Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Yue Xiaofei rejects all six women who have come to pursue marriage with him, insisting that they deserve love rather than political or financial arrangements.
• Yi Yuanyuan dismisses his ideals as impractical and offers to improve the terms; Hua Jieyu demands he choose one and threatens force if he refuses.
• Seeing that they will not accept his reasoning, Yue reveals his true reason: he has loved someone for a long time and has no room in his heart for anyone else.
• The women doubt his claim because his background shows no past relationships. When they demand to know who his beloved is, he describes her as incomparable in beauty, influence, and spirit, and declares that no one can match her.

Character developments

• Yue remains calm and firm despite the women’s anger. His tenderness when thinking of Ning Hongye reveals a vulnerable, deeply devoted side beneath his usual hardness.
• The six women shift from offended determination to shock, disbelief, and jealousy. Their confidence that they are unmatched is challenged by Yue’s description of his beloved.
• Yan Qingsi’s questions reveal a competitive edge and personal unwillingness to accept the rejection.

Significant themes

• Love versus transactional marriage: Yue rejects alliances and bargaining in favor of mutual understanding and genuine love.
• Devotion and exclusivity: He presents his love for Ning Hongye as singular and enduring.
• Power, pride, and rivalry: The women struggle to accept that status and exceptional qualities cannot win Yue’s affection.

Character interactions

• Yue tries to explain his refusal respectfully, but Yi Yuanyuan and Hua Jieyu respond with blunt offers and threats.
• The women challenge the truth of his claim and press him to identify his beloved.
• Yue answers with an idealized tribute to Ning Hongye, making clear that his loyalty to her is the decisive barrier between him and the six suitors.

Key plot points and events

• The six daughters of Longdu’s great clans—Yan Qingsi, Zhao Ling Shuang, Yi Yuanyuan, Long Qingge, Yun Nongyue, and Hua Jieyu—are furious when Yue Xiaofei says none of them can compare with another woman.
• Yue explains that he was not insulting them: he has chosen one woman as his wife, for life. He refuses to reveal her name because her identity is sensitive and he cannot yet guarantee her safety.
• The women realize his rejection is sincere, but feel humiliated and resentful; Yan Qingsi says they will stop pressing him, though the confrontation leaves lasting ill will.
• Cao Yuyao, eldest daughter of the Cao Family and younger sister of Cao Xuanye, arrives and mocks Yue and the six women for making proposals and competing for his hand.

Character developments

• Yue Xiaofei remains composed under pressure and firmly demonstrates his loyalty to his unseen beloved, Ning Hongye. His secrecy is presented as protection, not evasion.
• The six women shift from hopeful confidence to shock, anger, and wounded pride. Yan Qingsi manages to end the immediate confrontation, but her resentment remains.
• Cao Yuyao enters as a contemptuous, provocative presence, openly judging Yue and criticizing the women.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and commitment: Yue’s choice of one lifelong partner outweighs status, beauty, and influence.
• Pride and rejection: The six women’s powerful backgrounds cannot shield them from personal humiliation.
• Secrecy and protection: Yue keeps Ning Hongye’s identity hidden because revealing it could put her at risk.
• Status and reputation: The dispute is not merely romantic; it implicates the reputations of the great clans.

Character interactions

• The six women confront Yue together, demanding to know who could surpass them.
• Yue answers calmly but refuses to identify his chosen partner, making his rejection final.
• Yan Qingsi speaks for the group in ending the discussion, though the exchange leaves hostility behind.
• Cao Yuyao targets both Yue and the six women with cutting remarks, escalating the already tense scene.

Plot points and events

• Cao Yuyao arrives during the women’s dispute with Yue Xiaofei and mocks him as “a criminal’s son,” referring to his father, Yue Changlong, who was wrongfully imprisoned.
• Long Qingge asks Cao Yuyao to leave unless she has legitimate business. Cao instead claims to speak for the Cao Family and its elders: the Eight Great Clans should stand together, and the public conflict must end.
• Cao Yuyao tells Yue to apologize to the women and warns that he cannot afford to offend all eight clans. Though she frames this as defending the women’s dignity, she is also using the incident to target Yue and recruit the women to her side.
• The six women consider Cao’s proposal, waiting to see whether Yue will back down. He initially says he will not make enemies of the Eight Great Clans—but then declares that he will make an enemy of the Cao Family alone, shocking everyone.

