History Literature / TheKingsAvatar

** No matter how good a professional player is, if he/she doesn't come up with adequate rankings and results for their corporate sponsored team, chances are he/she will be replaced with younger talent by the team executives. Furthermore, it's not unusual for pros to retire in their mid- or late-20s (without being forced to) when they're no longer in their prime.

* TakeThat: [[spoiler: During Ye Xiu's DareToBeBadass speech to to inspire Excellent Era's members, Ye Xiu admits he took inspiration from speeches of anime captains, where the latter retorts that it doesn't really fit Ye Xiu's image.]]

* TitleDrop: In the live-action drama's fifteenth episode, Tao Xuan notes that Ye Xiu [[spoiler:and Su Muqiu]] are making a weapon for the Unspecialized-class. Ye Xiu says that with it, he can be a proper Unspecialized, only to retract his statement.
--> '''Ye Xiu''': "No, that should be called a ''King's Avatar''!"

** Despite the trash-talking and overall fierce competitiveness of the professional teams, Ye Xiu respects certain pro players, such as Huang Shaotian, Wang Jiexi, Han Wenquing and Yu Wenzhou.

** When Su Mucheng and Huang Shaotian go to see Ye Xiu at the Internet cafe, they have to carefully disguise themselves as regular patrons; Shaotian {{Lampshades}} how everybody knows what he looks like, whereas only a few professional players have ever seen Ye Xiu due to his reclusiveness.

* MoneySink: {{Justified}} InUniverse - to craft the best silver equipment, the highest tier of equipment category rankings, players must pump lots of rare materials potentially worth millions of ''renmenbi'' (in-series, 10 ''renmenbi'' is roughly equivalent to an American dollar).

** Earlier in the story, Yu Wenzhou deduces Huang Shaotian is "Flowing Sword", who helped Lord Grim beat the Boneyard Dungeon record; Shaotian tries to deny it, but to no avail.

* A {{Prequel}} of 10 (or 24, depending on how you're counting) chapters written by the original author, covering the events of 5-10 years before the start of the main novel. The original Chinese can be found [[https://book.qidian.com/info/1016012633 here]], while the official English translation can be found [[https://www.webnovel.com/book/14771838206642905 here]].

* An on-going {{Manhua}} serialized in ''Da Jiao Chong APP'' since 2015, written and illustrated by Chang Pan Yong Zhe and D.Lan.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: In the last match of the TV series, Yifan demonstrates a new technique which even Ye Xiu (one of the founding members of the eSports league who is known as the "handbook to Glory" due to his extensive knowledge of the game) has never seen before. It's strongly implied that Yifan was only able to discover it because he practices twice as hard as any other player, and it may be because the Ghost Blade isn't a popular enough class for other top players to have figured it out. The fact that the game has millions of subscribers and has been online for at *least* 10 years, makes this discovery surprising to say the least.

''The King's Avatar'' (Chinese: 全职高手; Pinyin: ''Quan Zhi Gao Shou''; literally "Full-Occupation Expert", but also known as "Full-Time Expert" or "Master of Skill") is a Chinese WebSerialNovel with physical LightNovel releases, written by Butterfly Blue (蝴蝶蓝; Pinyin: ''Hu Die Lan'').

'''The King's Avatar''' (Chinese: 全职高手; Pinyin: ''Quan Zhi Gao Shou''; literally "Full-Occupation Expert", but also known as "Full-Time Expert" or "Master of Skill") is a Chinese WebSerialNovel with physical LightNovel releases, written by Butterfly Blue (蝴蝶蓝; Pinyin: ''Hu Die Lan'').

* A second season, ''The King's Avatar 2'', is dated for a 2019 release, also produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures, as a {{Twelve Episode|Anime}} original net animation.

* A web-based LiveActionAdaptation began broadcasting on July 24, 2019, with 40 episodes released on Tencent Video, and produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures; it's also available on Creator/{{Netflix}} in some countries. This drama series broadly adapts the web novel, upwards to roughly the first 1000 chapters.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} Glory never fades]].[[labelnote:*]]Top: Lord Grim; Bottom: Ye Xiu[[/labelnote]]]]

'''The King's Avatar''' (Chinese: 全职高手; Pinyin: Quán Zhí Gāo Shǒu; literally "Full-Occupation Expert", but also known as ''Full-Time Expert'' or ''Master of Skill'') is a Chinese WebSerialNovel with physical LightNovel releases, written by 蝴蝶蓝 (Hu Die Lan; literally "Butterfly Blue").

