Chapter Summaries

Ye Luo continued fighting Heavenly Alliance in the forest while Heavenly Grief and Heavenly Calamity ordered a larger force to surround him. Yan Hua Yi Leng and Misty Pavilion’s others secretly watched from a hill, where they saw Ye Luo’s skill and discussed his potential.

• Ye Luo escaped the charging heavy-armored players, while Heavenly Alliance noticed he had killed their people without becoming red-named.
• Heavenly Grief and Heavenly Calamity ordered more assassins, archers, knights, and swordsmen to tighten the encirclement around Ye Luo.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng, Zhi Yue, and Misty Pavilion’s others secretly reached a hill overlooking the forest and watched the battle.
• Zhi Yue shared her viewpoint so the others could see Ye Luo concealed behind a tree, and the group praised his camouflage and combat skills.
• Ban Ye Shu compared his control to Ye Luo’s, and Zhi Yue defended Ye Luo by saying he was far stronger when dual wielding.

The Misty Pavilion women discussed Ye Luo’s combat flaws and tried to find a way to recruit him. They planned to move Zhi Yue into their studio and draw Ye Luo there as her protector, hoping he would stay with them.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind pointed out that Ye Luo’s left hand sometimes made blocking motions while he attacked with his right, leaving a small opening against top-tier experts.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng said Ye Luo had not agreed to join Misty Pavilion, though it would be his first choice if he joined a guild.
• The women learned that Ye Luo might create his own guild, but Yan Hua Yi Leng believed he would not turn against them as long as they did not offend him.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng arranged for the women to pick up Zhi Yue after the next day’s Instance Mission and invited Ye Luo to stay at the Misty Pavilion studio.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind proposed using Zhi Yue’s safety as a reason to bring Ye Luo into the studio, and the women agreed not to reveal their plan to him.

Ye Luo used Reincarnation * Soul Devour to raise his attack as he fought the Heavenly Alliance alone, while Misty Pavilion’s women watched and learned why he was growing stronger. Breaking Waves Riding Wind decided to recruit him into their studio, and Ye Luo continued picking off the encircling players.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind’s group discussed moving Ye Luo into the Misty Pavilion studio and eagerly watched his fight against the Heavenly Alliance.
• Ye Luo used his speed and the forest to evade heavy armor players, then killed assassins, archers, and other lightly armored enemies to increase his attack with Reincarnation * Soul Devour.
• Zuo Shang Qin Xin noticed Ye Luo’s rising attack, and Yan Hua Yi Leng shared the skill description, explaining that it had dropped from the final boss of Path of the Hero.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind resolved to recruit Ye Luo at any cost and asked Zhi Yue to act as their inside agent.
• The women discussed how Ye Luo’s powerful attacks and combat tactics could devastate the Heavenly Alliance, while Yan Hua Yi Leng warned that its members might retreat once they realized the danger.

Ye Luo raised his attack power while fighting through Heavenly Alliance’s encirclement, then used the forest and his skills to break through its inner layer. As he faced the remaining outer encirclement, Yan Hua Yi Leng predicted that he intended to keep fighting rather than escape.

• Heavenly Grief and Heavenly Calamity learned that Ye Luo’s attack power had risen to around 6,000 and ordered Heavenly Alliance to keep attacking him.
• Ye Luo killed dozens of pursuers and raised his attack power to about 8,600 while preparing to break out before the knights could surround him.
• Ye Luo asked Zhi Yue where the encirclement was thinnest, and she directed him toward the south.
• Ye Luo dodged the southern knights’ attacks and killed the heavily armored fighters with Sword Qi Across and Sweep Reincarnation, opening a gap in the inner encirclement.
• Ye Luo charged through the gap, while Yan Hua Yi Leng said she expected him to stay and make Heavenly Alliance pay rather than flee.

Ye Luo repeatedly ambushed Heavenly Alliance’s pursuers, inflicting heavy casualties while Misty Pavilion watched and planned for the next day’s instance runs. After Heavenly Alliance’s battle line stretched thin and its priests failed to revive everyone, Ye Luo used an Invisibility Pill and prepared to strike again.

