Festival of Lights · Diwali
Yue Xiaofei returned to Modu Port as a celebrated hero, where Skull and Bones attacked and revealed the power of his awakened Emperor Engine. Ning Hongye stopped Angel, and Yue Xiaofei chose to keep him alive because he might lead to the truth about Yue Changlong.
Yue Xiaofei and the Eight Hundred Heroes fought [Skull and Bones] at Modu while Ning Hongye used Illuminating All Things to suppress the enemy at the cost of her own strength. As the battered survivors faced the remaining Thrones, Yue Changlong arrived and confronted [Fool], [Wolf], [Demon], and [Death God].
Yue Changlong defeated the Skull and Bones Thrones and revealed himself to Yue Xiaofei, while the Dragon Kingdom honored the soldiers lost at Modu. As Yue Xiaofei contacted their families, he learned Chen Nian was in danger and rushed to rescue her.
Yue Xiaofei rescued Chen Nian, brought Yang Tianhao’s crimes to light, and challenged Sun Xiaochuan after rejecting his bribes and threats. At Chen Ze’s funeral, Sun Xiaochuan surrounded the mourners with three thousand armed men, and Yue Xiaofei moved to confront him as Chen Nian watched.
Yue Xiaofei honored Chen Ze, exposed Sun Xiaochuan’s connection to the Nanshan Massacre, and learned that a traitor from one of Longdu’s Eight Great Clans had betrayed his father and the Night Watchers. After Sun was killed before he could name the traitor, Yue set out for Longdu to investigate the clans and clear his father’s name.
Yue Xiaofei returned to Longdu, reconnected with Jiang Lan, and pursued clues linking the Cao Family to his parents’ case and Jiang Lan’s crash. As he won allies and arranged support for the Su Family, the Su family’s parade invitation was stolen and Gao Yuanyuan challenged Su Wanning over it.
Yue Xiaofei defended the Su Family against Park Jeongsang, then countered Four Star Group’s retaliation and exposed Park’s lies at a press conference. The arc ended with Hong Wu arriving with Dragon Kingdom special forces and awaiting Yue Xiaofei’s instructions.
Yue Xiaofei’s confrontation with Goryeo ended after KING intervened, while Yue began uncovering the truth about his missing father. At Elder Xu’s banquet, Yue’s reputation as a national hero was revealed to the assembled guests just as representatives of the Eight Great Clans arrived.
Yue Xiaofei rejected the Cao, Cloud, and Flower families’ attempts to win him over while investigating his father’s imprisonment. After rescuing Su Wanning from Xu Yaoyang’s trap, he confronted a string of powerful heirs and their backers, ending with Bureau 7’s Zhou Hao demanding his submission.
Yue Xiaofei exposed the Xu Family’s mistake in threatening him, then faced a humiliating blind date arranged by Su Guohua. At Triumph Western Restaurant, Yue uncovered Liu Boer’s crimes against Hua Gate and rejected Bai Xinxin, while Su Wanning stood up for him.
Yue Xiaofei rejected six marriage proposals because he had already chosen Ning Hongye, then openly declared war on the Cao Family. Cao Longxiang arrived at the Hyatt Hotel and revealed his Indestructible Diamond ability as Yue Xiaofei prepared to fight him.
Yue Xiaofei awakened his [Emperor Engine], defeated Cao Longxiang and the [Masked Faces] squad, and learned from Ye Jincheng that his father had gone undercover to expose a vast traitor network. After the Cao Family framed Yue and announced a bounty, he disrupted Cao Longxiang’s funeral and challenged Cao Zhengchun to a public trial, accusing Cao Xuanye of arranging the murder.
Yue Xiaofei exposed the Cao Family and drew a vast bounty that brought the world’s strongest assassins to Longdu. After Ning Hongye was struck by the Spear of Longinus, Yue Xiaofei lost control, and the arc ended with a Godslayer missile destroying the Firmament barrier as a second Emperor Engine sounded.
Yue Changlong returned from the Kunlun Ruins and joined Yue Xiaofei in confronting the Cao Family for its crimes. After Cao Zhengchun was killed and the evidence exposed, Yue Changlong secured an end to hereditary privileges, but revealed he could remain outside the ruins for only seven days.
Yue Changlong and Yue Xiaofei sought three treasures to break Ning Hongye’s curse, defeating the Golden Palace and Great Thunderclap Monastery to claim two of them. They reached Heijiang Province for the last treasure, where Yue Xiaofei discovered that Su Meier was being forced into a strange wedding.
Yue Xiaofei and Yue Changlong escaped the Five Immortal Houses’ trap, but Yue Changlong was gravely wounded fighting Odin. Yue Xiaofei saved Ning Hongye, learned of the threat from the Kunlun Ruins, and prepared to make his public debut at the military parade.
Yue Xiaofei attended the Military Parade, where Yue Changlong was cleared of treason and honored as a Marshal before Yue Xiaofei was revealed as the Flag-Planting Hero. After he exposed foreign spies and delivered a defiant speech, the Ancient Gods Church threatened the Dragon Kingdom, and Yue Xiaofei resolved not to surrender.
Yue Xiaofei became the Ninth Bureau’s Swordbearer, exposed the Ancient Gods Church’s plot against the Nine Cauldrons, and defeated its apostles. After saving Modu and capturing Yatelan, he watched a masked woman rescue the apostle and recognized her as his sister.
Yue Xiaofei repaired the Central Province Cauldron but learned that the Ancient Gods Church had taken Yue Lingfei, then traveled to Changbai Mountain and found his brother Yue Feng. The brothers reunited, defeated Reynold’s forces, and learned that saving Yue Lingfei required three High-Ranking Divine Agents’ heartblood and the Nine Provinces Righteous Qi.
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