Character developments and interactions

• Yue Xiaofei shifts from calm to visibly angered when Cao Yuyao attacks his family history. Rather than apologize under pressure, he responds with a bold, deliberate challenge.
• Cao Yuyao is cruel and provocative, then reveals a calculated political motive beneath her apparent support for the women.
• Yan Qingsi stops Zhao Ling Shuang from escalating their argument and challenges Cao’s reason for coming.
• Zhao Ling Shuang reacts fiercely to Cao’s insults, while Long Qingge tries to contain the confrontation through a calm but authoritative warning.
• The six women are divided between disliking Cao’s manner and considering the advantage of using her influence against Yue. Yue’s final declaration overturns their expectation that he will submit.

Significant themes

• Pride and defiance: Yue refuses to let threats dictate his response.
• Family stigma and injustice: Cao weaponizes Yue’s father’s wrongful imprisonment to humiliate him.
• Political maneuvering: Cao uses a personal quarrel to advance the Cao Family’s interests and exploit the women’s wounded pride.
• Escalation and loyalty: Yue’s choice to target the Cao Family specifically transforms a tense dispute into an explicit clan conflict.

Key plot points and events

• Yue Xiaofei publicly declares that he and the Cao Family are now mortal enemies, shocking everyone at the restaurant.
• He reveals that his hostility is rooted in a series of suspected crimes: the Cao Family’s role in framing his father, Yue Changlong, and possibly arranging the betrayal that led to the Night Watchers’ massacre at South Mountain. He also suspects links to the terrorist group Skull and Bones.
• Yue vows to expose the family’s crimes and personally destroy its standing among the Eight Great Clans. Cao Yuyao responds with threats, insisting the Cao Family will retaliate.
• When Cao Yuyao threatens Su Guohua’s family—including Su Wanning and Yue’s godmother, Jiang Lan—Yue erupts with killing intent and warns her that she is dead.

Character developments

• Yue Xiaofei moves from controlled confrontation to open fury. His vendetta is driven by suspected treason and the deaths of comrades, but threats against loved ones provoke his most dangerous response.
• Cao Yuyao shifts from outrage to momentary fear, then tries to regain control through threats. By targeting Yue’s family and friends, she escalates the conflict and exposes her willingness to endanger innocents.
• The onlookers, including Yan Qingsi and Zhao Ling Shuang, recognize that Yue’s anger is genuine and that he may kill Cao Yuyao.

Significant themes

• Justice and accountability: Yue insists that past crimes and betrayals will eventually be answered for.
• Loyalty and protection: He can endure personal insults, but not threats against those he loves.
• Revenge and escalation: A long-standing grievance becomes an open feud, intensified by Cao Yuyao’s threats.
• Power and intimidation: Both sides use threats, but Yue’s calm certainty gives way to visibly terrifying rage.

Character interactions

• Yue and Cao Yuyao exchange escalating threats before the restaurant crowd.
• Cao Yuyao tries to weaken Yue by threatening the Su family and Jiang Lan; this crosses his personal boundary and triggers his most violent reaction.
• The witnesses watch the confrontation in fear, sensing that the feud may turn into immediate violence.

Key plot points and events

• Yue Xiaofei advances on Cao Yuyao, overcome by rage after she threatens his family. Cao tries to protect herself by invoking her powerful family.
• Yan Qingsi and the others urge Yue to stop, fearing that killing Cao would draw both him and the Yan Family into a disastrous feud.
• Terrified, Cao taunts Yue, daring him to hit her. He answers by slapping her hard, knocking her down and injuring her.
• Yue says the first slap is for Aunt Jiang, whom Cao had threatened. He then slaps Cao again, saying it is for Su Wanning. Cao falls again, spitting out two teeth.
• Cao vows revenge and reaches for her phone to summon help. Yan Qingsi realizes Yue’s actions have likely made an enemy of the entire Cao Family.

