Chapter Summaries

Ye Luo and the Misty Pavilion group arrived at Heavenly Battle Heroes’ studio to bring Chang He Luo Ri away. Chang He Luo Ri agreed to join them, but hesitated because his big brother had signed a contract on his behalf, leaving the group to consider the consequences for his family.

• Zuo Shang Qin Xin revealed that she carried specialized scalpels that she could also use as throwing knives, and the group set out to find Chang He Luo Ri.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind told Ban Ye Shu to ask the Feng Family for another car, and he contacted them before the group reached Heavenly Battle Heroes’ suburban villa compound.
• June Flying Snow and the others found Chang He Luo Ri surrounded by Heavenly Battle Heroes members, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind forced her way through the crowd to stand beside him.
• June Flying Snow invited Chang He Luo Ri to join Misty Pavilion, and he agreed but revealed that his big brother had signed a contract on his behalf.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind dismissed the contract as invalid, but Chang He Luo Ri worried that his big brother would still be held responsible.

Chang He Luo Ri prepared to leave Heavenly Battle Heroes and join Misty Pavilion, but Great Desert Lone Smoke said he had already handled the contract penalty. After Misty Pavilion’s victory over Heavenly Battle Heroes, Yan Hua Yi Leng threatened to help remove them from the top ten guilds if they returned to Nightmare Abyss, and Tiandi agreed to stay away.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others offered to cover Chang He Luo Ri’s fifty-million penalty fee so he could leave Heavenly Battle Heroes and join Misty Pavilion.
• Ban Ye Shu agreed to pay the fee to bring Chang He Luo Ri into Mo Shou, but Great Desert Lone Smoke arrived and said he had already handled the contract, so Chang He Luo Ri would go to Misty Pavilion.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind joked about Misty Pavilion’s lack of salaries and told Ban Ye Shu that he would need to pay if he wanted Chang He Luo Ri’s help for Mo Shou.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind reminded Tiandi and Zhan Tian Xia that they had agreed to stop pursuing Nightmare Abyss after losing, but Zhan Tian Xia refused and blamed Misty Pavilion’s mechanical grenades.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng threatened to help Gu Feng Lou and General's Tomb push Heavenly Battle Heroes out of the top ten guilds if they returned to Nightmare Abyss, and Tiandi agreed to leave the area alone.

After securing peace with Heavenly Battle Heroes, Misty Pavilion welcomed Chang He Luo Ri and planned his return to the game. The group discussed his training and Hidden Profession, then considered taming and selling Dark Gold Grade mounts as Misty Pavilion prepared to build its own cavalry.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng warned Tiandi that Misty Pavilion would ally against Heavenly Battle Heroes if they became enemies again, and Tiandi promised to leave Misty Pavilion alone.
• Chang He Luo Ri said goodbye to Great Desert Lone Smoke and agreed to join Misty Pavilion after signing his contract and receiving fifty million.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng arranged for June Flying Snow to help Chang He Luo Ri level and asked Ban Ye Shu to find him a swordsman Hidden Profession Scroll, but Chang He Luo Ri insisted on choosing his own Hidden Profession.
• Ye Luo explained how a new character could accept the Heavenly Tribulation Trial Mission, and Chang He Luo Ri agreed to try it.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others discussed Misty Pavilion's efforts to tame Dark Gold Grade mounts and considered Uncle Jiushin's offer of two million Gold Coin per mount.
• The group decided Misty Pavilion should equip its own cavalry first, while possibly giving Uncle Jiushin's people one or two mounts to establish their prestige.

Misty Pavilion named its new force the Nightmare Cavalry and began building it by taming Skeleton Nightmare Beasts. After reviewing their victory over Heavenly Battle Heroes and distributing loot plans, the guild prepared for the Martial Arts Tournament while Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind made rapid progress taming mounts.

• San Mei Shi proposed the name Nightmare Cavalry, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind approved it for Misty Pavilion’s cavalry.
• Xing Qi Yi reported that Misty Pavilion had killed roughly 1.35 million Heavenly Battle Heroes players while losing 7,862, and that the battle yielded 114 Immortal artifacts and hundreds of thousands of Dark Gold Grade equipment pieces.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned most of the group to tame Skeleton Nightmare Beasts in the Nightmare Abyss, while Zhi Yue continued leveling Little Gold and Ice and Fire.
• June Flying Snow bought equipment and Skill Books for Chang He Luo Ri, and Hei Bai Qi explained that the Martial Arts Tournament would begin at ten the next morning.
• Ye Luo tamed twenty to thirty Skeleton Nightmare Beasts, helping Misty Pavilion reach roughly two to three hundred mounts, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind noticed that repeated use of the Animal Taming Technique seemed to improve her success rate.

