Chapter Summaries

After Chang He Luo Ri’s defeat, Ye Luo faced Tiandi, who tried to recruit him before the duel. Their battle left both fighters locked in close combat, with neither yet gaining a decisive advantage.

• Chang He Luo Ri celebrated Ye Luo’s victory and approached June Flying Snow, while she silenced spectators who claimed he had thrown the match by challenging them to fight Ye Luo for one million Gold Coins.
• Tiandi stepped onto the stage and offered Ye Luo a position in the Heavenly Alliance, but Ye Luo refused and invited him to fight.
• Following Yan Hua Yi Leng’s advice, Ye Luo ignored Tiandi’s feint and exchanged area attacks with him, gaining an advantage in damage and defense.
• Tiandi used Sword Demon Wild Sweep and Sword Demon Wild Dance, but Ye Luo countered with Sweep Reincarnation and used Charge to break through the slowing sword phantoms.
• Ye Luo and Tiandi collided with Charge and were both stunned; when they recovered, each blocked the other’s Soul Shocking Slash, and they began fighting at close range.

Ye Luo fought Tiandi in a duel, adapting to the veteran Sword Demon’s fierce attacks and surviving his powerful skills. When Tiandi’s temporary boost expired and left him weakened, Ye Luo still had half his HP and the upper hand, leaving him poised to defeat Tiandi before facing Great Desert Lone Smoke.

• Ye Luo and Tiandi traded skills and blows, while Tiandi used Heaven Shaking Slash to deal nearly 7,000 damage.
• Ye Luo stayed close to interrupt Tiandi’s skills, struggled against his seasoned technique, then gradually adapted as Tiandi’s stamina waned.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others watched Ye Luo’s condition and predicted that he would outlast Tiandi, while Chang He Luo Ri hinted that his brother was powerful.
• Tiandi activated Sword Demon's Fury to boost his speed and attacks, and Ye Luo answered with Fearless Hero, Brave and Fearless, and a mutated Gale Pill.
• Ye Luo endured Tiandi’s assault for the skill’s full minute and retained half his HP, while Tiandi entered a weakened state.

Ye Luo defeated Tiandi, prompting Tiandi to renew his resolve to build Heavenly Alliance into a top-ten guild. Great Desert Lone Smoke then entered the arena to fight Ye Luo, and Fireworks Are Easily Cold warned that his Magic Warrior abilities could counter Ye Luo’s Charge.

• Ye Luo took advantage of Tiandi’s weakened attributes and defeated him, while Tiandi recovered his fighting spirit and vowed to invest more in Heavenly Alliance.
• God of Wine Dukang and the others discussed Ye Luo’s strength and the Celebrity Ranking trials, while Misty Pavilion celebrated its likely victory and winnings.
• Great Desert Lone Smoke entered the arena, taunted Ye Luo, and offered him time to restore his health, but Ye Luo refused and used a mutated pill to recover.
• As the two approached within Charge range, Fireworks Are Easily Cold explained that they were waiting because Great Desert Lone Smoke might use a Magic Warrior skill to escape and counter Ye Luo.

Ye Luo fought Great Desert Lone Smoke, using his speed and a corpse-poisoning strike to counter the Magic Warrior’s recovery. Great Desert Lone Smoke eventually broke away from their close-quarters duel with a teleporting skill, and Ye Luo recognized it as Magic Warrior Step, a move that could complicate their next exchange.

• Great Desert Lone Smoke and Ye Luo traded powerful skills, then fought cautiously at close range as their health recovered.
• Ye Luo struck Great Desert Lone Smoke with corpse poison, stopping his Soul Crystal recovery and forcing him to rely on medicine.
• Great Desert Lone Smoke pressed Ye Luo with his varied sword technique, but Ye Luo gradually adapted and began counterattacking.
• Great Desert Lone Smoke retreated to use a skill, then abandoned it when Ye Luo threatened him and teleported five meters away.
• Ye Luo charged from the ideal distance, but Great Desert Lone Smoke used Magic Warrior Step to instantly move five or six meters away.
• Ye Luo checked the combat log and learned that Magic Warrior Step let Great Desert Lone Smoke take five instant steps and had a three-minute cooldown.

