Chapter Summaries

Chen Yi killed LeBlanc with the Soul Chasing Iron Spike and helped Swain secure control of Noxus. After looting Black Rose’s research materials, he met Swain, who explained three kinds of futures and how they could be resisted.

• Chen Yi pierced LeBlanc’s mirror image with the Soul Chasing Iron Spike, causing soul damage that let him catch and kill her.
• LeBlanc’s defeat triggered a purge in Noxus, where Swain unified the country alongside Darius, while Chen Yi completed his Main Quest with a high rating.
• Chen Yi stayed in Noxus to loot Black Rose’s research materials, copied them for himself, and left the originals behind.
• Yao Yingqian watched Chen Yi’s battle, then left to accelerate the new Gu King’s cultivation.
• Swain met Chen Yi and explained that futures could be fated, inferred from available information, or forced into being by powerful influences.

After uniting Noxus, Chen Yi received greatly increased rewards, chose immunity to instant-death checks, and gained the Soul Leap skill scroll for Chuka. He began a transformation that infused his body with the will of fire, while Fire Dragon and Chuka were left to meet each other.

• Chen Yi realized the mission had reached only 79% completion and suspected LeBlanc had faked her death with Swain's knowledge.
• Chuka entered the pale reward space for the first time, while Fire Dragon waited calmly beside Chen Yi.
• Chen Yi chose increased maximum HP and Mana, then selected Spirit Body and the Soul Leap skill scroll from his rewards.
• Chen Yi introduced Chuka to Fire Dragon and entered a nutrient chamber to undergo his transformation.
• Mana and the True Meaning of Fire surged through Chen Yi as his body was destroyed and repaired, imprinting his cells with the power to resist instant-death checks.

After reaching Permission Level 25, Chen Yi opened the seed players’ Special Shop and spent most of his War Merit on flames, equipment upgrade scrolls, and mana purification. The ten purification opportunities left him adrift in darkness as pure energy began refining his body and mana.

• Chen Yi gained Flame Will and improved bodily control after leaving the nutrition pod.
• Chen Yi unlocked the Special Shop and exchanged War Merit for six flame clusters and equipment quality upgrade scrolls.
• Chen Yi planned to use the upgrade scrolls on Fire Dragon’s Blazing Noon and his own Silent Zang.
• Chen Yi found Mana Purification in the Special Shop and exchanged for ten uses, leaving himself 50,000 War Merit.
• Chen Yi’s consciousness sank into darkness as pure energy entered his body, compressed his mana, and expelled impurities.

After purifying his Mana, Chen Yi slept for three days and woke to find his power improved. He took Chuka shopping, where she discovered that cloudy Spirit Crystals tasted like catnip, before Wang Zhanbo and his companions ran into them.

• Chen Yi depleted most of his Mana during purification, returned to his room, and fell asleep while Fire Dragon looked after Chuka.
• Chen Yi woke three days later with stronger Mana, and Chuka complained that he had ignored her after making her sign a contract.
• Chen Yi took Chuka and Fire Dragon out shopping and helped Chuka learn the value of Copper Coins.
• Chen Yi ate a cloudy Spirit Crystal, then gave one to Chuka, who loved its taste and rubbed against his head in a daze.
• Chen Yi prepared to return with Fire Dragon and Chuka, but Wang Zhanbo arrived with Ailan and Ma Fei and laughed at him.

Wang Zhanbo revealed that he had become a powerful Tier 3 player and planned to challenge Dynasty to protect Chen Yi. He asked Chen Yi to look after the guild members’ parents, leaving Chen Yi to consider the danger a guild war could pose to their families.

• Chen Yi brought Wang Zhanbo and the others to his home, then led them to a newly built council hall.
• Chen Yi asked Wang Zhanbo what he planned to do after learning that Wang Zhanbo’s fortune had risen to nearly half the level of a protagonist.
• Wang Zhanbo revealed a Legendary Guild Challenge Letter bound to Wu Di and said his guild was strong enough to challenge Dynasty.
• Wang Zhanbo explained that he wanted Dynasty to stop threatening Chen Yi and that Ma Fei, Ailan, and the rest of the guild supported him.
• Wang Zhanbo asked Chen Yi to protect the parents of guild members, fearing Dynasty might retaliate if it lost the guild war.

Chen Yi gave Wang Zhanbo three lucky animals and a Bronze Puppet, then received a bead containing World Source from him. After sending Wang Zhanbo away, Chen Yi prepared to sell equipment and entered Heart Fire Space to check the Ash Tree’s growing fruit and stored dragon raptor hearts.

