Recaps

Zhou Hao boasted about Bureau 7 and threatened Yue Xiaofei after Yue mocked his rank, but Yue calmly called someone instead of resisting. The call connected to an authoritative middle-aged man who recognized Yue Xiaofei, leaving the room stunned.

• Zhou Hao bragged that Bureau 7's Reverse Scale squad included the Peerless National Scholar, while Su Wanning reacted with admiration and concern for Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei said Zhou Hao's rank was too low for him to know Yue, provoking laughter and enraging Zhou.
• Zhou Hao ordered his security personnel to attack Yue Xiaofei and break his legs.
• Yue Xiaofei took out his phone and called someone, causing the attackers to hesitate.
• A middle-aged man answered and asked why Xiaofei had called him out of the blue.

Yue Xiaofei exposed Zhou Hao’s abuse of Bureau 7’s authority to Director Zhang Beihai, who fired him immediately. Zhou Hao’s superior confirmed his termination, and Zhou Hao fainted while Xu Yaoyang, Xiaowei, and the others were left terrified by Yue Xiaofei’s influence.

• Yue Xiaofei called Director Zhang Beihai and asked whether Bureau 7 had a deputy director named Zhou Hao.
• Zhang Beihai confirmed Zhou Hao was an incompetent connections hire and heard Yue Xiaofei describe his threats and abuse of Bureau 7’s name.
• Zhang Beihai ordered Zhou Hao fired and ended the call despite Zhou Hao’s desperate pleas.
• Zhou Hao’s superior called to confirm his termination, and Zhou Hao fainted after dropping and breaking his phone.
• Xu Yaoyang, Xiaowei, and the others trembled in fear as they wondered who Yue Xiaofei really was.

Yue Xiaofei confronted Xu Yaoyang after defeating his allies, and Xu Yaoyang tried to use his family ties to the Cao Family to threaten him. Yue Xiaofei demanded that Xu Yaoyang summon his father and Cao Family uncle, leaving Xu Yaoyang waiting confidently for them to arrive.

• Xu Yaoyang realized Yue Xiaofei was far more powerful than he had believed and feared he was next.
• Xu Yaoyang invoked his father’s position at Xu Group and his uncle’s connection to the Cao Family to threaten Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei reacted to the Cao Family with killing intent and said he had planned to settle their score soon.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered Xu Yaoyang to call his father and Cao Family uncle and said he would wait for them.
• Xu Yaoyang called his father at the Hyatt Hotel and threatened Yue Xiaofei while expecting his relatives to arrive.

Xu Zhenxiong and Cao Kun arrived at the hotel to confront Yue Xiaofei, but Cao Kun recognized him as the Peerless National Scholar and realized the danger of his threats. The chapter ended with Cao Kun shouting at Xu Zhenxiong to kneel.

• Xu Zhenxiong and Cao Kun arrived at the hotel with bodyguards after learning Xu Yaoyang had been beaten.
• Xu Yaoyang blamed Yue Xiaofei for beating him, crippling Young Master Li, humiliating Brigade Commander Lei, and getting Director Zhou fired.
• Xu Zhenxiong threatened Yue Xiaofei, while Cao Kun dismissed him and ordered that his limbs be broken and him thrown into the river.
• Cao Kun recognized Yue Xiaofei as the celebrated General's Star and Peerless National Scholar.
• Cao Kun panicked and shouted, "How dare you! Kneel—!!!"

Cao Kun recognized Yue Xiaofei as the celebrated hero honored by Elder Xu and panicked over Xu Yaoyang's threats against him. He beat and forced Xu Yaoyang to kneel, leaving Xu Zhenxiong and the others stunned.

• Xu Yaoyang mistook Cao Kun's order to kneel as a command directed at Yue Xiaofei and taunted him.
• Cao Kun slapped Xu Yaoyang, knocking out several teeth, then kicked and cursed him.
• Cao Kun recalled seeing Yue Xiaofei honored by Elder Xu and generals, and realized Xu Yaoyang had put the Xu Family in grave danger.
• Xu Zhenxiong tried to stop Cao Kun and demanded to know why he feared Yue Xiaofei.
• Cao Kun threatened to sever ties with the Xu Family and counted down until Xu Yaoyang dropped to his knees before Yue Xiaofei.