Chang He Luo Ri completed an SSS mid-difficulty Heavenly Tribulation Trial Mission and became the Unique Hidden Profession Shushan Swordsman, giving Misty Pavilion a powerful new swordsman. The chapter ended with Ye Luo's group preparing for the Martial Arts Tournament and discovering betting odds on which studios would place in the top three.

• June Flying Snow asked Ye Luo to lend the Taiji Bagua Plate to Chang He Luo Ri, who had reached Level 40 and could begin his trial mission.
• Chang He Luo Ri completed the mission and received the Shushan Swordsman profession, its exclusive Dragon Abyss Sword, and system rewards.
• June Flying Snow explained that Shushan Swordsman had exceptional growth, ranged and close-combat attacks, a powerful Shushan Sword Array, and the ability to fly on a sword after the Fourth Advancement.
• June Flying Snow revealed that Chang He Luo Ri had accepted a follow-up mission that might let him take up a Dual Profession, then took him to run the Frozen Fairytale Instance Mission.
• Heavenly Battle Heroes heard of Chang He Luo Ri's new profession, while Great Desert Lone Smoke welcomed his good fortune after leaving the guild.
• The next morning, Hei Bai Qi found that betting on Misty Pavilion to win paid little, but its odds to take first place were 5 to 1.

Misty Pavilion discussed betting on the Martial Arts Tournament, expecting to win first place in Luoshui Town. Zhan Tian Xia then became a Bloodthirsty Dragon Knight, changing the betting odds, and Misty Pavilion placed half its available funds on the tournament.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng urged Misty Pavilion to bet on its tournament chances, while the group rejected the idea of throwing a match because it could bring severe penalties.
• The group discussed how a sudden change in an opponent's strength could affect their odds, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind joked that Heavenly Battle Heroes would need two more Dual Professions to threaten them.
• A system announcement revealed that Zhan Tian Xia had fused his Bloodthirsty Berserker class with Dragon Knight to become a Bloodthirsty Dragon Knight.
• Misty Pavilion's odds shifted to 3-to-1, and Yan Hua Yi Leng advised betting only half their available funds to preserve liquidity.
• Zuo Shang Qin Xin and Ban Ye Shu placed bets with half their funds, while Ye Luo agreed that Zhi Yue could invest only with guidance from Yan Hua Yi Leng and the others.

Ye Luo's team entered the tournament and drew Heavenly Battle Heroes, whose players were far weaker. Random deployment matched Zuo Shang Qin Xin against their strongest player, Zhan Tian Xiao Jian, and she quickly gained the upper hand.

• Ye Luo and his teammates were teleported to the arena and identified Heavenly Battle Heroes as their first opponents.
• The teams discussed tactics, and Ye Luo's group chose random deployment while Tiandi Xiao Jian's team submitted its lineup.
• The matchups placed Zuo Shang Qin Xin against Zhan Tian Xiao Jian in the first one-on-one battle, leaving June Flying Snow and Ye Luo off the roster.
• Zhan Tian Xiao Jian opened with an Energy Arrow, but it dealt only 259 damage to Zuo Shang Qin Xin.
• Zuo Shang Qin Xin struck from beyond his expected range, reduced his defense with Punishment, and drove his health below half as he panicked.

Misty Pavilion swept through its first tournament match and advanced after its next opponents forfeited. As the group prepared for later matches, June Flying Snow reported that the Dongfang Family had secured a spawn area for mid-tier Dark Gold mounts, which were weaker than Skeleton Nightmare Beasts.

• Zuo Shang Qin Xin, Jian Liu, and Ban Ye Shu won their matches, and Hei Bai Qi and San Mei Shi secured the fifth point to clinch Misty Pavilion’s victory over Zhan Tian Xiao Jian’s team.
• Zhan Tian Xiao Jian’s team forfeited the remaining matches, giving Misty Pavilion a 9-0 win and advancing them to the next round.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and four others entered their next match, but Misty Flying Catkins and her teammates recognized their allies and forfeited, advancing Misty Pavilion again.
• June Flying Snow reported that the Dongfang Family had claimed a Dark Gold mount spawn area, and she said their mid-tier mounts were comparable to Northeast Tigers but weaker than Skeleton Nightmare Beasts.

