Recaps

Yue Feng removed the Dragon-Suppressing Lock, revealing an overwhelming power that shook the three Heaven Ranking experts. After taking up the Asura Warblade, he promised Yue Xiaofei that his next strike would be incredible.

• The Seven Kills General explained that Yue Feng's four Dragon-Suppressing Lock shackles each weighed over a thousand jin, leaving Yue Xiaofei stunned by his brother's strength.
• Yue Feng removed the shackles, and their impact on the concrete and his sudden surge of killing intent shocked Yue Xiaofei and the three Heaven Ranking experts.
• Qi Canghai denied that Yue Feng's strength was real, while Feng Tianhao and Zhang Huaiyu reacted with fear and uncertainty.
• Yue Feng ordered the Seven Kills General to bring his blade, and the general threw him the Asura Warblade.
• Yue Feng caught the Asura Warblade, joined with it as his presence rose, then told Yue Xiaofei to watch his next strike.

Yue Feng overwhelmed Feng Tianhao, Qi Canghai, and Zhang Huaiyu with the Heaven-Opening Slash but spared them, believing they served the Zhong Family. The three denied working for the Zhong Family and revealed that Ning Hongye had sent them to kill him.

• Yue Feng unleashed the Heaven-Opening Slash, making Feng Tianhao, Qi Canghai, and Zhang Huaiyu believe they were about to die.
• Yue Feng stopped short of killing the three Heaven Ranking experts, leaving only shallow cuts across their throats.
• Yue Xiaofei watched Yue Feng's display in awe and hoped to learn the Heaven-Opening Slash from him.
• Yue Feng offered to spare the three if they stopped serving the Zhong Family, but they denied being the family's lackeys.
• Feng Tianhao revealed that Ning Hongye had ordered them to kill Yue Feng.

Yue Xiaofei revealed that his grandmother was the Lu family’s eldest daughter and that he had a marriage contract with the Ning family, stopping Feng Tianhao and the others from carrying out their mission. Ning Hongye set the contract aside for now but warned Yue Xiaofei that entering Longdu would nearly cost him his life.

• Feng Tianhao explained that the Ning family had ordered Yue Feng’s death, and Yue Xiaofei claimed he might know Ning Hongye through a marriage contract.
• Yue Xiaofei showed the contract bearing the Lu and Ning family seals and explained that his grandmother, Lu Lanxin, was the Lu family’s eldest daughter.
• Feng Tianhao called Ning Hongye and reported that Yue Xiaofei was her betrothed through the Lu family.
• Ning Hongye asked Yue Xiaofei whether he accepted the marriage contract, but he rejected the idea of an arranged marriage and tried to pass it to Yue Feng.
• Ning Hongye agreed to set the marriage contract aside for now if Yue Xiaofei stayed out of Longdu for three years, then warned him that entering the capital would mean barely escaping alive.

Ning Hongye warned Yue Xiaofei that going to Longdu could endanger his life and declared that the Zhong family would fall. When she offered to answer one question as compensation, Yue Xiaofei asked where his mother, Ye Qingmei, was, and Ning Hongye named Changbai Mountain’s Cloudtop Heavenly Palace.

• Ning Hongye told Yue Xiaofei that traveling to Longdu could put his life in danger, but he doubted her warning.
• Yue Xiaofei asked how Ning Hongye would deal with the Zhong family and Zhong Xiaofeng, and she declared that the Zhong family would fall.
• Ning Hongye offered to answer one question, and Yue Xiaofei chose to ask where his mother, Ye Qingmei, was.
• Ning Hongye told Yue Xiaofei that Ye Qingmei was at Changbai Mountain’s Cloudtop Heavenly Palace.

After Ning Hongye revealed that Yue Xiaofei’s mother might be in the Cloudtop Heavenly Palace, Yue Feng learned that it was a legendary deadly land and resolved to go there. Meanwhile, Ning Hongye suffered a severe backlash after using her foresight to give Yue Xiaofei the clue, and she told Xiao Huan to keep her sacrifice secret.