Character developments

• Yue Xiaofei shows that threats against his loved ones erase any restraint: he is cold, decisive, and willing to risk a powerful family feud.
• Cao Yuyao shifts from arrogant threats to genuine fear, then to furious hatred and determination to retaliate.
• Yan Qingsi is alarmed by how far events have escalated and recognizes she can no longer control the situation.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and protection: Yue’s violence is framed as punishment for threats against people he cares about.
• Pride and provocation: Cao’s attempt to shame Yue into backing down instead triggers his attack.
• Recklessness and consequences: Yue’s public assault turns a personal confrontation into a likely conflict with the Cao Family.

Character interactions

• Cao tries to intimidate Yue with her family’s status, then openly dares him to strike.
• Yan Qingsi, Zhao Ling Shuang, Long Qingge, and the others attempt to intervene, but cannot stop him.
• Yue responds to Cao’s threats against Aunt Jiang and Su Wanning with two slaps, while Cao answers with threats of revenge and a 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.

Plot points and events

• Cao Longxiang calls the restaurant after learning Yue Xiaofei struck his sister, Cao Yuyao. He threatens to kill Yue unless he kneels, apologizes, and cuts off the hand he used to hit her.
• Yue remains calm and, instead of backing down, asks Cao Yuyao what her brother said would happen if he touched her again.
• Despite Cao Longxiang’s warning over the phone, Yue slaps Yuyao a second time, knocking her across the restaurant and leaving her unconscious.
• The restaurant’s lights and electronic devices malfunction. Cao Longxiang then appears on every screen, apparently having taken control of the devices, and orders Yue to kneel and apologize.
• Yue dismisses Cao’s authority, asking, “You think you can order me around?!”

Character developments

• Yue Xiaofei is shown as unflinching and openly defiant, even when confronted with explicit death threats. His second slap demonstrates that intimidation will not make him yield.
• Cao Longxiang is portrayed as violent, domineering, and technologically resourceful. His rage escalates from a phone threat to a dramatic display of control over the restaurant’s devices.
• Cao Yuyao shifts from smug confidence to unconsciousness after Yue strikes her again.
• Yan Qingsi and the others are frightened by the escalating danger and hope Yue will avoid confronting Cao Longxiang, but are stunned by his defiance.

Significant themes

• Defiance versus authority: Yue refuses to submit to Cao Longxiang’s threats or commands.
• Escalating power and intimidation: Cao uses threats and control of technology to project dominance, while Yue challenges him directly.
• Recklessness and confrontation: Yue’s actions sharply raise the stakes, leaving the restaurant’s bystanders fearful of what will follow.

Character interactions

• Cao Longxiang threatens Yue over the phone and demands that he apologize to Yuyao.
• Yue answers by striking Yuyao again in front of Cao, directly challenging his warning.
• Cao then addresses Yue through the restaurant’s screens, issuing an order; Yue rejects his authority in front of the frightened crowd.

Key plot points and events

• Yue Xiaofei ignores Cao Longxiang’s threats and crushes both of Cao Yuyao’s knees while she is unconscious, leaving her permanently unable to walk.
• Cao Yuyao wakes in agony and begs her second brother to save her. Cao Longxiang, watching remotely, is initially stunned, then vows to kill Yue.
• Yue challenges Cao Longxiang to come to the restaurant, declaring that Cao Yuyao will remain kneeling until he arrives. He calmly sits down as the horrified patrons look on.
• Cao Longxiang ends the video connection, then smashes a deep crater into a reinforced alloy wall at his secret base.
• He orders the Masked Faces squad to mobilize in full gear and head for the Hyatt Hotel, threatening a massacre despite the hotel being on Yan Family territory. Phantom questions the risks, but Cao refuses to be deterred.

Character developments and interactions

• Yue Xiaofei displays ruthless resolve and chilling composure, answering Cao Longxiang’s threats with deliberate violence and a direct challenge.
• Cao Yuyao is rendered helpless and permanently crippled, becoming the focus of Cao Longxiang’s rage.
• Cao Longxiang shifts from stunned disbelief to explosive fury, then channels that anger into a military-style mobilization. His protectiveness toward his sister fuels his desire for revenge.
• Phantom shows caution and awareness of political consequences, but Cao dismisses her concerns. The rest of the squad obeys his orders without hesitation.

Significant themes

• Revenge and escalation: Yue’s retaliation sparks Cao Longxiang’s planned assault.
• Power and intimidation: Yue’s calm challenge and Cao’s destructive show of strength turn the confrontation into a contest of wills.
• Consequences of violence: Cao Yuyao’s injury makes the feud irreversible and threatens to endanger everyone caught in the coming conflict.

