Recaps

Yue Xiaofei broke into the warehouse and rescued Chen Nian, who had been held by a gang of thugs. After telling her to count down from ten, he defeated every thug and left her safe with him.

• Yue Xiaofei smashed through the warehouse roof and landed in front of Chen Nian.
• The thugs attacked Yue Xiaofei, but he told Chen Nian to close her eyes and count down from ten.
• As Chen Nian counted, Yue Xiaofei swiftly broke the attackers’ bones and overwhelmed them.
• Chen Nian reached one, and Yue Xiaofei told her she could open her eyes.

Yue Xiaofei rescued Chen Nian from the thugs and told her he was her brother's comrade, concealing Chen Ze's death. After learning Chen Nian's mother was safe, he interrogated the captured men about Yang Tianhao and vowed to punish him and his powerful backers.

• Yue Xiaofei broke the black-market doctor's hands, freed Chen Nian, and covered her with his General's Dress Uniform.
• Yue Xiaofei told Chen Nian he was her brother's comrade and had come to look after her and her mother, while hiding that Chen Ze had died.
• Chen Nian broke down sobbing against Yue Xiaofei, who checked her injuries and found no serious wounds.
• Han Duoduo, Wild Chicken, and the others entered the warehouse, and Han Duoduo told Chen Nian that her mother was safe at the Jinling Army's guesthouse.
• Yue Xiaofei tied up the thugs and demanded to know where Yang Tianhao was; when they warned him about Yang's powerful backers, he vowed to make them pay for targeting a hero's family.

A military convoy entered Jinling City as authorities ordered a citywide hunt for Yang Tianhao and learned of the crimes against Chen Ze’s family. At the abandoned warehouse, Yue Xiaofei rallied 231 soldiers to seek justice, and Han Duoduo identified Yang Tianhao’s backer as Sun Xiaochuan.

• A military convoy rolled into Jinling City, and the police bureau chief ordered officers to cooperate with a secret mission and capture Yang Tianhao.
• Jin Dapao berated the Jinling police for failing to protect Chen Ze’s mother and younger sister, who had been held captive and abused.
• Two hundred and thirty-one soldiers arrived at the warehouse, where their bandaged sergeant reported to Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei told the soldiers Chen Ze’s family was safe and rallied them to seek justice against Yang Tianhao and his protector.
• Han Duoduo reported that Yang Tianhao was partying at the Golden Splendor club and named Sun Xiaochuan as the man backing him.

Yue Xiaofei sent soldiers to protect Chen Nian and her mother while moving with Han Duoduo and the Reverse Scale squad to confront Yang Tianhao at the Golden Splendor. He kicked down the club’s private-room door as Yang Tianhao threatened him, leaving their confrontation poised to begin.

• Yue Xiaofei ordered more than two hundred soldiers to guard Chen Nian and her mother and investigate Yang Tianhao’s businesses with Jin Dapao’s help.
• Yue Xiaofei brought Han Duoduo, Wild Chicken, Bai Bing, Ugly Ox, and Jade Rabbit to the Golden Splendor.
• Yang Tianhao sent his men a voice message demanding that they take Chen Nian’s corneas for his sister’s transplant.
• Yue Xiaofei kicked in the private-room door and confronted Yang Tianhao, who cursed at him and threatened to call his men.

Yue Xiaofei confronted Yang Tianhao over his abuse of Chen Ze’s family and presented evidence of his crimes. Yang Tianhao showed no remorse and continued to insult Chen Ze and his family, pushing Yue Xiaofei’s fury to its limit.

