Recaps

Yue Xiaofei revealed himself as a Dragon Kingdom general, leaving Kim Daehwan terrified and Park Jeongsang at his mercy. He ordered Park to publicly apologize, demanded Four Star Group leave the Dragon Kingdom and compensate for its losses, and gave its chairman three days to come to Longdu and kneel in apology or face bankruptcy.

• Hong Wu corrected the reporters, saluted Yue Xiaofei as General Yue, and confirmed that Commander Qin Qianshan had sent him to await Yue’s orders.
• Park Jeongsang fainted from shock, while Kim Daehwan apologized and begged Yue to spare him.
• Yue Xiaofei had soldiers revive Park and listed his offenses, including insulting Dragon Kingdom citizens, framing the innocent, and ordering an attack on an active-duty general.
• Yue ordered Park to publicly confess and apologize, demanded Four Star Group withdraw from the Dragon Kingdom and pay compensation, and gave its chairman three days to come to Longdu and kneel or face bankruptcy.

After Yue Xiaofei left the Goryeo Embassy, Park Jeongsang and Kim Daehwan tried to learn who he was, but his records were sealed at the highest level. Park Taegyeon arrived to confront Yue Xiaofei, then collapsed when he learned Yue Xiaofei’s father was Yue Changlong, the former King.

• Yue Xiaofei accepted Elder Xu’s invitation to a Centennial Banquet in Longdu and left with Hong Wu’s respect.
• Park Jeongsang ordered an investigation into Yue Xiaofei, but Kim Daehwan learned his records were classified SSS+ and inaccessible.
• Park Jeongsang called his father, Park Taegyeon, and falsely described Yue Xiaofei’s actions while demanding help.
• Park Taegyeon flew to Longdu and learned through unofficial channels that Yue Xiaofei’s father was Yue Changlong.
• Park Taegyeon collapsed in terror and identified Yue Changlong as the former King.

Park Taegyeon told Park Jeongsang that Yue Changlong was the former King, a one-man force who had humiliated Goryeo ten years earlier. He revealed that the young man Park Jeongsang had offended was Yue Changlong’s son.

• Park Jeongsang found Park Taegyeon collapsed and trembling, then asked who Yue Changlong was.
• Park Taegyeon recalled how Goryeo had installed the Sabi missile defense system and provoked the Dragon Kingdom while relying on Eagle Country.
• Park Taegyeon said KING had destroyed three Eagle Country military bases, wrecked the Sabi system, and left bullets beside the pillows of Goryeo’s leaders and conglomerate heads.
• Park Taegyeon explained that Goryeo’s president had secretly agreed to remove Sabi and resign, while he had knelt and promised the Four Star Group would never oppose the Dragon Kingdom.
• Park Taegyeon revealed that KING was Yue Changlong and that the young man Park Jeongsang had offended was his son.

Park Taegyeon told Park Jeongsang that Yue Xiaofei was KING’s son and recalled how Goryeo had hidden its defeat ten years earlier. Refusing to kneel again, Park Taegyeon called President Yoon, and Goryeo’s leaders gathered in an underground conference room.

• Park Taegyeon explained that Goryeo had erased all traces of KING after he forced the country’s leaders to submit ten years earlier.
• Park Jeongsang realized Yue Xiaofei’s threat was real and asked whether Park Taegyeon would have to kneel and withdraw from the Dragon Kingdom market.
• Park Taegyeon refused to kneel again and decided to report Yue Xiaofei to the government, arguing that Goryeo and its Eagle Country ally were stronger now.
• Park Taegyeon called for President Yoon and announced that the monster from ten years ago had returned.
• President Yoon Seokjun and Goryeo’s military, intelligence, and business leaders gathered in a fortified underground conference room.

President Yoon Seokjun announced that KING’s son, Yue Xiaofei, had returned and rallied Goryeo’s leaders to confront the Dragon Kingdom. He ordered a campaign of public disclosure, diplomatic pressure, and military readiness, confident that KING was imprisoned and that Eagle Country would support them.

• Yoon Seokjun told Goryeo’s leaders that KING’s son had returned, easing their panic by saying the young man was not KING himself.
• Yoon Seokjun invoked Goryeo’s humiliation from ten years earlier and vowed to restore the nation’s pride.
• Yoon Seokjun ordered officials to declassify files on KING, demand that the Dragon Kingdom hand over KING’s son and apologize, and put the airborne forces on Level Two combat readiness.
• The military chief of staff asked whether KING might still be alive, but Yoon Seokjun claimed KING had been imprisoned in Yanshan Prison for five years.
• Yoon Seokjun revealed that Eagle Country had promised support, including its SEAL Team Six, and Goryeo began mobilizing against the Dragon Kingdom and Yue Xiaofei.

