Recaps

Yue Xiaofei insisted he could attend the Military Parade without an invitation, despite the Su Family's disbelief. On the day of the ceremony, he drove Jiang Lan, Su Wanning, and Su Guohua toward the heavily guarded square, leaving them unsure whether he could get them inside.

• Yue Xiaofei told Jiang Lan to be ready for the Military Parade three days later, while Su Guohua mocked his claim that no invitation was needed.
• Yue Xiaofei spent the next two days tracking parade preparations through encrypted messages from [Man-Rat] and getting into peak condition.
• On the morning of the parade, Yue Xiaofei put on a black Zhongshan suit delivered by Ye Jincheng and set out with Jiang Lan, Su Wanning, and Su Guohua in a black Maybach.
• As they neared the Military Parade Square, the group saw luxury cars and prominent figures stop at a parking lot and undergo strict security checks before proceeding on foot.
• Su Guohua pointed out the security rules to Yue Xiaofei and argued that no one could demand special treatment before the authority of the nation.

Yue Xiaofei used a red credential to pass every military checkpoint without inspection, leaving Su Guohua, Jiang Lan, and Su Wanning stunned by the respect he commanded. He led them to the VIP Reviewing Stand, where they discovered their seats were in the second row at its center.

• At the first checkpoint, Yue Xiaofei showed a red credential, and the officer saluted him as Chief and ordered the soldiers to let his car through.
• Yue Xiaofei passed another seven or eight guard posts, receiving the same salute and unrestricted access at each one.
• Su Guohua, Jiang Lan, and Su Wanning watched important figures wait for security checks while Yue Xiaofei's car continued toward the parade grounds.
• A Ceremonial Guard directed Yue Xiaofei to the VIP Parking Lot, and a School Officer escorted him and the Su family along a guarded red-carpeted passage.
• The School Officer brought them to the VIP section, where Su Guohua, Jiang Lan, and Su Wanning saw their seats were in the second row at the center of the Reviewing Stand.

The Su Family discovered that Yue Xiaofei had secured them seats in the second row of the VIP section, though Su Guohua wrongly credited Elder Xu. The chapter left Gao Yi and Gao Yuanyuan barred from entry after security found their Invitations had been reported lost.

• Su Guohua, Jiang Lan, and Su Wanning were stunned to find themselves seated in the second row among the nation's prominent figures.
• Su Guohua assumed Elder Xu had arranged the seats and urged Yue Xiaofei to use the connection to help the Su Family.
• Su Wanning excitedly recognized several officials and generals, including Elder Xu, while hoping to see the Flag-Planting Hero.
• Gao Yuanyuan and Gao Yi presented the Invitations they had picked up, but security said the numbers had been reported lost and suggested they might be stolen.

Gao Yi and Gao Yuanyuan were exposed at the parade entrance for having an invalid Invitation, then tried to blame Su Wanning. The confrontation ended with more than a dozen generals warmly greeting Yue Xiaofei, leaving the VIP section stunned and wondering who he really was.

• Security Personnel declared Gao Yi's Invitation invalid and ordered him and Gao Yuanyuan to leave.
• Gao Yuanyuan accused Su Wanning of entering without an Invitation, and Gao Yi joined in while Su Wanning denied having one.
• Qin Qianshan arrived to investigate the commotion, recognized Yue Xiaofei, and greeted him with delight.
• More than a dozen generals approached Yue Xiaofei and greeted him warmly as the crowd watched in disbelief.

At the gathering, Yue Xiaofei astonished the guests as military leaders and national figures greeted him with warmth and respect. Elder Chen praised his courage and declared that the Dragon Kingdom was fortunate to have him, leaving everyone aware of his extraordinary standing.

• Su Guohua realized that the generals were treating Yue Xiaofei with genuine respect, while Jiang Lan and Su Wanning watched him with shock and emotion.
• Generals, academicians, ministers, and other prominent figures gathered around Yue Xiaofei, stunning the guests and overwhelming the security staff.
• Long Qianshan and Elder Chen rose from the front row and went to greet Yue Xiaofei in person.
• Long Qianshan asked about Yue Xiaofei's recovery, and Yue Xiaofei assured him that he was fine.
• Elder Chen praised Yue Xiaofei's spirit and steadiness, saying that the Dragon Kingdom was fortunate to have him.

After Yue Xiaofei exposed Gao Yi and Gao Yuanyuan and revealed his standing, Su Guohua apologized for having looked down on him. Yue Xiaofei admitted he had arranged the billion-yuan rescue of Su Guohua’s company, leaving Jiang Lan grateful and Su Wanning overwhelmed with regret.

