Recaps

Zhao Mengsheng explained why National Authority Level Transcendents could threaten entire nations, then revealed that Yue Xiaofei’s father, Yue Changlong, was likely one of them. He identified Yue Changlong as Divine Sequence 003, the Black Emperor, leaving Yue Xiaofei reeling and full of questions about his father’s past.

• Zhao Mengsheng explained that National Authority Level Transcendents could bypass defenses and devastate nations through stealth, sabotage, and assassination.
• Yue Xiaofei asked how many people had reached that level, and Zhao Mengsheng said the Adam Project had produced only three Divine Sequences.
• Zhao Mengsheng told Yue Xiaofei that his father, Yue Changlong, was likely one of the three.
• Zhao Mengsheng revealed Yue Changlong’s codename was Divine Sequence 003, the Black Emperor.
• Yue Xiaofei struggled to accept that his father was a world-level powerhouse and wondered why he had gone to prison and allowed the Yue Family to suffer.

Zhao Mengsheng told Yue Xiaofei that Yue Changlong may have entered Yanshan Prison willingly and could now be secretly fighting to protect the country. Yue Xiaofei resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside his father, while the fleet approached Modu and prepared to welcome him and the Reverse Scale Squad with a Grand Ceremony.

• Zhao Mengsheng theorized that Yue Changlong had gone to Yanshan Prison willingly, perhaps to guard something, and might no longer be there.
• Zhao Mengsheng urged Yue Xiaofei to honor his father and grandfather by getting stronger until he could face their enemies alongside Yue Changlong.
• Yue Xiaofei set aside his doubts and resolved to become strong enough to protect his father and Dragon Kingdom.
• Zhao Mengsheng told Yue Xiaofei that the fleet was entering port at Modu and that the higher-ups had arranged a Grand Ceremony for him and the Reverse Scale Squad.
• Yue Xiaofei initially resisted the ceremony, but Zhao Mengsheng explained its national significance, and Yue Xiaofei agreed to attend.

The [Eye of Omniscience] convened the [Twelve Thrones] after Yue Xiaofei killed four national guardian-level powerhouses in Eastern Japan and was suspected of killing [Basaka] and [Raven]. He ordered a major operation to capture Yue Xiaofei, the only known [Key] to the [Adam Project].

• The [Eye of Omniscience] showed the [Twelve Thrones] a recording of Yue Xiaofei slaughtering Eastern Japan's four national guardian-level powerhouses.
• The [Eye of Omniscience] reported that [Basaka] and [Raven] had likely died at Yue Xiaofei's hands and warned that he had become uncontrollable.
• The [Demon], [Angel], [Death God], and other Thrones volunteered to hunt Yue Xiaofei.
• The [Eye of Omniscience] appointed [Fool] to lead the operation with [Demon], [Angel], [Death God], and [Wolf].
• The [Eye of Omniscience] assigned thirty A-Level Transcendents from headquarters to support the five Thrones.

[Skull and Bones] dispatched a powerful force to attack Modu Port during Yue Xiaofei’s welcome celebration, while Yue Xiaofei returned to a massive hero’s reception. The festivities halted when Zhang Beihai confronted Yue Xiaofei and the [Reverse Scale Squad].

• The [Eye of Omniscience] ordered five Thrones and thirty A-level Transcendents to capture Yue Xiaofei and destroy Modu Port during the celebration.
• Several cloaked supersonic transports left Lonely Island and flew toward the Dragon Kingdom.
• The East Wind aircraft carrier group entered Modu Naval Port, where a huge crowd welcomed Yue Xiaofei and the returning heroes.
• Zhao Mengsheng nudged Yue Xiaofei down the gangway, where Jin Dapao embraced him and Lin Xiaolu, Xiao Tian Ce, Ouyang Jian, and Elder Xu Anbang praised him.
• Zhang Beihai arrived with Bureau 7 agents and confronted Yue Xiaofei and the [Reverse Scale Squad], freezing the celebration.
• Wild Chicken feared that Bureau 7 would punish the squad for acting without authorization.

Zhang Beihai theatrically scolded Yue Xiaofei and the Reverse Scale Squad before praising their mission, awarding them a collective First-Class Merit, and granting Yue bureau-chief-level clearance. The squad received an unprecedented ceremonial welcome as the aircraft carrier East Wind passed beneath a water salute.