Set in mainland China, "Glory" is a MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame with over 130 million players worldwide, even earning status as a [[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming professional sport]]. Protagonist Ye Xiu is a 10-year Glory veteran and professional player for the "Excellent Era" team, captaining its players to three consecutive championships, earning him fame as the "Battle God" of the game. Unfortunately, ''The King's Avatar'' begins with his forced, unceremonious retirement from Excellent Era, getting kicked out of the team and thrown into the cold (literally), even forced to give up his Glory character "One Autumn Leaf". By chance, Ye Xiu wanders into a nearby Internet cafe, where he applies for a job as a night-shift manager from its owner Chen Guo, a Glory player herself and an Excellent Era {{fangirl}}. Thankfully, the job offers free room and board, along with access to a computer, which Ye Xiu makes the most of; however, upon hearing news Glory is about to open its tenth server, he decides to re-play the game from the very bottom, using a new character called "Lord Grim", dedicating to a CharacterClass no one has played in Glory for years: an unspecialized character. As Lord Grim's notoriety increases by pulling off feats such as achieving the first boss kills and the fastest times in completing dungeons and raids, new and veteran Glory players slowly deduce Lord Grim is used by a LivingLegend, having returned to the fold.

Unlike other stories centered around an [=MMORPG=], ''The King's Avatar'' has no {{Fantasy}} nor ScienceFiction elements: instead, it keeps itself firmly rooted in RealLife. Glory is simply a video game, yet the series examines the intricacies of the environment, politics and corporate dealings and sponsorship of the professional "eSports" scene, where its fans and players treat it like an equivalent to UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball leagues. Furthermore, expect explicit use of strategies and terms most players are familiar with for the [=MMO=] genre, such as being able to calculate cooldown times for character's abilities and skills, determining hand speed with the keyboard and mouse, and knowing an opponent's weaknesses and exploiting them correctly.

* A {{Twelve Episode|Anime}} AnimatedAdaptation[[note]]Not {{Anime}} since it's Japanese-only; some may prefer the Chinese word for animation "动画", pronounced ''donghua''[[/note]] began airing in April 7, 2017 (lining up with the Spring2017Anime season), produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures and helmed by G.CMAY Animation & Film (the same studio behind ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'', ''Animation/CupidsChocolates'' and ''Manhua/ShuangshengLingtan''). An official English sub by Tencent can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5ocv2xksC-w-YQrqlixhIRA here]].

* A web-based LiveActionAdaptation began broadcasting on July 24, 2019, with 40 episodes released on Tencent Video, and produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures; it's also available on Creator/{{Netflix}} in some countries. This drama series broadly adapts the web novel, upwards to roughly the first 900 chapters.
* A film entitled ''The King's Avatar: For The Glory'' was released on August 16, 2019, based on a {{Prequel}} novel written by Butterfly Blue called "The Summit Of Glory" (Chinese: 巅峰荣耀; Pinyin: Diān Fēng Róng Yào; literally "Peak/Top Glory"), detailing Ye Xiu during his first championship run with Excellent Era. Trailers can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=371X_H86lUg here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjvEc6j93ic&feature=youtu.be here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-65woE8k7w here]].

* AndTheAdventureContinues: The live-action drama ends on this note due to the final episode covering [[spoiler:Happy's victory against Excellent Era in the RevivalTournament, which means that Team Happy's journey as a true [=eSports=] team has only begun]].

* LegacyCharacter: Since [[GrowingUpSucks players grow old]] while their characters don't, professional accounts like [[BladeOnAStick One Autumn Leaf]], [[BareFistedMonk Desert Dust]], [[BroomstickQuarterstaff Vaccaria]], [[HeroesPreferSwords Troubling Rain]], [[TheGunslinger Cloud Piercer]] etc. all have successors or trained someone to succeed them.
* LetsGetDangerous: InUniverse, from the audience and professional players' perspective in the All-Star Competition, during the Player vs. Professional segment, a random player takes the place of the next challenger, cracking jokes and arguing with the previous challenger to give them their account to use, seemingly lambasting them for incompetence. Of course, the random person is Ye Xiu and he quickly proceeds to dominate the entire fight.

