Recently, my Douyin feed hit me like a critical hit from Ye Xiu himself. Suddenly, I’m seeing fans and cosplayers standing in the streets of Zurich, living out Glory World Championships from The King’s Avatar (Quan Zhi Gao Shou) in real time!

2025 marks the year of the Glory Worlds Championships in the novel’s timeline, and fans are taking that seriously: flying to Zurich, Switzerland, recreating scenes and cosplaying Team Happy in Old Town Zurich. Even 10 years after the novel’s conclusion, the love for The King’s Avatar hasn’t dimmed one bit.

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