Chapter Summaries

Thousands of Players swarmed Fire Rock Hills to attack Fire Cloud Leopard, while Yang Shan watched from afar and Jin Shankao tried to recruit him. As the Players wore down the beast, Wang Tianhao led Tian Hao Alliance into the fight, but Fire Cloud Leopard unleashed Demon Spirit Cannon and wiped out nearly all two hundred members, leaving Wang Tianhao stunned.

• Tang Baizhan spread Fire Cloud Leopard's coordinates and promoted the Wind Claw Leopards as easy targets, drawing thousands of Players to Fire Rock Hills.
• Fire Cloud Leopard sent its roughly two thousand Wind Claw Leopards to attack the Players, then charged into the crowd when its underlings began falling.
• Jin Shankao contacted Yang Shan and offered him an appearance fee to help fight Fire Cloud Leopard, but Yang Shan declined because he was too far away.
• The Players gradually wore Fire Cloud Leopard's health below half, and Wang Tianhao waited until it fell below 3,000 before ordering Tian Hao Alliance to attack.
• Fire Cloud Leopard charged up Demon Spirit Cannon and blasted nearly two hundred Tian Hao Alliance Players, leaving Wang Tianhao alive and speechless.

Wang Tianhao backed down when Tang Baizhan and War Soul Hall took over the fight for the wounded Fire Cloud Leopard, while he contacted his father’s secretary to pursue his own plans. As War Soul Hall and Hero King Manor battled the beast for its first-kill announcement, a Player calling himself General Chao Bafang arrived and claimed it as his mount.

• Tang Baizhan rebuffed Wang Tianhao and Xiao Ji, then led War Soul Hall toward Fire Cloud Leopard while Wang Tianhao stepped aside and contacted his father’s secretary.
• Hero King Manor and Jin Shankao arrived, and Jin Shankao and Tang Baizhan agreed to clear away other Players before competing for the boss.
• Ye Suifeng, Tang Baizhan, Jin Shankao, and their guild members attacked Fire Cloud Leopard, steadily reducing its health to below one thousand.
• A Player shouted that he was General Chao Bafang and that Fire Cloud Leopard was his mount, prompting Tang Baizhan to recognize him as an NPC before Jin Shankao corrected him.

Yang Shan killed the Fire Cloud Leopard before Hero King Manor and War Soul Hall could claim it, advancing to Three-Star Dou Shi and triggering two Global Announcements. He collected the beast’s valuable drops as Tang Baizhan recognized him as the player who had claimed four announcements.

• Chao Bafang fought off players from Hero King Manor and War Soul Hall with his powerful Refined Long Halberd, but Ye Suifeng, Jin Shankao, and Tang Baizhan joined forces to suppress him.
• Yang Shan leaped onto the wounded Fire Cloud Leopard and killed it in under five seconds with a rapid chain of attacks.
• The kill granted Yang Shan 16,000 experience, advancing him to Three-Star Dou Shi and earning him the title Number One Dou Shi Under Heaven.
• Yang Shan triggered a second Global Announcement for the first kill of a Second-Order King of Beasts and collected the Fire Cloud Leopard’s heart blood meat, hide, and mutated Fire Attribute Magic Core.
• Tang Baizhan recognized Yang Shan from the announcements and realized that his own planned rise to fame had been eclipsed.

Yang Shan killed the Fire Cloud Leopard and refused Tang Baizhan’s demand to hand over its drops, while Jin Shankao tried to recruit him into Hero King Manor. Nalan Yanran arrived and accused Yang Shan of ruining her trial, but he challenged her claim to the beast.

• Tang Baizhan ordered War Soul Hall to surround Yang Shan and demanded the Fire Cloud Leopard’s drops, but Yang Shan refused.
• Jin Shankao intervened, criticized Tang Baizhan’s demand, and offered Yang Shan a place in Hero King Manor.
• Nalan Yanran arrived with Ge Ye and asked who had killed the Fire Cloud Leopard.
• Nalan Yanran recognized Yang Shan, accused him of knowingly ruining her trial, and lost favor with him.
• Yang Shan asked whether Nalan Yanran had raised the Fire Cloud Leopard, then told her that her choice of trial target had nothing to do with him.

Yang Shan provoked Nalan Yanran after killing the Fire Cloud Leopard, hoping to turn their dispute into a wager duel. Nalan Yanran agreed to a three-move challenge and put Lightning-Attracting Steel against the beast’s magic core, leaving Yang Shan to face her powerful techniques.

• Yang Shan explained that he killed the Fire Cloud Leopard for its flame and refused to appease Nalan Yanran, who had lowered his favorability.
• Ge Ye accused Yang Shan of deliberately targeting Nalan Yanran, but Yang Shan argued that the ownerless beast was not hers to claim.
• Nalan Yanran stopped Ge Ye and proposed a wager duel after Yang Shan provoked her.
• Yang Shan warned that Nalan Yanran’s status and advanced Dou Techniques gave her a major advantage, so she limited the contest to three moves.
• Nalan Yanran wagered third-tier Lightning-Attracting Steel against the Fire Cloud Leopard’s magic core, and Yang Shan accepted the challenge.

