Recaps

Yue Xiaofei fought Cao Longxiang in the ruined restaurant, using his speed to evade the Human Weapon’s nearly impenetrable defenses and devastating attacks. As the battle reduced the top floor to rubble, Yan Qingsi feared Yue Xiaofei would eventually tire and be struck.

• Yue Xiaofei surprised Cao Longxiang with a swift attack, but his kick bounced off Cao Longxiang’s Indestructible Diamond defense and hurt his own leg.
• Cao Longxiang mocked Yue Xiaofei, while Zhao Ling Shuang worried that even his powerful attack had failed to cause damage.
• Yue Xiaofei charged back into the fight, dodging Cao Longxiang’s blows and striking vulnerable points without significantly hurting him.
• Cao Longxiang grew furious and rampaged through the restaurant, destroying its furniture and structure as Yue Xiaofei kept out of his reach.
• Yan Qingsi, Zhao Ling Shuang, Yi Yuanyuan, and the Masked Faces squad watched from the far corner as the restaurant became rubble, while Yan Qingsi feared Yue Xiaofei would run out of stamina.

Yue Xiaofei’s strongest attack shattered his ankle against Cao Longxiang’s Indestructible Diamond defense, leaving him beaten and mocked. When Cao Longxiang insulted Yue Xiaofei’s father, Yue Changlong, Yue Xiaofei erupted with a terrifying aura as a deep, drumlike sound began to beat.

• Yue Xiaofei struck Cao Longxiang’s head with a full-force axe kick, but the impact shattered Yue Xiaofei’s ankle and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Cao Longxiang mocked Yue Xiaofei’s defeat while Cao Yuyao and the Masked Faces squad jeered at him.
• Cao Longxiang told Yue Xiaofei that Yue Changlong had surrendered command of the Ironblood Division after a Cao Family scheme and called father and son failures.
• Yue Xiaofei’s eyes turned bloodred as he swore to kill Cao Longxiang, and a violent, destructive aura erupted from him.
• Cao Longxiang felt sudden dread as a deep, drumlike thumping began in the silent restaurant.

Yue Xiaofei's rage awakened his Sequence 003 ability, [Emperor Engine], and rapidly healed and empowered him. He left Cao Longxiang's [Indestructible Diamond] shattered after defeating him with one punch.

• Cao Longxiang's insults about Yue Xiaofei's father activated Yue Xiaofei's [Emperor Engine], healing his injuries and greatly increasing his power.
• Yue Xiaofei unleashed a blood-red energy wave that shook the restaurant and forced Yan Qingsi and the others to retreat.
• Cao Longxiang charged Yue Xiaofei with [Indestructible Diamond], but Yue Xiaofei met him with a single punch.
• Yue Xiaofei's punch shattered the restaurant and spread cracks through Cao Longxiang's dark-gold body, breaking his [Indestructible Diamond].
• Yue Xiaofei told Cao Longxiang that his turtle shell was too brittle.

Yue Xiaofei overwhelmed Cao Longxiang, shattering his Indestructible Diamond defense and crushing him beneath his foot. Cao ordered the Masked Faces to kill Yue, and as they surrounded him, Yue showed no fear.

• Yue Xiaofei struck Cao Longxiang in the abdomen, sent him through a wall, and crushed his chest with a follow-up stomp.
• The onlookers and Masked Faces members watched in shock as Cao Longxiang lay defeated beneath Yue's foot.
• Clown and Phantom realized that Yue had shattered Cao Longxiang's Sequence 011 Indestructible Diamond with one punch.
• Cao Longxiang ordered the Masked Faces to kill Yue Xiaofei, and the members moved to surround him.
• Zhao Ling Shuang tried to intervene, but Long Qingge stopped her and said Yue did not need their help.
• Yue Xiaofei faced the five Masked Faces members and asked if they thought they could defeat him.

Yue Xiaofei effortlessly defeated Rakshasa, then crushed the other four Masked Faces members when they attacked together. He left all five A-Level Transcendents incapacitated and declared that they would have to defeat him to save their target.