• Yue Feng and the others explained that the Cloudtop Heavenly Palace appeared on Changbai Mountain and that no one who entered was known to have returned.
• Zhang Huaiyu revealed that Ning Hongye could foresee events and that her words were priceless, making Yue Xiaofei realize she had given him a rare clue.
• Feng Tianhao, Zhang Huaiyu, and Qi Canghai gave Yue Feng tokens representing their factions, and Yue Feng passed them to Yue Xiaofei for protection.
• Yue Feng declared that he would leave at daybreak to search for his mother in the Cloudtop Heavenly Palace, despite the three masters’ warnings.
• Ning Hongye coughed blood after a zither string snapped, and Xiao Huan said she had sacrificed ten years of her life to glimpse heaven’s secrets for Yue Xiaofei.
• Ning Hongye told Xiao Huan to keep the sacrifice secret because she owed Yue Xiaofei.

Ning Hongye warned Yue Xiaofei to stay away from Longdu, saying she might have to kill him if he came. Meanwhile, Yue Feng took control of the crisis in Modu, appointed Yue Xiaofei as the financial groups’ new young master, and ordered Asura Hall to leave the Dragon Kingdom.

• Ning Hongye said she had repaid a favor to the Lu family with ten years of her lifespan and warned Yue Xiaofei not to come to Longdu for three years.
• Yue Feng ordered his war generals to drag Third Master Du away and sink him in the sea after Yue Xiaofei rejected Du’s plea for mercy.
• Zhou Pengfei offered to reveal the Zhong Family’s secrets and evidence in exchange for his life, and Yue Feng told him to speak.
• Bai Zhengling, Li Bowen, and the heads of the Ten Great Financial Groups arrived and bowed to Yue Feng and Yue Xiaofei.
• Yue Feng made Yue Xiaofei the groups’ new young master, and Jin Dapao reported that Li Fei was hospitalized but not seriously hurt.
• Yue Feng ordered Asura Hall’s forces to withdraw from the Dragon Kingdom and return to Headquarters within the twelve-hour limit.

After Yue Feng withdrew Asura Hall’s forces, he told Yue Xiaofei he would travel alone to Changbai Mountain to find their mother. Determined to help his family, Yue Xiaofei learned of Professor Ye Kunlun’s rumored secret research in Longdu, and as Yue Feng left at dawn, Lei Zhen called to invite him aboard the Sea Dragon.

• Yue Feng recalled the forces surrounding Azure Alliance Headquarters and warned Yue Xiaofei against provoking the Zhong Family while trusting Miss Ning’s prediction about Zhong Po.
• Yue Feng refused to let Yue Xiaofei accompany him to Cloudtop Heavenly Palace and explained the abandoned Kunlun Project’s search for superhuman abilities.
• Yue Xiaofei told Yue Feng he wanted to get stronger to find their mother, clear their father’s name, and share the family’s burdens.
• Yue Feng directed Yue Xiaofei to Qingbei University professor Ye Kunlun, who was rumored to be secretly continuing the research, and warned him of its deadly risks.
• Yue Feng left for Changbai Mountain at dawn, and Yue Xiaofei resolved to go to Longdu and seek strength.
• Lei Zhen called Yue Xiaofei and invited him aboard the Sea Dragon when it arrived at Modu Naval Port the next day.

Yue Xiaofei accepted Lei Zhen’s invitation to meet the returning servicemen at Modu Naval Port, hoping to learn about his missing father, and asked the financial leaders to investigate Ye Kunlun. Frustrated by officials’ evasions about Yue Qinhu and Qin Lie, Lin Tiejun decided to demand recognition for the forgotten hero and set out for Yushan in uniform.

• Lei Zhen told Yue Xiaofei that the servicemen would arrive the next day, and Yue Xiaofei agreed to meet them at five in the afternoon at Modu Naval Port.
• Yue Xiaofei reflected on his family’s unresolved mysteries and ordered Bai Zhengling, Li Bowen, and the other financial leaders to investigate Ye Kunlun of Qingbei University.
• Lin Tiejun’s former subordinate evaded his questions about Yue Qinhu and Qin Lie, leaving Lin Tiejun frustrated by the lack of records or recognition for the heroes.
• Lin Tiejun resolved to use his medals and kneel at the highest point in Longdu to force people to acknowledge Yue Qinhu’s deeds.
• Lin Tiejun put on his preserved military uniform, left the guesthouse, and told a taxi driver to take him to Yushan.