• Wang Zhanbo refused to explain his plans, and Chen Yi guessed he wanted to overthrow the rules of the real world and become a Hero.
• Chen Yi assigned the Three Fools to Wang Zhanbo and gave him a box containing an Alchemical Creature - Bronze Puppet.
• Wang Zhanbo left behind a bead containing 0.01 units of World Source before Chen Yi used his Permission Level to send him and the others away.
• Chen Yi asked Fire Dragon and Chuka to sell low-quality equipment from the Personal Guild Warehouse.
• Chen Yi entered Heart Fire Space, observed the Ash Tree’s unusually large fruit absorbing energy from the others, and gathered the sealed dragon raptor hearts and LeBlanc’s staff.

Kaiba Seto came to retrieve Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and Chen Yi traded it for an Epic Black Hole card. Kaiba also exchanged Monster Reborn for Chen Yi’s Flame Guard Sealing Sword before leaving, while Chen Yi returned to printing cards.

• Kaiba Seto arrived at Chen Yi’s meeting hall with two subordinates to retrieve Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
• Chen Yi rejected Kaiba Seto’s offer of 1,200 monster cards and chose the Epic Black Hole card instead.
• Chen Yi asked Kaiba Seto to trade him Monster Reborn and exchanged his Flame Guard Sealing Sword for it.
• Kaiba Seto left after challenging Chen Yi to duel once Chen Yi was qualified.
• Chen Yi resumed printing cards as Fire Dragon prepared to take Chuka out to sell goods.

After spending most of his Copper Coins printing Enchantment Cards, Chen Yi planned how to sell them and upgraded the Eternal Catalyst with an Equipment Quality Upgrade Scroll. He visited Qian Duoduo to settle their accounts, then went with Fire Dragon and Chuka to the Dwarf Blacksmith Shop, where they found Nino Tudi arguing with a female Dwarf.

• Chen Yi counted his dragon-bird Enchantment Cards, kept a Tyrannical Dragon-Bird card for Fire Dragon, and decided he needed an unmanned shop rather than relying on Qian Duoduo to sell them.
• Chen Yi gave Fire Dragon an Equipment Quality Upgrade Scroll and Chuka a Skill Scroll, then considered how Chuka could help Heart Fire evolve by carrying Letter Paper to new worlds.
• Chen Yi used the scroll to upgrade the Eternal Catalyst and paid to repair its durability.
• Chen Yi settled 304,000 Copper Coins with Qian Duoduo, who sensed that Chen Yi had become dangerously powerful and privately contacted someone after he left.
• Chen Yi took Fire Dragon and Chuka to the Dwarf Blacksmith Shop, where Nino Tudi scolded a female Dwarf for mistreating a customer, and she defended herself by saying the customer had called her heavy.

Chen Yi commissioned Nino Tudi to make a custom Magic Book and decided against opening a shop in the main city. He proposed selling Enchantment Cards through Pokémon World, and Nurse Joy contacted someone with authority to consider the deal.

• Chen Yi gave Nino Tudi wine, arranged repairs for his equipment, and commissioned a Magic Book with refreshable pages that could fly out as mediums.
• Nino Tudi explained that A-rank guilds or paying employees could open main-city shops, but warned Chen Yi that running one would be troublesome.
• Chen Yi visited the Pokémon Shop, where Nurse Joy scolded him for delaying after supplying stock had nearly run out.
• Chuka met Nurse Joy, asked for Spirit Crystals, and became confused when she couldn't enter Chen Yi's Spirit Space.
• Chen Yi proposed selling Enchantment Cards to Pokémon World instead of opening a shop, and Nurse Joy called another Nurse Joy to pass the proposal to someone who could decide.

Chen Yi authenticated LeBlanc’s staff as the Legendary Mirror of the Trickster and kept it and the Mirror of Replication. After spending two and a half months printing cards, he sold another large batch to Nurse Joy and returned with 23.5 million Copper Coins, though sales were beginning to slow.

• Chen Yi gave Fire Dragon and Chuka 50,000 Copper Coins each, and Chuka told him it could no longer enter his Spirit Space.
• Chen Yi paid 76,000 Copper Coins to authenticate LeBlanc’s staff, revealing its Legendary abilities to summon replicas and attack through mirrors.
• Chen Yi kept the Mirror of Replication, deciding it might be best used to copy Fire Dragon’s upgraded Eternal Catalyst.
• Chen Yi spent two and a half months printing more than 4,600 cards, including 1,200 Dragon Raptor Cards, and raised his Card Master proficiency.
• Chen Yi delivered the cards to Nurse Joy and received 23.5 million Copper Coins, while Nurse Joy warned that future Enchantment Card sales might slow.

Chen Yi used the Arena to raise True Meaning of Fire and underwent a major transformation that greatly increased his Fire Affinity and resistance. At level 30, he received three Special development options and had not yet chosen one.