• Rakshasa charged Yue Xiaofei, but Yue Xiaofei knocked him through a reinforced-concrete wall with one slap.
• Phantom ordered the remaining Masked Faces members to attack Yue Xiaofei together.
• Phantom, Clown, Shura, and Wuchang combined illusions, blades, playing cards, and psychic attacks against Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei unleashed a burst of blood-red energy that hurled Phantom, Clown, and Shura away and overwhelmed Wuchang's psychic assault.
• Yue Xiaofei incapacitated all five Masked Faces members and challenged them to defeat him if they wanted to save their target.

Yue Xiaofei effortlessly defeated the [Masked Faces] squad, then crippled Cao Longxiang instead of killing him. As he prepared to go after the unconscious Cao Yuyao, military helicopters bearing dragon patterns arrived above the ruined hotel.

• Yue Xiaofei overwhelmed the five A-Level members of the [Masked Faces] squad with a burst of his aura.
• Cao Longxiang threatened Yue Xiaofei with the Cao Family’s power, but Yue Xiaofei dismissed the threat and stopped his foot just short of crushing Cao Longxiang’s head when Cao Yuyao screamed and fainted.
• Yue Xiaofei crushed the tendons in Cao Longxiang’s hands and feet, leaving him crippled.
• Yan Qingsi, Zhao Ling Shuang, Long Qingge, and the other women watched Yue Xiaofei with awe and fear as he turned toward Cao Yuyao.
• Yue Xiaofei prepared to approach the unconscious Cao Yuyao, but several military helicopters with dragon patterns appeared overhead and illuminated the ruined top floor.

Reverse Scale arrived at the Hyatt Hotel after Yue Xiaofei had defeated the Masked Faces squad, but before Cao Longxiang could reveal who had betrayed the Night Watchers, Bureau Chief Zhang Beihai intervened. The chapter ended with Zhang pleading for Yue Xiaofei to stop.

• Reverse Scale landed at the Hyatt Hotel and surrounded the surviving Masked Faces members.
• Wild Chicken praised Yue Xiaofei for defeating the squad and explained that Director Zhang had sent them as backup.
• Yue Xiaofei demanded that Cao Longxiang reveal who had planned his father's wrongful conviction and betrayed the Night Watchers five years earlier.
• Cao Longxiang began to confess, but a citywide alarm and Zhang Beihai's command interrupted him.
• Zhang Beihai arrived with agents and pleaded with Yue Xiaofei not to do anything rash.

Yue Xiaofei demanded that Cao Longxiang name the mastermind behind the plot against his father and the [Night Watchers], but a mysterious attacker killed Cao Longxiang with a Poison Needle before he could reveal the name. [Shura] blamed Yue Xiaofei and prepared to attack him.

• Zhang Beihai announced Bureau 7’s arrival, and Cao Longxiang threatened Yue Xiaofei, believing he would be safe.
• Yue Xiaofei tightened his grip on Cao Longxiang and demanded the mastermind’s identity, refusing to be deterred by Zhang Beihai.
• Cao Longxiang agreed to reveal the mastermind, but a Poison Needle struck his forehead and killed him before he could finish.
• [Shura] accused Yue Xiaofei of killing Cao Longxiang and prepared to charge at him.

Yue Xiaofei denied killing Cao Longxiang, who had been struck by a mysterious poisoned needle, but Cao Yuyao blamed him when her father, Cao Family Head Cao Zhengchun, arrived. Yue refused to flee and faced Cao Zhengchun without fear, saying the Cao Family would pay for touching his family.