Lin Tiejun confronted the guards at a restricted area after they denied having a record of Yue Qinhu, and threatened to kneel to demand justice for the hero. An elderly man named Xu intervened and began asking about Yue Qinhu’s Pillar of the Country plaque, hinting that he knew its significance.

• Lin Tiejun paid the taxi driver and walked to the restricted-area gate to seek Yue Qinhu’s file and Qin Lie’s descendants.
• The guards said they could find no record of Yue Qinhu and refused to let Lin Tiejun enter without authorization.
• Lin Tiejun demanded justice for Yue Qinhu and threatened to kneel at the gate if the guards would not recognize the hero’s honors.
• An elderly man named Xu appeared, stopped the guards from saluting, and asked Lin Tiejun about the plaque.
• Elder Brother Xu led Lin Tiejun aside and said each Pillar of the Country plaque bore an inscription written personally by that man.

Lin Tiejun told Elder Brother Xu that Yue Qinhu had been his old regimental commander, and discovered that Xu was Yue Qinhu’s long-lost comrade. Xu brought Lin Tiejun into his villa, where Lin saw a golden-thread nanmu plaque inscribed “Pillar of the Country.”

• Lin Tiejun recounted how Yue Qinhu had led their regiment through the Defense of Jiangcheng, then left the army without accepting credit or honors.
• Lin Tiejun explained that he had found Yue Qinhu alive in Jiangcheng and had come to Longdu to restore the veteran’s name and seek recognition for his descendants.
• When Lin Tiejun named Yue Qinhu, Elder Brother Xu revealed that Yue Qinhu had saved his life and that he had searched for him for decades.
• Elder Brother Xu pulled Lin Tiejun through the gates, where guards saluted him as Chief, and led him to his villa.
• Lin Tiejun entered the living room and saw a golden-thread nanmu plaque inscribed “Pillar of the Country.”

Lin Tiejun pieced together the clues in Elder Xu’s villa and realized the unassuming old man was the legendary Founding Marshal Xu Anbang. Xu Anbang confirmed his identity, leaving Lin Tiejun overwhelmed by the revelation.

• Lin Tiejun spotted a second [Pillar of the Country] plaque in Elder Xu’s villa and wondered whether it belonged to him.
• Lin Tiejun studied photographs showing Elder Xu’s rise through the military and his close ties to celebrated generals.
• Lin Tiejun recognized Elder Xu in a photograph wearing a naval uniform with nine gold stars beside an aircraft carrier.
• Lin Tiejun connected the clues and asked whether Elder Xu was the Founding Marshal Xu Anbang.
• Xu Anbang confirmed that he was the Xu Anbang Lin Tiejun knew.

Lin Tiejun recognized Xu Anbang, the legendary founder of the Dragon Kingdom Navy, and learned that Yue Qinhu had saved Xu’s life during the Korean Battlefield. Xu credited Yue with helping secure the war’s outcome and protecting the Dragon Kingdom’s future.

• Lin Tiejun recognized Xu Anbang and stood at attention to report to him.
• Xu Anbang invited Lin Tiejun to sit, but Lin remained standing and asked how Xu had met his old regimental commander.
• Xu Anbang showed Lin a photograph of himself and Yue Qinhu on the Korean Battlefield.
• Xu Anbang said Yue Qinhu had saved him at Chosin Reservoir or Triangle Hill and had held off Eagle Country's crack 1st Marine Division.
• Xu Anbang declared that Yue Qinhu had safeguarded the Dragon Kingdom’s future and helped make its age of peace and prosperity possible.

Xu Anbang learned that Yue Qinhu had dementia, his sons had suffered tragic fates, and his grandson Yue Xiaofei had been bullied and was in trouble. Recognizing Yue Xiaofei as the young man Zhao Shanhe had defended, Xu Anbang resolved to fly to Jiangcheng and help the Yue family.

