Festival of Lights · Diwali
Kang De pursued Cuixisi through the underground world as the mysterious element threatened to corrupt dragons and unleash a conflict across the world. After A Xing disappeared into the River of Origin and Cuixisi wounded Lily, Kang De entered the river himself and summoned the Grewind Swarm into the mortal world.
Kang De reunited with A Xing, defeated Cuixisi, and returned to Goth as foreign fleets and domestic factions threatened the country. He broke with Goth’s nobles and began building an independent power base, using the surrendered fleets and his new allies to secure Distant Harbor.
Kang De crushed Distant Harbor’s nobles after they engineered a grain crisis to undermine him, using a vast wheat shipment and financial pressure to take control of the city. He left the harbor under a new government, recruited Hong San and his followers, and began planning agricultural transformation and a broader struggle with the Broken Isles.
Kang De turned the Broken Isles’ attempt to resist him into an invasion, then fought through sea monsters and the island’s defenses to uncover the Star Palace’s sacrifices. The arc left him facing the exposed ruler of the Star Palace after summoning the Great Majestic Heavenly Monkey.
Kang De organized the evacuation of the Broken Isles while fighting the God of the Star Palace and preparing for the deep-sea behemoth. As the great powers refused to heed his warnings, the Sea Traveler found an underwater palace and an enormous eye revealed the Azure Fleet’s location.
Kang De refused to abandon the Broken Isles survivors, then pursued the God of the Star Palace across the Pacific as the major powers watched and debated whether to help. His nuclear strike devastated the sea, but it also triggered Destroyer and the Gods of the Star Palace to restart their war preparations and send forces for Lahma.
Kang De destroyed the Star Palace’s invading forces and turned to uniting Earth and the White Mist World against the threat of a stronger return. He negotiated a pact with China, formed a government for his growing territories, and began investigating the Star Palace wreckage while gathering allies and resources.
Kang De uncovered the Arcane Council’s plans around Yilan-Tai’er while defending the Broken Isles from the Azure Fleet. When An Youyi was kidnapped in London, he pursued the crime despite a British cover-up and exposed Section 5’s role in hiding a massacre, leaving a tracker on Ian Crook to follow the conspiracy.
Kang De used Ian Crook’s forced awakening to expose the Round Table’s crimes, then rescued Shalana and launched a war against the organization. After its defeat, Ian returned as a monster, and Kang De offered him a chance to reunite with his family.
Kang De turned the Council’s need for three relic materials into leverage while drawing Nixiyasi and her father into negotiations over the Azure Fleet and Distant Harbor. As the talks began, he prepared to expose the Council’s secret underwater operation and seize its prize.
The Starry Sky Council’s attempt to unseal Yilan-Tai’er awakened the Star Palace and brought its survivors into battle with the Azure Fleet and Kang De. Aifu stopped Kang De’s forbidden spell at the cost of her life, and Tuosidiwa allied Yilan-Tai’er with Kang De before Kang De devoured Bennu.
Kang De turned Distant Harbor into a growing power, settling Yilan-Tai'er survivors, reforming Azure Fleet prisoners, and drawing Cathay’s delegation into his plans. As rival nations prepared for war and Griffin pursued help from Phaethon, Kang De began a new war game focused on weapons.
Kang De exposed Griffin’s coup in Tula Xiaye, seized the Star-Bearing Titan, and prepared to confront the Star Palace while foreign powers maneuvered around him. He then used a Titan Giant to occupy a Canadian nuclear plant, turning the crisis into a bargaining contest with Canada and the United States, before agreeing to destroy the Titan as China requested.
Kang De drew Earth’s military into the Titan crisis while preparing Distant Harbor and its allies for war against Griffin and the Star Palace. After negotiating with the emperor for an alliance, he launched his campaign and exposed Leonard as a spy.
Kang De’s forces fought Griffin’s Council army while Kang De tried to preserve his soldiers and exposed them to the purpose of the war. After Dairila rallied the Mortal World to unite against the Star Palace, Kang De launched a decisive assault and deployed a colossal war behemoth.
Kang De defeated Griffin Williams and Phaethon, freed the mind-controlled Council soldiers, and took control of the northern counties. As the Star Palace prepared its return, Kang De secured Otto II’s support for his plans to gather resources and build a force against it.
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