Yang Shan defeated Nalan Yanran in a single strike during their wager match, stunning the watching Players and Misty Cloud Sect observers. As he prepared to leave with Lightning-Attracting Steel, Nalan Yanran asked how he had found the flaw in her sword technique.

• Jin Shankao decided to recruit Yang Shan into Hero King Manor and planned to send female streamers after him, while Tang Baizhan doubted Yang Shan would be a good guild member.
• Ge Ye refereed the wager match as Nalan Yanran faced Yang Shan, confident that she could easily defeat him.
• Nalan Yanran attacked with Clear Wind Piercing Sword, but Yang Shan used Dou Qi Gauze to buy time and struck her rapier at a vulnerable point with Thunder Cleaving Slash.
• Yang Shan knocked Nalan Yanran's sword away and held his blade at her throat, winning the match in one move as the Players watched in disbelief.
• Yang Shan sheathed his blade, collected the Lightning-Attracting Steel, and started to leave before Nalan Yanran stopped him and asked how he had discovered her sword technique's flaw.

Yang Shan defeated Nalan Yanran by exploiting a weakness in her sword technique, but his attempt to leave only made her interested in him. Back at Tianyao Group, Xiao Yan learned that Yang Shan had earned another global announcement by defeating Nalan Yanran in one strike.

• Yang Shan used his experience to break Nalan Yanran's Clear Wind Sword Thrust and refused to give her his name.
• Nalan Yanran's favorability toward Yang Shan rose to 1, and she decided to stay in Cloud Frost City and use the Pang Family to learn his identity.
• Xiao Yan reviewed the game data and confirmed Yang Shan had not cheated, while worrying that player rumors could damage the company.
• A colleague rushed into Xiao Yan's office and reported that Yang Shan had received another global announcement after defeating Nalan Yanran in one strike.

Yang Shan checked his growing fame on the Game Forum, then entered the Ironwood Forest to pursue the opportunity tied to Alchemist Qin Wu. After killing an Ironhide Rat, he triggered the Opportunity Realm and learned that he needed to kill 100 Ironhide Rats to enter it.

• Yang Shan read forum posts about his defeat of the Fire Cloud Leopard and Nalan Yanran, then declined Jin Shankao’s request and told Chao Bafang to focus on leveling.
• Yang Shan arranged for Master Yao to have his Lightning-Attracting Steel and Fire Cloud Leopard hide made into equipment.
• Yang Shan traveled to the Ironwood Forest and found an Ironhide Rat while seeking the opportunity associated with Alchemist Qin Wu.
• Yang Shan wounded the Ironhide Rat, exploited the opening as it prepared its Bloodline Secret Skill, and killed it.
• Yang Shan triggered the Alchemist Qin Wu Opportunity Realm and learned that he had to kill 100 Ironhide Rats to enter.

Yang Shan killed one hundred Ironhide Rats, reached Five-Star Dou Shi, and found the hidden cave for the Alchemist Qin Wu opportunity. Inside, he began the first trial, Herb Identification, and found formulas for two medicinal pills.

• Yang Shan used Thunder Cleaving Slash, Weakness Strike, and Dou Qi Gauze to hunt Ironhide Rats despite their packs and his limited Dou Qi.
• Yang Shan killed one hundred Ironhide Rats over three days, gained experience and materials, and rose from Three-Star Dou Shi to Five-Star Dou Shi.
• Yang Shan followed the map to a cave beneath a massive boulder, logged off to recover, then returned and entered.
• Yang Shan passed the cave’s alchemist aptitude check and reached a chamber filled with herbs and an old man’s scroll painting.
• The Alchemist Qin Wu opportunity trial began with Herb Identification, and Yang Shan found a Medicinal Herb Atlas and formulas for Qi Return Pill and Blood Recovery Pill.

Yang Shan passed Qin Wu’s alchemy trial and discovered that its rewards included valuable pill recipes and alchemy experience. He left with a perfect Body Tempering Pill and plans to profit from refining pills.

• Yang Shan gathered herbs and passed the extraction stage by completing a keyboard rhythm minigame.
• Yang Shan opened the first wooden box and obtained the Gathering Yuan Pill Recipe, which offered better cultivation benefits than the commonly sold Guiding Yuan Pills.
• Yang Shan used Qin Wu’s alchemy insights and became a Second Grade Alchemist.
• Yang Shan found the Body Tempering Pill Recipe, a rare recipe that could grant four free attributes, and learned it.
• Yang Shan opened the final box, found a perfect Body Tempering Pill that granted six free attributes, and packed up to start alchemy.

Yang Shan refined pills in Cloud Frost City, discovering that even perfect minigame performance could not overcome low success rates for Body Tempering Pills. After two days of alchemy and a brief offline break, he returned to the game intent on making money.

