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Main Story and Quests
April 11, 2026 at 01:28 PM
Remove fabricated Xin and Yunyue characters; replace with verified Jixia framing
The main story of Honor of Kings: World follows the player protagonist, the Child of the Primal Flow (元流之子), through their time as a student at Jixia Academy. The S0 Season launch content covers the Jixia Academy region and its surrounding plains, which Baidu Baike describes as roughly one tenth of the full designed world. The narrative introduces the academy, its faculty, the Jixia Star Team (星之队) adventuring squad the player joins, and the mysteries of the Flow that drive the broader arc.
The player arrives at Jixia Academy as a new student. The academy is led by the Three Sages (Fuzi, Mozi, and Zhuangzi) and has three specialist branches: the Martial Way (武道), the Magic Way (魔道), and the Mechanism Way (机关). The player chooses a direction at character creation and takes a corresponding entrance test to prove their aptitude. Example tests include a Martial Arts Test where candidates must knock a bell off the waist of a stationary martial arts instructor.
Once admitted, the player joins the Jixia Star Team (稷下星之队), an adventuring squad of Jixia students that takes on tasks around the academy and the surrounding lands. This squad functions as the narrative hub for the player's social connections and many early questlines.
The following characters are directly named in Chinese primary sources as HoKW story figures:
The Child of the Primal Flow (元流之子) - the player protagonist, a custom-created avatar wearing a bracelet that resonates with Flow energy
Fuzi (夫子) - headmaster of Jixia Academy, first of the Three Sages, teacher of the Martial Way
Mozi (墨子) - Jixia Sage, inventor of Mohist Machinery, builder of Chang'an atop the Mecharium
Zhuangzi (庄周) - Jixia Sage and creator of Dreaming Word Lakeside (梦语湖畔), a dream-training ground
Wang Zhaojun - Han princess sent as envoy to the Wolf Banner tribe in the Northern Wilds, now a playable Resonance
Mulan - Leader of the Great Wall Guard Army
Kai - Eldest son of the former Haidu family, inheritor of the Demon Armor, Great Wall Guard Army member
Leng Chun - S0 original hero, school physician of Jixia Academy
The S0 launch covers the Jixia Academy area and the plains around it. Verified named locations within or near Jixia include:
Jixia Academy (稷下学院) itself, with its Tower of Enlightenment (通天塔) and the Mozi Arena for martial contests
The Stargazing Platform (观星台) with Ziwei Hall and Tianshi Terrace
Chunxi Plain (春溪原 / the Spring Creek Plain), the practice area for new students
Dreaming Word Lakeside (梦语湖畔), Zhuangzi's dream training ground
Dongyunluo Highland (东云落高地), home of the "铸灵八柱" eight-pillar trial
The main story introduces the player to several long-term narrative threads that extend beyond the S0 launch content. These include:
The mystery of the Flow itself, and why the player's connection to it is unusual
The protection of the northern frontier via Mulan, Kai, and the Great Wall Guard Army
The relationship between the Han court and the Wolf Banner tribe, via Wang Zhaojun's story
The Mohist mechanical constructs built by Mozi that appear in a major late-game battle sequence
The mysteries of the Mecharium beneath Chang'an, the Ark Core, and the ancient War of the Gods
Third-party English-language coverage has described specific chapter counts, runtime estimates, named antagonists, and mentor characters that are NOT confirmed by primary Chinese sources. Treat the following as unverified:
A specific chapter count (e.g., "10 chapters") - Baidu Baike does not publish this figure
Runtime estimates like "40 to 60 hours" - these come from single-source third-party blogs
A named primary antagonist called "Xin" or "Man-in-Black" - not found in any verified source
A named mentor character called "Yunyue" - not found in any verified source
These names appear to be third-party fabrications. If TiMi publishes official story guides or patch notes that name an antagonist or mentor, this article will be updated accordingly. For now, readers should rely on the verified Jixia Academy framing and wait for first-party story content.
Tencent has publicly announced an ongoing franchise-level collaboration with Hugo Award-winning author Liu Cixin. Whether his writing influences the Honor of Kings: World main story specifically has not been confirmed in detail. See Liu Cixin Collaboration for the verified scope of this partnership.