Ye Luo used an Invisibility Pill to evade Great Desert Lone Smoke’s Charge and Area of Effect attacks, reversing the duel’s momentum. Yan Hua Yi Leng predicted that Ye Luo could use his own Charge and Soul Shocking Slash to launch a safer counterattack, though Great Desert Lone Smoke might still have other skills.

• Great Desert Lone Smoke prepared to use Charge and Soul Shocking Slash, while Ye Luo stayed calm instead of fleeing.
• Ye Luo activated an Invisibility Pill as Great Desert Lone Smoke used Charge, then retreated beyond the range of his follow-up attacks.
• Great Desert Lone Smoke’s Magic Warrior Sweep and Sword Qi Across failed to reveal or hit Ye Luo, leaving Ye Luo with the advantage.
• God of Wine Dukang and the others praised Ye Luo’s timing, while Yan Hua Yi Leng explained the risks of attempting a direct assassination.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng predicted that Ye Luo could approach Great Desert Lone Smoke, use Charge to stun him, and follow with Soul Shocking Slash, but cautioned that the outcome depended on Great Desert Lone Smoke’s remaining skills.

Ye Luo ambushed Great Desert Lone Smoke, but his opponent survived with Magic Shield and revealed that he was a Magic Warrior who could wield a staff and sword. Ye Luo fell into a disadvantageous fight, and Great Desert Lone Smoke guessed that the Reincarnator’s strength came from passive skills rather than active abilities.

• Ye Luo used a series of attacks to stun Great Desert Lone Smoke and deal heavy damage, but Magic Shield cut the damage in half.
• Great Desert Lone Smoke used a healing skill and a pill, then revealed his Magic Warrior class by summoning a Magic Staff.
• Great Desert Lone Smoke attacked Ye Luo with mage spells from a distance, then combined his staff and longsword attacks when Ye Luo closed in.
• Great Desert Lone Smoke overwhelmed Ye Luo in close combat and taunted him for not using Reincarnator-exclusive skills.
• Great Desert Lone Smoke guessed that Ye Luo’s Reincarnator relied on passive skills to boost his stats.

Ye Luo revealed that he could wield two weapons by snatching Ban Ye Shu’s dagger, then used dual-wielding and intricate footwork to seize the advantage against Great Desert Lone Smoke. Great Desert Lone Smoke struggled under Ye Luo’s relentless attacks and hesitated to use a skill that would cost him a level.

• Great Desert Lone Smoke used his Magic Staff and mage skills to gain the upper hand while Ye Luo fought without skills.
• Ye Luo challenged Great Desert Lone Smoke to a fair fight and asked Ban Ye Shu to attack him in sparring mode.
• Ye Luo snatched Ban Ye Shu’s dagger and returned to the arena holding it alongside his longsword.
• Ye Luo charged through Great Desert Lone Smoke’s ranged attacks and retained enough health to engage him at close range.
• Ye Luo’s dual-wielding and Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Footwork overwhelmed Great Desert Lone Smoke, while the spectators watched in astonishment.

Ye Luo defeated Great Desert Lone Smoke in the arena, but Great Desert Lone Smoke's Magic Warrior Curse left Ye Luo unable to recover health and steadily losing HP. His companions could not heal him, remove the curse, or cast Resurrection Prophecy on him, though Ye Luo remained unconcerned about the likely experience loss.

• Ye Luo gained the upper hand over Great Desert Lone Smoke with his speed, dual weapons, and Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Footwork, then killed him with a critical hit from Reincarnation Sweep.
• Great Desert Lone Smoke used Magic Warrior Curse before dying, sacrificing a level to make Ye Luo lose 1,000 HP per second and prevent recovery or medicine use.
• Ye Luo discovered the curse's effects and explained that Great Desert Lone Smoke had used a mutual-destruction skill.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng noticed Ye Luo's HP falling and summoned Zuo Shang Qin Xin and Xing Qi Liu to try to save him.
• Zuo Shang Qin Xin and Xing Qi Liu found that healing had no effect, Resurrection Prophecy could not be cast on Ye Luo, and Dispel could not remove the high-level curse.
• Ye Luo told his worried companions that he would only lose experience and remained unconcerned.

