Fireworks of Romance

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Fireworks of Romance (烟火风云)
Alias(es)	Yan Yue 467
Gender	Female 1147
Affiliation	[Big Bird Spinning Bar] Player Guild
Occupation/Role	Guild Master; squad captain
Status	Active 1993
First Appearance	Chapter 248

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Personal Talent Core — Third Stage	1261	Completed the third stage of her Personal Talent Core construction.
Domain user	1744	Counted among the three people besides Bai Zhi who had successfully mastered a domain skill.
Majesty Talent Core / Cosmos cultivation	1747	Revealed that she chose Majesty as her Talent Core and was cultivating Cosmos rather than pursuing Conqueror’s Haki.
Little Universe — Advanced State	1923	Developed an advanced Little Universe state she calls “Super Saiyan.”

Background / History

Fireworks of Romance was once an optimistic and kind-hearted player who readily helped others. During a Mandatory Quest in an isolated ancient mountain village, she was the strongest and highest-level participant, saving enough teammates that at least half would otherwise have died in the first two days. Those same teammates ultimately betrayed and sold her out, leaving her distrustful of groups and inclined toward solo play. She nevertheless refuses to become the kind of person she hates. 268

She later became the Guild Master of the [Big Bird Spinning Bar]. Her position is supported by both her family influence and her personal charisma, though her guild members—including its crafter, Withered Heart—can easily disrupt the cold, authoritative persona she tries to maintain. 626 627

In the Exploration World, she led a squad from Transit Hub Three alongside strategist Chao Mu. The group originally numbered twenty-five players, but only five remained after entering the area. 1135

Appearance

Fireworks of Romance is a seventeen-year-old girl usually seen with a single ponytail. She is noted to be beautiful and can project a cold, queenly, aloof image when acting as Guild Master, although that image contrasts sharply with her usual behavior. 626 627 1147

• Often adopts dramatic sword-immortal styling, including robes, a wine jar, and a flying sword. 792
• Her Little Universe manifests as golden light; in its advanced state, her golden hair stands wildly on end. 1796 1923
• Maintains a deliberately “dignified” public image, even in visibly absurd situations. 790 1135

Personality

Fireworks of Romance is proud, theatrical, competitive, and intensely concerned with preserving her dignity. She frequently presents herself as a cool and detached “majestic” figure, but her actual personality is much more scatterbrained, expressive, and easily flustered. 626 627 792

Despite her habit of comic grandstanding, she is resourceful and perceptive under pressure. She can rapidly identify threats, formulate battlefield responses, and understand Bai Zhi’s deductions without lengthy explanations. 252 664 665 1140

Her past betrayal made her wary of relying on others, but she repeatedly chooses to protect allies even when doing so places her at risk. This includes maintaining her domain to support Xia Wen while a lethal curse spread across her own body. 268 1778

Abilities & Skills

Head Crouching Defense

A defensive skill activated by maintaining a crouched, head-covering posture.

• Negates actions judged as harmful, including physical damage, curses, lightning, lava, and crushing force. 268
• Leaves her completely immobile; she can be carried away or repositioned by actions that are genuinely non-hostile and harmless. 268
• Requires her to keep the posture and retain enough stamina to maintain it. 1778
• Can be countered by entities capable of sealing a known skill manifestation, as encountered in Rose Manor. 268
• Has been upgraded several times; she can bind herself into the posture with adhesive tape if too weak to hold it herself. 1778
• Used the skill to support an immense mass overhead, effectively carrying an entire continent while unable to move. 790

Kitchenware Manipulation

Fireworks of Romance can command and control kitchen utensils in combat.

• In Kitchen No. 094, she animated cookware to defend herself and Earthly Homeland, including using a massive iron pot to swat away a spider. 651
• Her control over kitchenware is the prerequisite that makes her exclusive weapon practical for her alone. 792
• Can direct knives, forks, pots, and pans against enemies even in hostile environments. 1907

Blade of a Hundred Kitchen Knives

Her Perfect-grade exclusive equipment is a weapon assembled from one hundred kitchen utensils. 792

• Splits into one hundred independently controlled blades and recombines at will. 792
• Can alter its combined appearance according to her preferences, supporting her sword-immortal presentation. 792
• Greatly improves the sharpness of its constituent utensils and automatically repairs damage over time. 792
• Used as a metal torrent to shred vines, and as a unified blade to finish a Stitched Monster. 796
• Was later destroyed in a spider siege, forcing her to fight with a spiked club. 1212

Majesty, Cosmos, and Domains

Her chosen Talent Core is Majesty, which strengthens the imposing presence associated with her Charisma-focused development. 1656 1747

• Researches both Cosmos and Conqueror’s Haki, but chose Cosmos as her development path. 1747
• Demonstrated sword-immortal-like combat techniques, forming large numbers of small flying swords from the void. 1747
• Has described possessing a third domain capable of razing a town and its surrounding area. 1778
• Used a domain to support Xia Wen in battle despite the accelerating spread of a curse through her body. 1778
• Her Little Universe can withstand artillery-level attacks, though it does not prevent forced knockback effects. 1921

Word Spirit

Her secondary class is [Word Spirit]. 945

• The context does not document a specific Word Spirit technique used by her.
• She considers the class’s name suitably impressive. 945