• Chen Yi put an Everstone bracelet on Fire Dragon after reading Professor Oak's advice to delay its evolution.
• Chen Yi spent Copper Coins in the Arena to raise True Meaning of Fire from level 7 to level 10, transforming his body and gaining 50 Fire Affinity.
• Chen Yi continued training for several days, reaching True Meaning of Fire level 20 and gaining another 30 Fire Affinity and 10% Fire Element Resistance.
• Chen Yi raised True Meaning of Fire to level 30 and was offered Expulsion, Seed, and Suppression as Special development options.

Chen Yi chose to deepen the concept of burning and spent two months researching flames, Domains, and the Spiritual Body. His experiments revealed that Heart Fire could burn ordinary materials as fuel, bringing him closer to understanding Burning Space.

• Chen Yi chose Seed to enhance the concept of flames burning, then returned home and adapted to the change.
• Chen Yi finished studying Black Rose’s materials, found no information on LeBlanc’s Mirror Domain, and began researching Flame Domain, the Spirit Body, and elemental creatures.
• When the Eternal Magic Guild’s mages refused to share advanced knowledge, Chen Yi bought Skill Scrolls and reverse-engineered the skills they contained.
• After two months of experiments, Chen Yi set aside Flame Domain because its damage was too low, but discovered that his Spiritual Body resisted mental and spatial effects and learned Fire Escape.
• Chen Yi found that enhanced Heart Fire could use soil, metal, water, and other ordinary materials as fuel, potentially consuming an entire planet while its sustaining Mana lasted.

Chen Yi upgraded several pieces of equipment and assessed declining Enchantment Card sales at Pokemon Shop. After strengthening his gear, he left the Strengthening Hall with 19.1 million Copper Coins and chose to master his recent improvements before advancing his true intent.

• The Ten Thousand Years Tempering Stone and Blazing Noon advanced to Gold Quality, and Chen Yi prepared a Magic Tool named I Love Eating Turbid Spirit Crystals for Chuka to use in recruiting people who could borrow Heart Fire's authority.
• Chen Yi had Finale of Fire devour six flame clusters, increasing its flame-temperature amplification by 56%.
• Chen Yi learned that guild-backed shops had appeared beside Pokemon Shop and were drawing customers away, while sales had fallen to 19.2 million Copper Coins over three and a half months.
• Chen Yi took Fire Dragon and Chuka to the Strengthening Hall and raised the Ten Thousand Years Tempering Stone and Blazing Noon to +12.
• Chen Yi enchanted Fire Dragon's Golden Armor to +13, then left with 19.1 million Copper Coins and decided to master his recent improvements before strengthening his true intent.

Chen Yi continued climbing the Tier 4 arena rankings, defeating Su Tusha before facing Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens, a powerful Time-type Mage. She paused time and struck Chen Yi, but he moved before her three-second Time Stop had ended.

• Chen Yi entered Tier 4 matchmaking with Fire Dragon and Chuka and defeated Su Tusha with a Blazing Sword, raising his win count to 127 and reaching rank 9021.
• Chen Yi continued winning matches until he reached rank 5000 and was matched against Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens.
• Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens praised Chen Yi, invited him to join the Rose Guild, and warned that Fire Mages struggled against the higher-ranked players.
• Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens paused time across the arena, dodged Chen Yi's Blazing Swords, and pierced his chest with a spear of light.
• Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens launched a Light Blade at Chen Yi, but he moved before her Time Stop ended, leaving her shocked.

Chen Yi defeated Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens by breaking free from her Time Stop and trapping her with his fire techniques. Afterward, he investigated how to counter time and space abilities but found little advice beyond enduring them.

• Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens's first Time Stop failed to hold Chen Yi because his Spirit Body resisted it, and he counterattacked with Fire Dragon and blazing swords.
• Chen Yi used an explosion, Flame Sparrows, and coordinated attacks from Fire Dragon and the Flame Demon Phantom to pressure Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens.
• Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens forcibly expanded Time Stop, but Chen Yi broke free, used Fire Escape to appear beneath her, and trapped her with the Lock of the Heavens.
• Chen Yi won the Arena match, raising his record to 141 wins and 0 losses and reaching Arena Rank 4870.
• Chen Yi searched the library for ways to fight time and space users, but the available advice amounted to toughing it out.

Chen Yi entered an Arena match against Sikong Xuanwang, a Tech Side fighter equipped with a dark matter computer and spatial technology. Their battle escalated as Chen Yi’s fire techniques and summons pressed Sikong Xuanwang, who used predictive combat support and spatial attacks to defend himself.