Plot points and events

• Masked Faces captain Cao Longxiang reveals that Yue Xiaofei, Reverse Scale’s new “Torch Dragon,” has angered him. The squad’s members welcome the chance to fight Reverse Scale, which they see as Bureau 7’s rival.
• Cao orders three military helicopters to the Hyatt Hotel, seals off everything within a thousand meters, and cuts all communications. He intends to trap and kill Yue Xiaofei.
• Reverse Scale hacker Han Duoduo detects the highest-level alert from her apartment. She tracks Masked Faces’ flight to the hotel, then discovers they have activated the military’s “Domain” signal-jamming system, isolating the area.

Character developments

• Cao Longxiang is shown as violently obsessed with revenge and eager to use overwhelming force.
• The other Masked Faces members—especially Clown and Rakshasa—share their captain’s appetite for combat and rivalry with Reverse Scale.
• Han Duoduo shifts instantly from bored and playful to alert and methodical when she discovers the threat.

Character interactions

• Rakshasa asks Cao what has enraged him; Cao names Yue Xiaofei and Reverse Scale.
• Clown and the rest encourage an attack, and Cao responds by issuing the deployment orders.
• Han works alone, using satellite tracking and city surveillance to investigate the squad’s movements, but the signal blockade prevents her from monitoring the hotel.

Significant themes

• Rivalry and pride: Masked Faces’ resentment of Reverse Scale fuels the confrontation.
• Escalation and intimidation: Cao’s military-scale lockdown turns a personal grudge into a threat to the whole area.
• Duty amid isolation: Han’s vigilance highlights Reverse Scale’s efforts to respond even as the attackers cut off communication.

Key plot points and events

• Han Duoduo realizes the Hyatt Hotel has been sealed off by Masked Faces’ military-grade signal jamming. She secretly activates seven classified quantum communications satellites, breaches the blockade, and discovers that Yue Xiaofei is inside.
• Learning that Cao Longxiang and Masked Faces are coming after Xiaofei, Han sends Reverse Scale a highest-priority emergency summons, ordering the team to the hotel.
• Wild Chicken immediately abandons his night out and rushes to arrange a flight to Longdu. White Tiger, Jade Rabbit, Stone Monkey, and the other members also drop their duties and mobilize.
• At the hotel, Yan Qingsi and the other women see that Yue Xiaofei has crippled Cao Yuyao. They are shocked and frightened, though some feel vindicated by Cao Yuyao’s punishment.
• Yan warns Xiaofei that Cao Longxiang will retaliate and worries that the fight will destroy her family’s hotel. Xiaofei remains calm, saying he will buy her another one if Cao tears it down.

Character developments and interactions

• Han Duoduo shifts from alarm to determined action, using extraordinary technical skill to uncover the hotel’s situation and rally Reverse Scale.
• Wild Chicken, normally flamboyant and irreverent, becomes cold and fiercely protective when he learns Xiaofei is in danger.
• Reverse Scale’s members respond as a united, loyal team, treating an attack on Xiaofei as an attack on their own.
• Yan Qingsi scolds Xiaofei over the danger he has created, but her warning also reveals concern for his safety alongside her worry about her family’s property.
• Yue Xiaofei remains unshaken by the looming threat, answering Yan’s practical concern with casual confidence.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and solidarity: Reverse Scale mobilizes immediately to defend one of its own.
• Power and retaliation: Xiaofei’s attack on Cao Yuyao sets up a dangerous confrontation with Cao Longxiang and Masked Faces.
• Composure amid crisis: While others fear the consequences, Xiaofei treats the threat—and the possible destruction of the hotel—with striking ease.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Yue Xiaofei rejects the suggestion that the conflict with Cao Longxiang might still be settled peacefully. He says the Cao Family has threatened his family and that their feud is already a fight to the death.
• He reveals why: he believes the Cao Family was behind his father’s wrongful imprisonment, the South Mountain tragedy, the deaths of the Night Watchers squad, and betrayals involving foreign forces.
• Yue admits that he provoked the current confrontation deliberately to draw the Cao Family into the open. He publicly declares that he and the family are irreconcilable.
• Outside the Hyatt Hotel, armored vehicles and masked special-operations soldiers seal off a one-kilometer area, announcing a military exercise and ordering civilians to evacuate.
• Su Wanning, stranded outside the cordon, fears Yue is in danger and tries to get inside. Bai Xinxin and Liu Boer stop her, while mocking Yue and speculating that he has offended a powerful family.