• Zhang Beihai publicly reprimanded Yue Xiaofei and the Reverse Scale Squad for acting without authorization, then laughed and praised their achievements.
• Zhang Beihai announced that the squad would receive a collective First-Class Merit and that Yue Xiaofei's clearance would match the bureau chief's.
• Service members saluted Yue Xiaofei and the squad, while a twenty-one-gun salute sounded across Modu.
• Two fireboats created a water arch as the aircraft carrier East Wind sailed beneath it, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Wild Chicken and Han Duoduo excitedly celebrated the squad's unprecedented welcome.

Yue Xiaofei attended a victory and commendation ceremony where the dignitaries waited for a special guest. Long Qianshan, the legendary Military Sovereign, arrived in person, and the assembled generals saluted him.

• Yue Xiaofei took the center spot among the Dragon Kingdom's military and political dignitaries at the ceremony.
• Zhao Mengsheng told Yue Xiaofei that an important guest was coming especially for him.
• A black private jet escorted by two White Emperor fighters landed at Modu Port.
• Long Qianshan emerged from the jet, and the crowd recognized him as the Military Sovereign.
• Zhao Mengsheng, Xiao Tian Ce, Xu Sanjiang, Xu Sihai, and the assembled generals saluted Long Qianshan.

Long Qianshan publicly honored Yue Xiaofei and his family, revealing the sacrifices of Yue Qinhu and Yue Changlong. He presented Yue Xiaofei with Yue Qinhu’s First-Class Medal of National Defense and asked him to accept his grandfather’s legacy.

• Long Qianshan walked past the assembled generals to greet Yue Xiaofei and recognized him as Yue Qinhu’s grandson and Yue Changlong’s son.
• Long Qianshan told Yue Xiaofei to call him Grandpa Long and praised Yue Qinhu’s selflessness and Yue Changlong’s contributions to the country.
• Long Qianshan praised Yue Xiaofei for showing courage in Eastern Japan and the Western Pacific Ocean.
• Xu Anbang identified the old medal Long Qianshan revealed as the First-Class Medal of National Defense.
• Long Qianshan explained that Yue Qinhu had refused the medal after the Defense of Jiangcheng and entrusted it to Yue Xiaofei as his inheritance.
• Long Qianshan asked Yue Xiaofei whether he was willing to accept the medal and continue his grandfather’s legacy.

Long Qianshan awarded Yue Xiaofei the First-Class Medal of National Defense in recognition of his grandfather’s legacy, then surprised the crowd by awarding him the Dragon Kingdom Medal for his actions in the Eastern Japan Operation. Yue Xiaofei left the ceremony wearing both of the nation’s highest honors, while Long Qianshan urged him to keep serving the country.

• Yue Xiaofei accepted his grandfather’s bloodstained First-Class Medal of National Defense from Long Qianshan, and the crowd applauded.
• Long Qianshan revealed a Dragon Kingdom Medal, stunning the crowd and the Nine-Star Gods of War Zhao Mengsheng and Xiao Tian Ce.
• Long Qianshan announced that the highest leadership had awarded Yue Xiaofei the Dragon Kingdom Medal for his actions in the Eastern Japan Operation.
• Yue Xiaofei tried to refuse the honor, but Long Qianshan pinned the medal to his chest beside the First-Class Medal of National Defense.
• Long Qianshan told Yue Xiaofei that the country needed heroes like him and that the medal also honored unsung protectors.

Yue Xiaofei accepted the Dragon Kingdom’s highest honors at the Modu Port ceremony as the crowd celebrated him. Above the port, Skull and Bones prepared to attack and capture Key, with Fool announcing that the operation would begin in three minutes.

• Long Qianshan convinced Yue Xiaofei to accept his role as a symbol of the Dragon Kingdom, then led the crowd in cheering for him and the nation.
• The crowd celebrated at Modu Port while several Skull and Bones transport aircraft silently positioned themselves above the ceremony.
• Demon mocked the ceremony and threatened the crowd, while Angel warned him to follow the mission to capture Key alive.
• Demon and Angel clashed until Fool ordered them to stop and reasserted his authority.
• Fool watched the ceremony end and announced that Skull and Bones would begin its operation in three minutes.

The Fool sent the Skull and Bones team of Wang Thrones and A-Level Transcendents to a chemical plant near Modu Port to capture the Key. Angel proposed attacking alone, and Death God agreed as long as the mission succeeded.

