Chapter Summaries

Chen Yi and Vladimir discussed Blood Sorcery, blood impurities, and competing theories of how living systems grew stronger. Draven opened up to Fire Dragon about living in Darius’s shadow and urged him to enter the Arena, while the argument between Chen Yi and Vladimir ended with both defending their research.

• Chen Yi asked Vladimir how he purified ordinary followers’ blood, and Vladimir said he had solved the problem.
• Chen Yi described how combinations of viruses could optimize a living organism, giving Vladimir a new line of thought about Blood Sorcery.
• Draven told Fire Dragon that he respected Darius but felt alive only in the Arena, then urged Fire Dragon to compete and earn Copper Coins.
• Chen Yi and Vladimir debated purity and mixed ecologies, with Chen Yi arguing that Vladimir had locked in his body’s limits and Vladimir citing his resistance to sunlight as proof of his theory.

Chen Yi and Vladimir fought over the next stage of Blood Sorcery while Fire Dragon battled Draven, Darius's brother, nearby. Chen Yi's attacks burned through Vladimir's blood defenses, but Vladimir unleashed a massive Torrent of Blood Bullets as the fight continued.

• Chen Yi challenged Vladimir's plan to strengthen Blood Sorcery by absorbing stronger people's blood, and the two attacked each other.
• Fire Dragon fought Darius's brother, who used his twin axes and Draven's rotational control to keep him from returning to Chen Yi.
• Chen Yi pierced Vladimir's blood attacks with Scorching Swords and used an Explosive Sword and Flame Snake to burn away his blood.
• Vladimir discarded blood contaminated by Heart Fire, then used Tide of Blood to create a sphere and explode it into a Torrent of Blood Bullets.

Chen Yi and Vladimir fought over their opposing beliefs about blood magic, with Vladimir using his vast reserves of blood and a hidden plague to gain the advantage. Chen Yi purged the infection, escaped Vladimir’s attack, and struck the blood pool with a massive Flame Explosive Sword.

• Vladimir argued that his Bloodthirsty Contract had perfected his use of blood, while Chen Yi judged that the contract had held Vladimir back.
• Chen Yi sent Flame Sparrows and a Blazing Sword against Vladimir, while the Chains of Heaven destroyed the blood puppets; Vladimir turned into a blood pool to evade the sword’s follow-up strike.
• Vladimir infected Chen Yi with Toxic Plague and attacked as Chen Yi’s condition worsened.
• Chen Yi used silver flames and Mana branded with the True Meaning of Fire to expel the infection, then summoned the complete Flame Demon to buy time and escaped with Flash.
• Chen Yi left a massive Flame Explosive Sword behind, engulfing Vladimir’s blood in silver flames.

Chen Yi battled Vladimir, who used blood clones and a mist to conceal his movements before attacking from underground. Meanwhile, Darius confronted Cassiopeia and Swain cornered LeBlanc, who withdrew; Chen Yi escaped Vladimir’s blood attack but was left pale and wounded.

• Darius blocked Cassiopeia from leaving and warned her that the Empire’s advance would bring bloodshed.
• Swain confronted LeBlanc and invited her to watch the moon, but she declined and left.
• Chen Yi used Flame attacks to shatter more than half of Vladimir’s body, but Vladimir regenerated and split into three apparent copies.
• Chen Yi realized Vladimir’s copies and the blood mist were decoys while Vladimir burrowed underground.
• Vladimir emerged near Chen Yi and drained a large amount of his blood, forcing Chen Yi to use Flash to escape.

Chen Yi and Fire Dragon defeated Vladimir after Chen Yi used Chibaku Tensei to tear up the battlefield and trap him in a burning Earth Sphere. Chen Yi leveled up and claimed Vladimir’s loot, while Vladimir’s final words insisted that his theory had not lost.

• Chen Yi used Fire Dragon to destroy Vladimir’s Bloodthirsty Puppet and began forming Chibaku Tensei.
• Chen Yi’s sealing core tore Vladimir and nearby Noxians from the ground, trapping them in a massive Earth Sphere that fell like a meteor.
• Fire Dragon split Vladimir’s Tide of Blood, while Chen Yi struck him with blazing swords and explosive fire.
• Vladimir’s Sanguine Conversion failed against Fire Dragon, and Fire Dragon cut off his head before a Flame Snake swallowed him.
• Chen Yi defeated Vladimir, gained 790,000 EXP, reached LV41, and obtained Copper Coins and a Gold Quality Bloodthirsty magic robe.

Chen Yi studied Vladimir’s research and adapted the Bloodthirsty Contract into a permanent Mana-and-health enhancement and an activatable Intelligence boost suited to his body. After making major progress toward the fourth tier, he considered how to raise his Intelligence further and settled on searching for suitable equipment.