Yue Xiaofei ordered Cao Kun to kneel after Cao Kun had forced Xu Yaoyang to do so, revealing the fear he inspired even in a member of the Cao Family. Xu Zhenxiong also knelt, and Cao Kun asked whether Yue Xiaofei was satisfied.

• Xu Zhenxiong angrily demanded that Cao Kun explain why he had forced Xu Yaoyang to kneel.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered Cao Kun to kneel, ignoring Xu Zhenxiong's threats and Cao Kun's appeal to the Cao Family's reputation.
• As Yue Xiaofei counted down, Cao Kun's fear overcame his pride and he fell to his knees.
• Xu Zhenxiong realized the danger of opposing Yue Xiaofei and knelt beside Cao Kun and Xu Yaoyang.
• Cao Kun looked up at Yue Xiaofei and asked whether he was satisfied.

Yue Xiaofei forced Cao Kun, Xu Zhenxiong, and Xu Yaoyang to slap one another a hundred times each after recalling their threats. The punishment spiraled into a brutal brawl in the presidential suite, while Su Wanning hid behind Yue Xiaofei and the young heirs cowered in fear.

• Yue Xiaofei reminded Cao Kun, Xu Zhenxiong, and Xu Yaoyang of their earlier threats, and Cao Kun begged for forgiveness by slapping himself.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered all three men to slap one another a hundred times each or face his intervention.
• Cao Kun slapped Xu Zhenxiong, Xu Zhenxiong slapped Xu Yaoyang, and Xu Yaoyang weakly slapped Cao Kun.
• Yue Xiaofei warned the men not to hold back, so they struck harder and turned the punishment into a violent brawl.
• Su Wanning hid behind Yue Xiaofei, while the young heirs cowered in the corners and wet themselves.

Yue Xiaofei stopped the beating and led Su Wanning out of the presidential suite, where Xu Yiming arrived to check on him. Su Wanning assumed Yue Xiaofei had been protected by the Xu Family, then thanked him as he took her home.

• Yue Xiaofei ended the beating, and Su Wanning declined his offer to hit the three men herself.
• Yue Xiaofei took Su Wanning from the suite, leaving Xu Zhenxiong, Cao Kun, and Xu Yaoyang collapsed on the floor.
• Xu Yiming arrived at the hotel and reassured Yue Xiaofei that he and the Xu Family would support him.
• Su Wanning concluded that the Xu Family was behind Yue Xiaofei's influence and dismissed her remaining doubts.
• Yue Xiaofei took Su Wanning home, and she thanked him and said she owed him one.

After Cao Kun explained that Yue Xiaofei had even slapped the Cao Family heir, Xu Zhenxiong and Xu Yaoyang realized their family faced ruin if they sought revenge. News of Yue Xiaofei’s power spread through Longdu’s highest circles, prompting the Cloud and Flower Families to respond.

• Cao Kun refused to reveal Yue Xiaofei’s classified identity and warned Xu Zhenxiong and Xu Yaoyang never to investigate or retaliate.
• Cao Kun told them Yue Xiaofei had slapped Cao Xuanye and forced him to leave in humiliation, terrifying Xu Yaoyang into fainting and leaving Xu Zhenxiong convinced the Xu Family was doomed.
• A Cloud Family man reviewed intelligence about Yue Xiaofei’s military and Azure Alliance roles, raised his threat assessment from medium to high, and ordered Nongyue to return.
• A Flower Family elder praised Yue Xiaofei and ordered Xieyu to set aside company business for a more important family task.

The Eight Great Clans decided Yue Xiaofei was powerful enough to court through marriage alliances and summoned their exceptional daughters to Longdu. At the Su Family villa the next morning, Su Wanning defended Yue Xiaofei after Su Guohua belittled him.

• The Eight Great Clans received reports on Yue Xiaofei and decided to win him over with marriage alliances.
• The Yan, Yi, Zhao, and other families urgently called their daughters home, all intending for them to approach Yue Xiaofei.
• At breakfast, Jiang Lan fussed over Yue Xiaofei while Su Guohua assumed he had handled the previous night's trouble through Xu Family connections.
• Su Guohua lectured Yue Xiaofei about relying on connections and violence instead of genuine ability.
• Su Wanning told her father to stop making snide remarks and reminded him that Yue Xiaofei had protected her.