• Yue Xiaofei asked Qin Qianshan to have the authorities investigate Gao Yi and Gao Yuanyuan, and Qin ordered the security guards to remove them.
• Yue Xiaofei asked Su Guohua whether he still thought he had been bluffing, and Su Guohua bowed, apologized, and slapped himself until Yue told him to stop.
• Jiang Lan asked Yue Xiaofei whether he had arranged the mysterious billion-yuan investment that saved Su Guohua’s company, and Yue admitted that he had.
• Jiang Lan embraced Yue Xiaofei and wept with gratitude, while Su Wanning realized how wrong she had been to scorn him.
• Yue Xiaofei comforted Jiang Lan and told Su Guohua not to make a spectacle of himself before the parade began.

The Military Parade began as the hosts announced that the mysterious Flag-Planting Hero would appear, while Su Guohua and Su Wanning grappled with Yue Xiaofei’s status and their past judgments of him. The Kunlun tanks passed the Reviewing Stand, and the commentator revealed that Yue Changlong had designed their core systems before his imprisonment.

• A horn and the Military Review March announced the start of the parade, and the hosts described the Dragon Kingdom’s strength and teased the appearance of the Flag-Planting Hero.
• Su Guohua remained terrified of Yue Xiaofei after realizing Yue had once arranged the billion that saved his company, while Jiang Lan urged him to act normally.
• Su Wanning watched Yue Xiaofei and regretted rejecting the possibility of a relationship with him.
• The Army Armored Assault Formation rolled past the Reviewing Stand as spectators cheered at the Kunlun tanks.
• The commentator said Yue Changlong had completed the Kunlun’s core fire-control algorithms and Active Defense System before his imprisonment five years earlier.

At the military parade, Su Guohua and Su Wanning learned that Yue Changlong, whom Su Guohua had mocked as a criminal, had helped create the Dragon Kingdom’s advanced military equipment. As six White Emperor fighters flew overhead and Yue Changlong was named their legendary chief test pilot, Yue Xiaofei silently welcomed his father’s restored honor.

• The announcer identified Yue Changlong as the Kunlun Tank’s chief engineer, shocking Su Guohua and Jiang Lan.
• The announcer credited Yue Changlong with leading key design work on the Thunderclap-9 missile system and identified him as a former commander of the Army’s 7th Armored Company.
• Su Guohua recognized Yue Changlong as the man he had known and collapsed in shock, while Su Wanning realized the honored figure was Yue Xiaofei’s father.
• Yue Xiaofei watched the parade and reflected on the hardships his family had endured and his father’s work finally receiving public recognition.
• Six White Emperor stealth fighters flew over the square, and the announcer named Yue Changlong as their legendary chief test pilot.

At a grand ceremony, Yue Changlong returned as the celebrated test pilot Sky God Lu, and Marshal Long Qianshan publicly revealed that his supposed treason and imprisonment had been part of a secret counterespionage operation. The crowd learned that Yue Changlong had helped capture dozens of spies and devised major military research improvements while imprisoned.

• The crowd saw Yue Changlong fly past as Sky God Lu, while Su Guohua regretted mistreating the Yue Family and Jiang Lan wept with relief that he had been cleared as a hero.
• Su Wanning realized Yue Xiaofei was the son of a revered hero and felt bitter regret over how she had treated him.
• Long Qianshan arrived at the rostrum carrying a top-secret file, then told the crowd that Yue Changlong had suffered five years of undeserved humiliation.
• Long Qianshan announced that Yue Changlong's treason conviction had been a cover for Operation Hidden Dragon, in which Yue had helped capture more than thirty spies.
• Long Qianshan revealed that Yue Changlong had also completed 127 research improvement proposals in prison, including work related to the Kunlun Tank, Thunderclap Missile, and White Emperor fighter.

Long Qianshan prepared to announce Yue Changlong’s commendations after revealing that he had endured five years of disgrace while secretly serving the nation. Soldiers and former comrades across the country watched as they speculated about his new rank.

• Su Guohua realized Yue Changlong had been falsely branded a traitor and regretted how he had treated Yue Xiaofei and Yue Changlong’s family.
• Long Qianshan announced that the Supreme Military Headquarters had approved commendations and titles for Yue Changlong, but had not yet revealed them.
• Zhao Mengsheng watched the broadcast from the Northern Frontier, recalled how Yue Changlong had saved his life, and vowed to protest if the rank fell short of his achievements.
• Jin Dapao impatiently speculated that Yue Changlong deserved at least a Six-Star rank, and likely a Seven- or Eight-Star rank.
• Members of Reverse Scale debated whether Yue Changlong could receive a Nine-Star title, while Han Duoduo predicted Six-Star or an honorary Seven-Star generalship under the regulations.