Goryeo escalated the KING incident into a national confrontation, prompting Su Guohua to demand that Jiang Lan and the Su Family sever ties with Yue Xiaofei. Jiang Lan stood by Yue Xiaofei, who stayed in the house and resolved to answer Goryeo’s threats on a larger scale.

• Goryeo launched a media campaign over the KING incident, staged protests and military exercises, and demanded that the Dragon Kingdom hand over Yue Xiaofei and pay compensation.
• Online debate in the Dragon Kingdom grew as some commenters criticized Yue Xiaofei and called for a diplomatic settlement.
• Su Guohua blamed Jiang Lan for keeping Yue Xiaofei in the Su Family home and ordered her to disown him publicly.
• Jiang Lan refused to abandon Yue Xiaofei, while Su Guohua stormed out to announce that the Su Family had no connection to him.
• Yue Xiaofei offered to move out, but Jiang Lan begged him to stay; after comforting her, he returned to his room and decided to escalate the conflict against Goryeo.

Yue Xiaofei ordered Han Duoduo to uncover compromising secrets about Goryeo's president Yoon Seokjun and his wife, Jin Xiuyan, while telling Wild Chicken to stand by. At Green Wa Dae, Yoon bragged about his defenses and dismissed the threat of KING, just before the presidential residence suddenly lost all power.

• Yue Xiaofei used Reverse Scale's encrypted channel to ask Han Duoduo to dig up damaging secrets about Yoon Seokjun and Jin Xiuyan.
• Han Duoduo accepted the task and promised to deliver her findings within twelve hours, while Wild Chicken offered to confront Yoon in person.
• Yue Xiaofei told Wild Chicken to stand by and ordered Han Duoduo not to publish the files yet.
• At Green Wa Dae, Yoon Seokjun celebrated his hard-line campaign and predicted the Dragon Kingdom would hand Yue Xiaofei over.
• Yoon dismissed Jin Xiuyan's concern that KING might return and boasted about Green Wa Dae's security.
• All power and lights in the presidential residence suddenly went out.

KING attacked Green Wa Dae alone, disabling its defenses and overwhelming President Yoon Seokjun’s guards. Yoon recognized the man he believed imprisoned for ten years, and KING reached the office door and asked to talk.

• A power outage struck Green Wa Dae, and the backup system revealed that its defenses and guard units had been taken out.
• The guard captain told Yoon Seokjun that a single man had breached the residence and identified himself as KING.
• Yoon recognized KING and collapsed in terror while Jin Xiuyan fainted at the codename.
• KING knocked on the office door and told Yoon it had been ten years and that they should talk.
• The office lock opened on its own as KING’s voice came through the door.

KING confronted Yoon Seokjun in secret and forced him to abandon the campaign against KING’s son, Yue Xiaofei. By dawn, Yoon had resigned, and Park Taegyeon publicly knelt before the Dragon Kingdom’s Embassy.

• KING entered Yoon Seokjun’s office, left a bullet as a reminder of their past, and warned that another visit would mean Goryeo no longer needed a president.
• Yoon Seokjun collapsed in terror, realizing his political career and Goryeo’s standing were ruined.
• At an emergency press conference, Yoon announced his resignation and left without taking questions.
• Park Taegyeon arrived at the Dragon Kingdom’s Embassy, knelt before its flag, and struck his forehead against the ground three times.

Park Taegyeon knelt before the Dragon Kingdom flag and announced sweeping punishments for his son’s offense, while Goryeo reeled from President Yoon’s resignation and the unexplained reversal of its public stance. The chapter left the world unable to discover what the mysterious ghost-mask man had done at Green Wa Dae.

• Park Taegyeon knelt before the Dragon Kingdom flag, expelled Park Jeongsang from the Park Family, and stripped him of his inheritance.
• Park Taegyeon announced that Four Star Group would leave the Dragon Kingdom market and donate its assets there to the Dragon Kingdom Charity Foundation.
• Park Taegyeon promised thirty billion Dragon Kingdom yuan in compensation to Mr. Yue and the people of the Dragon Kingdom, then left the embassy.
• Goryeo’s people learned that President Yoon had resigned and Park Taegyeon had apologized, and they struggled to understand the reversal.
• Intelligence agencies worldwide investigated the events at Green Wa Dae but found only reports of a mysterious man wearing a ghost-face mask.

