Chapter Summaries

Ye Luo tested his newly copied Might Pulls Mountains skill while continuing his Giant Stone Men mission, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind finally completed the Hero Set. She traveled to join him, leaving the pair to kill the monsters together.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng and the others discussed how Might Pulls Mountains could stun opponents based on the wielder’s Strength, while Ye Luo found it triggered only rarely against the powerful Giant Stone Men.
• After the others logged off, Ye Luo continued killing Giant Stone Men and wondered whether the skill’s activation chance varied by monster type.
• The next day, Breaking Waves Riding Wind completed the Hero Set and announced she would join Ye Luo to help with his mission.
• Ye Luo gave Breaking Waves Riding Wind his coordinates and advised her to use an Intermediate Invisibility Pill and a mutated Gale Pill for the journey.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind reached Ye Luo and attacked the Giant Stone Men with him, increasing their killing speed.

Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind completed a stone-gathering mission and received a new task to collect iron ore from Ironclad Beasts. As they hunted, they learned that Tiandi had acquired the Sword Demon Hidden Profession, raising concerns about the Heavenly Alliance’s growing strength.

• Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind returned to camp, where Ye Luo turned in the stone materials and reached level 61.
• The centurion assigned Ye Luo a new mission to collect 1,000 portions of iron ore from Ironclad Beasts at Stone Ridge.
• Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind hunted the beasts and found that their iron ore drops varied, though most yielded one or two portions.
• System announcements revealed that Tiandi of the Heavenly Alliance had taken up the Sword Demon Hidden Profession.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Ye Luo discussed the Heavenly Alliance’s strength and judged that Tiandi would likely wait for his recruited experts before attacking.

Misty Pavilion assessed its strength against Heavenly Alliance and focused on leveling, gathering Hero Set equipment, and monitoring its rivals while both guilds avoided conflict. Breaking Waves Riding Wind explained to Ye Luo why a guild leader must serve as a strong banner and unite members, and why Misty Pavilion had been cautious about recruiting men.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Yan Hua Yi Leng reassured Misty Pavilion that its equipment and level advantages could offset Heavenly Alliance’s new Hidden Profession, and Yan Hua assigned the guild to level up and gather intelligence.
• Heavenly Alliance restrained its members and focused on leveling and completing the Hero Set, while other major guilds also paused conflicts to build strength.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind told Ye Luo that a pavilion master should grow stronger, support bullied members, and unite the guild through victories, while Yan Hua handled tactics and management.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind explained that she had opposed recruiting men because outsiders might seize Misty Pavilion’s authority and exploit the guild, so recruits had to be trusted and lack excessive ambition.

Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind discussed Misty Pavilion’s trust, recruitment, and growing strength while gathering iron ore for their quest. They finished collecting the materials and planned to continue the quest, with Ye Luo intending to spend more time with the guild afterward.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind explained why she trusted Ye Luo and said Misty Pavilion valued its sisterly bonds and had rejected Great Desert Lone Smoke because of his intentions.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind told Ye Luo to learn about the branch guild and build rapport with its members, and Ye Luo found that Xing Qi Yi and Yan Hua Yi Leng had recruited over a thousand capable, trustworthy players.
• Ye Luo asked Xing Qi Yi and Yan Hua Yi Leng to lead the branch guild in leveling while he continued the quest with Breaking Waves Riding Wind.
• Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind gathered enough iron ore by late morning, reaching Level 63 as they discussed future Boss fights and the need for stronger equipment.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind reported that Xing Qi Er, Fei Xue, and Jian Ba had completed Hero Sets, and she and Ye Luo discussed equipping Hei Bai Qi and Misty Pavilion’s advantage over rival guilds.

Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind completed a lengthy materials-gathering mission, gaining levels while Misty Pavilion prepared for the coming Level 70 instance. Yan Hua Yi Leng explained why their Hero Sets and team composition could give them an advantage in the six-player difficult instance, and Ye Luo learned the branch alliance had several thousand members.

• Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind gathered bamboo, Feathers, and Peach Gum over several days, raising Ye Luo to Level 67 and Breaking Waves Riding Wind to Level 68.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Ye Luo discussed the upcoming Level 70 instance, their equipment advantage, and the challenge posed by other guilds' Hidden Professions.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng revealed that the Level 70 instance would drop accessory sets and Hero Set pieces, so players could keep using their Hero Sets.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng argued that Ye Luo's Reincarnator abilities, their completed Hero Sets, and Mutated Pills gave Misty Pavilion a strong chance at the six-player difficult instance's first kill.
• Ye Luo said his mission had a follow-up, asked about the Heavenly Alliance, and heard that its branch alliance had grown to three or four thousand members.

Ye Luo accepted a shared rescue quest to save captured soldiers from the bandits of Bald Head Ridge, assembling a team under Yan Hua Yi Leng’s direction. The group headed for the hideout, planning to scout the hostages and find a safe way to rescue them without casualties.

• Ye Luo accepted the quest to rescue 100 soldiers captured by bandits, with severe penalties if the hostages died and a fivefold reward if none did.
• Ye Luo sent Yan Hua Yi Leng the quest details, and she chose a ten-person team that included two priests and the stealth specialist Ban Ye Shu.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned the remaining Misty Pavilion members to gather Hero Sets and told the chosen team to travel quickly while avoiding unnecessary fights.
• After meeting Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind, Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that Ban Ye Shu would scout the hideout and that the team should gather the hostages before fighting the bandits.
• Ye Luo worried their Invisibility Pills would expire before they reached the hostages, so Yan Hua Yi Leng proposed testing whether bandits dropped disguises or other items that could help them infiltrate the hideout.

Ye Luo and Yan Hua Yi Leng’s group infiltrated Bald Mountain by discovering that Bandit Minions dropped disguises that let them pass as bandits. After collecting enough Bandit Clothes and hiding a corpse, they disguised themselves and prepared to follow Ban Ye Shu deeper toward the hostages.

• Ban Ye Shu scouted Bald Mountain and reported that its lowest-ranking Bandit Minions were Level 75 and could flee to alert other bandits.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng planned to lure isolated minions away from view and use control skills to kill them before they could escape and report the intruders.
• The group killed a lone Bandit Minion and discovered that it dropped Bandit Clothes, which disguised the wearer as a bandit when no enemies were within fifty meters.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng ordered Ye Luo and Hei Bai Qi to hide the corpse so other bandits would not discover the invasion.
• After Ban Ye Shu reported that hundreds or thousands of bandits occupied the mountain, the group collected nine Bandit Clothes and equipped them to infiltrate the stronghold.

Ye Luo and his companions infiltrated the bandit stronghold by disguising themselves as bandits and pushing a cart of stolen valuables. They learned that three bosses were drinking and a fourth guarded the hostages, but after the group was led away to rest, the lecherous Fourth Brother followed them.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng devised a plan to kill six Bandit Minions and use their stolen valuables as cover to enter the bandit stronghold.
• Ye Luo and his companions pushed the cart through the stronghold while Ban Ye Shu reported that three bosses were drinking and searched for the hostages and another boss.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng concluded that the group should find the hostages and the missing boss before confronting the bosses one at a time.
• A Bandit Underboss escorted the group to the Hall of Righteous Gathering, where the bosses rewarded them for the valuables and promised them promotions.
• The group overheard that Third Brother guarded the hostages in the prison, while Fourth Brother left the hall and followed them after noticing the women.
• Xing Qi Liu asked Yan Hua Yi Leng whether they should really rest after their escort led them away.