At a national ceremony, Long Qianshan announced that Yue Changlong had been appointed Marshal in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to the Dragon Kingdom. The unprecedented promotion stunned the nation, elevated Yue Xiaofei’s standing, and left Su Guohua reeling.

• Bai Bing silenced Wild Chicken as Yue Xiaofei reflected on his father's classified service in the Kunlun Ruins.
• Long Qianshan announced that the Supreme Command Headquarters had unanimously awarded Yue Changlong the rank of Marshal.
• The crowd and officials erupted in disbelief over the first new marshal appointed in sixty years.
• Yan Qingsi realized Yue Changlong's appointment had transformed Yue Xiaofei's status and regretted not approaching him earlier.
• Su Guohua nearly fainted as he grasped that the man he had insulted had become a marshal.

At the military parade, an old general questioned whether Yue Changlong deserved the rank of Marshal, while Yue Xiaofei knew the classified reason his father had earned it. Zhao Mengsheng, Xu Anbang, and Ye Jincheng publicly defended Yue Changlong, leaving the challenge without support.

• An old general objected that Yue Changlong lacked the military achievements required to become a Marshal, and Yue Xiaofei reflected that his father’s classified deeds had saved the Dragon Kingdom.
• Zhao Mengsheng interrupted the parade broadcast, cursed the objection, and declared that Yue Changlong had saved him at Laoshan and deserved the rank.
• Zhao Mengsheng threatened to remove his nine-star battle robe and said his three hundred thousand Northern Frontier soldiers supported Yue Changlong.
• Xu Anbang argued that Yue Changlong’s work had enabled the Dragon Kingdom’s carrier fleet to defend its waters and vouched for his appointment.
• Ye Jincheng said Yue Changlong had developed the foundations of the [Southern Heavenly Gate] project and voiced the Academy of Sciences’ support.

At the military parade, Yue Changlong was honored as the Dragon Kingdom’s special-grade honorary Marshal, revealing to Su Wanning that Yue Xiaofei was the Marshal’s son. As the Flag-Planting Hero’s formation approached, Yue Xiaofei left the VIP seats, saying he was going to the restroom.

• Zhao Mengsheng, Xu Anbang, and Ye Jincheng backed High Command’s decision, silencing the veteran general who had objected.
• Long Qianshan announced Yue Changlong’s honorary Marshal rank, and the assembled service members saluted him.
• Su Wanning realized Yue Changlong was the man she had dismissed as a criminal and that Yue Xiaofei was his son.
• The commentator announced the final formation, and Su Wanning eagerly anticipated the Flag-Planting Hero while Su Guohua hoped the hero might favor her.
• Yue Xiaofei rose from the VIP seats and told Jiang Lan he was going to the restroom.

Yue Xiaofei left the VIP seats and prepared to reveal himself as a major general alongside the Reverse Scale Squad. As the hosts announced the squad’s victory at Mount Fuji, the crowd erupted in anticipation of their appearance.

• Yue Xiaofei went to a top-secret private lounge, where Reverse Scale was assembled and ready for the parade.
• Han Duoduo said she had hacked the broadcasts of more than three hundred major media outlets to show their footage worldwide.
• Yue Xiaofei changed into his new major general uniform and ordered Reverse Scale to move out.
• The hosts announced that a mysterious unit had fought through enemy forces and planted the Dragon Kingdom’s flag atop Mount Fuji.
• The crowd cheered the heroes, while Su Wanning eagerly awaited Yue Xiaofei’s return and Qin Qianshan and Elder Xu discussed his upcoming appearance.

Yue Xiaofei led eleven Reverse Scale warriors down the parade avenue, revealing himself as a young Major General and the Flag-Planting Hero. As the VIPs recognized him in shock, he saluted the Reviewing Stand and the people of the Dragon Kingdom.

• Yue Xiaofei and eleven Reverse Scale warriors marched onto the avenue, drawing the crowd's attention with their battle-hardened presence.
• The crowd saw the Major General insignia on Yue Xiaofei's uniform and wondered if he was the Flag-Planting Hero.
• Su Wanning recognized Yue Xiaofei as her childhood fiancé and realized he was the hero she had idolized.
• Jiang Lan recognized Yue Xiaofei, while Su Guohua slumped in shock and Yan Qingsi rose unsteadily from her seat.
• Yue Xiaofei ordered the Reverse Scale warriors to turn their heads toward the Reviewing Stand and saluted the dignitaries and the people of the Dragon Kingdom.