Su Guohua suspected Su Wanning had feelings for Yue Xiaofei, so he tried to arrange a blind date between Yue Xiaofei and Bai Xinxin to keep them apart. He ignored Yue Xiaofei's refusal and confirmed the meeting with Bai Xinxin's father, leaving Yue Xiaofei stuck with the arrangement.

• Su Guohua interpreted Su Wanning's defense of Yue Xiaofei as a sign that she had fallen for him.
• Su Guohua offered to introduce Yue Xiaofei to Bai Xinxin, his wealthy friend's daughter, and suggested they meet for a meal.
• Yue Xiaofei, Jiang Lan, and Su Wanning all objected to Su Guohua's matchmaking plan.
• Su Guohua insisted that the blind date was settled and called Bai Xinxin's father to confirm it, falsely claiming Yue Xiaofei had agreed.

Su Guohua pressured Yue Xiaofei into accepting a blind date with Bai Xinxin, and Yue agreed to avoid upsetting Jiang Lan. Meanwhile, Yan Qingsi and Yi Yuanyuan learned about Yue and began investigating or pursuing him.

• Su Guohua arranged a dinner between Yue Xiaofei and Bai Xinxin at Triumph Western Restaurant and pressured Yue to attend.
• Jiang Lan and Su Wanning objected, but Yue agreed to go after Su Guohua invoked his promise and the Su Family's reputation.
• Su Wanning felt hurt and disappointed when Yue accepted the blind date.
• Yan Qingsi arrived at Longdu International Airport and ordered her butler to gather information about Yue Xiaofei.
• Yi Yuanyuan read her father's message about winning Yue over, reviewed his profile, and grew interested in him.

Yue Xiaofei attended a blind date arranged by Su Guohua, where Bai Xinxin arrived late and insulted his suit and manners. The chapter left them trading barbs at Triumph Western Restaurant as Bai Xinxin defended her lateness and criticized men from the Dragon Kingdom.

• Yun Nongyue, Hua Jieyu, Long Qingge, and Zhao Ling Shuang were drawn into the Eight Great Clans' plan to win over Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei waited thirty minutes for his blind date at Triumph Western Restaurant and suspected Su Guohua was trying to distance him from Su Wanning.
• Bai Xinxin arrived late, judged Yue Xiaofei's suit, and asked whether he worked at the restaurant.
• Yue Xiaofei calmly pointed out that Bai Xinxin was thirty-five minutes late for their seven o'clock meeting.
• Bai Xinxin accused Yue Xiaofei of lacking chivalry and manners, then disparaged men from the Dragon Kingdom.

Yue Xiaofei challenged Bai Xinxin’s attitude and stayed calm as she ordered an extravagant meal to humiliate him. Bai Xinxin’s friend Louis arrived, and the setup was poised to continue.

• Yue Xiaofei told Bai Xinxin that punctuality showed basic respect, leaving her furious and embarrassed.
• Bai Xinxin ordered expensive wine and multiple portions of the restaurant’s finest dishes without asking Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei questioned the waste, and Bai Xinxin claimed a friend would join them and offered to pay if he could not.
• Bai Xinxin waited for Louis to arrive, expecting him to help with her plan to make Yue Xiaofei regret the blind date.
• Louis entered the restaurant in a flashy pink suit and called out to Bai Xinxin.

Bai Xinxin and her best friend Louis mocked Yue Xiaofei during what they called a test to decide whether he was suitable to date her. The chapter ended with them laughing at Yue Xiaofei for being an unemployed student about to start university.

• Bai Xinxin greeted Louis with cheek kisses and introduced him as her best friend who had returned from Eagle Country with her.
• Louis and Bai Xinxin flaunted his Harvard law degree and Wall Street job, but Yue Xiaofei dismissed their boasting.
• Louis said he was there to vet Yue Xiaofei for Bai Xinxin, revealing that the blind date was staged as a test.
• Louis asked about Yue Xiaofei's family and work, and Yue Xiaofei said his family was ordinary and that he was about to start university.
• Bai Xinxin and Louis mocked Yue Xiaofei for being a student who could not yet support himself.

