Chapter Summaries

Long Teng Tian Xia secured Dragon Scale Saddles in a trade with God of Wine Dukang, and the group warned him about the Night Rain Family’s ruthless rise. Celebrity Ranking experts gathered for a confidential meeting while Feng Chen questioned Misty Pavilion’s women about whether Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind liked each other.

• Long Teng Tian Xia accepted God of Wine Dukang’s trade for Dragon Scale Saddles, strengthening the Long Family.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind, Yan Hua Yi Leng, and Long Teng Tian Xia warned God of Wine Dukang to watch for the Night Rain Family after its crushing defeat of the Nangong Family, and he agreed to stay vigilant.
• God of Wine Dukang, Ye Luo, Breaking Waves Riding Wind, and other Celebrity Ranking experts entered a virtual space for a confidential meeting.
• June Flying Snow and the others speculated about the meeting and discussed Misty Pavilion’s need to recruit more Celebrity Ranking experts.
• Feng Chen asked whether Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Ye Luo had romantic feelings for each other, and Zhi Yue insisted that Ye Luo liked her sister.

After the Hall of Fame meeting, Yan Hua Yi Leng explained reforms that expanded the Celebrity Ranking and adjusted its benefits, giving Misty Pavilion members more chances to qualify. Feng Chen promised to increase his investment and planned to enter the game, but Leng Shuang arrived and challenged his confidence in competing with God of Wine Dukang.

• Feng Chen praised Ye Luo’s interest in Breaking Waves Riding Wind and discussed Misty Pavilion’s earnings and investments with the women.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others returned, and Yan Hua Yi Leng explained that the Celebrity Ranking would gain additional official and prospective slots with benefits for lower-ranked members.
• God of Wine Dukang said the new benefits were justified by players’ contributions, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind predicted Misty Pavilion members would rise in the next Celebrity Trials.
• Feng Chen promised to increase his investment in Misty Pavilion and announced he would enter the game to challenge God of Wine Dukang.
• Leng Shuang arrived and told Feng Chen that he would not match God of Wine Dukang in the game.

Yan Hua Yi Leng reunited with her father, Leng Shuang, before Misty Pavilion and its allies discussed the Hall of Fame’s new quasi-celebrity rankings and privileges. The group then learned the Merchant Alliance had voluntarily given up its place among the top ten guilds, and Zuo Shang Qin Xin asked what greater benefits it had secured.

• Yan Hua Yi Leng greeted her father, Leng Shuang, and Feng Chen drew him and God of Wine Dukang away to chat.
• San Mei Shi explained how players could qualify for the new quasi-celebrity rankings, and noted that Zhi Yue already qualified and could advance to the official Celebrity Ranking.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and San Mei Shi described quasi-celebrities’ travel privileges, half-vote rights, and ability to challenge Celebrity Ranking experts without a recommendation.
• Zuo Shang Qin Xin and the others speculated that the Hall of Fame reforms reflected the game’s growing importance and asked about planned changes to the top ten guilds.
• Jian Nan Chun revealed that the Merchant Alliance had left the top ten guilds, and San Mei Shi said In Business Speak Business had proposed the change himself.
• Zuo Shang Qin Xin asked Long Teng Tian Xia and Yan Hua Yi Leng what benefits the Merchant Alliance had gained in exchange.

The group discussed the Merchant Alliance’s departure from the top ten guilds and the Night Rain Family taking its place, then celebrated the reforms with plans for drinking and fighting contests. Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Nü Er Hong agreed to compete in teams with Ye Luo and Jian Nan Chun, leaving Ye Luo facing teasing predictions of defeat.

• Long Teng Tian Xia explained that the Merchant Alliance had traded its top-ten privileges for lower transaction taxes, which the Game Department had approved.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng said the Night Rain Family had replaced the Merchant Alliance in the top ten after defeating the Nangong Family, exposing itself to retaliation from rival guilds.
• The group welcomed the Hall of Fame reforms and planned to celebrate with fine wine at the Feng Family home.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Nü Er Hong challenged each other to a drinking contest followed by a fight, then agreed to compete in teams with Ye Luo and Jian Nan Chun.
• The women teased Breaking Waves Riding Wind about dragging Ye Luo down, while Yan Hua Yi Leng confidently predicted that she and Ye Luo would win.