Yue Xiaofei was revealed to the nation as the hero who led Reverse Scale and was celebrated as the Dragon Kingdom’s youngest Major General. As he declared his return and prepared to confront the forces behind the dangers in his past, Su Wanning and Su Guohua faced the consequences of rejecting and mistreating him.

• The commentator identified Yue Xiaofei as Reverse Scale’s leader, and hundreds of thousands of spectators celebrated him as a national hero.
• Su Wanning recognized Yue Xiaofei as the mysterious Flag-Planting Hero and collapsed in tears, regretting that she had driven him away.
• Su Guohua realized that his treatment of Yue Xiaofei had cost the Su Family its chance to rise and feared the business world would destroy his company.
• Yue Xiaofei marched past the Reviewing Stand, resolved to confront the forces behind his unjust case, Yanshan Prison, his mother’s death, his missing sister, and Kunlun Ruins.
• Yue Xiaofei met the eyes of his family and VIPs, remained unmoved by their regard, and declared through his presence that he was back.

Long Qianshan and Xu Anbang honored Yue Xiaofei with the legendary [Sea-Calming Needle] Medal for his actions atop Mount Fuji. Long then invited Yue to speak from the highest reviewing platform, leaving the crowd stunned as the young major general prepared to address the world.

• Long Qianshan and Xu Anbang left the reviewing platform and praised Yue Xiaofei before the Reverse Scale formation.
• Long Qianshan presented Yue Xiaofei with the [Sea-Calming Needle] Medal for his service to the Dragon Kingdom.
• Zhao Mengsheng and Jin Dapao celebrated the honor while the Reverse Scale Squad watched Yue receive the medal.
• Long Qianshan invited Yue Xiaofei to deliver a speech from the reviewing platform as a representative of the Dragon Kingdom's youth.

Yue Xiaofei ascended the High Platform to address the Dragon Kingdom and the world, while the Su Family watched in regret after realizing what they had rejected. He began his speech by saying he wanted to tell stories about his family.

• Long Qianshan invited Yue Xiaofei to give a speech from the High Platform, shocking everyone at the ceremony.
• Su Guohua watched Yue Xiaofei ascend and realized he had blocked the Su Family’s chance to rise; he spat blood and fainted.
• Su Wanning regretted breaking off her engagement to Yue Xiaofei and recognized the gulf between them.
• Yue Xiaofei climbed onto the High Platform, reflecting that he represented his family, unsung heroes, and the Dragon Kingdom’s younger generation.
• Yue Xiaofei addressed the watching crowd and said he wanted to begin by telling stories about his family.

At a national ceremony, Yue Xiaofei honored the sacrifices of his family and countless heroes who served the Dragon Kingdom in secret. He then challenged those who doubted his generation, recalling how he slew their god in Eastern Japan, destroyed the Shrine of the Gods, and raised the Dragon Kingdom’s flag on Sacred Mountain.

• Yue Xiaofei told the crowd how his grandfather, Yue Qinhu, defended Jiangcheng and later served as the intelligence operative Old Farmer, stirring veterans and Elder Xu Anbang.
• Yue Xiaofei recounted how his second uncle, Yue Changhai, sacrificed himself by ramming the Sea Dragon into an enemy ship, moving Captain Xu Jingtao.
• Yue Xiaofei explained that his father, Yue Changlong, could not attend because he was on a top-secret mission, while his mother, Ye Qingmei, had disappeared during a secret project.
• Yue Xiaofei said the medal’s glory belonged to his family and all the heroes who had sacrificed for the Dragon Kingdom.
• Yue Xiaofei recalled critics who called him and his generation inadequate, then declared that he had slain their god, razed the Shrine of the Gods, and planted the Dragon Kingdom’s flag on Sacred Mountain.

Yue Xiaofei delivered a fiery speech at Tiananmen Square, stirring patriotic fervor before nine fighter jets roared overhead in a perfectly timed flyover. After Long Qianshan ordered the speech distributed throughout the military, foreign reporters began a question session, and two men rushed forward to ask questions.

• Yue Xiaofei declared that Dragon Kingdom's youth had hard bones and recalled how the Reverse Scale Squad had held firm against God Tier experts on Mount Fuji.
• Yue Xiaofei praised the younger generation's patriotism, and the crowd joined him in shouting, “No regrets for being born in Huaxia in this life-may I be Chinese again in the next!”
• Yue Xiaofei swore that Dragon Kingdom would punish any invader even from afar and roared, “Hear the dragon roar!” as nine fighter jets flew over Tiananmen Square.
• Han Duoduo revealed that she had coordinated the fighter formation's timing as the flyover's “background music.”
• Long Qianshan ordered his secretary to distribute Yue Xiaofei's speech throughout the military for soldiers to study.
• As Yue Xiaofei prepared to leave, a blond foreign reporter and a man from Sakura Country pushed through the press section, took microphones, and announced they had questions.

