Recaps

Yue Xiaofei and Su Wanning tried to leave the restaurant after their blind-date dispute, but Qingluan arrived with elite bodyguards to clear the place for a VIP. Qingluan sensed that Yue Xiaofei had recently killed someone, and the chapter ended with him asking which member of the Eight Great Clans they were waiting for.

• Su Wanning led Yue Xiaofei toward the exit after confronting Bai Xinxin and Liu Boer.
• Qingluan entered Triumph Western Restaurant with a group of elite bodyguards and demanded to know why the restaurant had not been cleared for the VIP.
• The manager begged the remaining customers to leave, while Bai Xinxin and Liu Boer prepared to slip away.
• Qingluan stopped Yue Xiaofei and Su Wanning, and Yue Xiaofei shielded Su Wanning as she questioned them.
• Qingluan accused Yue Xiaofei of recently killing someone, prompting the bodyguards to reach for their weapons.
• Yue Xiaofei remained calm and asked Qingluan which person from the Eight Great Clans they were waiting for.

Yue Xiaofei identified Qingluan and her guards as members of the Eight Great Clans, prompting Qingluan to threaten him and order her men to draw their guns. When Qingluan attacked, Yue Xiaofei effortlessly dodged her strikes and criticized her fighting.

• Yue Xiaofei inferred that Qingluan and her bodyguards belonged to the Eight Great Clans from their lavish restaurant takeover and armed guards.
• Qingluan grew suspicious of Yue Xiaofei and demanded to know who he was, while Su Wanning urged him to leave.
• Qingluan refused to let Yue Xiaofei go, and her bodyguards drew their weapons and aimed them at him.
• Yue Xiaofei reassured Su Wanning as Qingluan launched a rapid attack at his throat.
• Yue Xiaofei dodged Qingluan's strikes with casual movements and criticized her technique and footwork.

Yue Xiaofei effortlessly dodged Qingluan’s attacks until she ordered her armed bodyguards to take him down. The Eight Great Clans’ eldest miss arrived, stopped them, and rebuked Qingluan for attacking their most important guest.

• Qingluan attacked Yue Xiaofei with all her strength, but he dodged every strike with precise footwork.
• Humiliated, Qingluan ordered her bodyguards to attack Yue Xiaofei with drawn weapons.
• The Eight Great Clans’ eldest miss commanded the bodyguards to stop, and they immediately obeyed.
• Qingluan and the bodyguards bowed to the eldest miss as she entered the restaurant.
• The eldest miss told Qingluan she had witnessed the incident and demanded to know why she had attacked their most important guest.

Yan Qingsi revealed that Yue Xiaofei was the honored guest her family had invited, and Qingluan and her bodyguards apologized for threatening him. Yan introduced herself as the Yan Family heiress, while Bai Xinxin recognized her as a celebrated business leader and idol.

• Yan Qingsi pointed out Yue Xiaofei as the honored guest, stunning Qingluan, the bodyguards, and the restaurant guests.
• Qingluan and the bodyguards apologized to Yue Xiaofei, and he forgave them.
• Yan Qingsi apologized to Yue Xiaofei and introduced herself as a member of the Yan Family of Longdu.
• Bai Xinxin recognized Yan Qingsi and recounted her business achievements to Su Wanning.

Yan Qingsi asked to speak with Yue Xiaofei alone, while Su Wanning reluctantly waited downstairs with Bai Xinxin and Liu Boer. As they waited, Bai Xinxin speculated that Yan Qingsi might be confronting Yue Xiaofei, leaving Su Wanning worried about him.

• Bai Xinxin praised Yan Qingsi and explained her influence, while Su Wanning was astonished that Yan Qingsi treated Yue Xiaofei with respect.
• Yan Qingsi apologized to Yue Xiaofei and asked to discuss a few matters with him alone.
• Su Wanning reluctantly let Yue Xiaofei go upstairs with Yan Qingsi after he reassured her.
• Qingluan escorted Su Wanning, Bai Xinxin, and Liu Boer downstairs and guarded the stairway.
• Liu Boer worried that Yue Xiaofei would retaliate for his behavior, but Bai Xinxin speculated that Yue Xiaofei had leverage over the Yan Family and that Yan Qingsi might be confronting him.
• Su Wanning doubted Bai Xinxin's theory and waited anxiously for Yue Xiaofei to return.

Yan Qingsi met Yue Xiaofei privately and praised his achievements before asking him to judge Longdu’s younger generation. She dismissed several prominent heirs as flawed and declared that Yue alone deserved to be called a hero.

