Recaps

Yue Changlong effortlessly defeated the three Thrones who attacked him, revealing power over space and overwhelming mental strength. He approached [Wolf], who collapsed to his knees, while [Fool] realized Yue Changlong was even more terrifying than he had been five years earlier.

• [Demon]'s Fear Erosion rebounded, leaving him unconscious and bleeding from all seven orifices.
• Yue Changlong froze [Death God] in midair with a snap of his fingers using Space Confinement.
• Yue Changlong snapped [Death God]'s life-bound scythe in two, badly damaging his soul and leaving him unable to fight.
• Yue Changlong turned toward [Wolf], who was too terrified to move and fell to his knees.
• [Fool] recognized Yue Changlong as the same demon king who had nearly toppled [Skull and Bones] five years earlier, now even more powerful.

Yue Changlong challenged the remaining Thrones to attack him together, then began a countdown when they hesitated. [Fool] and [Wolf] resolved to fight, and [Wolf] launched his life-burning ultimate strike at Yue Changlong.

• Yue Changlong asked [Fool] whether he still thought he was bluffing and demanded that the Thrones attack him together.
• [Fool] realized that he was the only one still standing and panicked at Yue Changlong's overwhelming power.
• Yue Changlong counted down, leaving [Fool] to decide that he would fight rather than flee or beg for mercy.
• [Fool] began mobilizing his energy as black runes appeared on his face, while [Wolf] rose from his knees and transformed into a giant werewolf by burning his life force.
• [Wolf] charged Yue Changlong with a devastating strike, and [Fool] wondered whether Yue Changlong would be hurt or forced to retreat.

Yue Changlong killed [Wolf] with Heavenly Calamity-Black Sun, leaving [Fool], [Demon], and [Death God] stunned and terrified. He dismissed the Twelve Thrones as roadside dogs.

• Yue Changlong unleashed Divine Ruin 003, Heavenly Calamity-Black Sun, as [Wolf] attacked him.
• Heavenly Calamity-Black Sun annihilated [Wolf] and his werewolf form without leaving a trace.
• [Fool] was overwhelmed by disbelief, while [Demon] and [Death God] regained consciousness and saw that [Wolf] was gone.
• [Demon] threatened Yue Changlong and invoked Lord [Eye of Omniscience], but Yue Changlong turned to the remaining Thrones and called them roadside dogs.

Fool released the second-stage [gene lock] and began a self-destruction powerful enough to kill Yue Changlong, his fellow Thrones, and devastate Modu. He trapped Demon and Death God in the energy storm and declared that Yue Xiaofei and millions of people would die with them.

• Yue Changlong called Demon and Death God stray dogs, while Fool laughed and agreed that the Thrones served Lord [Eye of Omniscience].
• Fool activated the second-stage [gene lock], causing his power to surge as the factory shook and cracked.
• Demon and Death God tried to escape, but Fool’s energy field immobilized them and dragged them toward him.
• Fool told Yue Changlong that his self-destruction would equal dozens of nuclear bombs, kill Yue Xiaofei, and raze at least half of Modu.

Outside the abandoned factory, Zhao Mengsheng’s forces braced for a catastrophic energy eruption as Yue Changlong faced [Fool]’s self-detonation inside. Yue Changlong erased the attack with the King’s Ruins and revealed that he had long since surpassed the National Authority Level, leaving [Fool] dead and the factory’s destruction halted.

• Zhao Mengsheng ordered everyone at the temporary position to take cover as a massive energy surge shook the ground and disrupted communications.
• Yue Xiaofei felt the bloodline resonance intensify painfully and refused to stand by as the crisis unfolded.
• [Fool] prepared to detonate the energy formed from his life and soul, but Yue Changlong remained calm as the factory disintegrated around them.
• Yue Changlong opened the King’s Ruins, whose rule halted and erased [Fool]’s destructive energy.
• Yue Changlong told [Fool] that he had left the National Authority Level behind long ago, and [Fool] died as the energy and the remains of [Demon] and [Death God] vanished.

Yue Changlong destroyed the corpses of [Fool], [Demon], and [Death God] after confronting [Eye of Omniscience] and rejecting its vision of a new world. He then turned away from Xiaofei, saying they would meet again, but not yet.