• Yue Xiaofei approached Yang Tianhao and revealed that he had served alongside Chen Nian’s brother, Chen Ze.
• Yang Tianhao mocked Chen Ze and dismissed Yue Xiaofei and his comrades as deserters.
• Yue Xiaofei threw Han Duoduo’s compiled evidence of Yang Tianhao’s crimes at him, leaving him shaken and protesting that it was slander.
• Yue Xiaofei condemned Yang Tianhao for abusing Chen Ze’s family and reminded him that Chen Ze had died protecting the country and its people.
• Yang Tianhao laughed, denied that Chen Ze’s sacrifice mattered to him, and boasted that the powerless deserved to be trampled.
• Yang Tianhao further insulted Chen Nian and her family, driving Yue Xiaofei’s anger to its peak.

Yue Xiaofei and the [Reverse Scale] squad defeated Yang Tianhao’s reinforcements and captured him alive. Yue Xiaofei confronted Yang Tianhao about his belief that the powerless deserved to be trampled, leaving him bound and helpless.

• Yang Tianhao triggered the emergency alarm, summoning more than a hundred armed thugs to surround Yue Xiaofei and the [Reverse Scale] squad.
• Yang Tianhao ordered the thugs to kill Yue Xiaofei and his companions, but Yue Xiaofei told his squad to knock them out instead.
• Yue Xiaofei and the [Reverse Scale] squad took down all the thugs in less than a minute.
• Yue Xiaofei confronted the terrified Yang Tianhao, who realized he had provoked someone beyond his power to handle.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered [Wild Chicken] to bind Yang Tianhao, then challenged him about his claim that people without power or influence deserved to be trampled.

Yue Xiaofei exposed Yang Tianhao’s reliance on Jia Ergou, a corrupt impostor using Bureau 7’s name, and summoned Bureau Chief Zhang Beihai to investigate the Jinling Branch. Jia Ergou arrived to intimidate Yue Xiaofei, who presented his credentials to challenge him.

• Yang Tianhao called Jia Ergou for help and bragged that Bureau 7 would punish Yue Xiaofei and his squad.
• Yue Xiaofei called Zhang Beihai and accused the Bureau 7 Jinling Branch of shielding criminal gangs, prompting Zhang to head to Jinling.
• Jia Ergou arrived with subordinates and found Yang Tianhao and the other thugs beaten and restrained.
• Jia Ergou falsely claimed Bureau 7 authority and threatened Yue Xiaofei, who showed him his credential.

Jia Ergou mistook Yue Xiaofei’s military credential for a fake and tried to arrest him, but Chen Weiguo arrived and recognized Yue as a major general. Chen saluted Yue and reported in as the head of the Bureau 7 Jinling Branch.

• Yue Xiaofei showed Jia Ergou and Yang Tianhao his military credential, but they laughed and accused him of impersonating a major general.
• Jia Ergou threatened to arrest Yue and approached him with handcuffs.
• Chen Weiguo arrived with Bureau 7 subordinates and ignored Jia Ergou and Yang Tianhao’s accusations.
• Chen Weiguo saw Yue’s rank insignia, realized he was General Yue, and saluted him as the head of the Bureau 7 Jinling Branch.

After Chen Weiguo recognized Yue Xiaofei as the Dragon Kingdom’s youngest general and Bureau 7’s ace, Jia Ergou and Yang Tianhao begged for mercy over their crimes against Chen Nian and her mother. Yue Xiaofei rejected their pleas, and Yang Tianhao tried to intimidate him by invoking his powerful backer, Sun Xiaochuan.

• Chen Weiguo arrived, saluted Yue Xiaofei as General Yue, and examined his Military ID.
• Chen Weiguo identified Yue Xiaofei as a national hero, medal recipient, youngest general, and Bureau 7 ace, then condemned Jia Ergou and Yang Tianhao.
• Jia Ergou and Yang Tianhao fell to their knees and begged Yue Xiaofei to spare them.
• Chen Weiguo admitted responsibility for Jia Ergou’s misconduct and promised severe punishment.
• Yue Xiaofei challenged the men over their abuse of Chen Nian and her mother and rejected their pleas for forgiveness.
• Yang Tianhao dropped his act and threatened Yue Xiaofei, claiming Sun Xiaochuan was his godfather and could influence Jinling.