* MarathonBoss: "Wild Bosses" appear only once a week, but if defeated, have a chance to drop exclusive materials. Fights against them can last long because of their high {{Hit Points}}, as well as guilds battling each other over who gets to kill the boss and claim the rewards due to their rare appearance.

* TitleDrop: In the live-action drama. In Episode 15, Tao Xuan notes that Ye xiu and Su Muqiu are making a weapon for the Unspecialized class. Ye Xiu says that he can be a proper Unspecialized with it, then retracts this statement with the following line:
-->No, that should be called a ''King's Avatar''!

* [[FootballHooligans eSports Hooligans]]: InUniverse, players will taunt each other through {{Flame War}}s in the world chat, while post-match "[[BarBrawl guild wars]]" can last until the next morning.

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* A {{Twelve Episode|Anime}} AnimatedAdaptation[[note]]Not {{Anime}} since it's Japanese-only; some may prefer the Chinese word for animation "动画", pronounced ''donghua''[[/note]] began airing in April 7, 2017 (lining up with the Spring2017Anime season), produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures and helmed by G.CMAY Animation & Film (the same studio behind ''Literature/MoDaoZuShi'', ''Animation/CupidsChocolates'' and ''Manhua/ShuangshengLingtan''). A promotional video can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3arFUIyA3l8 here]], with an official English sub provided [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5ocv2xksC-w-YQrqlixhIRA here]].
* A three-episode original net animation called ''The King's Avatar SP''[[note]]Special[[/note]] follows-up the first season, released on April 27, 2018, and produced by Colored-Pencil Animation Design and Tencent Penguin Pictures. ''SP'' loosely adapts the events of the 6th Glory All-Star Competition.

* A live-action web series began broadcasting on July 24, 2019, with 40 episodes released on Tencent Video, and produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures. It's also available on Creator/{{Netflix}} in some countries.

'''The King's Avatar''' (Chinese: 全职高手; Pinyin: Quán Zhí Gāo Shǒu; literally "Full-Occupation Expert", but also known as ''Full-Time Expert'' or ''Master of Skill'') is a Chinese WebSerialNovel with physical LightNovel releases, written by 蝴蝶蓝 (Hu Die Lan; literally "Butterfly Blue").

* A film entitled ''The King's Avatar: For The Glory'' was released on August 16, 2019, based on a {{Prequel}} novel written by Butterfly Blue called "The Summit Of Glory" (Chinese: 巅峰荣耀; Pinyin: Diān Fēng Róng Yào; literally "Peak/Top Glory"), detailing Ye Xiu during his first championship run with Excellent Era. Trailers can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=371X_H86lUg here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjvEc6j93ic&feature=youtu.be here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-65woE8k7w here]].

** Because he's never shown his face in public, Ye Xiu has been able to play for years [[spoiler:under his twin brother's identity]]; turned on its in the live-action [[spoiler:when league officials hold an inquiry during the Challengers League on whether Ye Xiu can continue playing, despite using another person's identity]].

* CripplingOverspecialization: Every class has their strengths and weaknesses, and require different playstyles and mindsets to operate effectively. Other than Ye Xiu who can operate all 24 classes freely, most pro players can only specialise in one class or two at most.

** [[spoiler:Ye Xiu, with analytics provided by Luo Ji, later creates the "Idiot's Guides" for breaking dungeon records, selling them to the biggest guilds. Wei Chen also creates a guide to maximize the amount of skill points, after being perfected, selling it to a wealthy club for a whopping ''20 million renmenbi'' (roughly 3 million USD)]].
* GunKata: The Sharpshooter CharacterClass has a close-quarters combat technique called "{{Gun Fu}}" against melee-based combatants so as to not them render helpless. Most professional players require at least four to six steps, but some of the league's best (Ye Xiu and Zhou Zekai) can do it in as close to three.

** BladeRun: In the novels, Ye Xiu pull this against a Wild Boss after it TurnsRed, leaving Bao Rongxing and Tang Rou awestruck that it's even capable. In the {{Prequel}}, [[spoiler:Ye Xiu also does this against Peaceful Hermit's "[[SinisterScythe Death Savvy]]"]].
** RecoilBoost: Gunner-class techniques, such as "Aerial Fire" and "Delivery Gun" from a Launcher-class, both pioneered by Ye Xiu, is frequently exploited by giving characters altitude in a matter of a seconds.
** ThrowingYourGunAtTheEnemy: In the earlier chapters, Ye Xiu wins against a Heavenly Domain expert by throwing away Chasing Haze's weapon to reduce weight.
** ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: [[spoiler:Ye Xiu is daring enough to throw a weapon as important as Lord Grim's [[ImprobableWeaponUser Myriad Manifestations]] [[ParasolOfPain Umbrella]] during the Game 2 playoff finals match in the Team Competition against Samsara]].
* InevitableMutualBetrayal: Every alliance between large guilds, temporary and permanent, leads to this.