• Ye Luo lured charging knights into a tree, then used Sword Qi Across and Sweep Reincarnation to kill groups of Heavenly Alliance players.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng told Ban Ye Shu, Jian Er, and Jian San to wait for the encirclement to weaken before sneaking in to observe and collect equipment.
• San Mei Shi and Hei Bai Qi stopped Breaking Waves Riding Wind from joining the fight because she would become red-named and risk losing levels.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng and the others discussed their chances of winning two of the next day’s Instance First Kills and placing new male recruits under Ye Luo’s management.
• Ye Luo continued killing as Heavenly Alliance’s priests fell behind, then took an Invisibility Pill and prepared to target the priests.

Ye Luo slaughtered the Heavenly Alliance’s priests and continued cutting down their members, leaving the guild unable to revive most of its fallen players. After Tiandi ordered a retreat, Yan Hua Yi Leng sent scouts into the grove to collect equipment and predicted the fighting would soon end.

• Ye Luo used an Invisibility Pill to reach the Heavenly Alliance’s priests and killed them before their allies could intervene.
• Ye Luo broke through the weakened encirclement and killed more Heavenly Alliance members, forcing the survivors to retreat to Luoshui Town after death.
• Heavenly Calamity reported Ye Luo’s strength to Tiandi, who ordered the Heavenly Alliance to retreat and avoid provoking Ye Luo and Misty Pavilion.
• Heavenly Calamity and Heavenly Grief discussed Ye Luo’s power and hoped the guild’s plans to recruit Celebrity Ranking experts would improve their chances.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng sent Ban Ye Shu, Jian San, and Jian Er into the grove to collect equipment as June Flying Snow estimated Ye Luo had killed four or five hundred enemies.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng told the group that the battle would end soon, though Ye Luo would continue pursuing the retreating players.

After Ye Luo helped drive back the Heavenly Alliance, Misty Pavilion discussed its financial troubles and considered selling Mutated Pills he could refine. Ye Luo pursued the retreating players to the forest’s edge, then stopped before their gathered forces and traded taunts with Heavenly Grief.

• The Heavenly Alliance retreated after losing many players, while Yan Hua Yi Leng praised Tiandi Shi for ordering the withdrawal promptly.
• June Flying Snow planned to sell her battle recording, and Yan Hua Yi Leng told her to give half the proceeds to Misty Pavilion’s studio.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng proposed that Misty Pavilion provide herbs for Ye Luo to refine into Mutated Pills and split the sales profits with him.
• Ye Luo chased and killed retreating Heavenly Alliance players, while Ban Ye Shu hunted their mages and Jian Er and Jian San recorded his operations.
• Ye Luo stopped at the forest’s edge when the remaining Heavenly Alliance players formed up to attack him, then warned Heavenly Grief and mocked the guild’s reliance on numbers.

Ye Luo met Misty Pavilion’s members after driving off the Heavenly Alliance, then sparred with Ban Ye Shu. When he finally met Breaking Waves Riding Wind, he mistook her for Sister Qiu, someone from his memories, before realizing they only looked alike.

• Heavenly Grief and Heavenly Calamity led the Heavenly Alliance away and ordered their members not to provoke Ye Luo or Misty Pavilion.
• Jian Er and Jian San praised Ye Luo, and Ban Ye Shu challenged him to a spar that ended without either gaining the upper hand.
• Ban Ye Shu and Ye Luo complimented each other’s skills as Yan Hua Yi Leng arrived and told them to leave because too many people were watching.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind arrived, and Ye Luo froze, believing she was Sister Qiu.
• Zhi Yue explained that Breaking Waves Riding Wind only resembled her sister, and Ye Luo recognized the difference, disappointing Breaking Waves Riding Wind with his description of Sister Qiu.