• Shura accused Yue Xiaofei of killing Cao Longxiang and threatened that the Masked Faces squad and Cao Family would demand justice.
• Zhao Ling Shuang, Yan Qingsi, Yi Yuanyuan, Long Qingge, and Reverse Scale testified that a poisoned needle from afar had killed Cao Longxiang.
• Cao Zhengchun arrived at the hotel with guards and demanded to know who had killed his son.
• Cao Yuyao accused Yue Xiaofei of killing Cao Longxiang, breaking her legs, and slaughtering the Masked Faces squad.
• Long Qingge warned Yue Xiaofei to escape because Cao Zhengchun was immensely powerful, but Yue refused and said the Cao Family had brought this on themselves by targeting his family.

Cao Zhengchun demanded that Yue Xiaofei be executed and his relatives and friends hunted down, while Zhang Beihai and several women challenged his orders. As Cao Zhengchun threatened them into silence, a powerful voice announced that Yue Xiaofei was Xu Anbang’s god-grandson.

• Cao Zhengchun ordered Zhang Beihai to kill Yue Xiaofei and target everyone connected to him, but Zhang refused to act before an investigation or trial.
• Yan Qingsi and Zhao Ling Shuang defended Yue Xiaofei, saying Cao Longxiang had attacked first and Yue had acted in self-defense.
• Cao Zhengchun used his pressure to injure Yi Yuanyuan and Yun Nongyue, then threatened the women’s families until they fell silent.
• Cao Zhengchun pressed Zhang Beihai to obey his orders, but a voice from afar declared that no one would dare harm Xu Anbang’s god-grandson.

Xu Sanjiang arrived at the Hyatt Hotel and openly protected Yue Xiaofei as Xu Anbang’s god-grandson, but Cao Zhengchun refused to back down. As Cao Zhengchun challenged the Eight Great Clans, a mysterious figure descended from a fighter jet, and Yue Xiaofei recognized him as Uncle Zhao.

• Xu Sanjiang arrived with a military convoy and declared that no one would touch Yue Xiaofei.
• Xu Sanjiang said Xu Anbang had accepted Yue Xiaofei as his god-grandson and warned Cao Zhengchun that the North Sea Theater would defend him.
• Cao Zhengchun rejected Xu Sanjiang’s threats and claimed that neither the Xu Family nor the other great clans could stop him.
• A silver-white fighter jet appeared above the Hyatt Hotel, and a commanding figure descended from it.
• Yue Xiaofei recognized the newcomer as Uncle Zhao.

Zhao Mengsheng arrived in the White Emperor Fighter and stood up for Yue Xiaofei, calming his berserk rage and defending his actions against Cao Zhengchun. Cao Zhengchun refused to back down and vowed to take the dispute to the Military Sovereign and Dragon Sovereign.

• Yue Xiaofei called Zhao Mengsheng his uncle, and the assembled witnesses were stunned by the God of War Shanhe’s arrival.
• Zhao Mengsheng approached Yue Xiaofei, reassured him as the son of his closest brother, Yue Changlong, and helped him regain control of his fury.
• Zhao Mengsheng condemned Cao Longxiang, Cao Yuyao, and the Masked Faces squad, declaring that Yue Xiaofei had delivered justice and deserved commendation.
• Zhao Mengsheng ordered Cao Zhengchun and his people to leave or face the consequences.
• Cao Zhengchun rejected Zhao Mengsheng’s demand and threatened to appeal to the Military Sovereign and the Dragon Sovereign.

Ye Jincheng arrived at the hotel and stopped Cao Zhengchun from escalating the dispute over Cao Longxiang's death, ordering a Bureau 7 investigation and warning the Cao Family to leave Yue Xiaofei alone. He then summoned Yue Xiaofei, who wondered why the man who had sealed his father's case was now helping him.

• Cao Zhengchun threatened to take the dispute to the Military Sovereign, the Dragon Sovereign, and the Cao Family's ancestor, alarming Zhao Mengsheng and Xu Sanjiang.
• Ye Jincheng appeared and challenged Cao Zhengchun's claim that the Ye Family was unqualified to command his respect.
• Cao Zhengchun fell to his knees as Ye Jincheng rebuked him for his son's crimes and declared that Cao Longxiang's death would be investigated by Bureau 7.
• Ye Jincheng ordered Cao Zhengchun and his people to leave and warned him not to trouble anyone over the matter again.
• Yue Xiaofei recalled that Ye Jincheng had presided over his father's case and sealed its files, then wondered why Ye Jincheng was helping him.
• Ye Jincheng looked at Yue Xiaofei and told him to come with him.