** Because he had to give up his old account, no one on Glory's tenth server knows Lord Grim is being used by the famous Ye Xiu, but {{Subverted}} when the savviest professional players quickly deduce his identity. Inevitably, when other pros migrate to the tenth server to challenge Ye Xiu, they also have to pull this (see CantTakeAnythingWithYou).

** The events of the first few sagas resulting in the creation of [[spoiler:Team Happy]] is well known by web novel readers; {{Justified}} as it's somewhat hard to talk about the latter half of the series without bringing it up.

* LevelGrinding: Justified for any player starting a new account, be it Ye Xiu with Lord Grim or his professional peers who have entered the tenth server.

* LoopholeAbuse: Retired pro players cannot return to the professional scene for one year. However, there are no rules regarding retired players participating in the "Challengers League". Excellent Era, when trying to smear Ye Xiu's reputation when they know [[spoiler:he is playing for Team Happy]], find this out the hard way.
* LootDrama: Happens a lot InUniverse, especially in the Heavenly Domain where certain boss drops can't even be bought with money.
* ManChild: Pro players may be godlike existences to average players, but they can trash talk, curse and bicker like children whenever they fight each other. In an attempt to preserve their images, the league banned cussing in official matches.

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: In episode 2, as the newscaster is commemorating Ye Qiu's illustrious career, Ye Xiu starts to walk off-screen. Just as he does, the One Autumn Leaf avatar turns around to look at the camera over its shoulder, as if it's watching its former user leave.

* MoneySink: Justified InUniverse - to craft the best silver equipment, the highest tier of equipment category rankings, players must pump lots of rare materials worth millions of ''renmenbi'' (in-series, 10 ''renmenbi'' is roughly equivalent to an American dollar).

* PantheraAwesome: What the "Midnight Phantom Cat" boss appears as in the AnimatedAdaptation.

* RecognitionFailure: During the earlier parts of the novel, Happy's rookies, mainly Tang Rou, Bao Rongxing and [[spoiler: Mo Fan]], usually tends to not recognize famous professional players in the Alliance.

* ScarfOfAsskicking: Within the game, avatars such as Lord Grim has a flowing red one, while Qiao Yifan's Assassin-class character "Ashen Moon" wears a purple scarf. Out of Glory, players such as Huang Shaotian and Wang Jiexi will wear one indoors; justified due to the oncoming winter season.

* SeriousBusiness: With more than 130 million players, Glory boasts such a large player base they launched a professional league eight years before the start of the story.

*** As an Unspecialized-class, Ye Xiu's Lord Grim has access to all default class skills and spells. A female Mage's "Summon Hodor" and "Dragon Fang" from ''Dungeon Fighter Online'' are used at several points in the animation, as are the Gunner's "Gatling Gun" and "Aerial Fire". Furthermore, Ye Xiu's previous Battle Mage-class One Autumn Leaf resembles the Demonic Lancer's default skin, especially in the {{Manhua}}. Finally, Lord Grim, being an Unspecialized character, is ineligible for the "Level 50 Class Awakening", preventing it from becoming stronger. This is a reference to "Awakenings" in ''Dungeon Fighter Online'' granting characters brand new skills and super moves that are the culminations of specific class specialties.

* SuperMode: Battle Mages has a class awakening skill called "Battle Spirit" which requires a certain amount of {{Combos}} to pull off and also has stages of awakening. [[ThatOneAchievement Achieving the highest stage of Battle Spirit are only done by a few number of Battle Mage players in the league.]] Namely;
** [[spoiler: Ye Xiu activates the 7th level Battle Spirit, then the highest stage at that time and requires a 120-hit combo, to defeat Lu Liang and Royal Style in the prequel during the Season 1 finals and earned him the moniker [[RedBaron Battle God]].]]
** [[spoiler: Tang Rou achieves the 7th level Battle Spirit during a Christmas event after being rewarded by a skill book unlocking Battle Spirit.]]
** Sun Xiang does it twice in the series:
*** [[spoiler: Sun Xiang first achieved it against Ye Xiu led Deception and Heavenly Swords during Excellent Era's hunt on the heavenly domain, reaching 6th level Battle Spirit until Ye Xiu defeats them with the latter's superior [[TheStrategist tactics]] and [[HeroicBSOD indirectly caused Excellent Era to plummet further into the rankings]] [[FromBadToWorse until they got relegated.]]]]
*** [[spoiler: Sun Xiang does it again, reaching into the [[UpToEleven 8th stage]], the highest stage in the current Battle Mage meta and requires a 150-hit combo, but is defeated by Ye Xiu due to the former's [[LogicalWeakness lack of experience in playing the class itself]] in the Season 10 finals tiebreakers match against Happy.]]