Ying Luo helped the Mo Clan recruit disciples and set Array Arts on the path to revival, then schemed to get herself expelled so she could resume traveling with Bo Fengzhi and their friends. The group set off for Biantiān Continent to search for the Little Human Race, leaving the Nine Provinces Continent’s future wide open.

• Ying Luo and her friends left Zimo to oversee the Mo Clan’s recruitment while they discussed her plans to travel across the Nine Provinces Continent with Bo Fengzhi.
• Zimo and the others recruited promising disciples, who trained intensely in Array Arts and went on trials in Sunset Forest.
• After a few months, Zimo and the others threw Ying Luo out of the Mo Clan for distracting the disciples with her unconventional lessons.
• Ying Luo revealed she was delighted to be free, and Bo Fengzhi left the Mo Clan with her to meet Jiewu, Tuoba Ronghao, Yan Wushang, and Luo Shichen.
• Luo Shichen proposed searching for the Little Human Race in Biantiān Continent, and the group agreed to set out there together.

Breaking Waves Riding Wind, Yan Hua Yi Leng, and the Misty Pavilion members planned how to secure the first Heart of the City and prepare for the guild war. They decided to strengthen the guild ahead of time, while learning that the Fine Wine Family and Long Family were already making preparations too.

• God of Wine Dukang and Long Teng Tian Xia asked Misty Pavilion to give them a second Heart of the City if it obtained one, and agreed to bid fairly for it.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng urged Misty Pavilion to prepare for the guild war by increasing its strength and buying Hidden Profession Scrolls through Ban Ye Shu.
• San Mei Shi proposed earning more scrolls and equipment by helping other guilds complete Level 5 Guild Trial Missions, while Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind would hunt bosses and explore for useful items.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng assigned Ye Luo and Yue Er to seek Dragon Scale Saddle materials and planned to farm Skeleton Dragon Commanders for Dragon Commander Sets.
• Hei Bai Qi arranged to hunt Skeleton Dragon Commanders with Yi Xiao Hong Chen and requested Ice Cavalry from June Flying Snow.
• San Mei Shi revealed that Nü Er Hong and Long Jieyu were already contacting people, despite God of Wine Dukang and Long Teng Tian Xia appearing not to prepare.

The group prepared for the coming fight over the Heart of the City while Feng Chen and Leng Shuang discussed investing in Ban Ye Shu’s business. Leng Shuang’s cryptic remarks about Ye Luo and his relationship with Breaking Waves Riding Wind left the women speculating, and the chapter ended as Nü Er Hong arrived with Jian Nan Chun, prompting Breaking Waves Riding Wind to prepare for a confrontation.

• San Mei Shi and the others discussed how Long Jieyu and Nü Er Hong were organizing their guilds for the fight over the Heart of the City, while Ban Ye Shu secured discounted Hidden Profession Scrolls from In Business Speak Business.
• Feng Chen told Ban Ye Shu and Yan Hua Yi Leng that he and Leng Shuang planned to increase their investment.
• Leng Shuang asked Ye Luo whether he wanted to become his son-in-law, then implied that he knew Ye Luo and Breaking Waves Riding Wind were only pretending to be a couple.
• Feng Chen and Leng Shuang teased each other about Ye Luo becoming a son-in-law before God of Wine Dukang urged them to begin the feast.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind asked Yan Hua Yi Leng and San Mei Shi what Leng Shuang’s cryptic words meant, and San Mei Shi hinted that they concerned Ye Luo.
• Nü Er Hong arrived with Jian Nan Chun, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind set aside her questions to prepare for a fight.

At Feng Chen’s New Year banquet, Ye Luo and Jian Nan Chun began a drinking contest while Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Nü Er Hong traded drinks. Their showdown was interrupted by Ouyang Feitian’s arrival, prompting Feng Cheng to publicly claim Ye Luo as her boyfriend and leaving the guests eager to see how he would respond to the newcomer.

• After the elders’ brief New Year speeches, Ye Luo and Jian Nan Chun ate before agreeing to compete in drinking.
• Ye Luo and Jian Nan Chun drank several cups of fine liquor without showing signs of intoxication, while God of Wine Dukang protested that they were wasting it.
• Leng Shuang and Feng Chen teased each other about Ye Luo as a potential son-in-law while Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Nü Er Hong continued their drinking rivalry.
• Ouyang Feitian arrived uninvited, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind told Ye Luo she had nothing to do with him.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind linked arms with Ye Luo and called him her boyfriend, while Hei Bai Qi identified Ouyang Feitian as the wealthy heir of the Ouyang Family.
• Nü Er Hong called off the drinking contest, saying she was more interested in seeing what happened between Ye Luo and Ouyang Feitian.