• Lin Tiejun told Xu Anbang that Yue Qinhu had dementia, two of his sons had died, and Yue Changlong had been wrongfully imprisoned.
• Lin Tiejun said Yue Xiaofei had been bullied in Jiangcheng and had carried a plaque to petition for justice.
• Xu Anbang recognized Yue Xiaofei as the young man Zhao Shanhe had once defended and realized he was Yue Qinhu's grandson.
• Lin Tiejun asked Xu Anbang to restore Yue Qinhu's status and help Yue Xiaofei, who was in trouble in Modu.
• Xu Anbang declared he would help Yue Qinhu and ordered a plane prepared for an immediate flight to Jiangcheng.

Xu Anbang prepared to travel to Modu to find his old comrade Subduing Tiger, despite his fragile health and the approaching celebration of his hundredth birthday. Xu Wanqing tried to stop him by reminding him of the family and political leaders gathering in Longdu, but he remained determined to go.

• Xu Wanqing arrived and reprimanded Xu Anbang for planning to travel against his doctor's orders.
• Xu Anbang introduced Xu Wanqing to Lin Tiejun and told her that Subduing Tiger was alive but had dementia.
• Xu Wanqing urged Xu Anbang to invite Subduing Tiger to Longdu, but Xu Anbang insisted he had to visit him in person.
• Xu Wanqing reminded Xu Anbang that his hundredth birthday was tomorrow and listed the prominent Xu family members returning to celebrate.
• Xu Wanqing revealed that Longdu's Eight Great Clans and other officials also planned to visit, and asked whether Xu Anbang would really disappoint them all.

Xu Anbang pretended to accept his birthday plans so Xu Wanqing would leave, then secretly prepared to escape with Lin Tiejun and visit his old comrade. He chose to head to Modu first to help Yue Xiaofei, leaving Lin Tiejun to accompany him.

• Xu Anbang sent Xu Wanqing away after she stopped him from leaving for his hundredth-birthday celebration.
• Xu Anbang secretly packed his old military gear and told Lin Tiejun he had only pretended to give up his plan to find Yue Qinhu.
• Xu Anbang revealed a hidden trail down the mountain and insisted that the guards could not stop him.
• After Xu Anbang called Lin Tiejun disgraceful, Lin Tiejun agreed to leave with him for Jiangcheng.
• Xu Anbang changed their destination to Modu, where he planned to help Yue Xiaofei and protect Yue Qinhu's grandson.

Xu Anbang vanished from the Xu Family villa on the eve of his hundredth birthday banquet, and the family discovered that he had gone to Jiangcheng with Lin Tiejun to find his old comrade Yue Qinhu. Xu Sanjiang mobilized the family’s military and civilian connections to bring him back before the banquet.

• Xu Wanqing went to fetch Xu Anbang for dinner and found his room empty, with Lin Tiejun missing as well.
• Xu Sanjiang questioned Xu Wanqing and learned that Lin Tiejun had told Xu Anbang that Yue Qinhu was in Jiangcheng.
• The Guard Division commander found surveillance footage showing Xu Anbang and Lin Tiejun walking away from Jade Spring Mountain.
• Xu Sanjiang ordered his family to investigate travel routes, block highways to Jiangcheng, and prepare a dedicated aircraft.
• Xu Sanjiang declared that the family had to bring Xu Anbang back before the birthday banquet the following night.

Xu Anbang and Lin Tiejun escaped and headed by taxi to Modu to find Yue Xiaofei. At Lu Lanxin’s mansion, Yue Xiaofei discovered a childhood photograph of himself beside a blindfolded girl he felt he recognized.

• Xu Anbang and Lin Tiejun left Jade Spring Mountain and flagged down a taxi.
• Xu Anbang persuaded the driver to take them to Modu, and the taxi sped toward the highway.
• Yue Xiaofei, Lin Xiaolu, and Bai Bing visited Lu Lanxin’s mansion on Joffre Avenue.
• Yue Xiaofei examined photographs of his grandmother and her prominent acquaintances in the mansion.
• Yue Xiaofei found a photograph of a blindfolded girl beside a boy who looked exactly like him as a child.