• Yan Qingsi and Yue Xiaofei studied one another after the restaurant was cleared, and she complimented him on his public achievements.
• Yue Xiaofei asked whether Yan Qingsi had investigated him only to praise him, and she replied that she wanted to learn more about him.
• Yan Qingsi asked Yue Xiaofei who he considered a hero among Longdu’s younger generation.
• Yan Qingsi criticized Cao Xuanye, Yun Potian, Zhao Lingyun, and other young talents for their shortcomings.
• Yan Qingsi rose with her wineglass and declared Yue Xiaofei the only true hero among their generation.

Yan Qingsi proposed marriage to Yue Xiaofei, offering him the Yan Family’s wealth and influence, but before he could answer, Hua Jieyu and several other women arrived to challenge her. The chapter left Yue Xiaofei stunned by the sudden crowd of beautiful women.

• Yue Xiaofei recognized Yan Qingsi’s flattery as a deliberate attempt to win him over and asked why she had summoned him.
• Yan Qingsi revealed that she had come to propose to Yue Xiaofei and presented him with the Heart of Eternity, a ring set with the Heart of the Ocean.
• Yan Qingsi knelt and offered to make Yue Xiaofei her husband and the future master of the Yan Family, promising him its trillion in assets and its resources.
• As Yue Xiaofei prepared to respond, Hua Jieyu arrived with Yun Nongyue and four other gorgeous women, accusing Yan Qingsi of trying to get ahead of their agreed competition.

Zhao Ling Shuang and the other women confronted Yan Qingsi for meeting Yue Xiaofei alone, then each began trying to win him over with extravagant offers. The chapter ended with Yi Yuanyuan, Yun Nongyue, and Hua Jieyu pitching fame, space travel, and political power while Yue Xiaofei felt overwhelmed.

• Zhao Ling Shuang and Long Qingge accused Yan Qingsi of breaking their agreement by visiting Yue Xiaofei alone, and Yi Yuanyuan exposed the proposal ring she had brought.
• Yan Qingsi defended her visit as an attempt to ease Yue Xiaofei into meeting them, but he stopped the women from arguing and said they barely knew each other.
• Yi Yuanyuan introduced herself and offered Yue Xiaofei her fortune, control of the entertainment industry, and her devotion as a superstar.
• Yun Nongyue offered to make Yue Xiaofei the first person from the Dragon Kingdom to set foot on the moon.
• Hua Jieyu offered Yue Xiaofei authority over the four southeastern provinces, leaving him exasperated by the women's attempts to win him over.

Long Qingge offered Yue Xiaofei marriage in exchange for the truth about his missing family and the Long Family’s help, but Zhao Ling Shuang reminded him of his principles and he refused. Zhao then introduced herself as the commander of the Fire Phoenix assault team and revealed her family’s military ties.

• Long Qingge offered to reveal why Yue Changlong was imprisoned, what happened to Ye Qingmei, and where Yue Lingfei was if Yue Xiaofei married her.
• Yue Xiaofei was shaken by the offer and weighed the chance to find his family against his unwillingness to treat marriage as a transaction.
• Zhao Ling Shuang accused Long Qingge of underestimating Yue Xiaofei and insulting his character.
• Yue Xiaofei thanked Long Qingge but refused her offer, saying he would handle his family's affairs himself.
• Zhao Ling Shuang introduced herself as a Zhao Family member and commander of the Fire Phoenix assault team, and named her uncle Zhao Shanhe as the current Nine-Star God of War.

Six women from the Eight Great Clans proposed marriage to Yue Xiaofei, but he rejected every one of them because his thoughts turned to Ning Hongye. The women demanded an explanation, and Zhao Ling Shuang warned that the Zhao Family would not let the rejection go unanswered.

• Zhao Ling Shuang offered Yue Xiaofei herself and the full support of the Zhao Family and its soldiers.
• Yan Qingsi demanded that Yue Xiaofei choose one of the six women that day.
• Yue Xiaofei remembered Ning Hongye and rejected all six marriage proposals.
• Yan Qingsi asked what he meant, and Yue Xiaofei repeated that he could not accept any of them.
• Zhao Ling Shuang demanded an explanation and threatened that the Zhao Family would not let the matter go.

Yue Xiaofei rejected all six women’s marriage offers, explaining that he refused to treat love as a transaction and that he already loved someone. He left them stunned and jealous after declaring Ning Hongye the one woman who could understand him and stand beside him.