Yan Hua Yi Leng and the others lured the Fourth Boss of the Bandits to a secluded cave and killed him. The group gained substantial experience, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind rose to fifth place on the level rankings.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng proposed using Xing Qi Er's acting to lure the Fourth Boss of the Bandits away while Ye Luo followed under an Invisibility Pill.
• Xing Qi Er charmed the Fourth Boss of the Bandits and persuaded him to lead the women to a secluded cave.
• Hei Bai Qi attacked the Fourth Boss of the Bandits, revealing the group's identities, and Ye Luo interrupted his counterattack with Soul Shocking Slash.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng and the others interrupted the boss's attacks and forced him out of Advanced Stealth before killing him.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind reached level 69 and fifth place on the level rankings, while Ye Luo rose to seventh place; June Flying Snow said she was confident she could kill Great Desert Lone Smoke.

Misty Pavilion discussed Great Desert Lone Smoke and Shadow Follows Wind before June Flying Snow looted the Fourth Boss of the Bandits. The party found several level 80 Gold items and an ancestral jade pendant that appeared to be a plot item, then continued searching for the hostages.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng assessed the party’s chances against Great Desert Lone Smoke and explained why Shadow Follows Wind would be a valuable recruit for Misty Pavilion.
• June Flying Snow looted the Fourth Boss’s drops and found level 80 Gale Armguards, which the party gave to Yan Hua Yi Leng.
• June Flying Snow found the Jade Tree Dagger, and Ban Ye Shu received it after Yan Hua Yi Leng praised its potential damage output.
• June Flying Snow also received a level 80 Gold ring with Fire Attribute damage.
• June Flying Snow kicked the boss’s corpse, dislodging an ancestral jade pendant that Yan Hua Yi Leng identified as a likely plot item.

Yan Hua Yi Leng and Ye Luo used the Fourth Boss's jade pendant to lure the Third Bandit Boss away from the hostages and into an ambush, but the Bandit Leader followed them into the cave. Yan Hua Yi Leng accused the Third Bandit Boss of killing the Fourth Boss, leaving him cornered as the Bandit Leader turned against him.

• Ban Ye Shu found the hostages and reported that the Third Bandit Boss was guarding them, prompting Yan Hua Yi Leng to decide they needed to lure him away before rescuing them.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng devised a plan to use the Fourth Boss's jade pendant to pose as his trusted subordinates and draw the Third Bandit Boss to a secluded cave.
• Ye Luo and Yan Hua Yi Leng convinced the Third Bandit Boss to follow them by showing him the pendant and suggesting the Fourth Boss wanted to join forces with him.
• The Bandit Leader arrived near the cave, heard a commotion inside, and entered despite Yan Hua Yi Leng telling the others to wait outside.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng accused the Third Bandit Boss of killing the Fourth Boss and trying to silence her and Ye Luo, while the Bandit Leader saw the corpse and grew furious.

Yan Hua Yi Leng’s group manipulated the Bandit Boss and Third Bandit Boss into fighting, then joined the battle and killed the Third Bandit Boss. The weakened Bandit Boss remained under attack, and the group expected to finish him soon.

• The Bandit Boss accused the Third Bandit Boss of killing Fourth Brother, and the two began fighting.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng’s group watched the bosses weaken each other and prepared to attack when the Third Bandit Boss was near defeat.
• The Third Bandit Boss revealed that Ye Luo and Yan Hua Yi Leng had lured him with Fourth Brother’s jade pendant, prompting both bosses to turn on the group.
• Ye Luo drew both bosses’ attention while Yan Hua Yi Leng and the others attacked, and their healers kept Ye Luo alive.
• The group killed the Third Bandit Boss, gained experience, and continued attacking the Bandit Boss, who had about thirty percent health remaining.

Ye Luo and the others defeated the Bandit Boss and examined the mountain bandits’ drops, including a treasury key and powerful fire equipment and a new control skill for June Flying Snow. As they prepared to rescue the hostages and find the treasury, the Second Boss of the Mountain Bandits arrived and attacked them.