• The Fool ordered the four Wang Thrones and thirty A-Level Transcendents to descend from the transport aircraft and prepare a forward position near Modu Port.
• Demon crashed into the abandoned chemical plant, and the group landed around him.
• Demon wanted to attack the harbor immediately, but Angel stopped him and insisted they capture the Key alive.
• Angel argued that she alone could defeat the mortals and force them to hand over the Key, provoking Demon's anger.
• Angel asked Death God for his opinion, and he said he had no objection as long as the mission was completed.

Angel left to test Dragon Kingdom’s defenses at Modu Port while keeping the Key alive, and Wolf sensed the trip would bring unforeseen danger. After Yue Xiaofei received the nation’s highest honors, a group of generals eagerly tried to arrange marriages between him and their granddaughters.

• Wolf backed Angel’s plan, and Fool approved it while warning her to keep the Key alive.
• Angel vanished toward Modu Port, while Demon smashed a concrete pillar in frustration and Wolf voiced his unease about the mission.
• At Modu Port, Yue Xiaofei received the First-Class Medal of National Defense and the Dragon Kingdom Medal before preparing to leave the stage.
• Zhao Mengsheng, Xiao Tian Ce, and Xu Sanjiang surrounded Yue Xiaofei, and Xu Sanjiang offered his granddaughter Xu Wanqing as a match.
• Another general promoted his granddaughter, a military doctor, and the generals began arguing over whose granddaughter should marry Yue Xiaofei.

As the generals argued over Yue Xiaofei’s romantic prospects, Zhang Beihai detected a hostile force approaching the port and ordered the Reverse Scale Squad to respond. Han Duoduo identified the incoming threat as [Skull and Bones], a Throne-Level Powerhouse nearing S-Plus level.

• Xiao Tian Ce pulled Yue Xiaofei away from the generals and insisted he choose a girlfriend from the Eastern Frontier, while Zhao Mengsheng calmed the matchmaking dispute.
• Zhang Beihai’s Black Custom Tactical Watch sounded a highest-level red alert as the port’s radar screens filled with static.
• Zhang Beihai ordered the Reverse Scale Squad to assemble and told Man-Rat to investigate the intruder.
• Han Duoduo attempted to track the target but found the Skynet System suppressed and the energy readings off the charts.
• Han Duoduo warned Zhang Beihai that [Skull and Bones] was approaching the port at extreme speed.

A mysterious, powerful being appeared at Modu Port during the Dragon Kingdom’s celebration and identified itself as an angel who had come to offer salvation. Yue Xiaofei sensed the threat was far beyond the A-Level Transcendents he had faced, leaving the gathering on the brink of a confrontation.

• Zhang Beihai recognized the words “Skull and Bones” and sounded the highest-level combat alarm, prompting the generals to protect Long Qianshan and Xu Anbang.
• A white-robed figure appeared on the ceremony platform, and the crowd and soldiers reacted with shock and alarm.
• The figure called the people ants, provoking angry jeers from Jin Dapao, Wild Chicken, and others.
• Yue Xiaofei sensed the figure’s power was far greater than Basaka and Raven’s and prepared for combat.
• The figure introduced itself as Angel and announced it had come to bestow salvation.

At Modu Port, Zhao Mengsheng recognized [Angel] as a Throne of [Skull and Bones] and tried to evacuate Yue Xiaofei, but Yue refused to abandon the civilians. [Angel] unleashed a psychic attack that immobilized nearly everyone, leaving the remaining defenders in agony.

• Zhao Mengsheng identified [Angel] as a Throne of [Skull and Bones] and ordered Xiao Tian Ce to escort Long Qianshan and the other leaders to safety.
• Zhao Mengsheng urged Yue Xiaofei to leave because he believed the enemy had come for him, but Yue refused, citing his medals, family legacy, and duty to protect the civilians.
• [Angel] mocked their attempt to escape and began chanting in an ancient tongue.
• [Angel]'s psychic attack paralyzed nearly everyone at Modu Port, while Yue Xiaofei, Zhao Mengsheng, Zhang Beihai, and a few others resisted with intense pain.
• Zhang Beihai recognized the attack as an indiscriminate psychic assault and realized that covering their ears could not stop it.

Angel’s chant drove the people at Modu Port into a violent frenzy, and Yue Xiaofei, Zhao Mengsheng, and Xiao Tian Ce charged him to stop it. Angel changed the rhythm of his chant and flicked a finger, leaving the three attackers staring in horror as something happened.