Ouyang Feitian arrived at Feng Chen’s banquet to pursue Breaking Waves Riding Wind, but she publicly rejected him and chose Ye Luo. Ouyang Feitian revealed that the wealthy Ouyang Family planned to enter gaming on a large scale, leaving Misty Pavilion aware of a potential new rival.

• Ouyang Feitian arrived and asked Feng Chen for support in formally pursuing Breaking Waves Riding Wind, but Feng Chen left the decision to her.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind declared that she had chosen Ye Luo, rejected Ouyang Feitian’s advances, and warned him not to cause her trouble.
• Ouyang Feitian asked about Ye Luo’s family and work, then showed disdain when Ye Luo said he was a professional gamer; Yan Hua Yi Leng reminded him that many guests shared that profession.
• Ouyang Feitian said the Ouyang Family was moving substantial funds into gaming and that he would manage its efforts there.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng confirmed that the Ouyang Family was preparing to enter gaming on a large scale, and the group discussed the possible threat to Misty Pavilion.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind said Misty Pavilion would fight the Ouyang Family if it provoked them, despite Ban Ye Shu’s reminder that the Ouyang and Feng families were on good terms.

Ouyang Feitian announced that he was returning from Korea to enter China’s gaming world, then challenged Ye Luo while boasting about his higher level. The group learned that Korean players had a substantial level advantage, and Long Teng Tian Xia and God of Wine Dukang agreed to raise the issue as national warfare approached.

• Ouyang Feitian said he had played on Korea’s server and asked the others to help him transfer his character to China.
• Nü Er Hong and Zhi Yue described Ye Luo, Breaking Waves Riding Wind, and Long Teng Tian Xia as formidable players, while Long Teng Tian Xia admitted Ye Luo had an edge in equipment and skills.
• Ouyang Feitian revealed that he was several levels ahead of China’s leading players, and June Flying Snow found that Korea had more than ten thousand players above the relevant advancement level.
• San Mei Shi and Long Teng Tian Xia explained that Korea’s players benefited from longer playtime and fewer guild conflicts, while China’s internal wars had strengthened its combat skills and coordination.
• San Mei Shi urged Long Teng Tian Xia and God of Wine Dukang to report Korea’s level advantage, and both agreed to bring it to the Game Department and major guilds.
• Ye Luo accepted Ouyang Feitian’s challenge for when the server reopened, while Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Yan Hua Yi Leng also said they would fight him.

Ye Luo accepted Ouyang Feitian’s challenge to a real-life contest after the New Year banquet, while Feng Chen urged him to know when to stop. As the group prepared to watch, Leng Shuang also arranged for Yan Hua Yi Leng to demonstrate her archery with Ye Luo.

• Ye Luo accepted Ouyang Feitian’s provocation, and Breaking Waves Riding Wind and Yan Hua Yi Leng also offered to fight him.
• Nü Er Hong challenged Ouyang Feitian to join the drinking contest, but he declined after learning how much liquor he would need to catch up.
• Ouyang Feitian challenged Ye Luo to a real-life contest, and Feng Chen approved while signaling Ye Luo not to go too far.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the other women encouraged Ye Luo to teach Ouyang Feitian a lesson, while Feng Chen’s warning kept him cautious.
• Leng Shuang asked Yan Hua Yi Leng to bring her bow and suggested she spar with Ye Luo, prompting concern about the danger of archery.
• After the banquet, Ouyang Feitian urged Ye Luo to begin their contest, and Ye Luo agreed after Feng Chen gave his approval.

Ye Luo faced Ouyang Feitian in a match at the Feng Family training ground, effortlessly evading his attacks without striking back. After failing to touch Ye Luo and tiring himself out, Ouyang Feitian proposed switching to weapons, leaving both men to choose their arms.