Ye Jincheng took Yue Xiaofei to the Ye Family ancestral home after Yue Xiaofei agreed to go with him. In the study, Ye Jincheng revealed that Yue Xiaofei should call him his maternal grandfather.

• Zhao Mengsheng, Xu Sanjiang, and the Reverse Scale team tried to stop Ye Jincheng from taking Yue Xiaofei, but Yue Xiaofei chose to go with him.
• Yue Xiaofei told his teammates to stay behind and help Director Zhang before leaving with Ye Jincheng.
• Ye Jincheng drove Yue Xiaofei to the Ye Family ancestral home in Longdu and led him to his study.
• Ye Jincheng poured Yue Xiaofei tea and told him to call him his maternal grandfather.

Ye Jincheng revealed to Yue Xiaofei that he was his maternal grandfather, and old photographs convinced Yue Xiaofei that Ye Qingmei was his mother. Ye Jincheng confirmed that Ye Qingmei was alive but withheld her location and the truth behind her disappearance, leaving Yue Xiaofei demanding an explanation for his father's imprisonment.

• Ye Jincheng told Yue Xiaofei that Ye Qingmei was his youngest daughter and that he was Yue Xiaofei's maternal grandfather.
• Ye Jincheng gave Yue Xiaofei an old photo album, and Yue Xiaofei recognized his mother in the photographs, including one with Jiang Lan.
• Yue Xiaofei cried over the photographs and asked why Ye Jincheng had waited so long to tell him the truth.
• Yue Xiaofei said his brother had gone to Cloudtop Heavenly Palace on Changbai Mountain to look for their mother, and Ye Jincheng confirmed she was alive but refused to reveal more.
• Yue Xiaofei asked why Ye Jincheng had presided over his father's case five years earlier and sent him to Yanshan Prison.

Ye Jincheng revealed that Yue Changlong had chosen imprisonment as cover while secretly investigating traitors conspiring with foreign forces against the Dragon Kingdom. Yue Xiaofei resolved to expose the conspiracy openly, accepting that he had no way to avoid the coming fight.

• Yue Xiaofei accused Ye Jincheng of wrongfully imprisoning his father, but Ye Jincheng explained that Yue Changlong had arranged it himself to disappear and work in secret.
• Ye Jincheng told Yue Xiaofei that Yue Changlong had uncovered high-ranking Night Watchers collaborating with Skull and Bones and other hostile forces to overthrow the Dragon Kingdom.
• Ye Jincheng revealed that the Cao Family was only one part of a larger, hidden network and said Yue Changlong was safe but could not be contacted.
• Yue Xiaofei vowed to draw his sword, expose the traitors, and strike before they could make another move.
• Ye Jincheng warned Yue Xiaofei that the hidden force was vast and dangerous, but Yue Xiaofei insisted he would fight regardless.

Ye Jincheng pledged the Ye Family’s support as Yue Xiaofei prepared to confront his enemies, then warned him about the dangers of his inherited ability and the need to keep their family connection secret. Yue Xiaofei left determined to uncover the hidden enemies and reunite his family.

• Yue Xiaofei insisted that he would not retreat, and Ye Jincheng vowed that the Ye Family would back him as he stirred up trouble in Longdu.
• Ye Jincheng warned Yue Xiaofei that his inherited [Emperor Engine] made him and Yue Feng targets of [Skull and Bones], which wanted their bloodline for its 'adam project.'
• Ye Jincheng told Yue Xiaofei to conceal that they were grandfather and grandson until he was strong enough and the traitors within the Ye Family had been rooted out.
• Yue Xiaofei left the Ye Family ancestral residence in a Red Flag Limousine and vowed to expose his family's enemies and reunite with his parents and brother.