• Yue Xiaofei told the six women that they deserved marriages founded on mutual love rather than family alliances and transactions.
• Yi Yuanyuan and Hua Jieyu dismissed his explanation and demanded that he name his choice or face their anger.
• Yue Xiaofei thought of Ning Hongye and revealed that someone had long occupied his heart.
• Zhao Ling Shuang challenged his claim, while Yan Qingsi and the others demanded to know who the woman was.
• Yue Xiaofei praised the unnamed woman’s beauty, brilliance, and spirit, then declared that she was the only woman who could understand him and stand beside him.

Yue Xiaofei rejected the six women from Longdu’s great clans, declaring that he had chosen one wife whose identity he would not reveal. Cao Yuyao arrived and mocked him and the women, escalating the conflict.

• Zhao Ling Shuang, Yi Yuanyuan, Yan Qingsi, Long Qingge, Yun Nongyue, and Hua Jieyu confronted Yue Xiaofei after he said they could not compare to another woman.
• Yue Xiaofei refused to reveal Ning Hongye’s name and said she was the only wife he had chosen for his lifetime.
• Yan Qingsi accepted that Yue Xiaofei had given his heart to someone else, though she and the other women remained resentful.
• Cao Yuyao entered the restaurant, insulted Yue Xiaofei, and accused the six women of disgracing the Eight Great Clans by competing for him.

Cao Yuyao publicly humiliates Yue Xiaofei and threatens him on behalf of the Eight Great Clans, urging him to apologize to Yan Qingsi and the other women. Yue Xiaofei refuses to back down and declares that the Cao Family alone will be his enemy.

• Zhao Ling Shuang rebukes Cao Yuyao for intruding, and Yan Qingsi asks why she came.
• Cao Yuyao mocks Yue Xiaofei as a criminal's son, prompting Long Qingge to warn her to leave unless she has serious business.
• Cao Yuyao says the elders want the dispute ended and threatens Yue Xiaofei unless he apologizes to Yan Qingsi and the other five women.
• Yan Qingsi and the other women consider whether to let the Cao Family use the incident against Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei declares that he will make an enemy of the Cao Family alone, stunning everyone in the restaurant.

Yue Xiaofei declared war on the Cao Family over its suspected role in his father’s disgrace and the Night Watchers massacre. Cao Yuyao threatened Su Guohua’s family and Jiang Lan, leaving Yue Xiaofei ready to kill her.

• Yue Xiaofei publicly declared that he and the Cao Family were mortal enemies.
• Yue Xiaofei recalled evidence linking the Cao Family to Yue Changlong’s ouster and the South Mountain massacre, and accused the family of betraying the country.
• Cao Yuyao threatened to destroy Yue Xiaofei’s loved ones, naming Su Guohua, Su Wanning, and Jiang Lan.
• Yue Xiaofei erupted with killing intent, rose from his chair, and told Cao Yuyao she was dead.

Yue Xiaofei struck Cao Yuyao twice after she taunted him, saying the slaps were for Aunt Jiang and Su Wanning. Cao Yuyao called on her family’s power and reached for her phone to summon help, leaving Yue Xiaofei facing the Cao Family’s retaliation.

• Cao Yuyao threatened Yue Xiaofei with her family’s influence as he approached her in rage.
• Yan Qingsi and the others tried to stop Yue Xiaofei, but Cao Yuyao provoked him by daring him to hit her.
• Yue Xiaofei slapped Cao Yuyao, saying the first blow was for Aunt Jiang.
• Yue Xiaofei slapped Cao Yuyao again, saying the second blow was for Su Wanning, and knocked out two of her teeth.
• Cao Yuyao threatened Yue Xiaofei and reached for her phone to call for help.

After Yue Xiaofei struck Cao Yuyao, she called her second brother, Cao Longxiang, whose reputation as a brutal fighter and captain of Bureau 7’s [Masked Faces] alarmed everyone. Cao Longxiang demanded to speak with Yue Xiaofei, and Cao Yuyao handed him the phone.

• Yue Xiaofei let Cao Yuyao call for help, intending to draw the Cao Family into the open.
• Cao Yuyao called her second brother and tearfully demanded that he come kill Yue Xiaofei.
• Hua Jieyu, Yi Yuanyuan, and Long Qingge feared that Cao Yuyao had summoned Cao Longxiang, the feared “Human Weapon.”
• Zhao Ling Shuang explained that Cao Longxiang was a deadly martial artist, a veteran mercenary, and the captain of Bureau 7’s [Masked Faces].
• Cao Longxiang erupted in rage when he learned Yue Xiaofei had hit Cao Yuyao and demanded to speak to him.
• Cao Yuyao handed her phone to Yue Xiaofei with a triumphant smile.