• Angel’s chant magnified people’s jealousy, greed, rage, and resentment, causing the crowd at Modu Port to attack one another.
• Yue Xiaofei, Zhao Mengsheng, Xiao Tian Ce, and a few others resisted the chant, while most people at the port lost control.
• Yue Xiaofei charged Angel, and Zhao Mengsheng and Xiao Tian Ce followed in a coordinated attack.
• Xiao Tian Ce launched his Azure Dragon Emerges from the Sea punch at Angel.
• Angel changed his chant to a rapid, authoritative rhythm and flicked one finger, horrifying Yue Xiaofei and the others.

Angel used mental commands to turn more than a hundred thousand civilians into a human shield, trapping Yue Xiaofei, Zhao Mengsheng, Xiao Tian Ce, and the Reverse Scale Squad in an impossible fight. As the controlled crowd grew more violent and armed itself, Angel mocked the guardians from the High Platform.

• Angel commanded the civilians to protect it and attack the three approaching guardians.
• Xiao Tian Ce stopped his strike to avoid hitting a little girl and suffered a qi backlash.
• Zhao Mengsheng, Yue Xiaofei, and Xiao Tian Ce were overwhelmed by civilians they refused to harm.
• Angel taunted Yue Xiaofei and the others, forcing them to choose between fighting their own people and being killed.
• The Reverse Scale Squad also became trapped among the controlled civilians, while Han Duoduo failed to disrupt Angel's power.
• Controlled War Gods picked up guns and aimed them at Yue Xiaofei, Zhao Mengsheng, Xiao Tian Ce, and the others.

As Zhao Mengsheng and Yue Xiaofei faced a crowd driven into a suicide attack by [Angel], Yue Xiaofei awakened the [Emperor Engine] and overwhelmed the port with its power. [Angel] recognized it as the [Black Emperor]'s Divine Sequence and began to suspect that its power could be inherited through Yue Xiaofei's bloodline.

• Zhao Mengsheng was struck by an iron rod and warned Yue Xiaofei that they would be worn down if they kept fighting.
• [Angel] intensified their psychic attack, driving the crowd to prepare a final suicide assault.
• Yue Xiaofei's [Emperor Engine] awakened, drove back the psychic assault, and blasted the crowd away with a crimson-gold wave.
• Yue Xiaofei transformed, radiated overwhelming pressure across Modu Port, and shocked everyone watching.
• [Angel] recognized the [Emperor Engine] as the power of the [Black Emperor] and concluded that Yue Xiaofei's bloodline might be the true key to the Adam Project.

As the Thrones of [Skull and Bones] recognized Yue Xiaofei’s potential and plotted to capture him, Yue Xiaofei unleashed his newly awakened power at Modu Port. He reached [Angel] in an instant and killed it with a single grip, leaving the battle’s aftermath unresolved.

• [Wolf] told the Thrones that Yue Xiaofei’s power had reached the threshold of S-Level and that he could become a second [Black Emperor].
• [Fool] declared that capturing Yue Xiaofei could let [Skull and Bones] mass-produce gods, while [Death God] warned that Yue Xiaofei was still no match for [Angel].
• Yue Xiaofei’s senses and strength surged, and he charged toward [Angel] to avenge the people it had forced to kill one another.
• Yue Xiaofei crossed a hundred meters in an instant and pinned [Angel] with his overwhelming presence.
• Yue Xiaofei seized [Angel] by the throat and snapped its neck.

Yue Xiaofei appeared to kill the [Angel], but the being reformed from golden light and revealed that physical attacks could not kill them. Yue Xiaofei continued attacking as Zhang Beihai identified the [Angel] as an S-Level Transcendent, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Modu Port celebrated after Yue Xiaofei seemingly killed the [Angel].
• The [Angel] dissolved into golden motes and reformed unharmed, declaring that mortals could not kill a god.
• Yue Xiaofei attacked the [Angel] again, but their body repeatedly burst apart and reformed.
• Xiao Tian Ce watched in frustration as Yue Xiaofei's attacks failed to finish the [Angel].
• Zhang Beihai identified the [Angel] as an S-Level Transcendent and described the energy-based abilities of the Twelve Thrones.

Yue Xiaofei fought [Angel] alone to protect more than a hundred thousand civilians, while the Reverse Scale Squad remained trapped among the mind-controlled crowd. As the [Emperor Engine] began destroying his body, Yue Xiaofei refused Zhao Mengsheng’s plea to retreat.

