Chapter Summaries

Ye Luo and the Misty Pavilion group cleared the fifth wave of Desert Vipers, then faced Level 95 Desert Spirit Minks in the sixth wave. Zhi Yue won the monster bet and gained priority on Boss drops, while Hei Bai Qi hoped the Spirit Mink King would drop an evasion Skill Book.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind charged into a pack of Vipers, but retreated after their attacks overwhelmed her, prompting her to wish for more life-steal equipment.
• Zhi Yue, Xing Qi Wu, Xing Qi Si, Xingqisan, Breaking Waves Riding Wind, and Ye Luo bet on what monsters would appear next, with the winner earning priority in choosing Boss drops.
• Ye Luo and the group finished off the Desert Vipers and their Level 90 Viper King, whose best drop was a magic-damage staff that went to Xingqisan.
• Ban Ye Shu reported that the sixth wave consisted of Desert Spirit Minks, confirming Zhi Yue's bet and giving her first choice of drops.
• Hei Bai Qi asked Zhi Yue to let her have any evasion Skill Book from the Spirit Mink King, and Zhi Yue agreed.
• Ye Luo and Hei Bai Qi held the Spirit Mink King's aggro as the group fought the Level 95 Gold Grade Boss.

Ye Luo's group defeated the Spirit Mink King and distributed its Gold Grade cloak and necklace before Ban Ye Shu scouted the next monsters. The group discovered level 100 Thorn Cacti, whose increased strength promised a tougher fight.

• Ye Luo and his group killed the Spirit Mink King, and Xing Qi Ba looted a Gold Grade cloak and necklace.
• Zhi Yue equipped the Spirit Mink Cloak, strengthening her Ice Fire Tiger Demon King, while Zuo Qin Xin received the Spirit Mink Chain and improved her healing.
• The group distributed the remaining low-grade drops, and Ban Ye Shu left to scout the next wave of monsters.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind proposed another guessing bet while the others waited for Ban Ye Shu to return.
• Ban Ye Shu revealed that the next monsters were level 100 Thorn Cacti, and June Flying Snow won priority over their drops.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng noted that the Thorn Cacti's powerful attributes would make the coming fight difficult.

The group defeated waves of Thorn Cacti using Yan Hua Yi Leng’s tactics, then faced the level 100 Thorn Cactus King. Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned Ye Luo as the main tank and laid out a plan as the boss fight began.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng directed the group to fight the Thorn Cacti from a narrow position and interrupt their Rain of Needles with control skills.
• The group coordinated their attacks, prevented multiple cacti from using Rain of Needles together, and gathered equipment, money, and crafting materials.
• Ye Luo was disappointed that he had not learned Thorned Stab after killing thousands of cacti, but the group eventually defeated the lesser monsters.
• The Thorn Cactus King appeared with powerful poison, spike, jumping, and rolling skills, and San Mei Shi warned that its attacks could kill lightly armored players.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned Ye Luo to tank with Hei Bai Qi and Jian Ba assisting, while the rest attacked from range and healers watched the group’s health.
• Hei Bai Qi, Breaking Waves Riding Wind, and Ye Luo charged the boss as Ban Ye Shu and Yan Hua Yi Leng discussed their potential damage.

Ye Luo and the others defeated the Thorn Cactus King after a difficult battle, but Ye Luo failed to copy its skill. They turned to Xing Qi Ba to inspect the drops, where a purple Skill Book raised hopes that it might be the rare skill Hei Bai Qi wanted.

• Ban Ye Shu briefly bound the Thorn Cactus King, and the group attacked while Ye Luo dealt heavy damage with a 5x hit.
• June Flying Snow and Xing Qi Er trapped and froze the Boss with fire and ice skills, while Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind kept its attention.
• The Thorn Cactus King unleashed several area attacks, but the group avoided disaster and reduced its health to 2%.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng told everyone to hold back so Ye Luo could try to copy the Boss's skill when he killed it, but he failed to learn it.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind sent Xing Qi Ba to loot the corpse, and the group spotted a purple Skill Book that might be the skill Hei Bai Qi wanted.