Yue Xiaofei defied Cao Longxiang’s threats by striking Cao Yuyao again, leaving her unconscious. Cao Longxiang then hacked into the restaurant’s electronic devices to order Yue Xiaofei to kneel and apologize, but Yue refused to obey.

• Cao Longxiang called Yue Xiaofei and threatened to kill him unless he apologized to Cao Yuyao and cut off the hand he had used to hit her.
• Yue Xiaofei asked Cao Longxiang what he had threatened would happen if he touched Cao Yuyao again, then slapped her and sent her crashing into a wall unconscious.
• Cao Longxiang roared in fury as the restaurant’s lights flickered and its phones and television lost their signals.
• Cao Longxiang appeared on every screen and ordered Yue Xiaofei to kneel and apologize to his sister.
• Yue Xiaofei sneered at Cao Longxiang and asked if he thought he could order him around.

Yue Xiaofei crushed Cao Yuyao’s knees in front of Cao Longxiang and dared him to come to the Hyatt Hotel. Enraged, Cao Longxiang ordered the Masked Faces squad to gear up for an assault, despite the hotel being Yan Family territory.

• Yue Xiaofei crushed both of Cao Yuyao’s knees, leaving her crippled and kneeling as she screamed for help.
• Cao Longxiang swore to kill Yue Xiaofei, but Yue challenged him to come to the Hyatt Hotel and then sat down to wait.
• The connection cut off, and Cao Longxiang smashed a crater into a Special Alloy wall at the secret base.
• Cao Longxiang ordered the Masked Faces squad to assemble at the helipad in five minutes and target the Hyatt Hotel.
• Phantom warned Cao Longxiang that the hotel was Yan Family territory, but he threatened to kill anyone who tried to stop him.

Cao Longxiang ordered the Masked Faces squad to surround the Hyatt Hotel and cut off communications so he could confront Yue Xiaofei. Han Duoduo detected the deployment but could not determine what was happening inside the hotel.

• Cao Longxiang named Yue Xiaofei as the person who had angered him, and the Masked Faces members eagerly volunteered to fight Reverse Scale’s newest member.
• Cao Longxiang ordered three Black Hawks to seal off everything within a thousand meters of the Hyatt Hotel and block all communication signals.
• Cao Longxiang leaped onto the lead Black Hawk and headed toward the city, vowing to kill Yue Xiaofei.
• Han Duoduo detected the Masked Faces squad’s mobilization, tracked its destination to the Hyatt Hotel, and discovered that the area’s signals had been jammed by Masked Faces’ Domain system.

Han Duoduo discovered that Masked Faces had trapped Yue Xiaofei in the Hyatt Hotel and summoned Reverse Scale members to help him. At the hotel, Yan Qingsi warned Yue Xiaofei that Cao Longxiang would destroy her family’s property, but Yue Xiaofei calmly promised to buy her another hotel if he did.

• Han Duoduo activated classified quantum satellites to see inside the Hyatt Hotel and learned Yue Xiaofei was facing Cao Longxiang and Masked Faces.
• Han Duoduo sent a highest-priority emergency summons to Reverse Scale members, and Wild Chicken rushed to arrange a flight to Longdu.
• Reverse Scale members across Longdu received Han Duoduo’s message and abandoned their duties to support Yue Xiaofei.
• Yan Qingsi warned Yue Xiaofei that he had crippled Cao Longxiang’s beloved sister and that Cao Longxiang might tear apart the Hyatt Hotel.
• Yue Xiaofei drank cold tea and told Yan Qingsi he would buy her another hotel if Cao Longxiang destroyed it.

Yue Xiaofei revealed the bloody history behind his feud with the Cao Family and declared that he would use the Hyatt Hotel incident to bring them out into the open. Outside the hotel, armed forces sealed off the area, leaving Su Wanning terrified that Yue Xiaofei was in danger.