• Feng Chen brought Ye Luo and Ouyang Feitian to the well-equipped Feng Family training ground and allowed them to use weapons or compare fists and feet.
• Ouyang Feitian warmed up with forceful martial arts moves, while Feng Chen and Leng Shuang praised his training and Breaking Waves Riding Wind dismissed him.
• Ouyang Feitian attacked Ye Luo with punches, kicks, and knees, but Ye Luo used the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Footwork to dodge every strike.
• Ye Luo kept evading for several minutes, leaving Ouyang Feitian exhausted and unable to touch him as the onlookers mocked his failure.
• Ouyang Feitian suggested a weapons match, and Ye Luo agreed, saying he already had his own weapon while Ouyang Feitian went to choose one.

Ye Luo defeated Ouyang Feitian in a weapon match by disarming his spear and holding a dagger to his throat, then returned to his companions. Leng Shuang arranged for Yan Hua Yi Leng to test her Consecutive Five Arrows on Ye Luo, leaving Breaking Waves Riding Wind troubled and Zhi Yue worried about the danger.

• Ouyang Feitian chose a heavy spear to exploit its reach, but Ye Luo dodged his attacks and kicked the spear from his grasp.
• Ouyang Feitian attacked more cautiously after retrieving the spear, and Ye Luo revealed his daggers and closed in along the weapon's shaft.
• Ye Luo defeated Ouyang Feitian by pressing a dagger to his throat, then withdrew without seriously injuring him.
• Leng Shuang praised Ye Luo's skill, and Ouyang Feitian left in disgrace as Breaking Waves Riding Wind celebrated his defeat.
• Leng Shuang asked Yan Hua Yi Leng to test her Consecutive Five Arrows on Ye Luo, and she agreed despite Breaking Waves Riding Wind's concern.
• Zhi Yue asked whether Yan Hua Yi Leng's archery was powerful enough to put Ye Luo in danger.

Yan Hua Yi Leng agreed to test Ye Luo against her arrows, but limited the challenge to four shots after Breaking Waves Riding Wind urged her to compromise. Ye Luo dodged and deflected all four, leaving Yan Hua Yi Leng visibly shaken as she walked away.

• Breaking Waves Riding Wind realized that both she and Yan Hua Yi Leng had feelings for Ye Luo, then urged Yan Hua Yi Leng to spar with him to avoid a rift with Leng Shuang.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng agreed to the contest only if she could fire four arrows instead of five, and Leng Shuang accepted the condition.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng fired five practice arrows past Ye Luo to demonstrate their speed, and Ye Luo stayed still as they struck the wall behind him.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng fired four arrows at Ye Luo, who dodged the first two, knocked the third aside with a dagger, and evaded the fourth.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng withheld the fifth arrow, and Leng Shuang suggested that Ye Luo could have handled it; Yan Hua Yi Leng walked toward the arrows, visibly shaken by the result.

After Ye Luo caught Yan Hua Yi Leng’s arrows, the group sparred while Yan Hua Yi Leng and San Mei Shi discussed Ouyang Feitian’s likely expansion. They concluded he would probably move the Ouyang Family into Yechen City, leaving Long Jieyu to consider warning her brother.

• Ye Luo caught Yan Hua Yi Leng’s Consecutive Four Arrows, and Yan Hua Yi Leng and Breaking Waves Riding Wind reaffirmed that their earlier promises would not change their relationship with him.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng taught Long Jieyu archery while Ye Luo, Yao Yue Ju Bei, Breaking Waves Riding Wind, and the others sparred casually.
• San Mei Shi and Yan Hua Yi Leng warned that Ouyang Feitian might target Misty Pavilion and predicted he would seek to expand the Ouyang Family by absorbing a Major Guild.
• The group ruled out Haoyue City and Haori City as likely destinations for Ouyang Feitian because established guilds there would resist him.
• San Mei Shi predicted Ouyang Feitian had an eighty-to-ninety percent chance of moving into Yechen City, and Long Jieyu considered telling her brother to prepare.

Long Teng Tian Xia learned that the Ouyang Family might move into Yechen City, while Ye Luo and Long Teng Tian Xia ended their spar as equals. The group later celebrated Misty Pavilion’s selection for the annual top ten classic battles and found that the Fine Wine Family also had a notable campaign on the list.