Yue Xiaofei endured Bai Xinxin and Louis’s insults about his lack of money and their praise of Eagle Country until they disparaged the Dragon Kingdom. He stood up and challenged them to explain why they had returned if they loved Eagle Country so much.

• Louis questioned Yue Xiaofei about his car and home, and Yue Xiaofei said he had neither and was staying with his godmother, Jiang Lan.
• Bai Xinxin mocked Yue Xiaofei as a penniless freeloader and declared that he did not qualify to marry into her family.
• Bai Xinxin and Louis belittled the Dragon Kingdom while praising life in Eagle Country, and Yue Xiaofei listened with growing coldness.
• Yue Xiaofei stood and asked why Bai Xinxin and Louis had returned if Eagle Country was so wonderful, suggesting they had come back because they could not make it there.

Yue Xiaofei publicly rebuked Bai Xinxin and Louis for praising Eagle Country and exposed their disdain for their homeland. When Louis attacked him with wine, Yue Xiaofei caught and injured his wrist, then forced him to reveal his Chinese name.

• Yue Xiaofei exposed Bai Xinxin's and Louis's foreign worship and challenged their claims that Eagle Country was superior to the Dragon Kingdom.
• Yue Xiaofei praised the soldiers who protected the country, leaving the restaurant silent and Bai Xinxin and Louis unable to answer.
• Louis threw red wine at Yue Xiaofei, but Yue Xiaofei caught his wrist and twisted it, causing the wine to splash onto Louis.
• Yue Xiaofei dislocated Louis's wrist and demanded his Chinese name, and Louis revealed that it was Liu Boer.

Yue Xiaofei’s confrontation with Bai Xinxin and Liu Boer was interrupted when Su Wanning stepped in to defend him and stop Bai Xinxin from calling the police. Bai Xinxin accused Su Wanning of having a crush on Yue Xiaofei, leaving Su Wanning flustered and unable to dismiss the idea.

• Yue Xiaofei laughed at Liu Boer’s name, and the restaurant diners joined in.
• Bai Xinxin tried to call the police after Yue Xiaofei struck Liu Boer.
• Su Wanning rushed over, took Bai Xinxin’s phone, and defended Yue Xiaofei.
• Su Wanning accused Bai Xinxin and Liu Boer of bullying Yue Xiaofei and condemned their behavior.
• Bai Xinxin suggested Su Wanning had fallen for Yue Xiaofei, making Su Wanning blush and stammer.
• Bai Xinxin mocked Su Wanning’s apparent attraction to Yue Xiaofei.

Bai Xinxin mocked Su Wanning for choosing Yue Xiaofei, but Su Wanning defended him and rejected her offers to find her a richer boyfriend. A manager then ordered everyone out of Triumph Western Restaurant for an important guest, and Liu Boer demanded to know who the guest was.

• Bai Xinxin urged Su Wanning to leave Yue Xiaofei and offered to introduce her to wealthy elites and nobles.
• Su Wanning declared Yue Xiaofei was better than all the men Bai Xinxin had named, leaving Yue Xiaofei surprised.
• Bai Xinxin ridiculed Su Wanning for valuing Yue Xiaofei's patriotic words over money.
• The manager told the guests that Triumph Western Restaurant had to be cleared for an important guest, and Bai Xinxin protested by citing her father's wealth and status.
• The manager explained that even major business and government figures had left, humiliating Bai Xinxin.
• Liu Boer got up from the floor and sarcastically asked the manager who the important guest was.

Liu Boer used a Hua Gate token to intimidate the restaurant manager into giving him and Bai Xinxin a free private dining room. Yue Xiaofei recognized Hua Gate as his granduncle Lu Zhenhua’s organization and stayed silent as Liu Boer taunted him.

• Liu Boer showed the manager a Hua Gate token and claimed he was on its Legal Counsel Team.
• The manager apologized to Liu Boer and offered him and his friends the finest private dining room and a free meal.
• Bai Xinxin praised Liu Boer, while Su Wanning worried that Hua Gate’s influence would bring trouble for Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei realized Hua Gate belonged to his granduncle Lu Zhenhua and decided to watch Liu Boer’s performance.
• Liu Boer approached Yue Xiaofei and mocked him for falling silent.

