Chapter Summaries

Chen Yi and Fire Dragon fought Dynasty’s 1,900 players, killing many while struggling against their attacks and giant pets. As Dynasty’s supporting players arrived, the battlefield shifted toward a fight against more than 3,300 opponents.

• Fire Dragon evaded Dynasty’s attacks and slaughtered players as Chen Yi prepared to weaken the enemy before reinforcements arrived.
• Chen Yi used Body Flicker Technique and Scorching Swords to strike hidden snipers and attackers across the battlefield.
• Wang Shixie Lengfeng’s giant pet struck Chen Yi, but he located and badly burned Wild Bull with Scorching Swords and flaming Sword Qi.
• Zhang Sanji emerged after Chibaku Tensei and attacked Chen Yi, who summoned Fire Dragon back as Dynasty’s players regrouped.
• A Teleportation Light Pillar brought Dynasty’s supporting players to the battlefield, raising the opposing force to more than 3,300.

Surrounded by Dynasty players and with the Fire Dragon badly wounded, Chen Yi unleashed a prepared God of Flame self-destruct powered by Divine Power. The blast annihilated the nearby players and collapsed Demacia’s City Wall, while its shockwave reached the distant Noxians.

• Dynasty reinforcements gathered as Zhang Liyu taunted Chen Yi, while Zhang Sanji defended him and Past Carries Cold Wind quietly prepared to flee.
• Chen Yi summoned a small Flame Demon, used Finale of Fire to create three Flame Swords, and had his Fire clone feed Fiery Stimulant Secret Medicine into the God of Flame.
• Chen Yi and the Fire Dragon retreated into Heart Fire Space as the Fire clone activated Spatial Disorder and began the God of Flame’s self-destruct.
• Zhang Sanji, Past Carries Cold Wind, and the nearby Dynasty players fled, but more than 1,400 reinforcements arrived before the explosion erupted.
• The Divine Power blast swallowed the fleeing players and spectators, destroyed the City Wall, and spread across a fifteen-kilometer core radius.

Chen Yi and Fire Dragon survived the Flame Demon's explosion and prepared to finish off the Dynasty players, but the Curse Squad and Void Squad attacked Chen Yi from behind a powerful shield. Their curses bypassed his defenses and reached his soul, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Chen Yi and Fire Dragon recovered inside Heart Fire Space before returning to the battlefield and finding a vast crater where the Flame Demon's explosion had struck.
• Swain sent Darius to welcome Chen Yi back to Noxus, while Lady LeBlanc watched from afar and vanished.
• Chen Yi attacked the Dynasty players as they reappeared, but Zhang Sanji used Violet's Sanctuary to protect them from Chibaku Tensei.
• Zhang Sanji called on the Curse Squad and Void Squad, whose members used ritual objects and a dark mirror to target Chen Yi.
• Fire Dragon's punches and Chen Yi's Silver Flame weakened most of the incoming curses, but the curses aimed at Chen Yi's True Name and soul reached his inner domain and formed black chains around his soul.

Chen Yi broke free of Dynasty’s soul curses and turned a mirror ritual against the attacking squads, then returned with Fire Dragon as their Protective Shield began to fail. Zhang Sanji rallied the trapped players to fight, leaving them preparing for a desperate battle.

• Chen Yi tore apart the soul-infused Chains and burned away the curses, killing the Curse Squad players bound to them.
• Chen Yi briefly sensed the True Name curse calling him and considered how the power of words might let him trace future callers.
• Void Squad’s mirror ritual let a reflection of Chen Yi attack Dynasty with projected Silver Flame, but the ritualist ended the assault by shattering the mirrors.
• The mirror figure withdrew as the passage closed, while Zhang Sanji reassured Dynasty that the enemy was a monster from the Mirror World and the healers restored their health.
• Fire Dragon brought Chen Yi back as his Flame Demon Phantom and Flame Sparrows attacked the failing Protective Shield.
• Zhang Sanji reminded the players that their contracts left them no escape, and they resolved to fight Chen Yi.

Chen Yi led his summoned creatures against Dynasty’s forces, destroying their barrier and forcing the battle into the guild’s ranks. Dynasty’s reinforcements and airborne summons continued to pressure Chen Yi and Fire Dragon as the chapter left the fight unresolved.

• Zhang Sanji’s Bronze Statue and Dynasty’s water spells disrupted Chen Yi’s attempt to use Chibaku Tensei, while Chen Yi’s blazing sword overpowered its copied counterpart.
• Chen Yi summoned Blue-Eyes White Dragon to hold off Zhang Sanji’s Bronze Statue as Fire Dragon battled the Blood Mosquito and other flying summons.
• Chen Yi directed Fire Dragon to attack Dynasty Guild’s barrier, and their combined assault shattered it.
• Chen Yi flashed into the Dynasty players’ ranks and used the Flame Demon to attack the healers, while shield-bearing players blocked the blow and assassins and a python struck back.
• Chen Yi summoned the Flame Demon again amid clashes with Zhang Sanji’s Bronze Statue and Blue-Eyes White Dragon, while Fire Dragon remained pursued in the air.
• Dynasty’s tanks suffered heavy damage and persistent burns from Chen Yi’s attack despite their fire resistance.