• San Mei Shi and the others concluded that the Ouyang Family would likely move into Yechen City, and Long Jieyu worried about the threat to the Long Family.
• Ye Luo and Long Teng Tian Xia sparred for several minutes, then stopped and praised each other’s skills.
• Long Jieyu told Long Teng Tian Xia about the Ouyang Family’s possible move, and he left with her to address the news.
• San Mei Shi reaffirmed that she would stay with Misty Pavilion, while Hei Bai Qi and June Flying Snow decided to remain at the Feng Family for a few more days.
• June Flying Snow announced that Misty Pavilion’s battle against the Dongfang Family had made the annual top ten classic battles, and Hei Bai Qi identified the Fine Wine Family’s campaign against Russia and the destruction of Moscow’s main city as another selection.

Fine Wine Family discussed the newly announced top ten classic battle examples and learned how their past campaigns ranked. The chapter ended with the group speculating that Night Rain Family’s battle against Nangong Family was Heavenly Tribulation Game’s third selected example.

• Hongxing Erguotou and Yao Yue Ju Bei recalled how Fine Wine Family, guided by Yan Hua Yi Leng’s strategy, repelled Russia and helped destroy Moscow’s main city.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind revealed that Misty Pavilion’s battles outside Haoyue City and in Nightmare Abyss had also been selected, ranking fifth and tenth.
• June Flying Snow listed the other ranked battles, including international campaigns led by major guilds and Dongfang Family’s civil-war victory.
• Yan Hua Yi Leng guessed that Night Rain Family’s destruction of Nangong Family was Heavenly Tribulation Game’s third selected battle, and San Mei Shi said Night Rain Misty’s tactics deserved recognition despite the battle’s schemes.

Misty Pavilion celebrated its battles being selected among the top ten classic battles, and God of Wine Dukang arranged for Yan Hua Yi Leng’s tactical role to be formally recognized. After leaving the Feng Family home, the group set out to visit Zuo Shang Qin Xin’s godmother, while discussing their prospects in the next Celebrity Ranking trial.

• The Fine Wine Family members praised Misty Pavilion’s rise and resolved to tell God of Wine Dukang that Yan Hua Yi Leng had helped secure their shared victory.
• Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others toured the Feng Family manor, went shopping, and later learned that God of Wine Dukang had contacted the battle selection organizers.
• God of Wine Dukang and the Fine Wine Family departed, but Ye Luo and his group stayed at the Feng Family home for two more days before Breaking Waves Riding Wind suggested leaving.
• June Flying Snow reported that Yan Hua Yi Leng had been added by name to the fourth-ranked classic battle for her decisive tactics, boosting her fame.
• Zuo Shang Qin Xin and San Mei Shi predicted that Yan Hua Yi Leng, Breaking Waves Riding Wind, and Ye Luo would rise in the Celebrity Ranking, and the group loaded their gifts into three cars and departed.

Ye Luo joined Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others at the Zhi Family residence after visiting Zhi Qiu’s grave, where he vowed to avenge her. When the family elders tried to keep Zhi Yue against her will, Ye Luo intervened and attacked the people who had forced Zhi Qiu in the past.

• Zhi Yue asked Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others to accompany her home, and Ye Luo visited Zhi Qiu’s grave alone.
• Ye Luo remembered Zhi Qiu, promised to avenge her, and then headed to the Zhi Family residence.
• Zhi Yue refused to stay with the Zhi Family, and Zhi Wei backed her decision as family head before elders ordered their men to stop her from leaving.
• Ye Luo entered the residence, protected Zhi Yue and her companions, and asked her to identify those who had forced Zhi Qiu.
• Ye Luo struck down the men who tried to stop him and stabbed the people Zhi Yue identified in their arms, while the others warned the family against further conflict.

After Ye Luo drove the Zhi Family members away, he took Zhi Yue and the others to Zuo Shang Qin Xin's home for the New Year. There, he pretended to be Zuo Shang Qin Xin's boyfriend to fend off her suitors, and the chapter ended with San Mei Shi teasing them about how long they could keep up the act.

• Ye Luo injured the Zhi Family elders, warned them he would settle the score later, and left with Zhi Yue and Breaking Waves Riding Wind's group.
• Zuo Shang Qin Xin brought everyone to her countryside home, where her family welcomed them and they helped prepare for the New Year.
• Ye Luo struggled with housework while the women made dumplings, and their cooking turned into a flour fight.
• When villagers brought young suitors for Zuo Shang Qin Xin, Ye Luo pretended to be her boyfriend and sent them away.
• Ye Luo and the others stayed an extra two days at Zuo Shang Qin Xin's mother's request, and San Mei Shi teased them about their pretend relationship.