked up the bloodstained edict, and agreed to read it.

Yue Xiaofei forced the Japanese Emperor to read an edict apologizing for Eastern Japan’s aggression and imposing sweeping penalties. After the Emperor collapsed, Yue Xiaofei declared to the world that the tables had turned.

• The Japanese Emperor knelt before the red flag and publicly apologized for Eastern Japan’s crimes of aggression.
• The Japanese Emperor declared that Eastern Japan would permanently disband its defense forces, alarming Eagle Country and thrilling the Dragon Kingdom’s soldiers.
• The Japanese Emperor promised to return all illegally taken cultural relics to the Dragon Kingdom within three months and hand over war-criminal memorial tablets for public burning.
• The Japanese Emperor declared that Eastern Japan would pay the Dragon Kingdom one trillion U.S. dollars within one year.
• The Japanese Emperor collapsed after finishing the edict, and Yue Xiaofei picked it up and told the world to remember the day the tables turned.

Yue Xiaofei forced the Japanese Emperor to deliver the humiliating Edict of Self-Accusation, setting off celebrations in the Dragon Kingdom and chaos in Eastern Japan. After honoring his father’s dream atop the Sacred Mountain Summit, Yue Xiaofei told the Emperor he would have to crawl down the mountain with Yue Xiaofei riding on his back.

• The Japanese Emperor read the Edict of Self-Accusation, prompting worldwide shock and celebrations across the Dragon Kingdom.
• Eastern Japanese citizens and extremists reacted with anger and despair, and mobs attacked buildings as chaos spread.
• Yue Xiaofei remembered his father Yue Changlong and recited the poem about avenging the Dragon Kingdom’s humiliation.
• Wild Chicken, Ugly Ox, and the other Reverse Scale Squad members praised Yue Xiaofei’s poem.
• The Japanese Emperor asked Yue Xiaofei to let him leave, but Yue Xiaofei ordered him to crawl down the mountain and carry him.

Yue Xiaofei forced the Japanese Emperor to carry him down the mountain while he held the Hongqi flag and mocked him. The Japanese Emperor obeyed, crawling toward the foot of the mountain as Yue Xiaofei's threats left him fearing an even greater reckoning.

• The Japanese Emperor resisted becoming Yue Xiaofei's mount, but Yue Xiaofei reminded him of his previous humiliations and threatened the imperial family if he refused.
• The Japanese Emperor gave in, dropped onto all fours in the snow, and exposed his back to Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei climbed onto the Japanese Emperor, raised the Hongqi flag, and ordered him forward with a slap.
• Yue Xiaofei recited a verse about riding the Japanese Emperor to see the cherry blossoms as the Reverse Scale Squad watched in shock.
• Wild Chicken excitedly photographed the scene while the Japanese Emperor crawled down the mountain, his hands and knees scraped raw.

Yue Xiaofei descended Sacred Mountain with the Japanese Emperor crawling beneath him, publicly humiliating Eastern Japan before its citizens and the world. At the foot of the mountain, he seized the exhausted Emperor and challenged the armed Shrine Guard as they aimed their guns at him.

• The Shrine Guard and local constables sealed off the area but held back because the Japanese Emperor was still in danger.
• Yue Xiaofei appeared on the snowy path carrying a red flag and riding on the Japanese Emperor's back, stunning the crowd and reporters.
• The Shrine Guard grew furious and demanded permission to attack, but the Guard Commander refused to risk the Emperor's life.
• Yue Xiaofei reached the foot of the mountain, jumped down, and left the badly injured Emperor collapsed in the snow.
• Yue Xiaofei grabbed the Emperor by the collar, held him in front of himself, and challenged the surrounding armed guards.

Yue Xiaofei forced the Japanese Emperor to drive the Reverse Scale Squad to the port while dismissing Lu Qingxue’s concern that he was provoking a dangerous retaliation. The Emperor secretly vowed revenge as he drove them away.