• [Angel] wounded Yue Xiaofei with psychic blades as Zhao Mengsheng and the Reverse Scale Squad watched helplessly from the crowd.
• Zhang Beihai called headquarters for reinforcements and learned the fastest support would take an hour to arrive.
• Yue Xiaofei kept fighting despite accumulating wounds, determined to protect the civilians and his comrades behind him.
• [Angel] explained that the [Emperor Engine] was draining Yue Xiaofei’s life because his body could not withstand its power.
• Yue Xiaofei’s aura dimmed and blood ran from his eyes, nose, and ears as Zhao Mengsheng urged him to retreat, but he refused.

Yue Xiaofei collapsed after launching one last attack, and [Angel] began dragging him away while the Dragon Kingdom forces could only watch. A mysterious woman in red appeared on the platform, making [Angel] sense mortal danger.

• Yue Xiaofei exhausted himself in a final crimson-gold attack, fell onto the platform, and lost consciousness.
• Zhao Mengsheng, Jin Dapao, Xiao Tian Ce, Wild Chicken, Han Duoduo, and the others failed to break through the mind-controlled civilians to reach Yue Xiaofei.
• [Angel] mocked Yue Xiaofei, grabbed him by the hair, and dragged him toward the platform's edge.
• A clear chime rang out, and [Angel] turned in alarm as a woman in red appeared before them with a Mo Dao at her waist.

Ning Hongye appeared to protect Yue Xiaofei and resisted [Angel]'s psychic command before cutting him in half. [Angel] began reassembling and insisted that physical attacks could not kill him.

• Zhang Beihai recognized Ning Hongye and told Zhao Mengsheng that she could work miracles.
• [Angel] dismissed Ning Hongye as an ordinary martial artist and ordered her to strike Yue Xiaofei in the testicles one hundred times.
• Ning Hongye resisted [Angel]'s psychic control and cut him in half with her blade.
• [Angel] began reassembling from golden motes and declared himself undying and eternal.

Ning Hongye used her eyes to break Angel’s control over more than a hundred thousand civilians at Modu Port. Angel’s Psychic Chain was severed, and Ning Hongye revealed that all powers fell silent wherever her gaze fell.

• Angel recovered and used his demonic incantation to drive the civilians into another frenzy against Ning Hongye.
• As the crowd attacked, Ning Hongye removed her red silk blindfold and opened her eyes.
• Ning Hongye said “Illuminating! All! Things!” and restored the civilians’ senses with a single sweeping glance.
• The civilians stopped attacking and realized the harm they had caused, while Zhao Mengsheng, Xiao Tian Ce, and Zhang Beihai watched in shock.
• Angel discovered that Ning Hongye had severed his Psychic Chain and asked what she had done.
• Ning Hongye told Angel that all powers fell silent wherever her gaze fell.

Ning Hongye stripped [Angel] of his supernatural powers, pinned him to the High Platform, and trampled him while holding the unconscious Yue Xiaofei. [Angel] threatened her with [Skull and Bones], but she pressed down harder on his skull.

• [Angel] lost his supernatural abilities and fell to the ground as Ning Hongye's gaze fixed on him.
• Ning Hongye's Mo Dao pierced [Angel]'s shoulder and pinned him to the High Platform.
• Ning Hongye lifted the unconscious Yue Xiaofei, wiped the blood from his face, and rested his head on her shoulder.
• Ning Hongye trampled [Angel]'s face and asked whether he still had any last words.
• [Angel] threatened Ning Hongye with [Skull and Bones], but she told him to shut up and pressed down until his skull began to crack.

Yue Xiaofei stopped Ning Hongye from killing the Angel, explaining that the Skull and Bones member might reveal the truth about his father Yue Changlong’s disappearance and the Adam Project. The Angel was left alive as their only lead.

• The Angel begged for his life as Ning Hongye prepared to crush his skull.
• Yue Xiaofei woke and asked Ning Hongye to stop, shocking everyone who wanted the Angel dead.
• Yue Xiaofei stood despite his injuries and told the crowd he wanted the Angel alive for answers, not out of mercy.
• Yue Xiaofei revealed that clues about his father Yue Changlong’s disappearance and wrongful imprisonment led to the Skull and Bones and the Adam Project.
• Yue Xiaofei identified the Angel as one of the Skull and Bones’ Twelve Thrones and the closest lead to uncovering what happened to his father.
• Jin Dapao fell silent and resolved to find Yue Changlong and clear his name.