Misty Pavilion divided up the latest drops, strengthening Yan Hua Yi Leng and Hei Bai Qi while discussing its elite teams. As the group prepared for the eighth wave of the trial, they placed bets on what monsters would appear next.

• Xing Qi Ba found a powerful Level 80 Gold Grade heavy armor breastplate, and the group decided to save it for Breaking Waves Riding Wind while Ye Luo kept his Hero Set.
• Xing Qi Ba distributed a Gold Grade longbow to Jian Shi Yi and a Gold Grade archer medal to Yan Hua Yi Leng, whose combat strength rose considerably.
• Hei Bai Qi won her bet with June Flying Snow and learned a passive skill that increased her defense and reflected melee damage.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng sent Ban Ye Shu to scout the Level 105 monsters of the eighth wave, while the group healed and replenished mana.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others wagered on the next wave's monsters, and Hei Bai Qi teased them about their guesses.

Ban Ye Shu confirmed that the Desert Legion’s next monster was a mummy, and Misty Pavilion prepared to fight it despite its high Defense and dangerous binding skill. As the battle began, Ye Luo repeatedly landed powerful critical hits, leaving Breaking Waves Riding Wind frustrated that she could not match his damage or trigger her own weapon’s critical effect.

• Ban Ye Shu revealed the mummy’s stats, and Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned the knights to assist with tanking while warning the team about Corpse Cloth Wrap.
• The mummies approached, and Hei Bai Qi and Jian Ba discovered that their attacks dealt little damage against the monsters’ high Defense.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind dealt 5831 damage with Thunder Slash, but Ye Luo’s attacks produced far larger numbers through critical hits and weapon traits.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind challenged Ye Luo to use normal attacks, but his strike still dealt 9876 damage and outdid her skill.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind attacked for three minutes without triggering a triple critical strike and blamed Ye Luo for stealing her luck.

Ye Luo and his group defeated the ordinary mummies and faced the level 105 Gold Grade Mummy Sorcerer, whose powerful magic and deadly skills threatened their melee fighters. Ye Luo took its aggro and began attacking while the group adjusted to the Boss’s strong resistance to control skills.

• Ye Luo and his group found that they could dodge Corpse Cloth Wrap or cut the burial cloth to escape, then spent over an hour clearing the mummies.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others spotted the Mummy Sorcerer and examined its high stats, corpse qi aura, binding attack, and lethal skills.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng estimated that Ye Luo could withstand the Mummy Sorcerer’s attacks, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind urged the group to keep their health high and save control skills to interrupt Reaper's Scythe.
• Hei Bai Qi charged the Mummy Sorcerer, and Ye Luo followed with attacks that dealt heavy damage and stunned it, drawing its aggro.
• The assassins’ control skills mostly missed, so Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that Bosses had unusually high resistance to control skills; Hei Bai Qi and the others continued attacking.

Ye Luo and the others defeated the Mummy Sorcerer after he repeatedly dodged its dangerous skills and kept its aggro. The boss dropped the Dark Gold mask Flame Sword Dance, which June Flying Snow claimed and equipped.

• The Mummy Sorcerer used Yellow Springs Tremor, but Ye Luo escaped its range and charged back to reclaim its aggro.
• Ye Luo endured the Mummy Sorcerer's Reaper's Scythe attacks as the group steadily depleted the boss's health and defeated it.
• Xing Qi Ba first found a level 100 white-tier item, then looted the Dark Gold mask Flame Sword Dance.
• The group joked with June Flying Snow about giving the mask to a Blazing Swordsman, and she revealed her agreement with Chang He Luo Ri to recruit him after three months.
• June Flying Snow equipped Flame Sword Dance, gaining health and fire-skill bonuses, then declined to tank the next wave of monsters.