• Ye Luo and the others killed the Bandit Boss, gaining experience that raised Ye Luo to level 69 and Breaking Waves Riding Wind to level 70.
• June Flying Snow found keys to the mountain bandits’ hidden treasury among the Bandit Boss’s drops.
• June Flying Snow claimed a fire-enhancing cloak and learned Flame Cage, a five-second skill that trapped and damaged one target.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng sent Ban Ye Shu to search for the treasury and planned to lure the remaining bandits out from the prison.
• The Second Boss of the Mountain Bandits entered the cave, saw the dead bosses, and charged at Ye Luo and Hei Bai Qi to avenge them.

Ye Luo and the Misty Pavilion team fought the Second Boss of the Mountain Bandits, surviving his powerful area attacks with Zuo Shang Qin Xin’s timely Resurrection Prophecy. With the boss’s skills on cooldown and his health falling, the team gained control of the battle while discussing the rare skills they hoped he would drop.

• The team checked the Second Boss of the Mountain Bandits’ powerful attributes and skills, and Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned roles before Ye Luo charged in.
• Ye Luo and Hei Bai Qi attacked the boss while the others dealt damage, but the boss later unleashed Sword Qi Across and Meteor Fire Rain, badly injuring the group.
• Zuo Shang Qin Xin cast Resurrection Prophecy on Xing Qi Liu just before the fire rain killed her, allowing her to revive safely, and Yan Hua Yi Leng advised her to retreat from area attacks.
• The team recovered and resumed attacking, and June Flying Snow trapped the boss with Flame Cage as his health began to drop rapidly.
• The group discussed the skills they hoped the boss would drop, then Breaking Waves Riding Wind teased Ye Luo that he owed her a powerful skill.

Ye Luo's party defeated the Second Boss of the Mountain Bandits and found Wuchen, an inheritance spirit artifact that could let a qualified swordsman become a Taoist or Taoist Nun. Breaking Waves Riding Wind declined the inheritance, and Yan Hua Yi Leng suggested giving the whisk to Jian Wu instead.

• Ye Luo and the others defeated the Second Boss, gained levels, and found a Rare skill book that Breaking Waves Riding Wind learned as Sword Qi Across.
• Xing Qi Er noticed the boss's horsetail whisk remained after his death, and June Flying Snow picked it up and discovered it was an inheritance spirit artifact.
• June Flying Snow revealed Wuchen's attributes, which showed it could grant the Taoist or Taoist Nun profession to a First Advancement Swordsman who passed the inheritance trial.
• The group discussed whether Breaking Waves Riding Wind should accept the inheritance, but she hesitated because the Taoist combat style did not suit her and she already had a Hidden Profession Scroll.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng recommended giving Wuchen to Jian Wu, whom she considered a better fit for the Taoist profession.

Breaking Waves Riding Wind gave the Daoist inheritance whisk to Xing Qi Yi to distribute among Jian Wu and the others, while Yan Hua Yi Leng led the group to rescue the prison hostages and clear the bandit camp. June Flying Snow and Ban Ye Shu found over a hundred thousand Gold Coins and a powerful level-80 spear in the treasury, then hinted at an even more valuable discovery.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind decided to save the level-160 Hidden Profession Scroll for a powerful Swordsman profession and gave the Daoist whisk to Xing Qi Yi for Jian Wu and the others.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng sent June Flying Snow to the treasury and led Ye Luo and the others to attack the prison guards and rescue the hostages.
• Ye Luo and Hei Bai Qi held the prison entrance against the bandits while Xing Qi Liu and Zuo Shang Qin Xin opened the cells and healed the injured hostages.
• June Flying Snow and Ban Ye Shu reported finding well over a hundred thousand Gold Coins and a Gold Grade Dragon Gallant Spear suited to Hei Bai Qi.
• June Flying Snow teased that the treasury held something more valuable than the coins and spear, leaving the group eager to learn what it was.

June Flying Snow revealed a Mage-only Hidden Profession Scroll, and Xing Qi Er was chosen to use it and began its trial. The group prepared to clear the bandits while discussing how their growing lineup of damage-dealing Hidden Professions could help them win the upcoming level 70 Instance First Kill.