• Chen Yi opened Vladimir’s box, stored the Blood Sorcery notes, and later found the section on the Bloodthirsty Contract.
• Chen Yi studied the contract and Vladimir’s research for half a month, while Swain and LeBlanc maintained a political compromise in Noxus.
• Chen Yi spent another half month studying and exploding Fire Clones, advancing toward the fourth tier and improving the Blood Burning Technique and Reversal Fire.
• Chen Yi adapted the Bloodthirsty Contract using Fire Dragon’s Energy Flow, creating permanent Mana and health increases and an activatable Intelligence enhancement.
• Chen Yi reviewed his equipment and attribute limits, then decided to look for a bracelet that increased Intelligence.

Chen Yi strengthened his skills and attributes with Bloodthirsty Contract, then developed Blood Burning Technique and improved Reversal Fire. After failing to teach Fire Dragon the contract, Chen Yi considered simplifying it for others, while Wang Zhanbo noticed Chen Yi was absent from the Tier 3 matchmaking rankings and prepared to begin his plan.

• Chen Yi used Bloodthirsty Contract to boost his health, mana, Spirit Strength, and Intelligence, bringing him closer to Tier 4.
• Chen Yi created Blood Burning Technique, which traded health for mana or temporary Intelligence, and upgraded Reversal Fire's healing effects.
• Chen Yi promised Fire Dragon that he would hunt their enemies in the next game, then tried to teach him Bloodthirsty Contract.
• Fire Dragon could not safely modify his body to learn the skill, so Chen Yi stopped the attempt and comforted him.
• Chen Yi considered simplifying Bloodthirsty Contract so more people could learn it without specialized knowledge.
• In Twilight Main City, Wang Zhanbo found Chen Yi missing from the Tier 3 matchmaking rankings and decided to wait until Tier 4 to pursue revenge as his plan began.

After the tribunal ordered Luowen Yi to leave the Immortal Bastion and kill five nobles on the Demacian battlefield, Chen Yi saw the ruling as a compromise between Swain and LeBlanc and prepared to use the war for revenge. Noxus formally declared war, drawing the attention of powerful beings across Runeterra as new threats stirred.

• Swain sentenced Luowen Yi to travel to the Demacian battlefield within ten days and kill five nobles before returning to the Immortal Bastion.
• Chen Yi left the tribunal with Fire Dragon and concluded that LeBlanc and Swain had agreed to drive him out of the city.
• Chen Yi welcomed the chance to confront Demacia, believing its Nullstone colossi would not stop his flames.
• Noxus announced its war against Demacia, and its citizens eagerly hoped to rise through military service.
• A blue-skinned mage left the Immortal Bastion to continue searching for dangerous runes.
• Atreus rejected the authority of War Pantheon, Aatrox challenged the gods, and Lissandra discovered that True Ice near the Void was melting.

Chen Yi exchanged captured equipment and Gold Coins for War Merit and a map, then traveled ahead of Noxus’s army to the Valoran Mountains to gather firewood. There, he subdued a valuable Earth Blue Centipede and continued deeper into the forest.

• Chen Yi bound the Quartermaster and exchanged his equipment and Gold Coins for 75,410 War Merit and a map of the nearby region.
• Chen Yi rode Fire Dragon west ahead of Noxus’s army, following the map toward the Valoran Mountains to find firewood.
• Chen Yi and Fire Dragon entered the forest, where Fire Dragon’s flames exterminated venomous insects and awakened an Earth Blue Centipede.
• Chen Yi stopped Fire Dragon from killing the centipede, sealed it in an iron cocoon, and planned to sell it to the insect-loving chatterbox.
• Fire Dragon searched for more valuable creatures as Chen Yi led it deeper into the forest.

Chen Yi fought the Furious Feathered Lion, a powerful forest guardian sent to drive him away, while hoping the battle would draw out The Pale Lady. Fire Dragon and the Flame Demon wounded and restrained the lion, but it unleashed a storm of wind feathers and the fight remained unresolved.

• The Furious Feathered Lion attacked Chen Yi, and he recognized it as a forest guardian empowered by the Valoran Forest.
• Chen Yi chose to fight the lion rather than leave, hoping the powerful enemy would lure out The Pale Lady, while Fire Dragon began its Dragon Dance.
• The lion unleashed a massive tornado that swallowed the Flame Sparrows, but Chen Yi detonated them inside it and collapsed the tornado with Silver Flame.
• Fire Dragon completed Dragon Dance and helped drive a Scorching Sword into the lion, then blinded and bound it with the Flame Sparrows' attacks.
• The lion blasted out tens of thousands of wind feathers, and Fire Dragon dodged them, drove the sword deeper, and punched its head.