• Yue Xiaofei used the Japanese Emperor as a human shield to make the surrounding soldiers let him reach the Emperor’s royal car.
• Yue Xiaofei shoved the Emperor into the driver’s seat and ordered him to take the group to the port.
• The Reverse Scale Squad got into the car, and Wild Chicken filmed and mocked the Emperor from the passenger seat.
• Lu Qingxue worried that Yue Xiaofei’s actions might provoke a deadly response, but Yue Xiaofei defended his harsh treatment by recalling the atrocities committed in Jinling City.
• The Japanese Emperor silently drove toward the port while secretly swearing to take revenge on Yue Xiaofei and the others.

Yue Xiaofei and the Reverse Scale Squad reached Yokohama Port, where Eastern Japan’s forces had surrounded them. Using the Japanese Emperor as a hostage, Yue Xiaofei forced the soldiers to retreat and escaped with his squad by speedboat.

• The Japanese Emperor drove Yue Xiaofei and the Reverse Scale Squad toward Yokohama Port while Wild Chicken filmed him and a convoy followed behind.
• At the port, Yue Xiaofei saw that Eastern Japan’s soldiers, vehicles, aircraft, and warships had formed a blockade.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered the Japanese Emperor to drive into the port, then used him as a hostage to keep the soldiers from firing.
• The Reverse Scale Squad boarded their speedboat, and Yue Xiaofei made the Japanese Emperor order the soldiers to retreat five kilometers.
• Ugly Ox accelerated the speedboat, and Yue Xiaofei and the Reverse Scale Squad escaped from the port.

Yue Xiaofei forced the Japanese Emperor to accept demands before kicking him into the sea and escaping toward international waters. After being rescued, the Emperor ordered his forces to destroy the speedboat and threatened the Guard Commander into authorizing an attack.

• Yue Xiaofei warned the Japanese Emperor to return stolen artifacts, destroy the memorial tablets, and pay reparations.
• Yue Xiaofei threw a life ring to the Japanese Emperor, kicked him into the sea, and sped away as Japanese forces moved to rescue him.
• After being pulled aboard a destroyer, the Japanese Emperor raged and demanded that the fleet pursue and destroy Yue Xiaofei's speedboat.
• The Guard Commander warned that an attack would contradict the Emperor's public promises and damage Eastern Japan's reputation.
• The Japanese Emperor drew a pistol and forced the Guard Commander to order all units to fire on the speedboat.

Yue Xiaofei and his companions discovered that the Japanese fleet had locked weapons onto their speedboat, but a massive Dragon Kingdom force arrived before the fleet could fire. The Japanese commander and his sailors were left facing an overwhelming armada.

• Han Duoduo reported that Japanese ships and aircraft had locked onto Yue Xiaofei's speedboat, and Wild Chicken cursed their broken promise.
• Yue Xiaofei calmly watched the approaching attack and said the Japanese had finally given him an excuse.
• The Eastern Japan Fleet commander prepared to order the attack, but operators detected thousands of rapidly approaching targets on radar, optical systems, and sonar.
• The commander saw Dragon Kingdom fighter jets fill the sky, led by a White Emperor stealth fighter.
• A Type 096 Dragon King submarine surfaced before the fleet as two aircraft carriers and dozens of warships approached under red flags.
• The Eastern Japan Fleet stared at the Dragon Kingdom armada, realizing they were overwhelmed.

Zhao Mengsheng arrived with the Dragon Kingdom’s overwhelming fleet and gave the Eastern Japan forces three seconds to surrender or face destruction. As Lu Qingxue asked Yue Xiaofei whether the fleet’s arrival had been part of his plan, Yue Xiaofei hinted that his boldness on Sacred Mountain had a reason.