After Goryeo surrendered, Yue Xiaofei's reputation soared while Su Guohua regretted publicly cutting ties with him. Yue Xiaofei suspected an unseen force had driven Goryeo's sudden capitulation and wondered if his father, the Ghost-Face Masked figure, was behind it.

• News of Goryeo's surrender spread, and people in the Dragon Kingdom celebrated Yue Xiaofei's apparent victory.
• Su Guohua watched the reports and regretted publicly severing ties with Yue Xiaofei, while Jiang Lan was relieved she had not cast him out and Su Wanning grew curious about him.
• Yue Xiaofei realized Goryeo's surrender went far beyond his own plans and suspected someone had intervened behind the scenes.
• Yue Xiaofei recalled the figure wearing a Ghost-Face Mask and wondered if his father had caused Goryeo's capitulation.

Yue Xiaofei learned that a masked figure matching KING’s description had taken over Goryeo’s government and military networks, strengthening his suspicion that his missing father was protecting him. Meanwhile, Goryeo’s retreat turned public opinion against Su Guohua, whose business partners began cutting ties with him.

• Yue Xiaofei asked Han Duoduo to investigate what had happened at Green Wa Dae in Goryeo.
• Han Duoduo reported that an untraceable force had seized Goryeo’s military and government networks for five minutes and erased the surveillance footage.
• Han Duoduo said a Ghost-Face Masked man matching KING’s description had been spotted near Green Wa Dae, leading Yue Xiaofei to suspect his missing father, Yue Changlong, was behind it.
• Yue Xiaofei resolved to uncover the secrets surrounding the Yue Family and take control of his own fate.
• After Goryeo retreated, the public praised Yue Xiaofei’s stance and condemned those who had advocated restraint, including Su Guohua.
• Su Guohua’s business partners called to end their partnerships with him and denounced him for abandoning Yue Xiaofei.

After Su Guohua’s company collapsed, he tried to win Yue Xiaofei’s forgiveness, but Xiaofei said he would soon leave. Xiaofei then prepared to attend Elder Xu’s belated centennial banquet, where rumors spread that the Xu Family would personally welcome a mysterious honored guest.

• Su Guohua returned home and pleaded with Jiang Lan to forgive his earlier treatment of Yue Xiaofei, while Su Wanning watched in disappointment.
• Su Guohua brought expensive gifts to Yue Xiaofei’s room and knelt outside, but Xiaofei said he would be leaving soon.
• Yue Xiaofei looked over Senior Colonel Hong Wu’s invitation and decided he had to attend Elder Xu’s centennial banquet.
• Rumors circulated among Longdu’s elite that the Xu Family had ordered its direct descendants to greet a special honored guest at the banquet entrance.

At Elder Xu’s birthday banquet, Su Wanning hoped to meet the national hero she admired, while the guests speculated about the mysterious figure Elder Xu respected most. Yue Xiaofei arrived at Dragon Spring Manor by taxi, leaving his identity and the guests’ reaction unresolved.

• Powerful officials and military leaders gathered at Dragon Spring Manor for Elder Xu’s birthday banquet.
• Su Wanning accompanied Xu Yaoyang around the manor while hoping to catch a glimpse of her idol, the hero who planted the Dragon Kingdom’s flag on Mount Fuji.
• Su Wanning approached Xu Yiming, who told her that even he did not know the identity of the guest his family’s senior members were awaiting.
• Xu Yiming revealed that his grandfather had called the guest the hero Elder Xu admired most, prompting the young guests to speculate about who it could be.
• Yue Xiaofei arrived at the manor in a taxi and walked toward its gates.

Yue Xiaofei arrived by taxi at Dragon Spring Manor for Xu Anbang’s birthday banquet and was stopped by suspicious guards. After his invitation was verified, the guards respectfully let him in, shocking the onlookers who had mocked him.

• Yue Xiaofei showed the guards his invitation, which bore Xu Anbang’s signature.
• A guard reported Yue Xiaofei’s identity to his superior for verification.
• Xu Yaoyang and the other young heirs mocked Yue Xiaofei, while Su Wanning recognized him and considered helping him.
• Xu Yaoyang stopped Su Wanning from approaching Yue Xiaofei, warning that others would associate her with him.
• The guard returned Yue Xiaofei’s invitation and apologized before allowing him into Dragon Spring Manor.
• Xu Yaoyang and the onlookers were stunned when Yue Xiaofei was admitted.