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Blade of a Hundred Kitchen Knives — Perfect-grade, self-repairing hundred-part kitchenware weapon; later destroyed during the spider siege. 792 1212
• Earth Horse — Her pet and mount, used as an example while discussing Cosmos cultivation. 1747
• Xiao Bai — A familiar/pet that remains with her during isolation and assists in searches. 790 1795
• Xiao Du — A second pet used in searches alongside Xiao Bai. 1795
• Wupeng Boat — A personal vessel she proudly used in the Underworld before Bai Zhi’s Wooden Boat rammed it. 944
• Personal Vehicle — A four-wheeled wooden cart later upgraded in size and recolored blazing red after she completed a Poetry Gathering challenge. 1260
• Dignity Deck — A completed deck of twenty-seven cards, including cards based on the Dignified Queen. 1872 1875

Relationships

• Bai Zhi — Frequent partner, rescuer, and fellow player. Their relationship began with tense cooperation in Rose Manor, developed through repeated mutual rescues, and later became emotionally complicated as Fireworks of Romance realized she could not easily let go of him. 268 1181 1438
• Chao Mu — Strategist of her Exploration World squad. He mediates for her in front of outsiders and protects the team, though his flirtatious behavior disgusts her. 1135 1136 1137
• Xia Wen — Close ally referred to as her “Good Brother.” They protected one another while cursed and hunted, with Fireworks of Romance maintaining her domain to keep Xia Wen alive. 1778 1921
• Withered Heart — Crafter and member of [Big Bird Spinning Bar]. Withered Heart holds considerable influence in the guild and is capable of undermining Fireworks of Romance’s carefully maintained authority. 626 627
• Calamity Reimu — Initially viewed each other as romantic rivals over Bai Zhi. After a misunderstanding involving Fireworks of Romance accidentally knocking Bai Zhi unconscious with a milk bottle, they resolved the situation through honest conversation. 1195
• Dead Zero — Rose Manor ally whose blunt competence repeatedly frustrates Fireworks of Romance; they participated in Bai Zhi’s task division during the manor investigation. 276 277
• Anna — In Rose Manor, Fireworks of Romance asked Anna to remove her own head as a test of her request-fulfillment ability. 248

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rose Manor

Fireworks of Romance participated in the Rose Manor scenario, where she tested Anna’s Equivalent Exchange principle by requesting that Anna remove her own head. 248

When Bai Zhi became trapped in the castle, she rescued him from guards with smoke bombs and improvised kitchen utensils. Later, she used Head Crouching Defense to shield Bai Zhi and Steel Bones from mutated guards, allowing Bai Zhi to escape with her using the Shrinking Hourglass. 265 268

She subsequently accepted the role of monitoring the castle and helping possible allies escape while Bai Zhi and Dead Zero pursued other leads. 277

Guild Master and Restaurant Arcs

As Guild Master of [Big Bird Spinning Bar], Fireworks of Romance eagerly attempted to recruit Bai Zhi and offered him the Vice Guild Master position. 626

During the Intern Restaurant scenario, she demonstrated control of a kitchen’s cookware and worked with Bai Zhi to investigate the dangerous Sea of Flowers breeding farm. Her ability to follow complex deductions surprised Bai Zhi, who had underestimated her intelligence. 651 664 665

Underworld Journey

Fireworks of Romance entered the Underworld to seek opportunities rather than risk becoming an Inheritor. During the journey, supernatural events aboard the train overwhelmed her until Bai Zhi used a Quick Sleep Gadget to let her sleep through the remaining horrors. 900 909

She later met Ranmo Zhiying in a dream-like canteen encounter and learned about the Underworld’s exclusive classes, inheritances, and potential Talent Core materials. 911

Exploration World

As captain of a surviving Transit Hub Three squad, Fireworks of Romance led her team through an Exploration World filled with Pale Flesh Humanoids and dismembered living players. 1135 1136

She fought Flesh Puppets in the air with her hundred-blade weapon, helped organize ambushes, and worked with Living Polyploid and Chao Mu after Jiao Xiao’s betrayal was exposed. 1140 1142

World Tomb and Monster Sieges

Fireworks of Romance protected Bai Zhi after he was seriously injured and unconscious, carrying him through a violent passage into an endless desert. She later saved him with a kiss, proudly treating it as repayment for the times he had rescued her. 1181 1182

During the fourth Monster Siege, the destruction of her Blade of a Hundred Kitchen Knives left her armed with a spiked club. She responded by entering a berserk state and becoming the camp’s most violent spider fighter. 1212 1213

Later Battles

She completed the third stage of her Personal Talent Core, developed her Majesty-based path, and became one of the group’s established domain users. 1261 1744 1747

During the Fish Disaster, she fought from a flying sword and displayed enough overwhelming presence that swarming fish avoided her entirely. 1747 1748

While cursed by Heavenly Wolf, she used Head Crouching Defense and her domain to protect Xia Wen, refusing an offer to join the [Heavenly Wolf] squad. 1776 1778

Notable Quotes

“Hmph, this Kitchen is my home turf. You're nothing but Ingredients, so what are you acting so arrogant for?” 651

“This is my ultimate move after several upgrades. As long as I still have the stamina to maintain this pose, I absolutely won't take any damage.” 1778