Yue Xiaofei ordered Yang Tianhao and his accomplices handed over, then Jin Dapao led a sweeping crackdown on Yang’s criminal businesses. After declaring he would settle his score with Sun Xiaochuan, Yue visited Chen Nian’s mother in the hospital, where Chen Nian thanked him and returned his uniform.

• Yue Xiaofei told Chen Weiguo to transfer Yang Tianhao and the subordinates involved in the case to Jinling Public Security, and ordered Jia Ergou stripped of his uniform and taken into custody.
• Yang Tianhao threatened Yue Xiaofei in Sun Xiaochuan’s name as he was dragged away, but Yue let him shout.
• Jin Dapao led officers in shutting down Yang Tianhao’s clubs, casinos, illegal clinics, and other businesses, while more than a hundred people connected to the case were arrested.
• Residents heard that Yang Tianhao had been taken in and wondered whether Sun Xiaochuan would remain the King of Jinling.
• Yue Xiaofei went to the hospital with a brocade box and certificate, and Chen Nian returned his uniform and thanked him.

Yue Xiaofei confirmed to Chen Nian that her brother Chen Ze had been killed in action and described his final stand in the Battle of Shanghai. Chen Nian grieved quietly beside her hospitalized mother as Yue Xiaofei gave her Chen Ze’s medal and Martyr Certificate and told her his remains were returning to Jinling.

• Chen Nian asked Yue Xiaofei what mission Chen Ze had been on, and he confirmed her brother would not come back.
• Yue Xiaofei told Chen Nian how Chen Ze had fought while wounded and used his final words to ask that their mother and sister be looked after.
• Chen Nian recalled Chen Ze choosing the National University of Defense Technology and supporting his family with his allowance.
• Chen Nian broke down as she remembered Chen Ze’s promises to visit and take her to university.
• Yue Xiaofei gave Chen Nian Chen Ze’s medal and Martyr Certificate and told her his remains would arrive in Jinling in a few days.

Yue Xiaofei promised to protect Chen Nian and her mother, cover her mother’s medical costs, and support Chen Nian’s schooling, then declared that he would eliminate Sun Xiaochuan. Sun Xiaochuan learned that his operations in southern Jinling had been dismantled overnight.

• Yue Xiaofei told Chen Nian that he and the 231 comrades outside would protect her and her mother as her brothers.
• Yue Xiaofei promised that the 800th Company Comrades Fund would pay Chen Nian’s mother’s medical and rehabilitation costs and that Chen Nian’s schooling would continue uninterrupted.
• Yue Xiaofei named Sun Xiaochuan as the man behind Yang Tianhao and vowed to eliminate him, while Chen Nian warned him about Sun Xiaochuan’s influence and threats.
• Sun Xiaochuan painted with blood in his underground villa studio while his adopted sons served as his chair.
• Sun Xiaochuan’s adopted sons reported that Tianhao had been taken down, Golden Splendor had been shut, his southern Jinling establishments had been destroyed, and more than a hundred of his men had been arrested.

After Yang Tianhao was arrested for trying to steal a girl’s corneas, Sun Xiaochuan decided against attacking the military officials behind the raid and planned to win them over instead. He sent Liu Ruyan to approach Yue Xiaofei with apologies, money, and seduction.

• Sun Xiaochuan’s adopted sons reported that Jin Dapao and Yue Xiaofei led the raid that arrested Yang Tianhao and over a hundred of their men.
• Sun Xiaochuan refused his adopted sons’ proposal to kill Jin Dapao, explaining that his military connections made retaliation too dangerous.
• Sun Xiaochuan said Yang Tianhao had brought the trouble on himself, but planned to make peace with Jin Dapao and Yue Xiaofei to turn them into allies.
• Sun Xiaochuan summoned Liu Ruyan and instructed her to invite Yue Xiaofei to dinner, offer compensation, and use seduction if necessary.
• Liu Ruyan assured Sun Xiaochuan that she would make Yue Xiaofei submit.