• [Eye of Omniscience] used [Fool]'s body to warn Yue Changlong that the Dragon Kingdom would fall to its new world of gods.
• Yue Changlong declared that the Dragon Kingdom's enduring will would withstand the coming threat.
• [Eye of Omniscience] dismissed Yue Changlong's words, and Yue Changlong unleashed Black Sun Judgment.
• Black Sun Judgment engulfed [Fool], [Demon], and [Death God], leaving a vast pit in the factory.
• Yue Changlong told Xiaofei that he had grown up and that they would meet again, but not now.

After the energy surge vanished, Zhao Mengsheng led Yue Xiaofei and the Reverse Scale Squad into the devastated factory, where they discovered that four of the Skull and Bones' Twelve Thrones had been eliminated. An analyzer detected an unknown force beyond National Authority Level, and Yue Xiaofei became certain the mysterious Black Emperor was his missing father, Yue Changlong.

• Yue Xiaofei sensed the danger inside the factory had passed and convinced Zhao Mengsheng to lead the Reverse Scale Squad inside.
• Zhao Mengsheng, Yue Xiaofei, Han Duoduo, and the squad found the factory hollowed out around a huge crater and searched among the wreckage.
• Han Duoduo identified three bodies as Fool, Death God, and Demon of the Skull and Bones' Twelve Thrones, and detected that Wolf had been reduced to particles.
• Han Duoduo's analyzer detected unknown residual energy beyond National Authority Level.
• Yue Xiaofei concluded the powerhouse who had defeated the Four Great Thrones was his missing father, Yue Changlong, and resolved to grow stronger.

After a mysterious powerhouse beyond National Authority Level killed the [Skull and Bones]'s Four Great Thrones, Zhao Mengsheng’s troops celebrated their survival and secured the battlefield. At Bureau 7, officials confirmed the readings and struggled to classify the unknown powerhouse’s strength.

• Han Duoduo assured Zhao Mengsheng that her instrument had detected an energy signature beyond National Authority Level.
• Zhao Mengsheng and the soldiers realized the mysterious powerhouse had saved them and the people of Modu, and they erupted in celebration.
• Zhao Mengsheng ordered his troops to secure the Thrones’ bodies, suppress information, count casualties, and help restore order.
• Zhao Mengsheng praised the Suicide Squad, promised promotions and rewards, and vowed to honor the fallen soldiers and support their families.
• At Bureau 7’s Modu branch, Han Duoduo reported that repeated supercomputer checks confirmed the mysterious powerhouse’s strength defied every known classification system.

Yue Xiaofei concluded that the mysterious expert who saved Modu was his father, Yue Changlong, prompting Bureau 7 to consider reopening the classified investigation into him. Meanwhile, Eastern Frontier commanders debated Yue Xiaofei’s reward, with Xiao Tian Ce proposing the rank of major general before someone objected.

• Yue Xiaofei told the conference room that the mysterious expert was his father, Yue Changlong, and explained the blood connection he had sensed in Modu.
• Zhang Beihai and the others considered Yue Xiaofei’s explanation and decided to reopen the investigation into Yue Changlong.
• Zhang Beihai told Yue Xiaofei that the higher-ups were discussing a reward for his service.
• At Eastern Frontier Theater headquarters, Xiao Tian Ce proposed making Yue Xiaofei a major general, and several generals supported him.
• An unnamed voice objected to the proposal.

Generals debated whether Yue Xiaofei deserved promotion to major general despite his past disobedience, until former military commander Marshal Long Qianshan arrived to make the final decision. Long acknowledged the need for discipline but argued that extraordinary talent and circumstances justified exceptional treatment.

• Li Weiguo opposed awarding Yue Xiaofei the rank of major general, citing his youth and repeated disobedience of orders.
• Zhao Mengsheng defended Yue Xiaofei, pointing to his service to the country and his rescue of over a hundred thousand people in Modu.
• The generals' show of hands was nearly evenly split, leaving the meeting deadlocked.
• Marshal Long Qianshan arrived, heard the debate, and announced that he would decide Yue Xiaofei's honors.
• Long agreed that military discipline mattered but argued that rules should not prevent victories or protection of the people, and that extraordinary talent deserved extraordinary treatment.

Long Qianshan approved an honorary Major General rank for eighteen-year-old Yue Xiaofei, citing his extraordinary service to the Dragon Kingdom. He imposed restrictions to protect Yue Xiaofei and preserve his role in Bureau 7’s [Reverse Scale] squad.