• June Flying Snow showed the group a Hidden Profession Scroll with no level restriction, but only Mages could use it.
• Xing Qi Yi gave the scroll to Xing Qi Er, explaining that Xing Qi Er had more time to level and lead the new members of the Misty Pavilion Branch Alliance.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng sent June Flying Snow and Ban Ye Shu back to retrieve the scroll and arranged for Xing Qi Er to begin her trial while the others fought the bandits.
• The group lent Xing Qi Er usable equipment, and Xing Qi Er activated the scroll and started the Hidden Profession Trial Mission.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng and Zuo Shang Qin Xin discussed how Xing Qi Er’s new profession could strengthen the guild’s damage output and chances in the level 70 Instance Mission.

Xing Qi Er completed her Hidden Profession trial and became an Ice and Snow Mage, gaining the Staff of Frost and skills centered on slowing, freezing, and controlling enemies. Yan Hua Yi Leng agreed to include her in the level 70 instance First Kill team, and the group continued fighting toward another level.

• Ye Luo and the others continued their assault after discussing why knights would eventually outclass Ye Luo in defense and HP.
• The system announced that Xing Qi Er had become an Ice and Snow Mage and received the Staff of Frost, a skill book, Luck Value, and Reputation Value.
• Xing Qi Er showed the group her staff and skills, including Ice Chain and the rewarded area skill Ice and Snow World.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng praised Xing Qi Er's potential, promised to bring her for the level 70 instance First Kill, and told Misty Pavilion to prioritize mage skills and elemental gear for her and June Flying Snow.
• Xing Qi Er joined the battle to improve her skill proficiency, while Xing Qi Liu noted that she was close to entering the top ten of the level rankings.

After killing the bandit leaders, Ye Luo and the group escorted the hostages safely down the mountain and back to the military camp. They prepared to turn in the mission and anticipated their fivefold rewards.

• Ye Luo and the group discussed their rapid level gains, their new inheritance opportunities, and the danger Heavenly Grief’s Blink skill posed to Ye Luo’s Charge.
• After killing the bandits in their path, the group chose to escort the hostages down the mountain rather than search for the remaining bandits.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned Ban Ye Shu to deliver the spirit artifact fly-whisk to Xing Qi Wu and help Jian Wu prepare for his inheritance while watching for interference from the Heavenly Alliance.
• The group escorted the hostages safely down the mountain, fending off fleeing bandits and preventing invisible Bandit Assassins from reaching them.
• Ye Luo and the others returned with over a hundred hostages to the growing military camp, where the centurion welcomed them as they anticipated completing the mission and receiving fivefold rewards.

Ye Luo and his group received generous rewards for rescuing all 100 hostages, and Ye Luo accepted a follow-up quest to stop the Demonic Army at Moon Gazing Canyon. Yan Hua Yi Leng organized Misty Pavilion’s players to reach Level 75 before the battle, while the group tried their Gacha draws and June Flying Snow was stunned by hers.

• Ye Luo and his group completed the Hostage Rescue quest without losing any hostages, earning multiplied rewards, and Ye Luo reached Level 72.
• Wang Yue thanked the group, explained that the Demonic Army planned to attack the military camp, and offered Ye Luo the quest to defend Moon Gazing Canyon in five days.
• Ye Luo accepted the shareable quest, which required up to thirty players of Level 75 or higher to withstand ten enemy waves.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng planned to get thirty Misty Pavilion players to Level 75, assigning Breaking Waves Riding Wind to level with Ye Luo and the others to train the remaining players.
• Ban Ye Shu returned to deliver Wuchen to Jian Wu, while Xing Qi Er explained the Gacha System and shared that she had drawn a Gold Grade ring.
• June Flying Snow saw her Gacha reward and stared in shock, leaving the group wondering what she had drawn.