After Chen Ze’s case was brought against Yang Tianhao, Sun Xiaochuan’s goddaughter Liu Ruyan invited Yue Xiaofei to meet, offering apologies and compensation. Yue Xiaofei accepted the suspicious invitation as a chance to infiltrate Sun Xiaochuan’s operation, leaving Jin Dapao and [Reverse Scale] to protect Chen Nian and her mother.

• Yue Xiaofei learned from Jin Dapao that the evidence against Yang Tianhao was conclusive, but Sun Xiaochuan remained difficult to prosecute.
• Liu Ruyan called Yue Xiaofei on Sun Xiaochuan’s behalf and offered apologies and compensation, but Yue Xiaofei rejected the offer.
• Liu Ruyan provoked Yue Xiaofei by mentioning Jin Dapao and invited him to meet, and Yue Xiaofei realized Sun Xiaochuan had underestimated his identity.
• [Wild Chicken] and Bai Bing warned Yue Xiaofei that Liu Ruyan’s invitation was likely a honey trap, but he agreed to go undercover and gather intelligence.
• Han Duoduo identified Liu Ruyan as Sun Xiaochuan’s adopted daughter and a front for his money laundering, while Yue Xiaofei told Jin Dapao and [Reverse Scale] to protect Chen Nian and her mother.

Yue Xiaofei accompanied Liu Ruyan to Sun Xiaochuan’s private club, where she offered apologies, compensation, and money to settle the harm done to Chen Nian’s family. He rejected the offer and condemned the attempt to buy off the family of a soldier who had defended his country.

• Liu Ruyan drove Yue Xiaofei from the hospital to Sun Xiaochuan’s private club, flirting with him and asking about his connections along the way.
• At the club, Liu Ruyan told Yue Xiaofei that Sun Xiaochuan was delayed and had asked her to apologize on his behalf.
• Liu Ruyan offered ten million in compensation for Chen Nian’s family and a bank card containing a hundred million for Yue Xiaofei and Director Jin.
• Yue Xiaofei rejected the offer, denounced the harm done to Chen Ze’s family, and declared that a hero’s dignity could not be bought.

Liu Ruyan tried to buy Yue Xiaofei’s loyalty with ten beauties and a billion yuan, but he rejected her offer and declared that Sun Xiaochuan’s life was part of the price for his fallen comrades. Liu Ruyan ordered her guards to attack Yue Xiaofei, and she was stunned by what happened next.

• Liu Ruyan brought out ten beautiful women after Yue Xiaofei rejected her initial offer of one hundred million yuan.
• Liu Ruyan displayed ten briefcases containing a billion yuan and offered Yue Xiaofei the money, the women, and an alliance with her godfather, Sun Xiaochuan.
• Yue Xiaofei said the offer was not enough and declared that Liu Ruyan, the money, the women, and Sun Xiaochuan’s life would barely atone for his fallen comrades.
• Liu Ruyan angrily ordered her ten guards to seize Yue Xiaofei, and they attacked him with telescopic batons.
• Liu Ruyan’s smile froze as she watched Yue Xiaofei withstand the guards’ attack.

Yue Xiaofei effortlessly defeated Liu Ruyan’s ten guards, then stopped her when she tried to seduce and shoot him. He left her suspended by the neck, with her Derringer unable to protect her.

• Yue Xiaofei knocked Liu Ruyan’s ten guards across the room without visibly moving, leaving them badly injured.
• Liu Ruyan asked which special forces unit Yue Xiaofei belonged to, but he said she was not worthy of knowing.
• Liu Ruyan tore open her qipao and tried to seduce Yue Xiaofei, then pulled a Derringer and aimed it at his heart.
• Yue Xiaofei seized Liu Ruyan by the neck before she could fire and asked whether her gun or his hand was faster.