• Long Qianshan argued that Yue Xiaofei’s patriotism, strength, and achievements made him an invaluable talent in a changing world.
• Long Qianshan approved granting Yue Xiaofei the rank of Major General, shocking the assembled generals.
• Li Weiguo reconsidered his objections as Yue Xiaofei’s feats—including confronting [Skull and Bones] and protecting civilians at Modu Port—overwhelmed his concerns.
• Long Qianshan ruled that the promotion would remain secret and that Yue Xiaofei would have no command over troops.
• Long Qianshan kept Yue Xiaofei’s public identity as a member of Bureau 7’s [Reverse Scale] squad, allowing him to invoke his rank only for military resources or special diplomatic occasions.

Long Qianshan honored the eight hundred soldiers who fought in the Battle of Modu and ordered lasting support for the dead and survivors’ families. He left the generals charged with ensuring the heroes and their loved ones were never forgotten or neglected.

• The generals unanimously approved Long Qianshan’s decision concerning Yue Xiaofei.
• Long Qianshan addressed the eight hundred soldiers who fought in the Battle of Modu, moving Zhao Mengsheng and the other generals with memories of their sacrifice.
• Long Qianshan awarded the Suicide Squad collective First-Class Merit and the title of National Combat Hero, and named the unit the Modu Eight Hundred Company.
• Long Qianshan posthumously recognized the 137 fallen soldiers as martyrs and ordered compensation for their families.
• Long Qianshan promised the 663 survivors and their families lifelong benefits, including medical care, housing, education support, and assistance in hardship.

Lu Zhenhua returned to Modu after more than sixty years abroad and reunited with his granddaughter Lu Qingxue and grandnephew Yue Xiaofei. As he shared memories of his sister Lu Lanxin, he learned that Yue Qinhu was still alive.

• Officers in the conference room saluted the old Marshal after his words left them in a deathly hush.
• Lu Zhenhua arrived at Bureau 7's Modu branch, where Lu Qingxue and the [Reverse Scale] squad waited for him.
• Lu Zhenhua embraced Yue Xiaofei, recognized his resemblance to Lu Lanxin, and wept as he breathed in the soil of home.
• In the lounge, Lu Zhenhua told Yue Xiaofei how Lu Lanxin had supported the front lines and stayed behind to aid the war effort.
• Yue Xiaofei told Lu Zhenhua that Yue Qinhu was living under an assumed name in Jiangcheng, and Lu Zhenhua reacted in shock.

Lu Zhenhua resolved to visit Yue Xiaofei’s grandfather despite his dementia, but the reunion was interrupted when Zhao Mengsheng and Xiao Tian Ce arrived to announce Yue Xiaofei’s promotion. Yue Xiaofei was named an eighteen-year-old major general and struggled to believe the order.

• Lu Zhenhua told Yue Xiaofei that he and his grandfather had trusted each other on the battlefield, then insisted on visiting him even if he was no longer recognized.
• Zhao Mengsheng and Xiao Tian Ce arrived at the branch compound with honor guards and summoned Yue Xiaofei to receive a commendation and military rank.
• Zhao Mengsheng read an order approved by Marshal Long Qianshan awarding Yue Xiaofei the rank of major general for his service in Eastern Japan and the Battle of Shanghai.
• The assembled squad members and Lu Zhenhua were stunned by Yue Xiaofei’s promotion, and Yue Xiaofei questioned whether Zhao Mengsheng was joking.
• Zhao Mengsheng told Yue Xiaofei that the order was serious and that Marshal Long Qianshan had approved his special promotion.

Yue Xiaofei received the Major General rank and was warned that it brought responsibility, not power. He asked to visit the fallen Eight Hundred Heroes and personally tell their families they had died as heroes.

• Zhao Mengsheng presented Yue Xiaofei with a General's Dress Uniform and told him to put it on.
• Yue Xiaofei emerged in uniform, and Lu Zhenhua, Zhao Mengsheng, Xiao Tian Ce, and the others reacted with pride and admiration.
• Zhao Mengsheng placed the Major General Rank insignia on Yue Xiaofei's shoulders, and Yue Xiaofei saluted Zhao Mengsheng and Xiao Tian Ce.
• Zhao Mengsheng warned Yue Xiaofei to keep his rank private and use the honor as a chance to grow, while Xiao Tian Ce urged him to live up to the nation's trust.
• Yue Xiaofei asked to visit the fallen Eight Hundred Heroes and personally call their families to tell them their loved ones were heroes.