Yue Xiaofei found a photograph of himself with Ning Hongye in the sealed Lu Mansion, raising questions about their forgotten connection and the photograph’s unexplained presence. Meanwhile, Gao Zisheng escaped detention under a new identity, Jun Xiaoguo, and vowed to take revenge on Yue Xiaofei and his grandfather.

• Yue Xiaofei found an old photograph of himself with Ning Hongye, bearing the Lu and Ning family seals, but he could not remember it.
• Yue Xiaofei questioned how the photograph had reached the sealed Lu Mansion and why Ning Hongye had attacked him and his big brother; he kept the photograph to ask her about it.
• Bai Bing received an urgent mission and left, while Yue Xiaofei said Lin Xiaolu and Uncle Jin Dapao would accompany him to Modu Naval Port.
• Gao Zisheng slipped out of the Jiangcheng Detention Center with a new identity card naming him Jun Xiaoguo and a new registered residence in Longdu.
• Jun Xiaoguo vowed to make Yue Xiaofei pay and said he would begin by targeting Yue Xiaofei’s grandfather.

After leaving detention under his new identity, Jun Xiaoguo learned that Yue Xiaofei had become a powerful figure and that his sister Gao Yuyan had died because of the fallout from Yue Xiaofei’s rise. Dismissing Gao Yufeng’s warnings, Jun Xiaoguo planned to target Yue Qinhu, but Chen Mo told him the Second Master had ordered him to go to Modu Port instead.

• The Jun Family secured Gao Zisheng’s release and gave him the new identity Jun Xiaoguo, while Jiang Bichij remained trapped in a Longdu punishment establishment.
• Jun Xiaoguo failed to reach Jiang Bichij, then called Gao Yufeng and announced that he would kill Yue Xiaofei.
• Gao Yufeng told Jun Xiaoguo that Gao Yuyan had died after Li Feiyu, crippled and cast out by Yue Xiaofei, took his anger out on her.
• Gao Yufeng warned Jun Xiaoguo that Yue Xiaofei was now a financial-group heir and the Dragon Head of the Azure Alliance, but Jun Xiaoguo claimed the Jun Family could defeat him.
• Chen Mo arrived to escort Jun Xiaoguo, who ordered him to find Yue Qinhu, but Chen Mo said the Second Master had ordered them to go to Modu Port.

Gao Zisheng resisted Chen Mo’s order to leave the country and agreed to wait until the next day before seeking revenge on Yue Xiaofei. At Modu Naval Port, Yue Xiaofei learned about his uncle Yue Changhai’s sacrifice, then received news that his family’s old house in Jiangcheng had been deliberately set on fire, though his grandfather was safe.

• Chen Mo told Gao Zisheng that the Jun Family had arranged his escape overseas, but Gao refused to leave before getting revenge on Yue Xiaofei.
• Gao agreed to let Chen Mo scout the situation the next day before acting against Yue Xiaofei.
• At Modu Naval Port, Yue Xiaofei viewed the destroyer Sea Dragon with Jin Dapao and Lin Xiaolu.
• Jin Dapao explained that Yue Changhai had died ramming the first Sea Dragon into an enemy ship, and that the new destroyer honored him.
• Jin Dapao received word that the Yue Family’s old house in Jiangcheng had burned, but his men had already taken Yue Xiaofei’s grandfather to safety.
• Jin Dapao told Yue Xiaofei that investigators had found accelerants, confirming the fire was arson.

After learning that his grandfather’s home had been burned and the treasured plaque stolen, Yue Xiaofei held back from rushing back while Jin Dapao launched an investigation. At the dock, Yue Xiaofei unexpectedly came face to face with Gao Zisheng.

• Jin Dapao told Yue Xiaofei that his grandfather’s house had been set on fire and the plaque was missing, suggesting the attackers had planned the theft.
• Yue Xiaofei suspected the Zhong Family and wanted to confront them, but Jin Dapao and Lin Xiaolu persuaded him to stay because his grandfather was safe and returning could be dangerous.
• Jin Dapao ordered his men to investigate and seal off Jiangcheng’s roads, stations, and airports to search for the culprits.
• Yue Xiaofei paced alone at the dock, wondering whether the Zhong Family or another faction had stolen the plaque.
• Yue Xiaofei bumped into Gao Zisheng and recognized him, stunned to find him there.