Character developments and interactions

• Yue Xiaofei reveals the depth of his hatred for the Cao Family and makes clear that he intends to confront them rather than negotiate. His calm manner gives way to fierce, open determination.
• Long Qingge urges caution, warning that Cao Longxiang is vindictive and suggesting they seek help from their elders.
• Yan Qingsi is left speechless by Yue’s dismissive response to the suggestion that he compensate the hotel.
• Su Wanning defends Yue’s character despite her earlier dislike of him. Her uncertainty about the military deployment turns into urgent fear for his safety.
• Bai Xinxin and Liu Boer ridicule Yue and assume the forces outside have come to arrest him. Their taunts intensify Su Wanning’s distress, and they physically restrain her when she tries to rush through the cordon.

Significant themes

• Revenge and justice: Yue sees the Cao Family as responsible for a series of grave crimes and views the conflict as a reckoning, not a negotiable dispute.
• Sacrifice and loyalty: Su Wanning risks her own safety because she fears Yue may be harmed.
• Public appearance versus hidden motives: The forces claim to be conducting an exercise, but their overwhelming presence suggests a serious operation; meanwhile, outsiders misjudge Yue without knowing his history.
• Escalation and suspense: Yue’s declaration of open conflict coincides with the citywide military-style lockdown, leaving the danger and purpose of the deployment unresolved.

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.

Key plot points and events

• Cao Longxiang arrives at the Yan Family’s restaurant by Black Hawk helicopter, accompanied by five members of the Masked Faces squad, who crash through the glass wall.
• Yan Qingsi orders them to leave, asserting that the restaurant belongs to her family. The squad ignores her.
• Zhao Ling Shuang presents her Northern Frontier Army credentials and threatens to arrest or execute them for treason. The squad mocks her authority and refuses to comply.
• Yue Xiaofei calls the squad “mad dogs” and openly repeats the insult when Rakshasa threatens him.
• Rakshasa attacks, but Cao Longxiang orders him to stand down.
• Cao appears perched on the helicopter’s landing gear, then leaps into the restaurant, smashing a huge crater into the marble floor and shaking the entire hotel.

Character developments and interactions

• Yue Xiaofei remains calm under Rakshasa’s murderous pressure and deliberately provokes the squad, showing confidence and apparent fearlessness.
• Yan Qingsi tries to protect her family’s property through authority and composure, but the intruders disregard her.
• Zhao Ling Shuang asserts her military rank and family standing, only to discover that the Masked Faces squad considers itself beyond ordinary authority.
• Rakshasa is quick-tempered and eager to kill Yue, but obeys Cao’s command immediately, revealing Cao’s control over the squad.
• Cao Longxiang makes a dramatic entrance and establishes his overwhelming physical presence and dominance.

Significant themes

• Authority versus lawlessness: Family status and military credentials prove ineffective against the squad’s arrogance.
• Fearlessness and provocation: Yue refuses to be intimidated, escalating the confrontation through open contempt.
• Power and hierarchy: Rakshasa’s violence is checked by Cao’s command, while Cao’s entrance signals that he is the true force behind the attack.

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 reveals his power: He recognizes that Yue Xiaofei has been enhanced by the secret Kunlun Project and reveals that he, too, is a Transcendent. Zhao Ling Shuang explains that the Military’s program is highly classified and has a fatality rate above 90%, making Cao’s involvement—and the possibility of a separate organization creating similar drugs—alarming.
• Cao displays Sequence 011: He activates Indestructible Diamond, turning his body metallic gold and claiming that conventional physical attacks cannot harm him. Since lower Sequence numbers indicate rarer, stronger abilities, his power appears exceptionally formidable. He boasts that he is invincible below the King Sequence.
• The others lose hope: Cao’s allies celebrate, while the badly injured Cao Yuyao urges him to kill Yue Xiaofei. Yan Qingsi and the others are overwhelmed by Cao’s presence and fear Yue has no chance.
• Yue refuses to back down: Despite Cao’s intimidating transformation and confidence, Yue stays calm and taunts him, saying he looks forward to breaking Cao’s “turtle shell.”
  Character developments and interactions: Cao shifts from threatening the group to singling out Yue as a fellow Transcendent and taking pleasure in demonstrating his superiority. Zhao’s knowledge of the Kunlun Project exposes the danger of an unknown source producing enhanced fighters. Cao Yuyao and the Masked Faces squad show fanatical loyalty, while Yue’s composure contrasts with the group’s fear.
  Significant themes: The chapter emphasizes the peril of secret human-enhancement programs, the threat posed by powerful technology outside official control, and the clash between overwhelming force and defiant confidence. Cao’s claim of invulnerability sets up the coming test of whether Yue can overcome an apparently unbeatable defense.