After requesting the names and family contacts of the fallen Eight Hundred Heroes, Yue Xiaofei helped verify the casualty report and confronted the weight of their losses. He called the family of the first fallen soldier, Wei Dayong, and heard his mother answer.

• Yue Xiaofei asked Zhao Mengsheng for the names and family contact information of the 137 fallen soldiers, and Zhao Mengsheng agreed.
• Zhao Mengsheng's guard hurried off to obtain the records while Xiao Tian Ce showed Yue Xiaofei his approval.
• Yue Xiaofei, Han Duoduo, and Reverse Scale verified the casualty report, which recorded 137 killed, 426 seriously wounded, and 237 lightly wounded.
• Yue Xiaofei read Wei Dayong's entry and remembered the young soldier who had died shielding his comrades.
• Yue Xiaofei called Wei Dayong's family, and his mother answered the phone.

Yue Xiaofei called Wei Dayong’s mother to tell her that Dayong had died protecting his comrades during a classified mission. After describing Dayong as a hero and promising to bring him home, Yue Xiaofei heard his mother ask whether her son had fought bravely.

• Yue Xiaofei struggled to tell Wei Dayong’s mother that her son had died on a classified mission.
• Wei Dayong’s mother broke down in grief when Yue Xiaofei delivered the news.
• Yue Xiaofei told her that Dayong had held off an overwhelming enemy to save his comrades and had been posthumously recognized as a martyr.
• Yue Xiaofei promised that Reverse Scale would care for Dayong’s family and arrange to bring him home.
• Wei Dayong’s mother asked Yue Xiaofei whether Dayong had been brave and had not let the army down.

Yue Xiaofei called the families of fallen Suicide Squad soldiers to tell them their sons had died, while Reverse Scale listened in grief. After speaking with Wei Dayong’s mother and Zhang Shouyi’s father, he called Li Jun’s newly married wife, who thought her husband had sent a surprise.

• Yue Xiaofei told Wei Dayong’s mother that her son had died bravely, and she thanked him before ending the call.
• Yue Xiaofei informed Zhang Shouyi’s father of his death, and the father asked him to return Zhang’s belongings and his late mother’s photograph.
• Wild Chicken struck the wall in anger as Han Duoduo and the other Reverse Scale members grieved for the families and Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei called Li Jun’s wife, who greeted him happily and asked whether Li Jun had sent her a surprise.

Yue Xiaofei informed the families of fallen soldiers Li Jun and Dai Zhenguo, hearing their grief and learning of the Dai Family’s long history of sacrifice. He then called another soldier’s family and told the young sister that her brother had died, leaving her in anguish.

• Yue Xiaofei told Li Jun’s fiancée that Li Jun had been killed, and she broke down over their unfulfilled plans.
• Yue Xiaofei called Dai Zhenguo’s elderly father and informed him of his son’s death.
• Dai Zhenguo’s father recounted how fifty-four members of the Dai Family had died fighting the Japanese invaders and asked Yue Xiaofei to bring back Zhenguo’s bloodstained uniform.
• Yue Xiaofei promised to return Zhenguo’s uniform and was moved to tears by the old man’s words.
• Yue Xiaofei called another fallen soldier’s family, and the soldier’s young sister protested that her brother had promised to teach her to ride a bike and had bought her a schoolbag.

Yue Xiaofei called the families of the 136 fallen Reverse Scale members to tell them their loved ones had died as heroes. On the final call, he reached Chen Ze’s younger sister, Chen Nian, who whispered that she was scared and asked if her brother was there.

• Yue Xiaofei told one grieving family after another that their loved ones had died protecting others, while Han Duoduo, Wild Chicken, and Jin Dapao struggled with their grief.
• Yue Xiaofei completed 135 calls through the night and began the final one on his list.
• Yue Xiaofei read that Captain Chen Ze had died fighting a Transcendent after joining a suicide squad, leaving behind a paralyzed mother and a younger sister, Chen Nian.
• Yue Xiaofei repeatedly called Chen Ze’s family, but no one answered at first.
• Chen Nian finally picked up and, trembling with fear, asked if her brother was on the line.