After the Mummy Sorcerer’s defeat, the team examined its rare Skill Books and found that only Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Ye Luo could learn them. They divided the skills between them, with Breaking Waves Riding Wind learning Scythe Slash and Ye Luo taking Domain Shatter.

• Xing Qi Ba revealed that the first rare Skill Book was Scythe Slash, a powerful single-target attack that could instantly kill targets below 15% HP, excluding monster bosses.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind learned Scythe Slash, while tests showed that Ye Luo was also eligible and the skill did not conflict with Heaven Shaking Slash.
• Xing Qi Ba revealed a second rare Skill Book, Domain Shatter, which created an area that damaged and stunned hostile targets.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng recommended that Ye Luo take Domain Shatter for his role as the team’s main attacker and tank, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind kept Scythe Slash.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Ye Luo accepted their respective Skill Books, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind hoped Scythe Slash would advance into an even stronger skill.

Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Ye Luo learned powerful evolved skills while the party discussed its prospects against Heavenly Alliance. Ban Ye Shu scouted the next wave and found Desert Vultures, and Yan Hua Yi Leng warned that the party had to kill them quickly because later waves arrived sooner after an early clear.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind learned Raging Thunder Scythe, and Ye Luo revealed Reincarnation Shatter to the party.
• The group discussed how Ye Luo and Misty Pavilion might face Heavenly Alliance and Great Desert Lone Smoke.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind bet that the next monsters would be sphinxes, but Ban Ye Shu scouted Desert Vultures instead.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that the vultures would have to descend to attack because the quest could not be impossible to complete.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng warned that the interval before new waves shortened when the previous wave was cleared early, so the party had to finish within 75 minutes.

Ye Luo and the others fought the Desert Vultures while preparing for the final wave of monsters and its boss. When the Desert Vulture King appeared alongside charging ground enemies, the team split up, and Ye Luo’s group lured the boss away to fight it separately.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng warned that the final wave would be stronger and urged everyone to spend mana to kill the Desert Vultures quickly.
• The team struggled to keep up with the vultures’ damage and discussed buying Hidden Profession Scrolls to strengthen their healing and damage.
• After seventy-five minutes, the Desert Vulture King appeared as ground monsters charged in, so Yan Hua Yi Leng divided the team between the boss and the incoming horde.
• Ye Luo, Breaking Waves Riding Wind, June Flying Snow, and their companions lured the Desert Vulture King away while the others prepared to hold back the ground monsters.
• Ye Luo’s group checked the level 110 Gold Grade boss’s attributes, and June Flying Snow worried that its powerful attacks would overwhelm Zuo Qin Xin’s healing.

Yan Hua Yi Leng's group fought the Desert Vulture King while Ye Luo took over as its primary target and recovered from a dangerous attack. Yan Hua Yi Leng then learned that Heavenly Alliance was marching toward them, and the group faced the prospect of fighting both the remaining monsters and a much larger force.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind opened the fight against the Desert Vulture King, and Ban Ye Shu bound it while the group attacked inside Xing Qi Er's Ice and Snow World.
• Ye Luo drew the Vulture King's aggro, survived its Advanced Raptor Peck with lifesteal and Zuo Qin Xin's healing, and restored his HP with critical hits.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng received word that Heavenly Alliance had discovered their location and was sending a large force toward them.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng and Zuo Qin Xin concluded that the other guilds had inferred the group was on a major quest from their rapid level gains and the influx of players into Luoshui Town.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng estimated that an advance force of several thousand would arrive in a little over fifty minutes, with a main force of over a hundred thousand behind it.
• The group realized they could not finish the monster waves before Heavenly Alliance arrived and would have to defend themselves while still fighting the monsters.