• Chen Yi prepared a touch-triggered explosive spell and a strategy of widening the distance to counter enemies who could stop time.
• Chen Yi printed a new Flame Seal Sword and matched against Sikong Xuanwang in an Arena battle set between two mountains.
• Sikong Xuanwang used his dark matter computer to open spatial passages and attack Chen Yi, but Fire Dragon and the Flame Swords defended him.
• Chen Yi sent Fire Dragon, Silver Flame, and hundreds of Flame Sparrows against Sikong Xuanwang, who used his battle suit, plasma barrier, and energy net to fight back.
• Fire Dragon struck Sikong Xuanwang into a mountain, and Chen Yi’s blazing sword exploded after Sikong Xuanwang used Space Blockade.
• Chen Yi sent Fire Dragon plunging toward Sikong Xuanwang as the battle continued.

Chen Yi defeated Sikong Xuanwang in the Arena, then summoned Aiqin to learn how space users could be countered and how to improve Spatial Disorder. Aiqin explained the limits of perception across spaces and demonstrated spatial collapse, leaving Chen Yi with a stronger understanding of space-based techniques.

• Fire Dragon endured Sikong Xuanwang's attacks, struck him down, and won the Arena match for Chen Yi.
• Chen Yi summoned Aiqin, who recognized him and bragged that she was almost Rank 7.
• Aiqin explained that enemies hiding in another space could be countered by obstructing their vision and described the three ways they could perceive opponents.
• Chen Yi reasoned through ways to disrupt ordinary vision, spatial perception, and special vision, then asked whether flame heat could pass through space.
• Aiqin explained that space users could control which substances passed through, and she helped Chen Yi refine Spatial Disorder before demonstrating the offensive technique of spatial collapse.

Chen Yi battled Lianka Gel, a warrior equipped with treasures forged by Hephaestus, and tested the range and limits of her Time Stop. After studying her abilities, he attacked with more than forty Fire Rings, while Lianka Gel claimed her god's authority over fire meant she had nothing to fear from his flames.

• Lianka Gel taunted Chen Yi before the battle began, then used Time Stop to freeze the sea, Chen Yi, and his attacks while launching her forged weapons at him.
• Chen Yi recovered from the first Time Stop, used silver flames to destroy Lianka Gel's blade qi and damage her scissors, and summoned Fire Dragon while dodging an explosive arrow.
• Lianka Gel shattered Chen Yi's Scorching Swords and dispersed his Flame Snake with her Giant Hammer, then brought out a huge ship and fired its cannons at him.
• Chen Yi used Fire Dragon and Flame · Flash to sink the ship, but Lianka Gel stopped Fire Dragon with another Time Stop; Chen Yi escaped and recorded the domain's range and behavior.
• Chen Yi unleashed more than forty Fire Rings with alternating flame attacks, and Lianka Gel declared that she feared no flames before swinging her hammer to create spatial cracks.

Chen Yi defeated Lianka Gel in the arena by using Fire Dragon, Chuka, the Chains of Heaven, and his flames to overcome her Time Stop. After testing whether his heart fire could burn space, he decided to study the fundamentals of time and space and summoned the dwarf mage Heineke Fores for instruction.

• Chen Yi's attacks and Fire Dragon's strike weakened Lianka Gel, while Chuka entered her Spirit Space and unleashed Emotion Worms as the Chains of Heaven restrained her.
• Chen Yi pulled Lianka Gel out of her Time Stop domain, and his heart fire and the Emotion Worms overwhelmed her; Player Yi won the match and reached arena rank 4161.
• Chen Yi tested whether heart fire and a specially made Scorching Sword could burn space, but neither produced any spatial fluctuations.
• Chen Yi decided to spend his resources addressing his weaknesses against time- and space-type enemies, then sent Fire Dragon home to train.
• Chen Yi brought Chuka to a projection of the dwarf mage Heineke Fores and asked him to teach the fundamentals of space magic.

Chen Yi studied the fundamentals of space under Heineke Fores and used potions, technology, and Chuka’s help to improve his Space Affinity and understanding. After he mastered the basics, Heineke began teaching him about spatial rifts and how space interacted with Time Stop.

• Heineke Fores taught Chen Yi and Chuka the fundamentals of space and time, though Chen Yi struggled to sense Space Elemental Particles.
• Chen Yi bought two Gold Quality Space Affinity potions from Yilin, and he and Chuka each drank a Hidden Space Potion.
• Chen Yi’s Space Affinity settled at 4, and he began using Tech Side creations and a dark matter computer to study space in the First Main City.
• Chen Yi studied space with Heineke Fores and Chuka, paying Chuka with Turbid Spirit Crystals for her guidance.
• Heineke Fores explained how spatial rifts could be formed and how space and Time Stop affected each other.