• Yue Xiaofei rejected Long Qingge’s suggestion to seek a compromise and said he had deliberately provoked the Cao Family to expose them.
• Yue Xiaofei accused the Cao Family of being behind his father’s wrongful imprisonment, the South Mountain tragedy, and the Night Watchers’ deaths, and declared that he and the Cao Family would fight to the death.
• Armored vehicles and special operations soldiers surrounded the Hyatt Hotel, evacuated the district, and announced that a military exercise was underway.
• Su Wanning, blocked outside the cordon, grew alarmed that Yue Xiaofei was still inside while Bai Xinxin and Liu Boer speculated that he had offended a powerful person.
• Su Wanning tried to rush past the soldiers to find Yue Xiaofei, but Bai Xinxin and Liu Boer held her back.

Bureau Chief Zhang Beihai learned that Cao Longxiang had mobilized the [Masked Faces] squad and sealed off the Hyatt Hotel to target Yue Xiaofei, prompting him to summon Bureau 7 and alert the higher-ups. At the hotel, Long Qingge and the other women sided with Yue Xiaofei against the Cao Family, just as three military helicopters arrived outside.

• Zhang Beihai learned that Cao Longxiang had activated the 'Domain' system and sent the [Masked Faces] squad to target Yue Xiaofei at the Hyatt Hotel.
• Zhang Beihai ordered Bureau 7 to stop Cao Longxiang and protect Yue Xiaofei, then called the higher-ups for help.
• Zhao Ling Shuang warned Yue Xiaofei that he could not fight the powerful Cao Family alone, but Long Qingge pledged the Long Family's support.
• Zhao Ling Shuang, Yi Yuanyuan, Hua Jieyu, and Yun Nongyue joined Long Qingge in taking Yue Xiaofei's side against the Cao Family.
• Yan Qingsi wondered whether Yue Xiaofei had deliberately drawn the women into his conflict with the Cao Family.
• Three military helicopters appeared above the Hyatt Hotel as the restaurant windows shook.

Cao Longxiang and the Masked Faces squad arrived at the restaurant, where Yue Xiaofei provoked Rakshasa and nearly faced his attack. Cao Longxiang stopped Rakshasa, then leaped from a helicopter into the restaurant, smashing a huge crater into the floor.

• Cao Longxiang arrived by Black Hawk helicopter as five Masked Faces members smashed through the restaurant windows.
• Yan Qingsi ordered the intruders off Yan Family property, but Rakshasa refused; Zhao Ling Shuang showed her Military ID, which Phantom dismissed.
• Yue Xiaofei called the Masked Faces members mad dogs and repeated the insult when Rakshasa threatened him.
• Rakshasa swung at Yue Xiaofei, but Cao Longxiang ordered him to stand down.
• Cao Longxiang leaped from the helicopter into the restaurant and smashed a vast crater into the marble floor.

Cao Longxiang descended into the restaurant and found his sister Cao Yuyao badly injured, then confronted Yue Xiaofei and threatened to kill him. Yue Xiaofei mocked Cao Longxiang and his title, prompting Cao Longxiang to claim Yue Xiaofei as his prey and recount his deadly battlefield record.

• Cao Longxiang crashed into the restaurant from nearly a hundred meters above, leaving a crater and scattering the women with the shock wave.
• Cao Longxiang saw his injured sister Cao Yuyao, who begged him to save her and kill Yue Xiaofei.
• Cao Longxiang turned on Yue Xiaofei and asked how he wanted to die, but Yue Xiaofei calmly mocked his strength and his failure to protect Cao Yuyao.
• Rakshasa, Clown, and the other Masked Faces members offered to attack Yue Xiaofei, but Cao Longxiang stopped them and claimed him as his prey.
• Cao Longxiang threatened Yue Xiaofei and described his years of overseas battles, including killing hundreds and destroying an armed base.

Cao Longxiang revealed that he was a Transcendent with the powerful Sequence 011 ability Indestructible Diamond, which he claimed made him invincible beneath the King Sequence. As Cao Longxiang advanced to kill Yue Xiaofei, Yue Xiaofei remained confident and promised to crack his defenses.

• Cao Longxiang recognized that Yue Xiaofei had been enhanced by the Kunlun Project and revealed that he was a Transcendent too.
• Zhao Ling Shuang questioned how Cao Longxiang could have obtained a drug from the Military’s classified project, and Cao Longxiang said other groups could develop similar drugs.
• Cao Longxiang activated Sequence 011: Indestructible Diamond, turning his body metallic gold and claiming conventional physical attacks could not harm him.
• Cao Yuyao and the Masked Faces squad urged Cao Longxiang to kill Yue Xiaofei, while Yan Qingsi feared Yue Xiaofei could not win.
• Cao Longxiang advanced on Yue Xiaofei, who dismissed his absolute defense and said he enjoyed cracking a turtle’s shell.