Ye Luo met Breaking Waves Riding Wind and was devastated by her resemblance to the woman from his memories, but he accepted her sword and equipment as Misty Pavilion guild contributions. He agreed to help Misty Pavilion refine Mutated Pills and join the guild, hoping their alliance would help him defeat the Dongfang Family.

• Ye Luo mistook Breaking Waves Riding Wind for the woman he remembered, then apologized and gave her a level 50 gold Hero's Sword as thanks for helping Zhi Yue.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng arranged for Ye Luo's sword and recovered equipment to be recorded as guild points, and introduced him to Misty Pavilion's members.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind proposed splitting the profits from Mutated Pills to help Misty Pavilion raise funds.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that Misty Pavilion shared Ye Luo's enemy, the Dongfang Family, and that he could not defeat them alone.
• After Zhi Yue urged him to accept, Ye Luo agreed to help refine pills and said he could join Misty Pavilion.

Ye Luo joined Misty Pavilion and accepted responsibility for its new branch alliance, while Yan Hua Yi Leng and Breaking Waves Riding Wind arranged recruitment, benefits, and his pill business. The chapter left Ye Luo and Zhi Yue agreeing that part of his profits would be set aside for her.

• Ye Luo agreed to join Misty Pavilion, and Yan Hua Yi Leng proposed that he lead a new branch alliance with her and Xing Qi Yi assisting him.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind cautioned against recruiting too quickly, so Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned Jian Yi and his classmates to recruit trustworthy players who met the guild's level and equipment requirements.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng and Breaking Waves Riding Wind explained that the branch alliance would receive wages and equipment based on contributions, with two-thirds of its loot going to the main alliance and one-third held in reserve.
• Ye Luo chose to stay at Level 50 and refine pills for the next day's Instance Mission, then agreed to a seventy-thirty profit split with Misty Pavilion.
• Ye Luo asked for his thirty-percent share to be divided between the branch alliance and Zhi Yue, and Zhi Yue agreed to hold her portion for him.

Ye Luo and Misty Pavilion agreed on how to divide their earnings and planned to sell their valuable Mutated Pills to other guilds. Yan Hua Yi Leng set steep prices, confident that other players would pay for the pills’ benefits, and the group accepted her plan.

• Ye Luo agreed to give Misty Pavilion most of the earnings, with part of its share going toward guild development, and refused to make a contract.
• The group discussed Ye Luo’s boosted attack power and concluded there were no nearby bosses worth fighting and that the Heavenly Alliance would avoid him.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng decided Misty Pavilion would sell its surplus pills, keeping some Corpse Poison Pills and selling the rest before future supplies made them less valuable.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng asked Hei Bai Qi to contact the major guilds about buying the pills, and Hei Bai Qi expected them to send representatives to trade.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng listed high prices for the pills and argued that their usefulness made them worth the cost, while Ye Luo worried that the prices amounted to ripping people off.

Ye Luo joined Misty Pavilion, where Yan Hua Yi Leng put him in charge of a branch alliance while arranging support for guild administration. He refined pills for the guild, which received more than a hundred thousand orders in an hour, and Yan Hua Yi Leng planned to keep him supplied with bosses and quests so he could level efficiently.

• Night Rain Misty congratulated Ye Luo, learned he had joined Misty Pavilion, and asked which instances his group planned to enter before ordering pills through Yan Hua Yi Leng.
• Ye Luo arrived at Misty Pavilion's leveling area, where Yan Hua Yi Leng announced that he would manage a branch alliance and oversee newly recruited players with help from Xing Qi Yi and Jian Shi Si.
• Ye Luo refined pills using Misty Pavilion's herbs, and the guild's players admired the many mutated pills produced by his Purple Gold Medicine Cauldron.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng set prices for the new Fragrant Qi Pills, and major and smaller guilds placed more than a hundred thousand orders within an hour.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that Ye Luo needed three times the experience of ordinary players and said Xiao Shu, Jian Er, and others were searching for bosses and quests for him.