After Ye Luo won the arena battle against Heavenly Alliance, the Magic Warrior Curse killed him and cost him a level before Nü Er Hong dispelled it. Misty Pavilion celebrated its victory and prepared Ye Luo for a Celebrity Ranking trial, while Yan Hua Yi Leng planned how to manage the guild’s winnings ahead of major financial groups entering the game.

• Ye Luo died under the Magic Warrior Curse, lost a level, and revived with the curse still active, prompting the group to seek a way to dispel it.
• God of Wine Dukang arrived with Nü Er Hong, announced Heavenly Alliance had paid the wager, and asked Nü Er Hong to save Ye Luo; she removed the curse with Holy Dispel.
• Nü Er Hong teased Ye Luo and secured his promise to help her someday, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind argued with her until God of Wine Dukang intervened.
• Jian Nan Chun said Ye Luo’s performance qualified him for a Celebrity Ranking trial, and God of Wine Dukang gave Breaking Waves Riding Wind the wager’s Hidden Profession Scroll and three Skill Books.
• Misty Pavilion players celebrated Ye Luo as their guild leader, and Yan Hua Yi Leng learned that the guild had won more than twenty-six million Gold Coins after tax.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng told Zuo Qin Xin to convert most of the Gold Coins into cash, keeping five million for emergencies, and noted that major financial groups would soon invest in the game.

Misty Pavilion discussed its funding and combat plans before distributing the loot won from Heavenly Alliance. Zhi Yue learned a riding skill that let her fight atop the Ice Fire Tiger Demon King, giving her a way to outrun many melee opponents.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Yan Hua Yi Leng discussed Misty Pavilion’s lack of funding and plans to support the guild through its own business and combat strength.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind offered the Hidden Profession Scroll and rare Skill Books to Ye Luo, Yan Hua Yi Leng, and Zhi Yue, and Yan Hua Yi Leng chose an Archer Class skill while giving Ye Luo first claim on the sword-class book.
• Ye Luo accepted the powerful sword-class Skill Book after Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that he needed more skills, and June Flying Snow learned a Blazing Mage Magic Shield skill.
• Zhi Yue learned an active skill that let her ride a suitable Summoned Beast and attack from its back, then rode the Ice Fire Tiger Demon King around the arena.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng said the Ice Fire Tiger Demon King was faster than many melee classes and could become slightly faster than Ye Luo with Zhi Yue’s Second Advancement skill.

After Misty Pavilion's members learned new skills and assigned an assassin Hidden Profession scroll to Ban Ye Shu, Yan Hua Yi Leng organized the guild and warned that Heavenly Alliance might retaliate. As they traveled to train for the coming large-scale quest, Yan Hua Yi Leng explained the Celebrity Ranking trial and urged Ye Luo to prepare for it.

• June Flying Snow shared Flame Shield's description, and Ye Luo revealed that Heaven Shaking Slash dealt 160% damage and increased Critical Hit chance.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind gave Ban Ye Shu the assassin Hidden Profession scroll, and Ban Ye Shu began using it.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned guild members to prepare for the next day's quest, keep the guild's plans secret, and move together with the branch guild.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng told Ye Luo to practice his controls and level up for the Celebrity Ranking trial, explaining that challengers could choose basic classes and might unlock Dual Wielding at Third Advancement.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind encouraged Ye Luo by explaining that defeating every trial opponent could raise his ranking directly to 90th, while Yan Hua Yi Leng planned to gather opponents' information and battle videos.

Ban Ye Shu completed his Hidden Profession trial and became a Gale Assassin as Misty Pavilion's leaders discussed his abilities and strengthened their branch alliance. The chapter ended with Ye Luo learning that swordsmen and berserkers could also ride mounts and join a cavalry force.

• The system announced that Ban Ye Shu had become a Gale Assassin and received the exclusive weapon Gale Thorn, a skill book, Luck, and Reputation.
• Ye Luo and the others met Misty Pavilion's four-thousand-member branch alliance, where Xing Qi Yi and Jian Shi Si introduced its leaders and recruitment structure.
• Ye Luo demonstrated his strength by easily killing level 85 War Song Grade Monsters while June Flying Snow drew them to him.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng urged Xing Qi Yi and Jian Shi Si to keep recruitment strict as the leaders discussed building Misty Pavilion's distinctive elite force.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Hei Bai Qi proposed forming a cavalry force, and Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that swordsmen and berserkers could ride mounts too.

