Peerless Heavenly King

"Traitor!"

"Betrayer of the organization! Get out of our country!"

"After all the resources our Dragon Nation invested in you, you went to serve as a scholar for Albion!"

Jiangcheng International Airport, Terminal One.

A crowd had gathered around a private jet, brandishing signs labeled "Traitor" and "Scoundrel."

Aboard that plane was Feng Xu, the "internationally renowned scholar."

The door opened, and a man in a brown suit, hair slicked back, appeared at the top of the stairs. At twenty-six, his face was gaunt, brows pressed low over his sharp eyes as he gazed eastward toward his homeland.

"Six years... My motherland."

Feng Xu furrowed his brow and exhaled a long, weary breath. "Father, Shuyi, I'm home."

"I don't know if you can accept who I've become."

Seeing the crowd below, brandishing signs calling him a traitor, Feng Xu felt a bitter ache within. Yet he had no choice.

Six years ago, he'd developed an air defense system that stunned the world. As a reward, the research institute offered his family a trip to Albion. His father, busy with business, stayed behind, so Feng Xu went with his mother.

But just as they were preparing to return, the Albion Special Security Bureau intercepted them. They threatened Feng Xu: serve Albion or his mother would die on the spot, and he’d never return home.

For his mother's sake, Feng Xu agreed.

At a press conference, Albion boasted of re