Chen Yi and Zhang Sanji fought while the Blue-Eyes White Dragon battled the Dynasty players, whose numbers let some of them attack Chen Yi. Chen Yi’s Flame Constructs heavily damaged the Bronze Statue, but Zhang Sanji’s unusual creation remained standing with cracks across its body.

• The Blue-Eyes White Dragon charged into the Dynasty players, killing medics and resisting their spells as they organized a counterattack to hold it back.
• Zhang Sanji controlled the Bronze Statue against Chen Yi’s Flame Demon, while Chen Yi used Flame Sparrows and miniature Flame · Scorching Swords to damage it.
• Zhang Sanji unleashed Bronze Corrosion, turning Chen Yi’s Flame Constructs and part of the Chains of Heaven into rusted bronze that shattered.
• Dynasty players landed ranged attacks on the Flame Demon, and Chen Yi raised a Fire Dragon Head Statue to pull some of their attacks off course.
• Zhang Sanji sent the Bronze Statue after Chen Yi, but Flame · Scorching Swords cracked its body and reduced the healing it received.

Chen Yi fought Zhang Sanji’s Bronze Statue until its instant-death effect destroyed the Flame Demon, forcing Chen Yi to retreat and change tactics. He blinded Dynasty’s players and struck their healers, turning the battle back in his favor as the healer squad was wiped out.

• Zhang Sanji’s Bronze Statue broke Chen Yi’s Blazing Sword and shattered his Flame Demon, then killed a newly formed Flame Demon with an instant-death effect.
• Chen Yi escaped the Bronze Statue’s pursuit with Aether, magma Earth Walls, and Body Flicker Technique while continuing to attack with Flame Sparrows.
• Chen Yi summoned a Fire Clone to delay Zhang Sanji, then used explosions to propel himself away and prepare a counterattack.
• Chen Yi blinded Zhang Sanji and the Dynasty players with Flame · Flash, then attacked the healers’ Protective Shield with Blazing Swords and Flame · Explosive Swords.
• The Blue-Eyes White Dragon unleashed Explosive Wind Bullet, and the Dynasty healer squad was wiped out amid the fire and wind.

Chen Yi continued fighting Dynasty’s forces in Runeterra, using Silver Flame and Fire Dragon’s speed to wear down the surrounded players. As the battle continued, Dynasty suffered heavy losses, while Chen Yi preserved the Heart Fire on the ground for dangers still to come.

• A player jumped into the crater hoping to collect scraps, and Chen Yi and Zhang Sanji killed him immediately.
• In Twilight Main City, Zhang Bihuáng assembled a Tier 4 squad to stop Chen Yi, and Zhang Wu reluctantly approved the plan despite doubting it was necessary.
• Chen Yi and Zhang Sanji killed the insect that entered the battlefield, then Chen Yi used his remaining protective magic to prepare Fire Dragon and Blue-Eyes White Dragon for the next attack.
• After the shield broke, Fire Dragon evaded attacks while carrying Chen Yi, and Blue-Eyes White Dragon fought the Bronze Statue and giant python as Chen Yi attacked Dynasty with Silver Flame.
• Chen Yi leaped from Fire Dragon’s back after many Dynasty players fell, then slowed the Heart Fire’s consumption of its fuel to prepare for future dangers.

Fire Dragon killed Zhang Sanji, while Zhang Bihuáng tried to rally players against Chen Yi. Demacia’s army arrived to trap Chen Yi, but he escaped on Fire Dragon as his Heart Fire fed on the fallen Dynasty players.

• Fire Dragon used Outrage to destroy Zhang Sanji’s Bronze Statue and killed him, then collected a pink item from beside his corpse.
• The Blue-Eyes White Dragon overwhelmed Past Carries Cold Wind, but Zhang Bihuáng intervened to protect her.
• Zhang Bihuáng offered twenty million Copper Coins to anyone who killed Chen Yi, but the watching players refused to attack.
• Chen Yi strengthened Fire Dragon with Flame Demon Armor as Zhang Bihuáng’s mages cast Spatial Disorder to block his escape.
• Demacia’s Nullstone-armored army arrived after Zhang Bihuáng had persuaded a noble to accuse Chen Yi of crimes against Demacia.
• Chen Yi fed his Heart Fire with Dynasty players’ corpses, and Fire Dragon carried him away from the battlefield.