Ye Luo’s battle against Heavenly Alliance drew widespread attention, prompting major guilds to assess his strength and consider recruiting him. June Flying Snow’s paid video became a huge success, and the chapter ended with her celebrating the fortune she was earning.

• Players uploaded paid videos of Ye Luo’s fight, and June Flying Snow’s clear recording quickly attracted over a million views.
• Wind Hành Guild and the Dongfang Family discussed Ye Luo’s abilities and considered recruiting him, while Dongfang Yunlong ordered an investigation and hinted at worse if recruitment failed.
• At the Fine Wine Family’s grounds, God of Wine Dukang identified Ye Luo’s awkward left-hand movements as a sign he was accustomed to fighting with weapons in both hands.
• God of Wine Dukang told Nü Er Hong to order more pills from Yan Hua Yi Leng at full price to support Misty Pavilion.
• June Flying Snow’s video passed a million views in an hour, earning her over a million Gold Coins before taxes, and Yan Hua Yi Leng predicted it could reach ten million views.

June Flying Snow’s popular video gave Misty Pavilion a new source of income, while the guild arranged for Ye Luo and Zhi Yue to move into its studio. The next day, Ye Luo finished a large potion order and the group met the major guilds to trade, as June Flying Snow celebrated the video’s growing earnings.

• June Flying Snow’s video passed a million views, and Misty Pavilion’s leaders agreed to earn money by posting more videos, with June Flying Snow editing them and handing most of the proceeds to the guild.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng and Breaking Waves Riding Wind told Ye Luo to pack so he and Zhi Yue could move near the Misty Pavilion studio, and Ye Luo agreed after seeing Zhi Yue’s excitement.
• Ye Luo spent a troubled night thinking of Zhi Qiu and Breaking Waves Riding Wind, while Zhi Yue packed for the move and looked forward to joining the studio.
• Ye Luo completed the potion orders before the major guilds arrived, and Misty Pavilion traded with them as planned.
• June Flying Snow announced that her video had passed five million views and celebrated earning over four million Gold Coins.

Ye Luo and his group entered the six-player difficult Path of the Hero instance and began clearing level 55 monsters in Hero's Tomb. They handled the Vampire Bats efficiently, leaving the instance first kill within reach.

• June Flying Snow's video passed five million views, earning her over four million Gold Coins after taxes.
• Ye Luo and the others accepted the Path of the Hero instance mission and prepared to enter Hero's Tomb.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng led the group into the instance, where they found five large monster groups and demonized Pound at the center.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng drew the Vampire Bats toward Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind, who held their aggro while the group attacked.
• Ye Luo and his team killed the Vampire Bats at high speed, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind anticipated winning the difficult instance's first kill.

Ye Luo and his group cleared the Level 50 Path of the Hero instance and learned how its Ancient Tomb and Hero Set drops worked. They continued through the monsters, planning to farm equipment for Misty Pavilion while considering how duplicate bound drops could help advance their spirit artifacts.

• Ye Luo and his group killed the Level 55 monsters and quasi-boss, which dropped a Level 50 Silver Grade Ancient Tomb Helmet.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that the first instance clear guaranteed one Ancient Tomb Set piece, while later quasi-boss drops had a one percent chance, so the group continued killing monsters to gather sets for the guild.
• The group defeated the Demonic Spiders and discussed the final boss Pang De's Hero Set drops, which had a one percent chance per piece and became bound when players left the instance.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng said the group's high Luck Values and the guaranteed first-clear drop could help them complete Hero Sets before reaching Level 70.
• Ye Luo asked what would happen to duplicate bound equipment, and Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that it could serve as a sacrifice to advance spirit artifacts.

Ye Luo’s team cleared the Path of the Hero monsters and fought the weaker final Boss while discussing rival guilds’ instance choices. Dongfang Mingzhu and Dongfang Xiaotian claimed the two-player easy Instance First Kill, then God of Wine Dukang and Yao Yue Ju Bei claimed the two-player difficult one, leaving Ye Luo’s group still battling Pound.