Chen Yi failed to draw out the Black Rose while hunting in the forest, then joined Darius and the Noxian army as war approached. The Game World barred him from lower-tier battlefields and granted him limited authority to issue missions.

• Chen Yi killed the Furious Feathered Lion, collected its treasure, and imprinted a gold card that enhanced wind-element damage.
• Chen Yi found no sign of the Black Rose, gathered ancient trees for materials, and left as mist sealed the forest behind him.
• Chen Yi reached the Noxian army and met Darius, who welcomed him back to the ranks.
• The Game World identified Chen Yi as too powerful for Tier 2 and Tier 3 battlefields and granted him limited mission issuance authority as compensation.

Chen Yi learned he could issue tasks to aid Noxus and joined its army as it marched toward Demacia, while Tier 4 players were barred from the coming battle. As the Noxian forces camped near Demacia’s rebuilt Nullstone City Wall, Chen Yi discovered that Dynasty’s players were fighting for Demacia and summoned Yao Yingqian, who was stopped at the guarded command camp.

• Chen Yi learned that he could issue tasks supporting Noxus and gain War Merit, then told Darius he would only act in the later stages of the war.
• Chen Yi bought the hearts of fifty dragon raptors and took the corpses of fallen riders after their Nullification Stone Armor was removed.
• Darius led the Noxian army through Valoran and Tokogul to Nokmerch, where the army set up camp near Demacia’s rebuilt Nullstone City Wall.
• Chen Yi printed cards from his gathered materials while Noxian soldiers trained and Tier 2 and Tier 3 players arrived at the camp.
• Chen Yi confirmed through an approved task that Dynasty’s players were on Demacia’s side, then summoned Yao Yingqian to his location.
• Yao Yingqian arrived at Chen Yi’s camp but was stopped by Culligan Army soldiers guarding the area near Darius’s tent.

Chen Yi met with Yao Yingqian, who delivered Emotion Worms and explained how player levels and Base Stats could be improved. After they signed a contract, Yao Yingqian shared what he knew about raising the worms, leaving Chen Yi with the basics of their growth and feeding.

• Chen Yi let Yao Yingqian into his tent, where Yao Yingqian complained about his Base Stats and described the Experience Compressor and the advantage of entering the Game World with a True Body.
• Yao Yingqian learned Chen Yi was level 41, checked his attributes, and gave him six Emotion Worms as their earlier contract required.
• Chen Yi proposed that Yao Yingqian test a weakened skill that increased health and Intelligence, and Yao Yingqian agreed after negotiating a contract.
• Yao Yingqian offered to explain how to raise Emotion Worms, and he and Chen Yi signed a contract to guarantee the exchange.
• Yao Yingqian explained that Emotion Worms were identical as larvae and should be fed mixed emotions until they reached adolescence, when they began favoring particular emotions.

Chen Yi bought Emotion Worm larvae and cultivation supplies from Yao Yingqian, then recruited him to hunt Dynasty players during the war with a quest that rewarded Deep Purple Enchantment Cards. As the Tier 2 battlefield began, Chen Yi prepared to test a Bloodthirsty Contract modification on Yao Yingqian’s insect clones.

• Chen Yi spent 899,999 Copper Coins on Emotion Worm supplies and used his blood to contract twelve larvae, which fed on the emotions in his Spirit Space.
• Chen Yi asked Yao Yingqian to provide insect clones as test subjects and explain what he felt during the experiments.
• Chen Yi issued Yao Yingqian a quest to kill Dynasty players, offering one Deep Purple Enchantment Card for every 500 Tier 3 players killed.
• Yao Yingqian accepted the quest, and Chen Yi explained that the reward was separate from War Merit, which would go to Chen Yi.
• As the Tier 2 battlefield began, Chen Yi summoned a stone table and had Yao Yingqian produce an insect clone for the Bloodthirsty Contract experiment.

Chen Yi experimented on Yao Yingqian’s insect clones to refine a method for sharing Heart Fire through his Magic Book. He lent the book to Darius, who tested the flames and confirmed that even an ordinary soldier could use them.

• Chen Yi repeatedly made Yao Yingqian’s insect clones self-destruct while studying how mana circulated through their imprints.
• Darius confronted Chen Yi about the frightening experiments, and Chen Yi explained that the test subjects were paid clones rather than Noxian soldiers.
• Chen Yi offered Darius a Magic Book that let people borrow his flames after signing their names in blood, and Darius accepted it.
• Darius had a Tier 2 soldier sign the book, and the soldier successfully summoned silver Heart Fire.
• Darius tested the soldier’s flame and felt it sting his spirit, confirming its power despite being far weaker than Chen Yi’s own.