Plot points and events

• Yue Xiaofei launches a surprise, lightning-fast attack on Cao Longxiang. His kick lands squarely on Cao’s back, but Cao’s Indestructible Diamond defense leaves him unharmed; the recoil injures Yue’s leg.
• Cao mocks Yue and boasts that no attack can penetrate his “Human Weapon” body. The onlookers fear Yue cannot win.
• Rather than back down, Yue renews his attack. He uses speed, evasive movement, and precise strikes at vulnerable points, but none inflict meaningful damage.
• Cao grows increasingly enraged and charges after Yue, demolishing tables, walls, pillars, and other parts of the restaurant. The fight reduces the top floor to rubble.
• Yue can still evade Cao, but his stamina is limited. Yan Qingsi fears that once he slows down, even one blow from Cao could be fatal.

Character developments and interactions

• Yue Xiaofei shows boldness and determination: Cao’s overwhelming toughness only intensifies his resolve. He relies on agility and tactics instead of trying to overpower Cao directly.
• Cao Longxiang is supremely confident in his durability and strength. Yue’s repeated evasions frustrate him, turning his confidence into fury.
• Zhao Ling Shuang is shocked by the fighters’ extraordinary abilities and fears for Yue.
• Yan Qingsi worries more about Yue’s safety than the destruction of her extremely valuable restaurant.
• Yi Yuanyuan reacts with disbelief, wondering whether the battle is real or a movie.
• Yan, Zhao, Yi, and the Masked Faces squad retreat to the far corner and watch as Yue and Cao clash.

Significant themes

• Agility versus brute force: Yue’s speed and precision keep him alive against Cao’s seemingly impenetrable body and immense strength.
• Determination under pressure: Yue refuses to give up even after his opening strike fails and leaves him hurt.
• The limits of endurance: Yue can evade Cao for now, but his finite stamina creates an urgent threat.
• The extraordinary disrupting ordinary life: The battle’s devastation leaves the onlookers questioning what they thought possible—and turns a restaurant into a battlefield.

Plot points and events

• Yue Xiaofei struggles to keep up with Cao Longxiang’s relentless attacks. Though faster and more skilled, he cannot find a way through Cao’s formidable defense.
• Yue spots a brief opening and risks his strongest move: a full-force axe kick to Cao’s head. The strike does no damage to Cao; instead, Yue’s ankle breaks, and he is thrown back, bleeding.
• Cao mocks Yue and boasts that his “Indestructible Diamond” defense makes him untouchable. Cao Yuyao and the Masked Faces squad jeer, while Yue’s allies fear he is about to be killed.
• As Cao approaches, he reveals that five years earlier Yue’s father, Yue Changlong, was supposedly outmaneuvered by the Cao family and forced to give up command of the Ironblood Division. Cao calls both father and son failures.
• The insult to his father triggers a drastic change in Yue. Despite his injuries, he rises with blood-red eyes and an aura so terrifying that even Cao feels sudden dread. A deep, drumlike beat begins to sound.

Character developments

• Yue Xiaofei shifts from strained tactical determination to furious, seemingly overwhelming power after Cao attacks his father’s honor.
• Cao Longxiang, initially smug and confident in his invulnerability, is briefly shaken by Yue’s transformed presence.
• Yue’s allies move from confidence in his past achievements to despair, uncertain whether he can survive.
• Cao Yuyao and the Masked Faces squad show open contempt, assuming Yue is defeated.