Yan Hua Yi Leng organized Misty Pavilion’s recruitment and scouting plans while the group discussed Ban Ye Shu’s transfer to the branch alliance. Ban Ye Shu demonstrated his Gale Assassin abilities, and the chapter ended with him revealing the details of his Wind Array trap skill.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng told Ye Luo to lead Misty Pavilion while she and Xing Qi Yi handled cavalry planning and recruitment; she assigned Jian Yi and the others to investigate monsters around Luoshui Town.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind proposed sending Ban Ye Shu to the branch alliance to guide Jian Yi’s assassin squad, and the others supported the idea.
• Ye Luo sensed an invisible presence nearby and identified it as Ban Ye Shu, but Yan Hua Yi Leng exposed his location with Ice Spirit Volley of Arrows by noticing a faint breeze.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng analyzed Ban Ye Shu’s Gale Power and explained how it enhanced his attack speed, movement speed, and wind damage.
• Ban Ye Shu described his enhanced assassin skills and revealed Wind Array, a trap that damaged and slowed hostile targets in a five-meter area.

Ban Ye Shu revealed the Gale Assassin’s skills and agreed to transfer to Ye Luo’s branch alliance to build an assassin force. The group then selected core Misty Pavilion players for the next day’s Defend Against the Demonic Army mission and planned how to notify the branch alliance.

• Ban Ye Shu shared descriptions of Wind Strike, Rend, and Wind Bind Technique, and the group praised their combat potential.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind told Ban Ye Shu he would lead Jian Yi and the others in the branch alliance, and he agreed while criticizing the assassin skills of the women in the main group.
• Ban Ye Shu said he wanted to work with Ye Luo because the branch alliance had strong players and Ye Luo often obtained valuable missions.
• Ye Luo described his difficult, confusing missions, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Xing Qi Er noted the potential rewards for completing them.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng, Zuo Qin Xin, and Xing Qi Yi selected core players for the next day’s mission, and Yan Hua Yi Leng told Ye Luo to invite branch alliance members without revealing what the mission was.

Ye Luo prepared for the Defend Against the Demonic Army mission by building ties with Misty Pavilion’s members and gathering an elite team. At Moon Gazing Canyon, Yan Hua Yi Leng positioned the team to meet the approaching monsters, and Ban Ye Shu reported that Demonized Marching Ants were advancing.

• Ye Luo refined pills, helped Misty Pavilion Branch Alliance members, and rose to first place in guild points after donating equipment and supplies.
• Ye Luo and Xing Qi Yi summoned the selected elite players and prepared them for the mission, then Ye Luo led the group toward Moon Gazing Canyon.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned scouts, placed Xian Xian Yu Shou and other elite assassins under Ye Luo’s command, and explained the mission to the team.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng chose the canyon’s narrowest point for the defense and arranged Ye Luo, Hei Bai Qi, Jian Ba, and the Ice Fire Tiger Demon King as the front line.
• Ban Ye Shu scouted ahead and sent the team a monster compendium identifying the approaching enemies as level 70 Demonized Marching Ants.

Yan Hua Yi Leng’s team fought off the first wave of Level 70 Demonized Marching Ants, gaining experience while showcasing Ye Luo’s exceptional damage and Hei Bai Qi’s defense. Ban Ye Shu spotted the Army Ant King as it arrived, and the team prepared to face the Gold Grade Boss.

• June Flying Snow questioned why the first-wave marching ants were only Level 70, while San Mei Shi and Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that later waves would grow stronger.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned roles, and Ban Ye Shu set up formations as the team prepared for the ant swarm.
• Hei Bai Qi drew the ants’ aggro and withstood their attacks while the team used Area of Effect skills to kill them rapidly.
• Ye Luo’s attacks dealt extraordinary damage, and Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that his equipment, Reincarnator attributes, and General Skill boosted his output.
• Ban Ye Shu announced the Army Ant King’s arrival, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind noted that its rapid-attack passive would be useful for Ye Luo to copy.