Misty Pavilion strengthened its Nightmare Cavalry, prepared for the opening of a Level 2 city, and learned that the Heavenly Battle Heroes had seized a Dark Gold mount spawn area from Yi Xiao Lou. The news left the group concerned about the valuable territory and the growing conflict between the guilds.

• Ye Luo and his group tamed another 2,300 Skeleton Nightmare Beasts, bringing their Nightmare Cavalry to nearly a thousand, while Misty Pavilion concealed its growing forces from rival guilds.
• God of Wine Dukang told Yan Hua Yi Leng and Breaking Waves Riding Wind that a Level 2 city would open after the Martial Arts Tournament, and the group discussed reaching the level requirements and continuing to tame mounts.
• June Flying Snow reported that the Heavenly Battle Heroes had defeated Yi Xiao Lou in a battle at Luoshui Town's North Gate, killing at least a million players and taking its monster area.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng and San Mei Shi advised against intervening because Yi Xiao Lou had no ties to Misty Pavilion and Misty Pavilion had an agreement with the Heavenly Battle Heroes.
• June Flying Snow received new intelligence that the territory taken from Yi Xiao Lou spawned Dark Gold Grade mounts, leaving the group stunned.

Misty Pavilion discussed Heavenly Battle Heroes’ capture of the Polar Snow Wolf spawning ground and decided not to provoke them, judging that the two guilds had more to lose than gain from a fight. The group then entered the Martial Arts Tournament’s third round and discovered that Heavenly Battle Heroes was their opponent again.

• Heavenly Battle Heroes seized Yi Xiao Hall’s Dark Gold Grade mount spawning ground, prompting Misty Pavilion’s leaders to weigh the threat of its new Polar Snow Wolves.
• June Flying Snow revealed the Polar Snow Wolf’s attributes, and Yan Hua Yi Leng argued that Heavenly Battle Heroes would avoid a conflict because Misty Pavilion had stronger mounts, grenades, and powerful allies.
• Ye Luo suggested that Misty Pavilion might absorb Yi Xiao Hall, but San Mei Shi and Yan Hua Yi Leng said they would consider it only if an opportunity arose.
• Misty Pavilion stopped taming Skeleton Nightmare Beasts and entered the Martial Arts Tournament’s third round after the system prompt.
• Misty Pavilion saw that Heavenly Battle Heroes was its opponent again, and June Flying Snow complained that they kept facing their own people.

Ye Luo's group defeated Heavenly Battle Heroes 9-0, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind took the chance to fight in the final match. Afterward, June Flying Snow reported that Yi Xiao Lou was being crushed by Heavenly Battle Heroes, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind refused to recruit the members who had abandoned their guild.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng, San Mei Shi, Zhi Yue, June Flying Snow, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind won their matches against Heavenly Battle Heroes, finishing with a 9-0 score.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind fought all five opponents alone and won easily, while Ye Luo left without participating.
• June Flying Snow said Heavenly Battle Heroes had trapped Yi Xiao Lou in Luoshui Town and beaten down its members, including guild leader Yi Xiao Hong Chen.
• June Flying Snow reported that Heavenly Battle Heroes had recruited many former Yi Xiao Lou players and grown to about 8.5 million members.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and San Mei Shi rejected recruiting the deserters, but said they would consider Yi Xiao Hong Chen and those who had remained loyal if Yi Xiao Hong Chen agreed to join Misty Pavilion.

Misty Pavilion encountered Yi Xiao Lou in the fourth round of the tournament and learned that Heavenly Battle Heroes had badly weakened them. When Yi Xiao Lou asked for help, Yan Hua Yi Leng offered protection only if they joined Misty Pavilion, leaving Yi Xiao Qing Cheng and the others to consider Yi Xiao Hong Chen’s ambitions against the prospect of their guild’s destruction.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others decided not to recruit Yi Xiao Lou’s departing members while the guild was in trouble.
• Misty Pavilion was matched against Yi Xiao Qing Cheng and other underleveled Yi Xiao Lou experts, whose equipment had suffered after fighting Heavenly Battle Heroes.
• Yi Xiao Qing Cheng asked Misty Pavilion to help Yi Xiao Lou, but Yan Hua Yi Leng and San Mei Shi rejected their offers of investment, mounts, and an alliance.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng revealed that Misty Pavilion would help only if Yi Xiao Lou joined them, prompting Yi Xiao Qing Cheng to accuse them of exploiting the guild’s crisis.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng argued that joining Misty Pavilion would save Yi Xiao Lou and let its members share in the future glory Yi Xiao Hong Chen wanted.

Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Yan Hua Yi Leng persuaded Yi Xiao Qing Cheng and her companions to help recruit Yi Xiao Hong Chen and Yi Xiao Lou into Misty Pavilion. After Yi Xiao Lou conceded their match, the group set out for Luoshui Town’s North Gate to find Yi Xiao Hong Chen, while Yan Hua Yi Leng arranged support in case the situation escalated.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng and Breaking Waves Riding Wind argued that Misty Pavilion could rise to the top and would treat Yi Xiao Lou as equals, persuading Yi Xiao Qing Cheng to help approach Yi Xiao Hong Chen.
• Yi Xiao Qing Cheng agreed to take them to Yi Xiao Hong Chen after their match, but her group conceded rather than fight the much stronger Misty Pavilion team.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind chose a small group to seek Yi Xiao Hong Chen, while Yan Hua Yi Leng arranged for reinforcements and specialists to be ready.
• Yi Xiao Qing Cheng revealed that Yi Xiao Hong Chen was still fighting Heavenly Battle Heroes at Luoshui Town’s North Gate, so Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others hurried there.
• The group’s Skeleton Nightmare Beasts and Zhi Yue’s Little Gold drew astonished attention as they rode through Luoshui Town.

Breaking Waves Riding Wind, Ye Luo, and their companions intervened as Heavenly Battle Heroes overwhelmed Yi Xiao Lou outside Luoshui Town, forcing a pause in the battle. Ye Luo urged Yi Xiao Hong Chen to protect his followers instead of sending them to die, and Yi Xiao Hong Chen fell silent.

• Ye Luo and his companions arrived outside Luoshui Town and found Heavenly Battle Heroes close to defeating Yi Xiao Lou, whose leader Yi Xiao Hong Chen continued fighting despite his losses.
• Yi Xiao Qing Cheng, Yi Xiao Sui Feng, and Yi Xiao Nai He charged out to fight beside Yi Xiao Hong Chen, choosing battle over retreat.
• Zhi Yue, Breaking Waves Riding Wind, Ye Luo, and Yan Hua Yi Leng intervened, using their mounts and Mechanical Hand Grenades to make Heavenly Battle Heroes hold back.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Yan Hua Yi Leng negotiated with Tiandi and the other Heavenly Battle Heroes leaders, who agreed to let them take Yi Xiao Lou away for the time being.
• Yi Xiao Hong Chen refused to abandon his grudge, but Ye Luo argued that his desperate fight would only sacrifice his loyal followers without bringing justice.
• Yi Xiao Hong Chen fell silent and began to feel guilty toward the brothers following him.

Ye Luo persuaded Yi Xiao Hong Chen to retreat with his players, and Misty Pavilion escorted Yi Xiao Hall back to Luoshui Town. There, Yan Hua Yi Leng revealed that Misty Pavilion had rescued them because it hoped Yi Xiao Hall would join the guild.

• Ye Luo and Yi Xiao Qing Cheng persuaded Yi Xiao Hong Chen to put his brothers' safety first and retreat to Luoshui Town.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others escorted Yi Xiao Hall back while Heavenly Battle Heroes decided to strengthen its cavalry and monitor Yi Xiao Lou.
• Great Desert Lone Smoke and the other Heavenly Battle Heroes leaders realized that Misty Pavilion might be trying to recruit Yi Xiao Hall to bolster its cavalry.
• Yi Xiao Hong Chen thanked Breaking Waves Riding Wind, Ye Luo, and the others for helping his guild escape destruction.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng told Yi Xiao Hong Chen that Misty Pavilion had rescued Yi Xiao Hall in hopes that he would lead it into joining Misty Pavilion.

Yan Hua Yi Leng, Breaking Waves Riding Wind, and Ye Luo tried to persuade Yi Xiao Hong Chen to bring Yi Xiao Hall into Misty Pavilion by promising him command of its cavalry. Yi Xiao Hong Chen agreed to join if Breaking Waves Riding Wind won first place in the Martial Arts Tournament.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Yan Hua Yi Leng argued that Misty Pavilion could become the world's top guild and needed Yi Xiao Hong Chen's cavalry expertise.
• Yi Xiao Hong Chen refused at first, saying Yi Xiao Hall would not submit to another guild, but Yan Hua Yi Leng and Ye Luo explained that he would retain control of his cavalry and help command Misty Pavilion's forces.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng praised Yi Xiao Hong Chen's cavalry tactics and explained that he could command alongside Sister Qi, which further tempted him.
• Yi Xiao Hong Chen said he needed proof that Misty Pavilion could fulfill its ambitions, and he offered to join if Breaking Waves Riding Wind won the Martial Arts Tournament.