Yue Xiaofei confronted Liu Boer and Bai Xinxin as they mocked him, but Liu Boer’s boastful confession of stealing from Hua Gate turned the confrontation serious. Yue Xiaofei called someone after deciding Liu Boer had to be dealt with, while Liu Boer and Bai Xinxin still thought he was bluffing.

• Liu Boer and Bai Xinxin insulted Yue Xiaofei and tried to persuade Su Wanning that he was powerless and unworthy of her trust.
• Yue Xiaofei called Liu Boer pathetic for relying on Hua Gate’s influence, and Liu Boer angrily defended himself.
• Liu Boer bragged that he had embezzled millions from Hua Gate and sabotaged a shipment for personal profit.
• Yue Xiaofei decided Liu Boer was a threat to Hua Gate and told him it was time to leave.
• Liu Boer and Bai Xinxin mocked Yue Xiaofei for reaching for his phone, but he ignored them and called a number from his contacts.

Yue Xiaofei exposed Liu Boer as a Hua Gate temp who had embezzled funds and sabotaged shipments, prompting Lu Qingxue to issue a manhunt order. Liu Boer collapsed in terror, and Yue Xiaofei gave him three minutes to run.

• Yue Xiaofei called Lu Qingxue to check whether the Hua Gate knew a man named Louis or Liu Boer.
• Lu Qingxue found that Liu Boer was a temporary errand-runner with a criminal past, not a Harvard-educated legal adviser.
• Lu Qingxue's intelligence team found suspicious deposits in Liu Boer's accounts that matched losses from Hua Gate projects.
• Yue Xiaofei told Lu Qingxue that Liu Boer had admitted to embezzling tens of millions of dollars and replacing South American goods with inferior products.
• Lu Qingxue ordered a Martial World Manhunt Order against Liu Boer, and Yue Xiaofei gave him three minutes to escape.

Yue Xiaofei’s warning proved real when the Hua Gate’s Helmsman announced a global manhunt order against Liu Boer. Liu Boer knelt and begged Yue Xiaofei to spare his life.

• Liu Boer and Bai Xinxin dismissed Yue Xiaofei’s threat as a bluff, while Su Wanning urged him to leave.
• Yue Xiaofei asked Liu Boer whether he knew Lu Qingxue and said Liu was running out of time.
• Liu Boer received a call from his Helmsman, who said Lu Qingxue had ordered a manhunt after Liu used the Hua Gate’s name to swindle people and embezzled company funds.
• The Helmsman declared that every Hua Gate branch and member would kill Liu Boer on sight.
• Liu Boer collapsed to his knees, kowtowed, slapped himself, and begged Yue Xiaofei for mercy.

Liu Boer fled after Yue Xiaofei threatened him, leaving Bai Xinxin and Su Wanning stunned by Yue Xiaofei’s power. Bai Xinxin then mistook his actions for an attempt to win her over and declared that she would be his girlfriend.

• Liu Boer begged Yue Xiaofei for mercy and offered himself to him, but Yue Xiaofei kicked him away and ordered him to leave.
• Yue Xiaofei’s murderous glare terrified Liu Boer, who scrambled away toward a corner of the restaurant.
• Bai Xinxin and Su Wanning watched Yue Xiaofei in shock, and Su Wanning admired him.
• Bai Xinxin decided Yue Xiaofei had acted to attract her attention and announced that she accepted him as her boyfriend.
• Bai Xinxin offered to ask her father to arrange a job for Yue Xiaofei if he obeyed and took care of her.

Yue Xiaofei rejected Bai Xinxin and condemned her for her vanity and disdain for her country, prompting her to threaten to ruin his reputation online. Su Wanning slapped Bai Xinxin and defended Yue Xiaofei, while Bai Xinxin vowed that the Bai family would take action against the Su Family.

• Yue Xiaofei mocked Bai Xinxin’s appearance and rejected her, leaving her furious and humiliated.
• Bai Xinxin threatened to accuse Yue Xiaofei online of bullying and assaulting her, but he turned to leave without replying.
• Su Wanning rushed forward and slapped Bai Xinxin across the face.
• Su Wanning accused Bai Xinxin of twisting the truth and argued that Yue Xiaofei had acted in self-defense.
• Bai Xinxin threatened Su Wanning, saying the Bai family was not done with the Su Family.