After returning to the Su Family villa, Yue Xiaofei asked Han Duoduo to investigate the poisoned needle that killed Cao Longxiang. Meanwhile, the Eight Great Clans learned that the Xu, Zhao, and Ye Families backed Yue Xiaofei and began moving to befriend him, as Capital City braced for a shift in power.

• Jiang Lan and Su Wanning welcomed Yue Xiaofei home and questioned him about the Hyatt Hotel incident, but he claimed a Bureau 7 official had handled the scene.
• Yue Xiaofei called Han Duoduo and asked him to trace the poisoned needle and identify whoever had silenced Cao Longxiang; Han Duoduo said he would examine the surveillance footage.
• Yan Qingsi told the Yan Family Head what happened at the Hyatt Hotel, and he ordered her to spare no expense in befriending Yue Xiaofei.
• The Zhao, Long, Yi, Cloud, Flower, and other families heard their young women’s accounts and ordered investigations into Yue Xiaofei, with some promising him their full support.
• Yue Xiaofei’s name spread through Capital City’s high society as the Eight Great Clans anticipated a major shift in power.

Cao Xuanye’s secret plot to kill Cao Longxiang and frame Yue Xiaofei fell apart after Ye Jincheng protected Yue and forced Cao Zhengchun to apologize. Cao Xuanye then proposed a lavish funeral to restore the Cao Family’s standing and publicly defy its enemies.

• Cao Xuanye revealed that he had arranged for an assassin to kill Cao Longxiang and frame Yue Xiaofei.
• Cao Xuanye learned Ye Jincheng had protected Yue Xiaofei and made Cao Zhengchun kneel and apologize, so he crushed his wineglass in rage.
• At the Cao Family estate, Cao Yuyao begged Cao Zhengchun to avenge Cao Longxiang, but he blamed her for provoking Yue Xiaofei.
• Cao Xuanye advised Cao Zhengchun to avoid confronting Ye Jincheng’s allies directly and to seek revenge from the shadows.
• Cao Xuanye proposed holding Cao Longxiang a grand funeral in three days, with a procession that would close Changping Street and display the Cao Family’s power.

Cao Zhengchun announced a crown-prince-specification state funeral for Cao Longxiang and placed a thousand-billion bounty on Yue Xiaofei. Yue Xiaofei and the Reverse Scale squad planned to attend the funeral and turn it into a humiliating spectacle for the Cao Family.

• Cao Xuanye proposed a state funeral for Cao Longxiang, and Cao Zhengchun approved it and ordered a Dark Web bounty of one billion for clues and a thousand billion for Yue Xiaofei's head.
• The Cao Family's funeral plans and bounty spread across Longdu, provoking widespread shock and anger.
• Yue Xiaofei dismissed the threats and called the Reverse Scale squad to plan a response.
• Yue Xiaofei told Wild Chicken and Han Duoduo that they would deliver a grand gift at Cao Longxiang's funeral and make it a farce.
• Yue Xiaofei declared that he would personally attend the funeral in three days and bring the Cao Family a congratulatory gift.

Yue Xiaofei planned a worldwide broadcast of Cao Longxiang’s crimes during the Cao family funeral, while assigning the Reverse Scale team roles in the operation. As the team prepared to strike, elite assassins gathered in Longdu to pursue the ten-billion-dollar bounty, setting the funeral up as a deadly confrontation.

• Yue Xiaofei told the Reverse Scale team he would broadcast recordings of Cao Longxiang massacring civilians and abusing prisoners on screens along Changping Street during the funeral.
• Yue Xiaofei assigned Han Duoduo to hijack the screens, Wild Chicken and Stone Monkey to cause a diversion, and White Tiger and Jade Rabbit to provide perimeter support.
• Yue Xiaofei declared he would confront Cao Zhengchun and tear Cao Longxiang’s coffin from the hearse.
• Hunters in a Longdu bar discussed the Cao family’s ten-billion-dollar bounty and the danger of targeting Yue Xiaofei, who had powerful families backing him.
• The bar patrons learned that the Thousand-Faced Butcher, the Scarlet Widow, and the Clockmaker had taken the bounty and arrived in Longdu.