Ye Luo and Xiao Shu killed the Army Ant King, and the group distributed its loot before preparing for the next wave of the defense quest. Xiao Shu scouted thousands of level 75 Demonic Sand Scorpions approaching, leaving Misty Pavilion ready to fight the Desert Legion.

• Ye Luo and Xiao Shu stunned and attacked the level 70 Army Ant King until they killed it in barely two minutes.
• Xian Xian Yu Shou won the Gold Grade dagger, Ye Luo equipped the Gold Grade cloak, San Mei Shi received the gauntlets, and Xing Qi Si took the Army Ant King Pet Egg.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng sent Xiao Shu to scout the next wave, and he reported that level 75 Demonic Sand Scorpions were approaching.
• Hei Bai Qi warned that later waves could reach level 115, while Yan Hua Yi Leng and San Mei Shi pointed out that the quest would quickly raise the group's levels.
• Thousands of Demonic Sand Scorpions surged toward the group, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind identified them as part of the Desert Legion.

Ye Luo’s group cleared the Desert Scorpions and Desert Iguanas, gaining levels and equipment as they advanced through the desert legion. Ye Luo copied and advanced the Iguanas’ camouflage skill, while the chapter ended with the group debating who should receive the Desert Iguana King’s Skill Book.

• The group defeated the Desert Scorpions and their level 75 Gold Grade King, distributing the dropped equipment among Misty Pavilion members and Ye Luo.
• Ban Ye Shu gathered information on the level 80 Desert Iguanas, and the group began fighting them as Hei Bai Qi led the charge.
• Ye Luo copied the Desert Iguanas’ camouflage skill, which advanced under the Power of Reincarnation and raised his Evasion Rate by 15%.
• The group killed the level 80 Desert Iguana King, but Xing Qi Wu did not get the Pet Egg she wanted; the Boss dropped two pieces of equipment and a Skill Book.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind claimed the Skill Book if it proved to be the skill she wanted, while Hei Bai Qi argued that knights also needed its evasion benefits.

Breaking Waves Riding Wind learned Thunder Transformation, and Ye Luo’s group fought the fourth wave of Desert Rattlesnakes while advancing their quest. Their leveling drew attention from major guilds, and God of Wine Dukang realized the quest was likely connected to the Rank System, raising concerns about Misty Pavilion’s growing prominence.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind received the Thunder Transformation Skill Book, while Yan Hua Yi Leng explained why its offense-and-defense balance suited her better than Hei Bai Qi.
• Ban Ye Shu returned with the Desert Rattlesnake attributes, and Ye Luo led the group against the venomous monsters while Breaking Waves Riding Wind tested her new skill.
• Xing Qi Wu wished for a Rattlesnake King Pet Egg and a Fusion Scroll so she could strengthen her Python King through fusion.
• Ye Luo and his group quickly defeated the rattlesnakes and leveled up together, prompting major guilds to send scouts to investigate their large-scale quest.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind told God of Wine Dukang that the quest might involve the Rank System, and Dukang suspected Misty Pavilion’s rapid rise could bring trouble.

Yan Hua Yi Leng’s group defeated the Rattlesnake King and obtained a rare sonic area-control skill book, which she planned to use to attract talented players to Misty Pavilion. The group then prepared to face level 90 Desert Vipers as rival guilds investigated their quest.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng learned that rival guilds, especially Heavenly Alliance, were sending scouts and preparing to disrupt Misty Pavilion’s major quest, so she stationed Jian Yi, Jian San, and others around the perimeter.
• Ye Luo and Hei Bai Qi tanked the Rattlesnake King while the group interrupted its skills and defeated it without letting it cast an area attack.
• The Rattlesnake King dropped a level 80 Gold Grade axe, armor, and a rare sonic skill book restricted to Melody System spellcasters; Yan Hua Yi Leng told June Flying Snow to place the skill books in the Guild Warehouse for eligible players.
• Ban Ye Shu reported that the fifth wave consisted of level 90 Desert Vipers, and the group discussed their pets as the monsters approached.
• June Flying Snow praised Ye Luo and Hei Bai Qi as the group’s strongest fighters, prompting Breaking Waves Riding Wind to complain that she had been overlooked.