Yue Xiaofei learned that Chen Nian had been abducted after her home was demolished and her mother was beaten, and that her captors planned to remove her corneas. He ordered Han Duoduo to locate her, and the search narrowed to the outskirts of Willow Town, Jinling.

• Yue Xiaofei pretended to be Chen Nian's brother when she called and heard that thugs had demolished their home, injured her mother, and locked her away.
• Chen Nian told Yue Xiaofei that her captors planned to take her corneas before someone interrupted the call and seized her phone.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered Han Duoduo to find Chen Nian and turn the area upside down while Jin Dapao and Wild Chicken vowed to help rescue her.
• Han Duoduo traced the phone's last signal to the outskirts of Willow Town, Jinling, and began searching surveillance footage and tracking vehicles.

Yue Xiaofei and the Reverse Scale squad found Chen Nian at a warehouse where a notorious organ-transplant doctor was preparing to operate, but Bureau 7 Chief Zhang Beihai tried to stop them from deploying soldiers. The chapter ended with Yue Xiaofei demanding to know whether Zhang would take responsibility if police procedures delayed the rescue until Chen Nian lost her eyes.

• Han Duoduo located Chen Nian at an abandoned warehouse in Jinling and identified the arriving doctor as the underground black market’s notorious “Butcher.”
• Yue Xiaofei ordered the Reverse Scale squad to move out to rescue Chen Nian.
• Two hundred and thirty-one combat-capable survivors of the Modu Eight Hundred Company assembled and requested permission to fight.
• Zhang Beihai arrived and urged Yue Xiaofei to leave the rescue to local police, warning that deploying soldiers would violate regulations.
• Yue Xiaofei challenged Zhang Beihai, arguing that normal procedures could take so long that Chen Nian would lose her eyes before help arrived.

Yue Xiaofei rallied 231 soldiers to go to Jinling and rescue Chen Ze’s sister, while Lu Zhenhua publicly backed him. Zhang Beihai hesitated over the consequences until Marshal Long Qianshan’s secretary relayed permission to let them go and a promise to take responsibility.

• Yue Xiaofei challenged Zhang Beihai over the rules preventing him from rescuing Chen Ze’s sister and asked the soldiers to join him in going to Jinling.
• The 231 soldiers pledged to follow Yue Xiaofei, and Zhang Beihai realized he could not stop them.
• Lu Zhenhua emerged with Lu Qingxue, condemned the rules being used to restrain the soldiers, and told Yue Xiaofei to go.
• Zhang Beihai received a call from Long Qianshan’s secretary, who said Marshal Long had ordered him to let Yue Xiaofei go and promised to hold up the sky if it fell.

Zhang Beihai backed Yue Xiaofei’s rescue mission after speaking with Long Qianshan, and two forces set out for Jinling. Han Duoduo then learned the kidnappers’ surgeon had arrived, while the thugs at the warehouse prepared to remove Chen Nian’s corneas and kill her and her mother.

• Long Qianshan told Zhang Beihai he would take responsibility, prompting Zhang to pledge Bureau 7’s full support for Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered the Reverse Scale squad to fly ahead while Jin Dapao led more than two hundred soldiers by road toward Jinling.
• Han Duoduo intercepted the warehouse’s communications and warned Yue Xiaofei that the doctor had arrived and surgical instruments were being prepared.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered the helicopter pilot to fly faster as the aircraft raced toward Jinling.
• At the abandoned warehouse, the thugs discussed taking Chen Nian’s corneas for Miss Yang and killing Chen Nian and her mother.

Chen Nian faced having her eyes removed while Yue Xiaofei raced to rescue her by jumping from a military helicopter. The chapter ended as a deafening crash shook the warehouse just before the doctor could inject her.

• Chen Nian remembered how Yang Yuanyuan and the Yang Family had ruined her home and threatened her and her mother, while she lay bound awaiting the doctor's surgery.
• Han Duoduo warned Yue Xiaofei that the doctor had entered Chen Nian's room and there was no time to land the helicopter and reach the warehouse.
• Yue Xiaofei leaped from the helicopter at 110 meters, telling the Reverse Scale squad that descending would take only three seconds.
• The doctor approached Chen Nian with a syringe, and she closed her eyes in despair as the needle neared her eye.
• A deafening crash sounded overhead and shook the warehouse before the doctor could inject Chen Nian.