Yue Xiaofei encountered Gao Zisheng at Modu’s port, but the man claimed to be Jun Xiaoguo and showed an ID confirming that identity. Yue suspected Gao had escaped and received a new identity, then boarded the Sea Dragon with Jin Dapao and Lin Xiaolu as its crew prepared to salute.

• Yue Xiaofei recognized Gao Zisheng, but Chen Mo blocked him and insisted he was Jun Xiaoguo.
• Gao Zisheng showed Yue an ID naming him Jun Xiaoguo, then left with Chen Mo while Yue suspected the identity was a disguise.
• Yue told Jin Dapao and Lin Xiaolu what had happened and asked Jin to check whether Gao remained in detention and whether Jun Xiaoguo existed in Longdu.
• The Sea Dragon arrived, and Yue, Jin Dapao, and Lin Xiaolu boarded after passing an identity check.
• Hundreds of sailors stood in formation on deck, and a voice commanded them to salute.

Yue Xiaofei received a heartfelt welcome aboard the new Sea Dragon and reflected on his second uncle Yue Changhai’s sacrifice and the strength of the Dragon Kingdom Navy. The solemn visit ended when a persistent video call revealed that the man he knew as Jun Xiaoguo was Gao Zisheng.

• Ouyang Jian and the Sea Dragon’s crew welcomed Yue Xiaofei as Yue Changhai’s nephew and showed him the destroyer.
• Ouyang Jian brought Yue Xiaofei to the Honor Exhibition Room, where they looked at Yue Changhai’s photograph and recalled his sacrifice.
• Yue Xiaofei reflected that his grandfather had nearly died in a fire at the family home in Jiangcheng despite the Sea Dragon protecting the nation’s waters.
• Yue Xiaofei answered a persistent video call and recognized the caller as Gao Zisheng, the man who had called himself Jun Xiaoguo.

Aboard a yacht bound for international waters, Gao Zisheng revealed that he had burned Yue Xiaofei’s family home and stolen the Yue Family’s [Pillar of the Country] plaque. He called Yue Xiaofei to taunt him and began trampling the plaque, leaving Yue Xiaofei enraged and watching helplessly over video.

• Gao Zisheng bragged to Chen Mo and two models that he had set fire to Yue Xiaofei’s old family home and stolen the [Pillar of the Country] plaque.
• Chen Mo reminded Gao Zisheng that Second Master Jun had ordered him to keep a low profile overseas, but Gao Zisheng decided to provoke Yue Xiaofei before leaving.
• Gao Zisheng video-called Yue Xiaofei aboard the Sea Dragon and admitted that he had started the fire, lamenting that Yue Qinhu had not been home.
• Gao Zisheng showed Yue Xiaofei the stolen plaque and threatened to trample the Yue Family’s glory.
• Gao Zisheng raised his expensive leather shoe and stamped down on the [Pillar of the Country] plaque.

Gao Zisheng destroyed the Yue Family’s sacred plaque and threatened to have it chopped up, while Yue Xiaofei watched helplessly over the phone. Gao Zisheng dismissed Yue Xiaofei’s threat to call on Zhao Mengsheng and revealed that his biological father was the Jun Family’s Second Master.

• Gao Zisheng trampled the Yue Family plaque while Yue Xiaofei watched and roared in fury over the phone.
• Jin Dapao tried to intervene, but Ouyang Jian restrained him because they did not know Gao Zisheng’s location.
• Gao Zisheng struck the Golden-thread Nanmu plaque with a fruit knife, injured himself, and ordered his crew to take it to the kitchen and chop it up for firewood.
• Yue Xiaofei warned Gao Zisheng that his uncle Zhao Mengsheng would not let him get away with it.
• Gao Zisheng laughed off the threat and revealed that his biological father was the Jun Family’s Second Master, claiming the Jun Family outranked Zhao Mengsheng.