Recaps

Yang Shan raced ahead in Cloud Frost City, gained allies and wealth, and claimed the Fire Cloud Leopard’s kill before the rival guilds could take it. After Nalan Yanran blamed him for ruining her trial, she challenged him to a three-move wager duel, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Yang Shan entered the game, concealed his strength from the clan, defeated a string of youths, and became the server’s first Fighter.
• Yang Shan completed quests around Cloud Frost City, killed a Green Bamboo Python, and later helped Chao Bafang hunt Man Bulls while rapidly advancing.
• Wang Tianhao tried to seize Yang Shan’s blade, but Yang Shan and Chao Bafang defeated his Players, and Yang Shan killed Wang Tianhao.
• Yang Shan learned that Nalan Yanran was hunting the Fire Cloud Leopard for her trial, then helped Chao Bafang publicize her interest in its hide.
• Rival guilds and thousands of Players converged on Fire Rock Hills, where the Fire Cloud Leopard attacked the crowd and the guilds weakened it.
• Yang Shan killed the wounded Fire Cloud Leopard in seconds, became the first Three-Star Dou Shi, and collected its drops before the rival guilds could claim them.
• Nalan Yanran accused Yang Shan of ruining her trial, then proposed a three-move wager duel and staked third-tier Lightning-Attracting Steel against the beast’s magic core.

Yang Shan built his fortune and connections by refining valuable pills, working with Ya Fei, and recruiting Chao Bafang. After fighting Azure Cloud Association members and rescuing Madam Yao, he passed the Heart Demon Trial and became the server’s first Great Fighter.

• Yang Shan defeated Nalan Yanran in one strike, then hunted Ironhide Rats to unlock Alchemist Qin Wu’s opportunity and learned alchemy.
• Yang Shan refined Gathering Yuan Pills and Body Tempering Pills, sold them for substantial profits, and negotiated a sales contract with Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House.
• Yang Shan refused Nalan Yanran’s offer to work with the Pang Family and instead strengthened his partnership with Ya Fei, who provided him with powerful equipment and a movement technique.
• Yang Shan signed Chao Bafang to a Freelancer Contract and recruited him to hunt Azure Cloud Association members for experience and drops.
• Yang Shan and Chao Bafang spent half a month fighting patrols, then rescued Madam Yao after killing Cheng Yuan and his escorts.
• Yang Shan escorted Madam Yao to Master Yao, received a Barrier Breaking Pill recipe, and refined a pill that made him a Tier-3 Alchemist.
• Yang Shan defeated the Black-Clothed Man in the Heart Demon Trial, and the server announced him as its first Great Fighter.

Yang Shan dominated the Jia Nan Academy tournament, defeated Xiao Aotian in the final, and turned down an invitation to attend the academy. He then accepted Ya Fei’s quest to secure Fei Luo Water Pond and rode into a fight with the Tian Hao Alliance.

• Yang Shan registered for the tournament, revealed himself as a Da Dou Shi, and defeated his early opponents with overwhelming strength.
• Yang Shan and Chao Bafang hunted the Black Mysterious Tiger, then worked together to kill an assassin from the Chai Family and Pang Family.
• Yang Shan advanced through the tournament, defeating Jia Zhengjing, Mei Yangyang Does Not Double Standard, Wang Tianhao, and Ji Fengchun, while Chao Bafang and Xiao Aotian also reached the later rounds.
• Xiao Aotian defeated Ye Suifeng in the semifinal, while Yang Shan killed Chao Bafang with a single slash.
• Yang Shan defeated Xiao Aotian in one strike to win the tournament and received a Tier 4 Purple Silver Frost Cauldron as his reward.
• Yang Shan declined Ruo Lin’s invitation to Jia Nan Academy and left with Ya Fei, while Bai Xiaosheng’s post named him “Yang One-Blade.”
• Ya Fei asked Yang Shan to help the Cloud Frost Branch occupy the Fei Luo Water Pond monument, and he accepted the quest and received a Maple Leaf Colt.
• At Fei Luo Water Pond, Ji Fengchun and the Tian Hao Alliance attacked Mei Yangyang’s group, then Yang Shan rode up and approached them.

Yang Shan survived the Pang and Chai Families’ attempts to kill him, secured Hai Bodong’s Tyrant Blade, and helped Ya Fei gain leverage over their families. After taming the prized mount Hoof Shadow, he encountered an Azure Cloud Association pursuit and a black-winged fugitive who might be connected to Soul Hall.

• Yang Shan occupied Fei Luo Water Pond, fought off the Tian Hao Alliance, and exposed a group of assassins sent by the Pang and Chai Families.
• Yang Shan escaped the remaining assassins with Jin Shankao’s help, then traveled to Desert City and began Hai Bodong’s quest for the Tyrant Blade.
• Yang Shan and Zhu Tianpeng killed a Mottled Scorpion Beast and Serpent-People, earning Hai Bodong’s trust and the Tyrant Blade manual and Bone Forming Pill formula.
• Yang Shan ambushed the assassins in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, killed Chai Lao Si, Chai Lao Er, and their allies, and captured Pang Lao San and Chen Gu for Ya Fei.
• Yang Shan and Chao Bafang went to the Azure Wind Plains to tame Wind Chasing Steeds, while Yang Shan struggled to subdue the herd’s king, Hoof Shadow.
• Yang Shan finished taming Hoof Shadow and spotted an Azure Cloud Association pursuer attacking a black-winged fugitive whose black mist suggested a possible connection to Soul Hall.