Ye Wuwen has an ordinary face and the soul of a show-off. Other people practice martial arts to get stronger. He does it to look cool. His stance has to follow the golden ratio, his collar must be adjusted to the millimeter. He can lose a fight, but his moves have to look good. Every time he finishes showing off and the whole school praises him, someone always adds, “Too bad his face is so ordinary.” His mouth twitches, and he keeps showing off.
Xu Yan is an unparalleled beauty and a good-for-nothing at martial arts. The whole school only cares about his looks; no one notices how hard he works. He chose Ye Wuwen as his subject of study, recording every time Ye shows off, every time he cracks, and every time he makes a name for himself in the ring. Whenever Ye finishes showing off, Xu turns and walks away, muttering, “I don’t know him.”
One shows off onstage, while the other heckles from below. From campus to the whole city, from the nation to a global battle royale, they eventually fight their way into the Myriad Worlds. Ye Wuwen evolves from deliberately striking poses to becoming a legend without even trying, while his looks are tempered and transformed amid blood and fire. Xu Yan’s notebook grows from an observation journal into an intelligence empire, helping Ye win every brutal battle.
Later, Ye Wuwen’s statue stands at the very center of the Show-Off King Museum. Xu Yan’s statue faces away from him, and its base is engraved with the words, “The Greatest Strategist of All Time.”
Showing off is instinct, comedy is the undertone, and passion is the soul.