• The Eastern Japan commander and Emperor panicked as the Dragon Kingdom’s fleet and fighter jets surrounded their patrol boats.
• Zhao Mengsheng emerged aboard a submarine, identified himself as the Dragon Kingdom’s God of War, and demanded the Eastern Japan forces surrender within three seconds.
• Dragon Kingdom warships aimed their main guns and fighter jets readied their missiles against the Eastern Japan fleet.
• Wild Chicken, Ugly Ox, and the Reverse Scale Squad celebrated the arrival of their homeland’s forces, while Lu Qingxue marveled at their strength.
• Lu Qingxue asked Yue Xiaofei whether the fleet’s arrival was part of his plan, and he asked why she thought he had dared to stir up trouble on Sacred Mountain alone.

Zhao Shanhe’s fleet surrounded the Eastern Japan Fleet and ordered it to disarm and submit to inspection, while Captain Johnson recognized that the Dragon Kingdom was asserting its dominance in the Pacific. The Japanese commander faced a three-minute deadline as Zhao Shanhe threatened dire consequences.

• Lu Qingxue realized Yue Xiaofei had deliberately forced the Japanese into a confrontation backed by the Dragon Kingdom’s fleet.
• Zhao Shanhe ordered his forces to lock fire-control radars onto every Eastern Japan vessel and sink any ship that made a suspicious move.
• After the Guard Commander offered to withdraw, Zhao Shanhe demanded that the fleet shut down its weapons, turn its guns toward the sea, and assemble for inspection.
• Captain Johnson decided the Dragon Kingdom was asserting dominance, ruled out intervention, and ordered an urgent report to General MacArthur.
• Zhao Shanhe gave the Guard Commander three minutes to comply or face the consequences.

As Zhao Shanhe’s countdown neared zero, the Eastern Japan Fleet faced annihilation while the Eagle Side destroyer withdrew. The Guard Commander stopped the Japanese Emperor from launching a final attack and surrendered at the last moment.

• Zhao Shanhe counted down as the Guard Commander weighed surrender against the deaths of his fleet’s thousands of soldiers.
• Johnson ordered the Eagle Side destroyer Liberty to retreat five nautical miles and observe silently rather than defend Eastern Japan.
• The Guard Commander’s crew lost hope when they saw the Eagle Side ship retreat.
• The Japanese Emperor charged the missile launch console, intending to take the enemy down with him.
• The Guard Commander knocked the Japanese Emperor unconscious, ordered the fleet to stand down, and raised a white flag just before the countdown ended.

Eastern Japan’s fleet surrendered to the Dragon Kingdom, and Yue Xiaofei forced its soldiers to salute a massive red flag covering their flagship’s Rising Sun Flag. The humiliating scene was broadcast worldwide, and the Japanese Emperor fainted after witnessing it.

• The Eastern Japan flagship raised a white flag, prompting celebration in the Dragon Kingdom and shock and grief in Eastern Japan.
• Zhao Shanhe mocked the surrendered fleet, while Yue Xiaofei ordered Wild Chicken to deliver a prepared gift by drone.
• The drone dropped a huge red flag over the Rising Sun Flag on the Eastern Japan flagship.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered the Eastern Japan officers and sailors to assemble and salute the red flag; after Dragon Kingdom forces threatened them, the Guard Commander made them comply.
• The drone broadcast thousands of Eastern Japan troops saluting the red flag, and the Japanese Emperor woke, saw the scene, and fainted from rage.

After Yue Xiaofei’s mission ended, Zhao Shanhe’s fleet escorted him and the Reverse Scale Squad to the Dragon Kingdom’s aircraft carrier, the East Wind. Zhao Mengsheng welcomed them and praised their actions before leading them to the Combat Operations Center for important business.

• Yue Xiaofei ordered Wild Chicken to bring the drone back, and his speedboat headed toward the Dragon Kingdom fleet.
• Zhao Shanhe declared the mission complete and ordered the fleet to escort Yue Xiaofei and his companions home.
• Yue Xiaofei and the Reverse Scale Squad arrived aboard the East Wind, where naval personnel saluted them.
• Zhao Mengsheng greeted Yue Xiaofei, praised the squad, and told them they had important business to discuss.
• Zhao Mengsheng led Yue Xiaofei and the others toward the carrier’s Combat Operations Center.