Yan Qingsi learned that Yue Xiaofei planned to use Cao Longxiang’s funeral to lure out and eliminate the forces hostile to him and the Dragon Kingdom. On the day of the funeral, the Cao Family staged an extravagant procession through sealed-off Changping Street as Cao Zhengchun and Cao Xuanye prepared to kill Yue Xiaofei.

• Yan Qingsi warned Yue Xiaofei that assassins were targeting him, but he said he would use himself as bait and told the Yan Family to stay out of the conflict.
• Three days later, Yue Xiaofei dressed in a black suit, took a wrapped gift for the Cao Family, and left with [Wild Chicken].
• The Cao Family’s lavish funeral procession advanced down Changping Street under extraordinary security, drawing public outrage as it was broadcast live.
• Cao Zhengchun admired the display of the Cao Family’s power and asked Cao Xuanye whether their preparations were complete.
• Cao Xuanye assured Cao Zhengchun that the trap was set and declared that the Cao Family would personally kill Yue Xiaofei.

Yue Xiaofei’s allies exposed Cao Longxiang’s atrocities during his funeral, turning the crowd against the Cao Family and throwing Changping Street into chaos. With security diverted by an explosion, Yue Xiaofei reached the hearse and smashed Cao Longxiang’s coffin onto the road.

• The [Reverse Scale] squad hijacked Changping Street’s screens and broadcast footage of Cao Longxiang murdering and torturing civilians.
• The funeral crowd condemned the Cao Family, and Cao Zhengchun ordered his guards to attack them.
• A tanker truck exploded nearby, drawing away much of the security force.
• Yue Xiaofei charged through the guards toward the hearse as Cao Xuanye spotted him and cried for someone to stop him.
• Yue Xiaofei wrenched the crystal coffin from the hearse, shattering it and knocking Cao Longxiang’s corpse onto the asphalt.

After Yue Xiaofei wrecked Cao Longxiang’s coffin procession, Cao Zhengchun accused him of murder and called for a public trial on Changping Street. Yue Xiaofei accepted, but demanded that Cao Zhengchun stand trial beside him, leaving the challenge hanging before the crowd.

• Cao Zhengchun’s coffin and bodyguards were struck down, and he erupted in rage at Yue Xiaofei.
• Cao Zhengchun abandoned a direct attack and accused Yue Xiaofei before the crowd and media, demanding a public trial.
• Yan Qingsi called her father for help while Zhao Ling Shuang, Long Qingge, and Yi Yuanyuan feared Cao Zhengchun’s trap.
• Yue Xiaofei agreed to the trial despite [Wild Chicken] warning him against it.
• Yue Xiaofei demanded that Cao Zhengchun also stand trial and challenged him to settle their families’ blood debt in public.

Yue Xiaofei faced Cao Zhengchun’s public judgment on Changping Street and denied killing Cao Longxiang, claiming Cao Xuanye had poisoned him and framed Yue. The accusation stunned the crowd, but Cao Zhengchun demanded proof, leaving Yue’s claim unsubstantiated for now.

• Cao Zhengchun accepted Yue Xiaofei’s challenge and arranged a public confrontation, with the crowd and media watching.
• Cao Zhengchun asked Yue Xiaofei whether he had killed Cao Longxiang, and Yue denied it while admitting the death involved him.
• Yue Xiaofei said he knew who had used the Poison Needle and silenced Cao Longxiang, then accused Cao Xuanye of being the mastermind.
• Cao Xuanye denied the accusation and claimed Yue Xiaofei was trying to sow discord in the Cao Family.
• Cao Zhengchun defended Cao Xuanye and demanded that Yue Xiaofei provide evidence.