Chen Yi fled Demacia’s pursuit on Fire Dragon, using Heart Fire to burn the cavalry before turning toward Noxus. Exhausted and nearly out of Mana, he fought off Dragon Raptor Riders and arrows, then faced an encirclement of ten riders ahead.

• Chen Yi sent Heart Fire against Zhang Bihuáng and Demacia’s army, burning cavalry despite their Nullstone defenses, then escaped on Fire Dragon.
• Chen Yi directed Fire Dragon toward Noxus, but Dragon Raptor Riders attacked them from the air.
• Fire Dragon defeated two riders who charged from ahead, while Chen Yi replenished his Mana with a potion and restored Lost Will.
• Fire Dragon dodged arrows and rock spikes as Zhang Bihuáng pursued them, but a stone spike struck and sent him flying.
• Ten Dragon Raptor Riders blocked their path, and Chen Yi ordered Fire Dragon to charge through them.

Chen Yi and Fire Dragon fought through the Dragon Raptor Riders and Zhang Bihuáng’s attacks until they met Darius near the Noxian camp. Darius welcomed Chen Yi back to Noxus, but Demacian forces and Dynasty players gathered around them, bringing a confrontation to the brink.

• Chen Yi and Fire Dragon battled the Dragon Raptor Riders, while Blue-Eyes White Dragon’s tornado briefly blocked Zhang Bihuáng and the other players.
• Zhang Bihuáng attacked with Earth’s Fury, and Chen Yi dodged the debris while Fire Dragon endured a storm of arrows.
• Chen Yi blinded the charging Dragon Raptor Riders with a flash, but one rider crashed into Fire Dragon, knocking Chen Yi and the dragon to the ground.
• Chen Yi and Fire Dragon continued toward the Noxian army, where they encountered Darius and a mage who had arrived through teleportation.
• Darius welcomed Chen Yi back to Noxus and helped repel arrows as the Dragon Mount Commander accused Noxus of attacking Demacia.
• The Dragon Mount Commander confronted Darius while Demacian cavalry and players gathered to watch, and observers predicted Noxian reinforcements would overwhelm them.

After waking from his battle-induced exhaustion, Chen Yi chose the Noxus faction and received a quest to unite the empire despite its deep internal divisions. Following Darius's letter, he met Talon at the Samba Ha Tavern.

• Zhang Bihuáng watched the Dragon Mount Commander retreat with his troops and began considering leaving the Dynasty.
• Chen Yi woke in the Immortal Bastion, used Reverse Fire, and ate with Fire Dragon before receiving Darius's letter and token.
• Chen Yi chose Noxus, advancing his quest to unite the empire under Swain or Darius, and considered its conflicts involving LeBlanc, Swain, Mordekaiser, and the old noble families.
• Chen Yi followed Darius's directions through the Immortal Bastion to the Samba Ha Tavern, where he met Talon and presented the token.

Chen Yi and Talon targeted the Demir Family, a powerful Noxian noble house, and infiltrated its estate during a banquet. Chen Yi entered unseen and counted the household’s forces, leaving the assassination poised to begin.

• Talon recommended targeting Haji Demir first because the Demir Family was isolated from the other noble targets, and Chen Yi agreed to act that night.
• Chen Yi printed a new Flame Seal Sword card while Talon brought him to a residence across from the Demir estate.
• Talon silently killed the fifteen Guards patrolling the estate wall, and Chen Yi entered with the Fire Dragon using stealth and a Mimicry Barrier.
• Chen Yi followed servants carrying food into a banquet room, where Demirs celebrated their profits and gathered with their Guards.
• Chen Yi surveyed the room and counted 164 Tier 2s, 56 Tier 3s, and 12 Tier 4s.

Chen Yi trapped and killed the Demir Family nobles at their banquet, then burned away the evidence and raided the family treasury. He left with a large haul and kept his actions hidden from Swain.

• Chen Yi planted three Flame Swords around the banquet hall and noticed a black rose tattoo on Haji Demir, linking the family to the Black Rose.
• Chen Yi sealed the banquet inside a barrier and attacked Haji Demir, Malkor Demir, and the other Demirs with Fire Dragon and his flames.
• Chen Yi killed the Demirs, collected 6,500 Copper Coins, and burned the bodies and remaining traces to nothing.
• Talon told Chen Yi that the servants were dead and guided him to the treasury without reporting to Swain.
• Chen Yi burned through the treasury wall and took 1.2 million Copper Coins, Noxian Gold Coins, weapons, and armor.

Chen Yi investigated Noxus’s nobles and grew suspicious that LeBlanc had begun manipulating events around him. He canceled an attempt on the Talon Family, but LeBlanc watched from afar and believed her plan would still succeed.