Significant themes

• Strength and vulnerability: Yue’s speed and skill cannot overcome Cao’s apparent physical invulnerability.
• Honor and family loyalty: Yue can endure personal pain and insults, but not the degradation of his father.
• Perceived failure versus hidden strength: Cao frames Yue and his father as failures, while Yue’s sudden transformation hints that his true capabilities have yet to emerge.
• Hubris and uncertainty: Cao’s certainty that Yue is beaten is unsettled by the unexpected power stirring within him.

Character interactions

• Cao dominates the fight and taunts Yue after breaking his ankle.
• Cao Yuyao urges her brother to kill Yue, and the squad joins in mocking him.
• Yue’s allies—Yan Qingsi, Zhao Ling Shuang, and the others—watch in fear and doubt.
• Cao privately provokes Yue by insulting Yue Changlong, unintentionally triggering Yue’s violent resurgence.

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.

Plot points and events

• Yue Xiaofei suddenly accelerates and overwhelms Cao Longxiang, striking him in the abdomen and then crushing his chest with a devastating kick.
• Cao Longxiang’s supposedly near-absolute “Indestructible Diamond” defense is broken, leaving him severely injured beneath Yue’s foot.
• The witnesses—including the Masked Faces squad, Yan Qingsi’s group, and Cao Yuyao—are stunned by the reversal.
• Humiliated and furious, Cao orders the Masked Faces members to kill Yue Xiaofei. They surround him despite recognizing how dangerous he is.
• Zhao Ling Shuang moves to intervene, but Long Qingge restrains her, believing Yue does not need help. Yue faces the squad with contempt and challenges them to try.

Character developments

• Yue Xiaofei displays a dramatic surge in speed and power, decisively turning the fight around. His cold confidence contrasts with Cao’s earlier arrogance.
• Cao Longxiang goes from boastful, self-proclaimed invincible warrior to helpless, terrified, and vengeful commander.
• The Masked Faces members shift from disbelief and fear to disciplined aggression when Cao gives his order.
• Long Qingge shows composure and confidence in Yue, while Zhao Ling Shuang reacts protectively and urgently.

Character interactions

• Yue humiliates Cao verbally as well as physically, dismissing his “Human Weapon” status.
• Cao responds by commanding his squad to attack Yue, turning the confrontation into a threat from the whole team.
• Long Qingge prevents Zhao Ling Shuang from stepping in, insisting Yue can handle the danger himself.
• Yue’s challenge to the surrounding Masked Faces members sets up the next clash.

Significant themes

• The collapse of presumed invincibility: Cao’s famed defense proves vulnerable, overturning the power hierarchy.
• Hubris and humiliation: Cao’s arrogance gives way to rage when he is publicly defeated.
• Power and fear: Yue’s sudden dominance leaves even experienced fighters struggling to understand what they have witnessed.
• Trust and restraint: Long Qingge’s confidence in Yue contrasts with Zhao Ling Shuang’s instinct to protect him.

Plot points

• Rakshasa charges Yue Xiaofei, but Yue defeats him with a single casual slap, hurling him through a reinforced-concrete wall and knocking him unconscious.
• Phantom orders the remaining Masked Faces members to attack together. Phantom uses illusions and a poisoned blade, Clown throws razor-sharp cards, Shura attacks from the shadows, and Wuchang launches a psychic assault.
• Yue remains unmoved, declares that he will not obey or yield to them, and challenges them to defeat him or die.
• Yue releases a vast burst of blood-red energy. Its shock wave disables Phantom, Clown, and Shura, while his psychic force overwhelms Wuchang. All five Masked Faces fighters are left defeated.

Character developments and interactions

• Yue’s confidence is revealed as overwhelming power: he treats the attacks of several A-Level Transcendents as little more than a test.
• Rakshasa’s pride in his physical strength ends in immediate defeat. The others’ teamwork and specialized abilities prove ineffective against Yue.
• Phantom recognizes the danger and tries to coordinate the group, but their combined assault fails. Wuchang’s attempt to attack Yue mentally is turned back on him.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: Yue stands on a level far beyond the elite fighters challenging him.
• Pride and defiance: His “gray eagles” and “true dragons” declaration rejects submission to people he regards as lesser.
• Unity against overwhelming strength: The Masked Faces coordinate their varied skills, yet teamwork cannot overcome the gulf between them and Yue.