Darius learned how Chen Yi’s Heart Fire contracts worked and introduced the power to Noxian soldiers as the battle against Demacia began. Noxus’s troops assaulted the Nullstone City Wall, while the Wise Guild identified a likely weakness in its construction and the Rose Guild prepared to join the attack.

• Darius had two Rank 4 mages examine the Letter Paper, and they determined that its writing formed a blood-and-name contract that controlled Heart Fire.
• Darius concluded that Heart Fire could help Noxian warriors survive and fight stronger opponents, though its growing Mana and firewood costs limited its use.
• Darius rallied the soldiers the next day and credited Rowen Yi with providing the power, while players discussed the risks of fighting under Darius.
• Noxian troops and Rōnin charged Demacia’s Nullstone City Wall as magic failed on both sides, and the Wise Guild players reasoned that the wall was an empty shell.
• The Rose Guild’s temporary captain ordered her group to follow Noxus into the assault, and Darius sent Dragon Lizards charging toward the wall.

Chen Yi completed a weakened Bloodthirsty Contract for Yao Yingqian, then modified the Fire Dragon with a Blood Source Contract to strengthen its combat abilities. After the first battle ended with Noxus capturing Old Gate, Chen Yi fed Demacian corpses and battlefield concepts to the Ashen Tree, which grew a flower bud before being returned to the Heart Fire Space.

• Chen Yi finished the weakened Bloodthirsty Contract on Yao Yingqian, whose wounds were healed by Gu insects before Chen Yi cast him out of the tent.
• Chen Yi spent 300,000 Copper Coins modifying the Fire Dragon, granting it increased Battle Qi, Strength, and sustained combat capability.
• Chen Yi awoke after the thirty-seven-hour battle, in which Noxus breached Old Gate and Darius killed players who tried to hide or escape.
• The Demacian noble abandoned Old Gate and withdrew with his soldiers to Irondale to await reinforcements.
• Chen Yi swallowed the Demacian corpses and let the Ashen Tree absorb flame and destruction from the battlefield, causing a flower bud to appear before the tree returned to the Heart Fire Space.

Chen Yi used his authority to send players on scouting missions around Old Gate and earned War Merit from their work. In the Immortal Bastion, LeBlanc tried to send two Chen Yi duplicates to Ionia, but they vanished into the Mirror World, where another Chen Yi appeared.

• Darius ordered Noxus forces to secure Old Gate, search the mountains for Demacian scouts, and relocate or kill the local Demacians.
• Chen Yi offered to handle intelligence gathering, disguised himself, and issued players missions to scout Demacian plans and find enemy scouts.
• Five days later, Chen Yi rewarded the players and saw that their efforts had earned him 63,000 War Merit.
• LeBlanc examined the silver flames, destroyed her branded contract, and prepared to send two Chen Yi duplicates to Ionia.
• The duplicates vanished into the Mirror World, where another Chen Yi appeared in LeBlanc's staff mirror.

LeBlanc and Cassiopeia entered the Mirror World to meet 'Chen Yi,' but the journey separated Cassiopeia from the others. LeBlanc found 'Chen Yi' with Amaterasu and realized Cassiopeia was missing.

• LeBlanc created a magical crystal and brought Cassiopeia into the Mirror World, warning her to stay close and avoid emitting light.
• LeBlanc led Cassiopeia through the darkness toward 'Chen Yi,' explaining the dangers and the strange lights reflected from Material World mirrors.
• After they traveled for a while, a being corroded and broke the magical chain connecting them, and a fish-headed, human-bodied creature picked it up while Cassiopeia continued onward.
• LeBlanc reached the reflected great hall and met 'Chen Yi,' who called Amaterasu 'Three-No Sun' and welcomed him back as Sun.
• LeBlanc asked where her companion had gone, and 'Chen Yi' realized that Amaterasu had brought one fewer person than expected.

LeBlanc and Cassiopeia confronted Chen Yi’s fire-wielding mirror image in the Mirror World, but a terrifying curse erased their mirror selves and returned them to the Material World. The fiery battle drew distant creatures toward Chen Yi, leaving the Mirror World under threat.

• LeBlanc questioned Chen Yi’s mirror image, who mistook her for a new employee and warned her about the company before denying that he knew Rowen Yi.
• Chen Yi’s Fire Clone emerged, and LeBlanc attacked him with multiple spells while he fought back using the Flame Demon and a blazing sword.
• Chen Yi and Amaterasu formed a huge sun that burned the surrounding darkness, but the shadow beneath Chen Yi stretched out and plunged LeBlanc’s vision into darkness.
• LeBlanc awoke in the Material World, where Chen Yi greeted her from the flames, and Cassiopeia realized she had escaped the Mirror World as well.
• The battle’s light attracted Mirror World creatures from thousands of meters away, and they began rushing toward Chen Yi.