* SuicideAttack: The ultimate attack for the Assassin-class deals lethal damage at the cost of the Assassin's life.

* TrashTalk: A valid strategy in battle. Part of being a professional player is learning to ignore it. Huang Shaotian was a particularly bad case. After a season of pro players complaining about his non-stop chatters, voice chat during official matches had to be disabled. Ye Xiu, on the other hand, is extremely good at riling up people with only few choice words, both inside and outside the game.
* WarriorHeaven: The Heavenly Domain is this for Glory players with its exclusive loot and large maps. Any time a character makes it to the Domain, there is a server-wide announcement.

'''The King's Avatar''' (Chinese: 全职高手; Pinyin: Quán Zhí Gāo Shǒu; literally "Full-Occupation Expert", but also known as ''Full-Time Expert'' or ''Master of Skill'') is a Chinese WebSerialNovel with physical LightNovel releases, written by 蝴蝶蓝 (Hu Die Lan; literally "Butterfly Blue").

* A live-action web series began broadcasting on July 24, 2019, with 40 episodes released on Tencent Video, and produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures.
* A film entitled ''The King's Avatar: For The Glory'' was released on August 16, 2019, based on a {{Prequel}} novel written by Butterfly Blue called "The Summit Of Glory" (Chinese: 巅峰荣耀; Pinyin: Diān Fēng Róng Yào; literally "Peak/Top Glory"), detailing Ye Xiu during his first championship run with Excellent Era. Trailers can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=371X_H86lUg here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjvEc6j93ic&feature=youtu.be here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-65woE8k7w here]].

* AdaptationDistillation: Due to the exceptionally large number of chapters for a series that spans over ''1700 chapters'', the animation contains the following.
** [[spoiler:Su Muqiu's silhouette]] showing up during the early chapters is cut; instead, it's replaced by a brief {{Flashback}}.
** Glory avatars such as "Thousand Creations" and "Endless Night" are AdaptedOut: in particular, "Cold Night" fills in the latter's role. Moreover, the party Ye Xiu meets through "Sleeping Moon" have reduced roles despite being recurring characters in the {{Manhua}} and web novel.

** Because he's never appeared in public, Ye Xiu has been able to play for years [[spoiler:under his twin brother's identity]].

* DeathIsCheap: Subverted; dying in Glory takes away 10% of {{Experience Point}}s earned with a chance the dead player may drop their equipment, making this painful to anybody racing to level through a server to get to the real game-play battleground, the Heavenly Domain. Furthermore, a player's corpse stays on the field for a few seconds, giving random players the opportunity to loot it. If death occurs in the Heavenly Domain, experience lost goes up to 20% with a greater chance of dropping equipment upon death.
* DeepImmersionGaming: {{Zigzagged}} - audiences do get to see players hammering away at keyboards and clicking on the mouse, while seeing the heads-up display for Glory on occasion. Meanwhile, Glory avatars take on the facial appearance of their respective user with almost no difference (aside from hair color and style).
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Quite a few people joined [[spoiler: Team/Guild Happy]] after being defeated by Ye Xiu or his team. For example: Tang Rou, [[spoiler: Wei Chen, Wu Chen. The most famous case is probably Deception, who was practically PKed into submission, although calling his relationship with Ye Xiu "friendship" is a bit of a stretch.]]

* GiantSpider: "The Lord of Spiders" hidden boss seen in episode two of the AnimatedAdaptation.