Yan Hua Yi Leng devised a plan to complete the monster mission while preparing for Heavenly Alliance’s approaching army. Ye Luo would build his attack power by killing 200 enemies, while the others delayed Heavenly Alliance and protected the mission; the Desert Vulture King began preparing a powerful attack.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind rejected abandoning the mission, and Yan Hua Yi Leng warned that Heavenly Alliance’s huge force was meant to cripple Misty Pavilion’s army.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng planned for Ye Luo to kill 200 enemies and double his attack power while she, Breaking Waves Riding Wind, and Ban Ye Shu distracted Great Desert Lone Smoke and Tiandi.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng ordered Ban Ye Shu to send elite assassin squads after Heavenly Alliance and told Jian Yi and others to drop rocks into Moon Gazing Canyon to obstruct attackers and monsters.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that Hei Bai Qi and the others could hold the mission even if the rest died, and Ye Luo agreed to take responsibility for killing enemies quickly.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng told Ye Luo to watch for Heavenly Demon stealing the boss’s drops and had Ban Ye Shu set up wind formations as the Desert Vulture King prepared Feather Flying Sword.

Ye Luo and his companions defeated the Desert Vulture King and joined Hei Bai Qi’s group against the final wave of level 120 Desert Black Knights. Yan Hua Yi Leng warned them that the Heavenly Alliance was coming, but said she had a plan to protect their quest.

• Ye Luo survived the Vulture King’s Feather Flying Sword and interrupted its follow-up attack with a passive stun, allowing the group to stabilize and kill the boss.
• June Flying Snow collected the Vulture King’s drops while Ye Luo and the others went to support Hei Bai Qi’s group.
• Ban Ye Shu identified the approaching monsters as level 120 Desert Black Knights, whose powerful cavalry attacks had pressured Hei Bai Qi and the others.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng revealed that the Heavenly Alliance had located them and would arrive in about half an hour, prompting fears that their quest could be disrupted.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng reassured the group that there was no traitor and said she already had a way to deal with the coming battle.

Yan Hua Yi Leng prepared Heavenly Tribulation to defend Moon Gazing Canyon against Heavenly Alliance while the group examined the Desert Vulture King’s drops. They found powerful equipment for Breaking Waves Riding Wind, and Yan Hua Yi Leng planned to give her both the cloak and an invincibility-granting helmet for the coming fight.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned Sister Qi and the others to hold back the monsters while the rest prepared to fight Heavenly Alliance at Moon Gazing Canyon.
• Zhi Yue asked whether the Desert Vulture King had dropped a rideable flying pet, but Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that flying mounts consumed stamina too quickly to be practical early in the game.
• June Flying Snow revealed a Level 100 Gold Grade cloak restricted to female players, with a teleport skill and a level requirement reduction.
• The group chose the cloak for Breaking Waves Riding Wind, who planned to charge into Heavenly Alliance's formation alongside Ye Luo.
• June Flying Snow revealed a helmet with a five-second invincibility skill, and Yan Hua Yi Leng argued that Breaking Waves Riding Wind should receive it instead of Ye Luo so they could attack together.

The group divided the Desert Vulture King's drops, and Ye Luo learned a God Grade skill that evolved into Reincarnation Guardian. They continued killing monsters while preparing for a possible ambush by Heavenly Alliance and the next wave's stronger boss.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind took King's Crown while Ye Luo accepted the God Grade skill book, after they argued that he would make better use of it.
• Ye Luo learned Reincarnation Guardian, gaining six seconds of immunity followed by an area attack against nearby enemies.
• Jian Wu equipped the level 100 Gold Grade shield in his off-hand and agreed to switch to it when he needed more defense.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng told the group to keep killing monsters and warned Ye Luo to watch for Heavenly Demon before Heavenly Alliance ambushed them.
• June Flying Snow and Yan Hua Yi Leng suspected the final boss of the level 120 wave could be a Dark Gold Grade monster.

