Yue Changlong

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Yue commanded the Army's 7th Armored Company during the Black Hat Mountain Campaign. He led its 120 soldiers from the front and killed nineteen enemies on the first day; after a week, barely more than fifty soldiers remained. Zhao Mengsheng later credited the campaign with Yue's first First-Class Merit and identified him as a Special-Class Combat Hero 74.

At 27, Yue held the rank of senior colonel and commanded the Longdu Military Region's Ironblood Division. He resigned three years later, surrendering his rank-related benefits; his appointment record gives no reason. He subsequently entered the Air Force as an ordinary recruit under his mother's surname, using the name Lu Chengfeng 81 89. His Air Force file carries SSS+ classification, beyond even Zhao Mengsheng's access 90.

Five years before the investigation into his disappearance, Yue was reportedly imprisoned for treason. At a later military parade, Marshal Long Qianshan stated that the imprisonment was part of the secret Hidden Dragon operation: Yue had accepted public disgrace to help expose a spy network. Long credited him with helping capture more than thirty spies and drafting 127 research proposals during those five years 81 909.

Appearance

When he removes his Black Emperor mask, Yue appears to be around forty, with few visible signs of aging 547.

• Sharp, handsome features and short, upright hair 547.
• Deep black eyes 547.
• An imposing bearing; an earlier military photograph shows him in a green uniform with senior colonel insignia 81 547.

Personality

Yue is composed under threat and openly contemptuous of opponents who rely on titles or numbers to intimidate him. He also takes an active role in teaching Xiaofei, demonstrating techniques during combat rather than merely telling him to stand aside 547 839 882.

His approach to justice distinguishes between targets and bystanders: he ignores fleeing servants while pursuing Cao Zhengchun, and later makes the Witch King surrender to the authorities rather than kill him. He rejects hereditary privilege and asks for its abolition instead of rank, office, or money 841 850 862.

Abilities and Skills

Divine Ruin and King's Ruins

• Calamity—Black Sun: Yue invokes Divine Ruin 003 against Wolf during his confrontation with the Thrones 553.
• King's Ruins: Creates a domain in which Yue controls the rules, preventing the Fool from self-destructing inside it 556.

Combat and Instruction

• A step from Yue makes thousands of bullets fall and forces 3,000 Cao Family death warriors to their knees. He then gravely injures the ten elite Extermination Guards before they can complete their attack 839 840.
• He teaches Xiaofei the Yue family's Eight Thunderclap Forms and demonstrates the Eight Formulas for Breaking the Edge while fighting through the Five Immortals Pilgrimage Array 858 882 885.
• He identifies the Fountain of Youth Water as the array's main power source and chooses to strike that node rather than its five subsidiary nodes 885.

Strategy and Military Engineering

• Han Xiao describes Yue as the strategic mind of the Night Watchers, valued for planning as well as combat 311.
• He designed the Kunlun tank's core fire-control algorithm and active defense system, and led work on the Thunder-9 anti-ship missile's design concept and trajectory model 907 908.
• As the White Emperor fighter's chief test pilot, he completed 3,000 hours of testing and helped resolve more than thirty major flaws 908.
• Ye Jincheng credits Yue with the Southern Heavenly Gate project's theoretical foundations and underlying energy model 912.

Relationships

• Yue Xiaofei — son and student; Yue protects him, fights beside him, and teaches him family techniques 831 858 882.
• Ye Qingmei — wife and Xiaofei's mother 908 909.
• Yue Feng — elder son; Xiaofei seeks news of his missing brother 423.
• Zhao Mengsheng — former subordinate who regards Yue as a mentor and defends his military record 18 74 912.
• Liang Sanjiang — former Ironblood Division guard who continues to revere him 82.
• Lei Zhen — Air Force comrade who rallies the Azure Sword formation in support of Yue 845 846.
• Ye Jincheng — father-in-law and the judge who sent Yue to prison; he later publicly supports Yue's marshal appointment 850 912.

Story Role and Major Arcs

• Return against Skull and Bones: Yue reveals himself as the Black Emperor and confronts the organization's Thrones. The Fool identifies him as Divine Sequence 003 547 553 556.
• Confrontation in Longdu: After reuniting with Xiaofei, Yue moves against the Cao Family. Veterans of the 7th Armored Company, the Ironblood Division, and the Azure Sword formation come to his aid. He then demands an end to hereditary royal-clan privileges 831 845 846 850.
• Public recognition: A military parade credits his Army, Navy, and Air Force work and discloses the Hidden Dragon operation. The Supreme Command announces his elevation to marshal, later specified as a special honorary rank to take effect when his top-secret mission is complete 907 908 909 911 913.

Notable Quotes

“I don't want a Military Rank, a position, or money. I have only one request. … No more royal clans in Dragon Kingdom!” 850

“People of the Yue Family don't kill indiscriminately.” 862