Yue Xiaofei spared Liu Ruyan after defeating her and ordered her to tell Sun Xiaochuan and the Thirteen Guardians to kneel at Chen Ze’s grave and turn themselves in within three days. Liu Ruyan called Sun Xiaochuan, whose response was left for the next chapter.

• Liu Ruyan dropped her Derringer Pistol and surrendered, and Yue Xiaofei released her.
• Yue Xiaofei rejected the cash and black card, gave Liu Ruyan one hundred yuan for her fare home, and ordered her to deliver his ultimatum to Sun Xiaochuan.
• Yue Xiaofei demanded that Sun Xiaochuan and the Thirteen Guardians kneel at Chen Ze’s grave at Qingshan Cemetery in three days, bow nine times, and confess their crimes to the police.
• Yue Xiaofei threatened to erase Sun Xiaochuan and his followers if they failed to obey, then left the Golden Splendor Private Dining Room.
• Liu Ruyan called Sun Xiaochuan, who answered while completing a painting made with human blood.

After Liu Ruyan reported Yue Xiaofei’s threat, Sun Xiaochuan ordered the Underworld Gathering Order and mobilized Jinling’s underworld to kill him. As gangs, wealthy allies, and hired killers converged on the city, Sun Xiaochuan prepared to face Yue Xiaofei at Qingshan Cemetery in three days.

• Liu Ruyan told Sun Xiaochuan that Yue Xiaofei had defeated ten guards, taken her by the throat, and demanded that Sun kneel at his brother’s ashes.
• Sun Xiaochuan rejected his sworn sons’ concerns and decided to destroy Yue Xiaofei rather than submit to him.
• Sun Xiaochuan issued the Underworld Gathering Order, called for a hundred-million bounty on Yue Xiaofei, and arranged for Butcher and Ghost Hand to leave West Mountain Prison.
• Jinling’s enforcers assembled, Sun Xiaochuan’s business allies sent money or men, and killers including Scorpion and Black and White Impermanence arrived in the city.
• Butcher was released on medical parole, and armed criminals gathered in Jinling ahead of Sun Xiaochuan’s planned confrontation with Yue Xiaofei at Qingshan Cemetery in three days.

Sun Xiaochuan prepared to kill Yue Xiaofei and desecrate Chen Ze’s grave, while Yue Xiaofei and Chen Ze’s family led a solemn funeral procession through Jinling toward Qingshan Cemetery. The procession neared the cemetery as a bloodthirsty confrontation loomed.

• Sun Xiaochuan ordered his men to kill Yue Xiaofei at Chen Ze’s funeral and scatter Chen Ze’s ashes.
• Three days later, Yue Xiaofei, Jin Dapao, and the Reverse Scale squad gathered outside the hospital as Chen Nian brought out Chen Ze’s mother and soldiers carried his coffin.
• Soldiers saluted Chen Ze’s coffin, and 231 wounded members of the Modu Eight Hundred Company stood along the route to honor him.
• Yue Xiaofei and his comrades carried the coffin through Jinling as residents silently paid their respects.
• Yue Xiaofei vowed to protect Chen Ze’s family and get justice as the funeral procession approached Qingshan Cemetery, where danger awaited.

At Chen Ze’s funeral in Qingshan Cemetery, tributes from Zhao Mengsheng and Xiao Tian Ce stunned Jinling’s officials and mourners. As Yue Xiaofei prepared to share stories about Chen Ze, he resolved to honor his comrade and protect Chen Ze’s family from traitors.

• The funeral convoy arrived at Qingshan Cemetery, where military officers, veterans, and mourners had gathered under heavy rain.
• A municipal secretary recognized flower baskets bearing tributes from Zhao Mengsheng and Xiao Tian Ce and wondered who Chen Ze had been.
• Yue Xiaofei and the soldiers carried Chen Ze’s coffin into the cemetery, and Yue Xiaofei used the generals’ tributes to show that Chen Ze was a hero whose family must not be bullied.
• The Jinling Military Region’s highest-ranking officer straightened the military flag on Chen Ze’s coffin and bowed three times, followed by the other generals.
• Yue Xiaofei stood before Chen Ze’s gravestone, looked at the wounded soldiers, Chen Nian, and Aunt Liu, and began sharing stories about his comrade.