Zhao Mengsheng revealed that the fleets had been deployed to trap an Eagle Country Ghost-class nuclear attack submarine stealing Dragon Kingdom naval data. When the submarine tried to escape, he sent twelve Sea Eagle anti-submarine helicopters to force it to surface.

• Zhao Mengsheng told Yue Xiaofei that the fleets’ real target was a Ghost-class nuclear attack submarine lurking in the East Sea.
• Zhao Mengsheng explained that the submarine had been gathering hydrographic data and acoustic signatures, while Yue Xiaofei’s actions in Eastern Japan had helped draw attention away from the fleet’s deployment.
• A sonar operator detected the submarine attempting to escape under cover of a merchant ship’s noise.
• Zhao Mengsheng ordered the Sea Eagle helicopters to launch and prepare depth charges to force the submarine to surface.
• Twelve Sea Eagle helicopters took off from the carrier and headed toward the target waters.

Dragon Kingdom forces detected the Ghost submarine and forced it to surface after a depth-charge attack damaged it. Zhao Mengsheng ended the chapter mocking the stranded submarine over its public communications channel.

• Zhao Mengsheng ordered the 055 Destroyer Formation and the East Wind to search for the Ghost with sonar.
• Captain Mike tried to use a merchant ship as cover, but Dragon Kingdom sonar and sonobuoys exposed the Ghost's position.
• Dragon Kingdom anti-submarine helicopters dropped depth charges that damaged the Ghost's hull, ballast tank, and propulsion system.
• Mike ordered the crippled Ghost to surface, and Dragon Kingdom forces spotted the battered submarine.
• Zhao Mengsheng contacted the Ghost's public channel and taunted its crew while offering a mock humanitarian rescue.

Captain Mike surrendered the Ghost submarine after Zhao Mengsheng threatened to sink it, and Dragon Kingdom forces filmed the crew for public humiliation. Yue Xiaofei then asked Zhao about Skull and Bones and his father, Yue Changlong, prompting Zhao to take him somewhere private.

• Mike accused Zhao Mengsheng of provoking a conflict, but Zhao dismissed him and ordered the Ghost crew to raise their flag and assemble for inspection.
• After Mike protested, a Dragon Kingdom destroyer fired a warning shell near the Ghost, and Mike agreed to bring his crew out.
• Mike led the crew onto the deck beneath the raised Stars and Stripes while drones filmed them from every angle; Wild Chicken mocked them, and Mike collapsed.
• Zhao Mengsheng ordered the footage recorded for a mocking headline, while Yue Xiaofei felt proud of Dragon Kingdom's response.
• Yue Xiaofei asked Zhao about Skull and Bones and his father, Yue Changlong, and Zhao led him away from the command room to speak privately.

Zhao Mengsheng warned Yue Xiaofei that Skull and Bones had made him a priority target and revealed his father’s connection to the Adam Project. He explained that the organization’s Twelve Thrones were S-Level Transcendents nearing National Authority Level, leaving Yue Xiaofei aware of the vast power he might face.

• Zhao Mengsheng told Yue Xiaofei that his actions in Eastern Japan had made him a major threat to Skull and Bones.
• Zhao Mengsheng revealed that Yue Changlong had been a core test subject in the Adam Project and had taken a crucial Key when he left.
• Zhao Mengsheng explained that Skull and Bones sought to capture Yue Xiaofei to learn where his father had hidden the Key.
• Zhao Mengsheng described Skull and Bones as a secretive power with influence across global politics, economics, and military affairs.
• Zhao Mengsheng warned Yue Xiaofei not to confront the Twelve Thrones, who were S-Level Transcendents approaching National Authority Level.