Yi Xiao Hong Chen and Misty Pavilion agreed that Yi Xiao Hall would join if Misty Pavilion won the Martial Arts Tournament Championship, while Yan Hua Yi Leng refused to take a mercenary mission against Heavenly Battle Heroes. Misty Pavilion equipped and escorted Yi Xiao Hall to Dragon Bone Land, and the chapter ended with the guild discussing how to make room for its nearly 500,000 members.

• Yi Xiao Hong Chen agreed to lead Yi Xiao Hall into Misty Pavilion if its studio won the Martial Arts Tournament Championship, though he privately considered joining if they placed in the top three.
• Yi Xiao Hong Chen offered Yi Xiao Lou as payment for help reclaiming a Dark Gold Grade mount spawn point, but Yan Hua Yi Leng refused the mission and Breaking Waves Riding Wind promised access to Skeleton Nightmare Beasts if Yi Xiao Hall joined.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng said Misty Pavilion would not avenge Yi Xiao Hall's private grudge against Heavenly Battle Heroes, and Yi Xiao Hong Chen agreed that his own cavalry would reclaim their honor.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng arranged level 100 equipment, potions, and an escort to Dragon Bone Land for Yi Xiao Hall, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind sent Nightmare Cavalry and Zhi Yue to accompany them.
• After Yi Xiao Hong Chen and the others left, Yan Hua Yi Leng revealed that Yi Xiao Hall had 480,000 members, including 400,000 heavy armor classes, prompting the group to discuss expanding the branch alliance to accommodate them.

Misty Pavilion planned how to bring Yi Xiao Hall under its wing while advancing through the Martial Arts Tournament. Ye Luo's team defeated Heavenly Grief and Heavenly Calamity's group, and the chapter ended with their final match still to come.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng and Breaking Waves Riding Wind discussed keeping Yi Xiao Hall together under Yi Xiao Hong Chen while gradually expanding the Misty Pavilion Branch Alliance.
• Ye Luo's team won its nighttime tournament match 9-0 and discussed their hopes for the championship and future international competitions.
• Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind checked on Yi Xiao Hall's members at Dragon Bone Land and found them leveling safely.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind's team faced Heavenly Grief and Heavenly Calamity, won four matches in a row, and took a 5-0 lead over Heavenly Battle Heroes.
• Heavenly Grief accepted the final match after Yan Hua Yi Leng and Zuo Shang Qin Xin left the arena, leaving Ye Luo, Breaking Waves Riding Wind, and others to face them.

Ye Luo and Misty Pavilion continued their undefeated run in the Martial Arts Tournament and reached Luoshui Town’s top sixteen. As the group prepared for the next matches, Yan Hua Yi Leng arranged to take a special quest that night, with Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind accompanying her in case Heavenly Battle Heroes interfered.

• Ye Luo, Zhi Yue, and June Flying Snow defeated Heavenly Calamity’s team, which forfeited the rematch.
• Ye Luo and his companions won their afternoon matches and advanced into Luoshui Town’s top ten thousand and the national top one hundred thousand.
• Hei Bai Qi reported that Yi Xiao Lou’s people were leveling quickly and that Yi Xiao Hong Chen was well suited to leading cavalry.
• Misty Pavilion continued winning and reached Luoshui Town’s top sixteen without losing a match.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng said she would take the special quest at 11:23 that night and asked Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind to accompany her in case Heavenly Battle Heroes caused trouble.

Misty Pavilion advanced to Luoshui Town’s top eight after its opponents forfeited, then prepared to study the remaining teams. That night, Ye Luo’s group faced a team of five unusually named second generations, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind’s friends joked about her reckless childhood driving.

• Misty Pavilion discussed its 5,000 Skeleton Nightmare Beasts and prepared for the next tournament round.
• Jian Wu’s team recognized they could not beat Ye Luo’s group and forfeited, sending them into Luoshui Town’s top eight.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng told June Flying Snow to collect match videos of the top teams for analysis.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind spent the afternoon venting her frustration while her companions avoided provoking her.
• Ye Luo’s group saw that their evening opponents were Star Second Generation, Second Generation Official, Second Generation Rich, Military Second Generation, and Business Second Generation.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind recalled being kicked out by her father after wrecking his cars, and Ban Ye Shu revealed she had damaged several of them.