At Chen Ze’s funeral, Yue Xiaofei honored his sacrifice and the 800th Company vowed to protect his family and uphold his dignity. Chen Nian mourned that her brother could not save her, then thanked his comrades for becoming the heroes who protected her and her mother.

• Yue Xiaofei told the mourners how Chen Ze cared for his family and died asking a fellow soldier to look after his mother and sister.
• Yue Xiaofei saluted Chen Ze’s headstone, and Reverse Scale and the 800th Company joined him in vowing that his sacrifice and family would be honored.
• Chen Nian spoke of her long separation from Chen Ze and recalled his dream of becoming a hero who protected others.
• Chen Nian described calling for Chen Ze when kidnappers threatened her, then said his comrades had come to protect her and her mother.
• Chen Nian told Chen Ze that she had found many heroes among his comrades, strengthening their resolve to protect his family.

At Chen Ze’s funeral, Yue Xiaofei and the 800th Company promised to protect Chen Nian and Aunt Liu. The ceremony was interrupted by thousands of armed men led by Jinling underworld king Sun Xiaochuan, who arrived at the cemetery.

• Yue Xiaofei draped his jacket over Chen Nian and praised Chen Ze as a hero.
• Yue Xiaofei declared Chen Nian the little sister of the 800th Company and vowed the soldiers would care for her and Aunt Liu.
• The soldiers promised Chen Nian support, including help with her college tuition and Aunt Liu’s medical bills.
• A convoy of black vehicles smashed through the cemetery’s cordon, and the Reverse Scale team formed a defensive line around Chen Nian and Aunt Liu.
• Three thousand armed men surrounded the cemetery, and Sun Xiaochuan arrived with his Grand Protectors and several foreigners.

Sun Xiaochuan mocked the War Gods’ memorial baskets, desecrated Chen Ze’s grave, and threatened to feed his ashes to dogs. Yue Xiaofei stopped the 800th Company from charging and declared that Sun Xiaochuan would die there, while Sun laughed at him and boasted about his three thousand men.

• Sun Xiaochuan saw the memorial baskets for Zhao Mengsheng and Xiao Tian Ce and ridiculed their honors before his three thousand men.
• Sun Xiaochuan tapped Chen Ze’s headstone with his shoe and threatened to dig up the grave and feed Chen Ze’s ashes to his Tibetan Mastiffs.
• The furious soldiers of the 800th Company tried to charge, but Yue Xiaofei ordered them to stop.
• Yue Xiaofei told Sun Xiaochuan that he would die there that day.
• Sun Xiaochuan laughed at Yue Xiaofei and boasted about ruling Jinling with his own cunning and three thousand fighting men.

Sun Xiaochuan confessed to his crimes and trapped Yue Xiaofei and the others with a military-grade signal jammer, then demanded that Yue kneel. Yue refused and reassured Chen Nian as the confrontation escalated.

• Sun Xiaochuan bragged about arranging a fatal car accident, blackmailing an official, and killing a reporter.
• Sun Xiaochuan forced Liu Ruyan to face Yue Xiaofei and offered to kill him however she wished.
• Sun Xiaochuan demanded that Yue Xiaofei kneel, strike his head on the ground, and call him Grandpa, while Wild Chicken, White Tiger, and the others urged Yue not to comply.
• The soldiers and officials discovered their phones had no service after Sun Xiaochuan's henchman activated a military-grade signal jammer.
• Yue Xiaofei stepped toward Sun Xiaochuan without kneeling, smiled at him, and told Chen Nian not to be afraid and to close her eyes.