Yue Xiaofei entered Dragon Spring Manor with a genuine Invitation, but Xu Yaoyang and the other heirs mocked him as an unemployed servant who had stolen it. Su Wanning defended Yue Xiaofei briefly before Xu Yaoyang pressured her into silence, and the chapter ended as Major Xu Yiming arrived to confront the group.

• The Security Guards respectfully let Yue Xiaofei into Dragon Spring Manor, stunning Xu Yaoyang, the other heirs, and Su Wanning.
• Xu Yaoyang questioned Yue Xiaofei about his job and Invitation, then mocked him as a driver or servant who had taken his employer's pass.
• The young heirs joined Xu Yaoyang in ridiculing Yue Xiaofei and suggesting he belonged in the kitchen.
• Su Wanning defended Yue Xiaofei as a guest of her family, but Xu Yaoyang warned her that opposing the heirs could hurt her ambitions in Longdu.
• Xu Yaoyang silenced Su Wanning and prepared to insult Yue Xiaofei again, but Xu Yiming arrived and demanded to know what the commotion was about.

Xu Yiming warmly greeted Yue Xiaofei and defended him after Xu Yaoyang and the other heirs tried to drive him away from Elder Xu's birthday banquet. Yue Xiaofei declined the exclusive Pine Crane Hall and said he was going to the Longevity Hall instead.

• Xu Yiming recognized Yue Xiaofei as his friend and greeted him warmly.
• Xu Yiming confronted Xu Yaoyang for throwing his weight around and warned the heirs not to disrespect Yue Xiaofei.
• Xu Yaoyang and the other heirs apologized to Yue Xiaofei, who ignored them.
• Xu Yiming offered to take Yue Xiaofei to Pine Crane Hall, but Yue Xiaofei pointed toward the guarded vermilion gate and said he was going to the Longevity Hall.

Yue Xiaofei ignored the crowd’s ridicule and called Xu Anbang, addressing him as Grandpa Xu. Xu Anbang recognized him and said he would send Security Guards to bring him into Longevity Hall, leaving everyone stunned.

• Yue Xiaofei said he was going to Longevity Hall, prompting Xu Yaoyang and the other young men to mock him.
• Xu Yiming warned Yue Xiaofei that he was not qualified to enter Longevity Hall and urged him not to cause trouble.
• Yue Xiaofei called an unnamed number and greeted the person who answered as Grandpa Xu.
• Xu Yiming recognized the voice as his great-grandfather Xu Anbang’s, while Xu Yaoyang and the others tried to dismiss the call as a trick.
• Xu Anbang welcomed Yue Xiaofei and said he would send Security Guards to fetch him from the outer grounds.

After Xu Yaoyang insulted Yue Xiaofei, Dragon Spring Manor opened its main gates and lit all nine golden lanterns to welcome him with its highest honors. Xu Anbang and a procession of powerful figures came out, fixing their attention on Yue Xiaofei.

• Elder Xu's warm words on the phone left Xu Yaoyang terrified and humiliated over how he had treated Yue Xiaofei.
• Dragon Spring Manor opened its massive main gates and lit all nine golden lanterns in the Golden Lantern Procession and Grand Gate Opening.
• The guests realized the ceremony was for a mysterious honored guest, and Xu Yaoyang understood that Yue Xiaofei was the reason for it.
• Xu Anbang emerged from Longevity Hall with prominent generals, officials, and Xu Wanqing, then looked directly toward Yue Xiaofei.

The Xu Family’s most powerful members arrived to welcome Yue Xiaofei, leaving Su Wanning and Xu Yaoyang stunned. Yue Xiaofei explained that Elder Xu was honoring his grandfather, then revealed that Yue Qinhu had been the regimental commander of the Jiangcheng Garrison Regiment.

• Elder Xu led the Xu Family’s core members along the White Jade Sacred Path toward Yue Xiaofei.
• Su Wanning asked Xu Yiming why the Xu Family was welcoming Yue Xiaofei, and Yue Xiaofei said his grandfather and Grandpa Xu had been old comrades-in-arms.
• Su Wanning and Xu Yaoyang concluded that Yue Xiaofei was benefiting from his grandfather’s reputation, and Xu Yaoyang tried to apologize.
• Xu Yaoyang asked about Yue Xiaofei’s grandfather’s military service, and Yue Xiaofei identified him as Yue Qinhu, formerly the regimental commander of the Jiangcheng Garrison Regiment.

The privileged young elites learned that Yue Xiaofei’s grandfather was a regimental commander and dismissed him as insignificant, but Xu Yiming warned that Elder Xu would not make such a grand welcome for an ordinary commander. A middle-aged man recognized the names Jiangcheng and Yue Qinhu, leaving the reason for Yue Xiaofei’s reception unresolved.