** [[spoiler:Ye Xiu later creates guides for breaking dungeon records, selling them to the biggest guilds. Wei Chen's guide to maximize the amount of skill points, after being perfected, is sold to a wealthy club for a whopping ''20 million renmenbi'' (roughly 3 million USD)]].
* GunKata: Sharpshooters have a close quarter combat technique called {{Gun Fu}} against a melee class combatant so as to not them render helpless. Most pros can only do 4 to 6 step while Top Gods like Ye Xiu and Zhou Zekai can do it as near as 3 step.

* ImprobableUseOfAWeapon: {{Justified}} as Glory's videogame mechanics allows players to exploit things such as
** ImplausibleFencingPowers: Top Players like Ye Xiu, Huang Shaotian etc. are capable of doing this by fully exploiting the Swordsman Class.
** BladeRun: In the novel, Ye Xiu did this against a [[TurnsRed red health Wild Boss]] which left both Steamed Bun and Tang Rou awestruck. [[spoiler: Ye Xiu also does this in the {{Prequel}} movie against Peaceful Hermit's [[SinisterScythe Death Savvy]].]]
** RecoilBoost: The Gunner class techniques such as Aerial Fire and Delivery Gun, both pioneered by Ye Xiu, makes use of this exploit.
** ThrowingYourGunAtTheEnemy: In the earlier chapters, Ye Xiu wins against a Heavenly Domain expert by throwing Chasing Haze's weapon to reduce weight.
** ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: [[spoiler: Ye Xiu is even daring enough to throw a weapon as important as [[ImprobableWeaponUser Myriad Manifestations]] [[ParasolOfPain Umbrella]] during Game 2 playoff finals match in the Team Competition against Samsara.]]

* LoopholeAbuse: Retired pro players cannot return to the professional scene for one year. However, there are no rules regarding retired players participating in the "Challenger League". Excellent Era, when trying to smear Ye Xiu's reputation when they know [[spoiler:he is playing for Team Happy]], find this out the hard way.

* RecognitionFailure: During the earlier parts of the novel, Happy's rookies, mainly Tang Rou, Bao Rongxing and [[spoiler: Mo Fan]], [[CrowningMomentOfFunny tends to not recognize famous professional players in the Alliance.]]

* SuperMode: Battle Mages has a class awakening skill called "Battle Spirit" which requires a certain amount of {{Combos}} to pull off and also has stages of awakening. [[spoiler: Ye Xiu activates the 7th level Battle Spirit, then the highest stage at that time and requires a 120-hit combo, to defeat the Lu Liang and Royal Style in the prequel during the first championship and earned him the nickname [[RedBaron Battle God]]. Sun Xiang then tries to replicate it into the [[UpToEleven 8th stage]], the highest stage in the current Battle Mage meta and requires a 150-hit combo, but is defeated by Ye Xiu due to the former's [[LogicalWeakness lack of experience in playing the class itself]] in the Season 10 finals tiebreakers match against Happy.]]

An English translation of the web novel can be found [[https://www.webnovel.com/book/7176992105000305 here]]. Meanwhile, an AnimatedAdaptation (not {{Anime}} since it's Japanese-only; some may prefer the Chinese word for animation "动画", pronounced ''donghua'') began airing in April 7, 2017 (lining up with the Spring2017Anime season), produced by G.CMAY Animation & Film. A promotional video can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3arFUIyA3l8 here]], with an official English sub provided [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMX26aiIvX5ocv2xksC-w-YQrqlixhIRA here]]. A three-episode original net animation follows-up the first season, released on April 27, 2018, produced by Colored-Pencil Animation Design; the second season, however, is dated for a 2019 release. A live-action television series has begun broadcasting on July 24, 2019. Finally, a film entitled ''The King's Avatar: For The Glory'' was released on August 16, 2019, based on a {{Prequel}} novel written by Butterfly Blue called "The Summit Of Glory" (Chinese: 巅峰荣耀; Pinyin: Diān Fēng Róng Yào; literally "Peak/Top Glory"), detailing Ye Xiu during his first championship run with Excellent Era.

A trailer for ''The King's Avatar: For The Glory'' can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=371X_H86lUg here]]; the second trailer can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjvEc6j93ic&feature=youtu.be here]], third trailer can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-65woE8k7w here]].

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Variation, while mixed with TruthInTelevision and {{Wuxia}} tropes - as the story revolves around UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming and its effects on the fanbase, there are naturally quite a lot of StopHavingFunGuys in the Glory scene, both in and out of the game. In several cases, however, the scenarios involving these types of gamers tend to play out in typical MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours fashion, only with PlayerVersusPlayer matches instead of actual martial arts.