• Chen Yi sent a Fire Clone to investigate Noxus and overheard Talon tell a bartender that his commission had been canceled.
• The Fire Clone concluded that LeBlanc had noticed Chen Yi and might be using a second Talon to mislead him, then bought information on the nobles from six black-market intelligence points.
• Chen Yi absorbed the Fire Clone’s memories and prepared to target the Talon Family’s head, Jani Donner, at the Arena owner’s estate.
• Fire Dragon sensed danger at the estate, while Talon killed the patrolling Guards and waited for Chen Yi to begin the operation.
• Chen Yi suspected LeBlanc had set a trap, canceled the operation, and left with Talon as LeBlanc watched from a distant rooftop.

Chen Yi was captured after stopping an impostor who resembled him from escaping the Talon Family’s territory. At his military trial, survivors accused him of massacring their clan, and Talon appeared as the prosecution’s first witness.

• Chen Yi arrived as the Flame Demon and helped Fire Dragon and the Fire Clone bind and seal the impostor before Noxian enforcers arrived.
• Chen Yi went with the enforcers rather than fight them, and he was treated respectfully because of his strength.
• At Chen Yi’s military trial, Jericho SivHD and the Faceless One, LeBlanc, joined the proceedings as members of the Trifarian Council.
• Mats Talon accused Chen Yi of slaughtering the Talon Family and called a witness, who emerged as Talon.

At his trial, Chen Yi challenged Mats Talon’s accusations and used evidence and a demonstration to expose the weakness in Talon’s argument. The prosecution countered with a child witness, but Chen Yi ended by warning the Talon Family that falsely accusing a powerful person carried consequences.

• Mats Talon accused Chen Yi of commissioning noble assassinations and claimed the Talon Family and Demir Family had been destroyed by him.
• Chen Yi denied ordering the murders, argued that the Talon Family could have altered the mercenary’s testimony, and pointed to the crater left by his technique as proof he had been elsewhere.
• The enforcers confirmed Chen Yi’s account of the crater, but Mats Talon introduced Melaina Talon, who accused Chen Yi, and argued that he could have staged the capture of an executioner using duplicates.
• Chen Yi demonstrated that a mage could create duplicates and make one appear to kill another, showing that Mats Talon’s reasoning could implicate any powerful mage.
• Chen Yi unleashed his mental force over the tribunal and warned Mats Talon that falsely accusing a strong person could bring consequences.

Chen Yi proved that the impostor accused of being Rowen Yi was not him, and the tribunal declared him innocent. He challenged Mats Talon to settle the false accusation in the Arena, while SivHD intervened and Chen Yi grew suspicious of LeBlanc and the other apparent mirror images.

• Chen Yi held the impostor for the enforcement squad, which compared their Mana and confirmed it was not Rowen Yi's technique.
• The chief judge declared Rowen Yi innocent, and Chen Yi confronted Mats Talon and challenged him to meet in the Arena.
• Mats Talon refused, while his clansmen argued and tried to blame him for framing Chen Yi.
• Mats Talon appealed to LeBlanc, but SivHD ordered the nobles sent to the Arena and left the tribunal.
• Chen Yi suspected SivHD and questioned how The Pale Lady's mirror-image ability could account for so many apparent copies.

Chen Yi refused Darius's brother's offer to make him and Fire Dragon Arena executioners, then avoided attacking the remaining noble targets to draw LeBlanc into confronting him. Meanwhile, Zhang Bihuáng used Demacia's Nullstone inheritance and a Magic Array to begin transforming his body, enduring severe pain.

• Darius's brother offered Chen Yi and Fire Dragon a lucrative role as Arena executioners, but Chen Yi refused and left with Fire Dragon.
• Chen Yi took Fire Dragon past each of the five noble households in Darius's letter without attacking, hoping LeBlanc would come after him.
• Zhang Bihuáng learned to shape Nullstone by channeling Mana into it using the method from the inheritance.
• Zhang Bihuáng entered the Magic Array and began transforming his body, screaming in pain but refusing to stop.

Zhang Bihuáng transformed himself into a Magic Immunity Knight after deciding that schemes and magecraft could not let him catch up to Chen Yi. In the Immortal Bastion, Chen Yi wiped out a crowd of controlled believers and an enforcement squad, then faced a pale young duke whose blood-red presence revealed himself as the one behind the encounter.

• Zhang Bihuáng recalled his past miscalculations and concluded that he needed strength rather than schemes to stand against Chen Yi.
• Zhang Bihuáng used the Magic Array to become a Magic Immunity Knight and formed Nullification Stone Armor.
• Chen Yi followed blood traces through the Immortal Bastion as fanatics invited him to join the Blood Baptism.
• Fire Dragon and Draven vanished after Fire Dragon received a signal, while Chen Yi bound the believers and a passing enforcement squad with chains.
• Chen Yi spread Silver Flame across the area, killing every living being nearby except himself and one other person.
• A pale young duke appeared, praised Chen Yi's magic, and revealed himself as the likely architect of the encounter.