• Ye Luo’s team swept through the monster waves and collected five pieces of Ancient Tomb Set equipment from the mini-Bosses.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng checked Pound’s attributes and found the Level 55 Gold Grade Boss lacked Sword Spirit Soul Devour and had weaker attacks than the previous version.
• Dongfang Mingzhu and Dongfang Xiaotian’s team claimed the two-player easy Instance First Kill, prompting Ye Luo’s group to speculate about their strategic choices.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that Dongfang Mingzhu and Dongfang Xiaotian may have chosen the easy instance because they lacked Mutated Pills and had difficulty tanking the harder one.
• God of Wine Dukang and Yao Yue Ju Bei’s team claimed the two-player difficult Instance First Kill and received Level 50 Gold Grade weapons, General Skill Books, Golden Treasure Chests, and Reputation.

Ye Luo and his group completed the six-player difficult Path of the Hero instance and claimed its First Kill, earning Hero Set pieces and a new General Skill. They considered how to distribute future instance runs and opened their Gold Grade treasure chests.

• June Flying Snow, Jian Wu, Jian Liu, Jian Qi, Jian Ba, and Xing Qi Liu earned the six-player easy instance First Kill and received Ancient Tomb Set breastplates and other rewards.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng proposed that future difficult-instance runs use four players with suitable armor classes, while she sat out because she did not need the Hero Set.
• Ye Luo, Breaking Waves Riding Wind, Yan Hua Yi Leng, Xing Qi Yi, Xing Qi Er, and Xingqisan defeated Pound and earned the six-player difficult instance First Kill, receiving Hero Set pieces and other rewards.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng reconsidered collecting the Hero Set if Pound dropped a leather piece that did not overlap with her rewards, while the group identified possible set pieces among his drops.
• Ye Luo learned Heart of Dark Resistance and raised it to Master level, gaining 25% dark-element resistance.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng and the others opened their Gold Grade treasure chests; she received a necklace, while Xing Qi Er received an unsuitable heavy-armor breastplate.

The group opened their Golden Treasure Chests, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind obtained a bound Pearl of Thunder with lightning damage, a chance to paralyze enemies, and the potential to strengthen powerful equipment. Yan Hua Yi Leng and Ye Luo speculated about the bead’s unusual ability to guide trajectories and about the rare Hidden Profession trial Breaking Waves Riding Wind would eventually undertake.

• Xing Qi Er, Xing Qi Yi, and Xingqisan opened their chests, receiving a Gold Grade breastplate, a Gold Grade ring, and a poor Silver Grade helmet, respectively.
• Ye Luo opened his chest and obtained the Gold Grade Sword Spirit Ring, which boosted sword skills and weakened nearby enemies.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind opened her chest and found the Pearl of Thunder, a special item that increased attack speed and could add lightning damage and paralyze targets.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind tried to fuse the Pearl of Thunder with her Hero's Sword, but the system said the sword was not powerful enough.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng and Ye Luo discussed the Pearl of Thunder’s ability to fuse with powerful equipment and guide trajectories, then connected its significance to Breaking Waves Riding Wind’s unusually rare Hidden Profession Scroll.

Misty Pavilion discussed Heavenly Alliance’s new Hidden Profession users and the growing competition between guilds. Fei Xue then contacted Breaking Waves Riding Wind with news that she had obtained a Hidden Profession Scroll.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng urged Breaking Waves Riding Wind to reach level 80 quickly so she could complete a Hidden Profession Trial Mission.
• The group prepared to loot Pound’s drops, but system announcements revealed that Heavenly Grief, Heavenly Calamity, and Heavenly Arrow had each gained a Hidden Profession.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that Heavenly Alliance had likely bought Hidden Profession Scrolls, possibly through the Merchant Alliance, and warned that Tiandi was also recruiting experts.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind resolved to level quickly and find more scrolls, while Yan Hua Yi Leng offered to help her reach level 80.
• Fei Xue called Breaking Waves Riding Wind and told her she had obtained a Hidden Profession Scroll.