Yue Xiaofei rejected a BBC reporter’s accusation that planting a flag on Mount Fuji was aggression, declaring that peace and international law depended on military strength. After his forceful reply left Thompson speechless, an NHK reporter challenged Yue’s rapid rise in rank and accused him of preparing for militarism.

• Thompson asked Yue Xiaofei whether planting a flag on Mount Fuji violated international law.
• Yue Xiaofei invoked Britain’s past aggression against China and argued that strength determined peace and international rules.
• Yue Xiaofei declared that dignity existed at the sword’s edge and truth within cannon range, drawing cheers from Dragon Kingdom viewers and leaving Thompson speechless.
• Kojiro Kojima took the microphone and challenged Yue’s young age and high rank, accusing him of preparing for reckless militarism.

Yue Xiaofei silenced hostile reporters from Japan and Eagle Country with fierce rebuttals and declared that the Dragon Kingdom could march on its enemies. Han Duoduo then exposed both reporters as foreign intelligence operatives, leaving the parade square in an uproar.

• Yue Xiaofei rebuked Kojiro Kojima over Japan’s history of aggression and defended the military rank he had earned by killing a Japanese “god.”
• Yue Xiaofei mocked Thompson and Eagle Country’s aging warships, then declared that the era of the Eight-Nation Alliance was over and the Dragon Kingdom could march on its enemies.
• The crowd repeated Yue Xiaofei’s declaration as Han Duoduo secretly used her Tactical Computer to change the parade screens.
• The screens revealed dossiers identifying Thompson as MI6 operative Thomas Anderson and Kojiro Kojima as Japanese intelligence operative Yuichi Watanabe.
• The exposed dossiers stunned the crowd, which erupted in outrage upon learning the reporters were spies.

Yue Xiaofei exposed Thompson and Kojiro Kojima as spies, had the guards arrest them, and warned foreign forces not to provoke the Dragon Kingdom. As he returned to Reverse Scale’s formation, a mysterious scarlet emblem hijacked the ceremony’s giant screens.

• Thompson and Kojiro Kojima saw their secret identities and mission histories exposed, and Kojiro Kojima collapsed in terror.
• Yue Xiaofei taunted the two spies, and guards arrested Thompson and Yuichi Watanabe in front of the cameras.
• Yue Xiaofei warned foreign forces that the Dragon Kingdom would not tolerate provocation, then left the platform to cheers.
• As Yue Xiaofei approached the final step, the giant screens distorted and turned scarlet after the broadcast channels were locked down.
• A huge emblem resembling an eyeball made of countless moving pupils appeared on the screens, frightening the guests.

Han Duoduo was injured by a mysterious psychic signal as the Ancient Gods Church demonstrated its power and demanded that nations submit. The Six-Winged Apostle declared that the gods had returned and threatened to destroy those who resisted.

• Han Duoduo tried to trace the invading signal, but its immense psychic force struck her and left her bleeding and helpless.
• A blond man in a thunderous robe appeared above an ice field and erased its enormous icebergs with a lightning bolt.
• A Six-Winged Apostle burned a vast mountain range with golden fire, while the broadcast spread the destruction worldwide.
• The Six-Winged Apostle announced the return of the gods and spiritual qi, and said Western nations had submitted Surrender Petitions to the Ancient Gods Church.
• The Six-Winged Apostle promised divine gifts to those who obeyed and threatened to reduce resisters to scorched earth and annihilate their souls.

The Six-Winged Apostle threatened the Dragon Kingdom with Divine Punishment unless it dismantled its defenses, surrendered the Nine Cauldrons, and welcomed the gods within three days. As panic spread worldwide, Yue Xiaofei stood firm and prepared to resist.

• The Six-Winged Apostle mocked Yue Xiaofei and declared that mortal weapons and victories meant nothing before the gods.
• The apostle demanded that the Dragon Kingdom dismantle its Kunlun defenses, surrender the Nine Cauldrons, and open its borders within three days, or face destruction.
• After the broadcast ended, foreign leaders declared the Ancient Gods Church their state religion, while terrified crowds and online rumors fueled global panic.
• Dignitaries in Longdu grew fearful and considered fleeing, while Su Guohua panicked and Jiang Lan worried about Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Xiaofei sensed the Emperor Engine and Divine Sequence 003, the Black Emperor, respond to the threat, then vowed inwardly not to surrender.