Misty Pavilion prepared to use Moon Gazing Canyon’s terrain and the arriving monsters against Heavenly Alliance, while Tiandi organized a cautious assault on their position. As both forces closed in, Yan Hua Yi Leng ordered Misty Pavilion to change tactics and prepare an ambush.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng proposed using Heavenly Alliance to help contain the boss, with Ye Luo building up his attack power if the enemy delayed, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind promised to follow orders.
• Tiandi and Great Desert Lone Smoke arrived with Heavenly Alliance’s advance force, assessed the canyon, and planned to tie down Misty Pavilion’s leaders while the main army broke through.
• Great Desert Lone Smoke prepared to face Ye Luo again, and Tiandi ordered Little Demon’s assassins and the ranged forces to advance cautiously.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng saw Heavenly Alliance’s several thousand players approach and ordered Misty Pavilion’s knights to charge before the group used Invisibility Pills and hid among the rocks.

Misty Pavilion and Heavenly Alliance clashed in a narrow canyon while the Desert Black Knights charged between them. Yan Hua Yi Leng’s high-ground attacks slowed Heavenly Alliance and exposed hidden assassins, allowing Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind to attack as San Mei Shi and others escaped the cavalry by climbing the canyon walls.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng ordered the priests to cast Resurrection Prophecy and told Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind to follow Hei Bai Qi’s group while Misty Pavilion prepared to draw the black knights toward Heavenly Alliance.
• Ban Ye Shu and Xing Qi Er slowed the Desert Black Knights, and Hei Bai Qi’s group charged toward Heavenly Alliance as the rest of Misty Pavilion hid behind boulders or used Invisibility Pills.
• Tiandi and Great Desert Lone Smoke recognized the plan to redirect the monsters and ordered Heavenly Alliance to expose invisible players, summon beasts, and hold off the cavalry.
• The Desert Black Knights regained speed, knocked aside boulders, and trampled some hidden Misty Pavilion players; Yan Hua Yi Leng told the fallen to wait for resurrection rather than return to the city.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng leaped onto a massive boulder and used her range advantage to hit and slow Heavenly Alliance, exposing hidden assassins and opening a path for Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind to attack.
• San Mei Shi climbed onto the canyon walls to avoid the cavalry, while Ban Ye Shu, Xian Xian Yu Shou, and others clung to the cliffs.

Misty Pavilion used the canyon terrain to ambush the Heavenly Alliance, while Yan Hua Yi Leng attacked from the cliffs and Ye Luo and his allies broke into the enemy formation. The fighting left Heavenly Demon badly wounded as Ye Luo pressed toward the Heavenly Alliance’s rear.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng climbed above the battlefield, shared Ye Luo’s vision, and knocked back enemies trying to reach her on the cliff.
• Hei Bai Qi and the other knights charged into the Heavenly Alliance, stunning and damaging their fighters while Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind cleared nearby enemies with area attacks.
• Hei Bai Qi charged Great Desert Lone Smoke, forcing him to retreat, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind intercepted Tiandi and Jian Liu stopped Heavenly Calamity from attacking her.
• Ye Luo continued toward the enemy’s rear formation and blocked Heavenly Demon’s dagger strike, then Jian Qi tracked Heavenly Demon’s position and hit him with successive skills, leaving him with less than 10,000 health.

Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind killed Heavenly Demon, then broke through Heavenly Alliance’s summoned-beast barrier and attacked its vulnerable archers and mages. As the Desert Black Knights crushed the retreating defenders, Ye Luo’s growing attack power accelerated his rampage.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Yan Hua Yi Leng coordinated their attacks to kill Heavenly Demon after his Resurrection Prophecy triggered.
• Ye Luo charged toward Heavenly Alliance’s rear while Tiandi and Great Desert Lone Smoke attacked Hei Bai Qi and the others.
• The Desert Black Knights charged into the battle, forcing Heavenly Alliance to retreat and killing many of its players.
• Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind used Movement Skills to cross the summoned beasts and enter Heavenly Alliance’s ranks.
• Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind cut through the archers and mages, recovering health with lifesteal as Ye Luo’s attack rose with each kill.
• Ye Luo reported that he had killed thirty-two people and gained 1,500 attack, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind said she had killed twenty-five.