• Xu Yaoyang laughed at Yue Xiaofei’s grandfather’s rank and regained his contempt for Yue Xiaofei.
• The young elites decided Elder Xu’s welcome was only a sentimental gesture for an old comrade and resumed mocking Yue Xiaofei.
• Su Wanning doubted that Yue Xiaofei’s family connection alone explained the generals’ respect.
• Xu Yiming warned Xu Yaoyang and the others that Elder Xu would not act this way for an ordinary regimental commander.
• A scholarly-looking man recalled Yue Qinhu of Jiangcheng and exclaimed that he remembered.

Editor Li identified Yue Xiaofei’s grandfather, Yue Qinhu, as a legendary defender of Jiangcheng, and the Xu Family welcomed Yue Xiaofei with exceptional warmth. Xu Yiming was admitted to the Xu Family’s main hall through his acquaintance with Yue Xiaofei, while Xu Yaoyang and Su Wanning were left outside.

• Editor Li searched for Yue Qinhu and explained that Yue Qinhu’s regiment had held Jiangcheng against a vastly larger enemy force, earning a plaque personally inscribed by the Commander-in-Chief.
• Elder Xu warmly greeted Yue Xiaofei, and Xu Wanqing, Xu Jingtao, Xu Mingzhu, and Qin Qianshan welcomed him as well.
• Yue Xiaofei told Xu Jingtao that he and Xu Yiming had met after a clash at a club.
• Xu Jingtao praised Xu Yiming and invited him to join the group in the main hall, leaving Xu Yiming astonished by the honor.
• Xu Yaoyang resented Yue Xiaofei’s influence as Yue Xiaofei and Xu Yiming entered the main hall, while Su Wanning watched the doors close with doubts about what she had seen.

At Xu Anbang’s centennial banquet, Yue Xiaofei was welcomed by powerful generals and officials who treated him with deep respect, leaving Xu Yiming bewildered. Xu Anbang then led the Xu Family’s direct line in saluting Yue Xiaofei as the Dragon Kingdom’s greatest hero and called his presence the Xu Family’s crowning glory.

• Elder Xu entered Longevity Hall holding Yue Xiaofei’s hand, and generals and provincial leaders gathered to greet Yue Xiaofei warmly.
• Xu Yiming asked Xu Jingtao why everyone knew Yue Xiaofei, but Xu Jingtao was surprised that Xu Yiming did not know who he was.
• Elder Xu led Yue Xiaofei to the platform as the Xu Family’s core members stood solemnly behind them.
• Elder Xu commanded the Xu Family to salute Yue Xiaofei, calling him the Dragon Kingdom’s greatest hero.
• Elder Xu said that Yue Xiaofei’s attendance was the honor of his lifetime and the crowning glory of the Xu Family.

Elder Xu Anbang revealed Yue Xiaofei’s heroic deeds to the guests at the Longevity Hall and explained why he and the Xu Family honored him. Xu Yiming recognized Yue as the legendary hero he had long admired.

• Yue Xiaofei tried to stop Xu Anbang from saluting him, but Xu insisted that Yue deserved the honor from him and the Xu Family.
• Xu Anbang told the guests that Yue had gone alone into the enemy army and killed Japanese commanders during the East Sea crisis.
• Xu Anbang said Yue later forced Japan’s Female Chancellor and imperial family to submit, then planted Hongqi atop Mount Fuji.
• Xu Yiming realized Yue was the mysterious national hero he had idolized and felt pride and reverence despite having fought him earlier.
• Xu Anbang recounted how Yue had shielded tens of thousands of people in Modu and urged the guests to respect and salute him.

At Elder Xu’s birthday banquet, Yue Xiaofei accepted Xu Anbang’s tribute as a national hero and earned the hall’s admiration. The Eight Great Clans then arrived unexpectedly, and Xu Yiming warned Yue Xiaofei about Cao Xuanye, the Cao Family’s young master.

• Xu Anbang bowed to Yue Xiaofei and praised him as the Dragon Kingdom’s Peerless National Scholar.
• Yue Xiaofei accepted Xu Anbang’s bow, calling his deeds a soldier’s duty, and the guests applauded him.
• Xu Yiming applauded Yue Xiaofei and resolved to follow him as his lifelong ideal.
• A guard announced that representatives of the Capital City’s Eight Great Clans had arrived, stunning the banquet guests.
• Cao Xuanye entered the Longevity Hall, and Xu Yiming warned Yue Xiaofei to be careful around him.