• Yang Shan rented an alchemy room and used the Cloud Leopard Flame to refine batches of Gathering Yuan Pills successfully.
• Yang Shan failed several Body Tempering Pill refinements despite clearing every minigame, then eventually produced one successful batch of three pills.
• Yang Shan continued refining for two days, using 50 points of the Cloud Leopard Flame's source energy to make 432 Gathering Yuan Pills and three Body Tempering Pills.
• Yang Shan gained 1,320 character experience and 330 Alchemist Experience, then logged off to eat, rest, and exercise.
• Yang Shan watched videos on Doukuai, dismissed a Medusa cosplay as inferior to the queen in the game, and logged back in to make money.

Yang Shan consigned Gathering Yuan Pills and a Body Tempering Pill to the Mitier Auction House, winning Master Yao’s favor and getting his equipment order started. He also listed pills on the Game Exchange, while Master Yao and Brother Yan considered using a steady supply of Body Tempering Pills to challenge the Pang Family and Chai Family in Cloud Frost City.

• Yang Shan used a Gathering Yuan Pill during idle time and gained 680 EXP, then went to the Mitier Auction House to meet Master Yao.
• Yang Shan revealed he was a Second Grade Alchemist and asked Master Yao to appraise his Gathering Yuan Pills and Body Tempering Pill.
• Master Yao praised the pills, gained favorability with Yang Shan, and agreed to auction them and begin crafting Yang Shan’s equipment before he had paid the full fee.
• After Yang Shan left, Master Yao and Brother Yan discussed the Body Tempering Pill’s market potential and considered asking the young lady to approve a move against the Pang Family and Chai Family.
• Yang Shan listed six Gathering Yuan Pills with a reserve price of 120 Spirit Stones and one Body Tempering Pill with a reserve price of one thousand yuan on the Game Exchange.

Yang Shan made a fortune selling scarce Body Tempering Pills and Gathering Yuan Pills, then used the proceeds to buy ingredients and recruit Chao Bafang to gather Magic Cores. Wang Tianhao’s expensive bid for a Body Tempering Pill was undercut when another one appeared, and Yang Shan set about expanding his supply.

• Yang Shan’s Body Tempering Pill and Gathering Yuan Pills drew intense bidding, with Wang Tianhao raising the Body Tempering Pill’s price to 32,000 RMB.
• Xiao Ji told Wang Tianhao that a second Body Tempering Pill had appeared in the Trading House.
• Yang Shan received 31,680 RMB from the sale and 1,200 Spirit Stones for six Gathering Yuan Pills.
• Yang Shan listed another Body Tempering Pill and twenty-four Gathering Yuan Pills, then spent his earnings shopping for medicinal ingredients.
• Yang Shan asked Chao Bafang to farm in Ironwood Forest and sell him any Magic Cores he found, explaining how to defeat Ironhide Rats.

Yang Shan listed Gathering Yuan Pills and began refining Body Tempering Pills, enduring a costly losing streak before producing a profitable batch. After wealthy Players competed for the scarce pills, Master Yao summoned him to meet an influential Auction House guest, Mite'er Ya Fei.

• Yang Shan set Gathering Yuan Pills to list automatically and spent three days refining Body Tempering Pills, eventually turning thirty sets of ingredients into twelve batches after repeated failures and successes.
• Jin Shankao, Tang Baizhan, and Wang Tianhao's groups watched the Auction House for more Body Tempering Pills as bids climbed, while Wang Tianhao kicked Xiao Ji for asking to receive cash instead.
• Yang Shan watched the bids rise and adjusted his listings before a maidservant summoned him at Master Yao's request.
• Yang Shan collected 71,280 Spirit Stones from selling 360 Gathering Yuan Pills and followed Master Yao to the Auction House's restricted fourth floor.
• Yang Shan entered a private room and discovered that the important guest was Mite'er Ya Fei.

Yang Shan negotiated with Ya Fei over the Mittel Family’s commission for selling his pills, using his knowledge of Cloud Frost City’s power structure to resist her pressure. Ya Fei’s anger gave way to a smile, but they had not yet settled the deal.

• Yang Shan ignored Ya Fei’s seductive approach, earned a small increase in her favorability, and secretly photographed her while claiming to be a proper man.
• Ya Fei asked Yang Shan to entrust the sale of his Body Tempering Pills and Gathering Yuan Pills to the Mittel Auction House, initially offering a five percent commission.
• Yang Shan rejected the offer and challenged Ya Fei to match the one percent commission he believed the Chai Family or Pang Family would offer.
• Yang Shan pointed out that the Nalan Family and Mu Family backed the rival families, and argued that his pills were Ya Fei’s leverage for expanding the Mittel branch’s market share.
• Ya Fei warned Yang Shan not to cooperate with the Chai Family and Pang Family, then angrily claimed the Mittel Family could obtain as many Second-Grade pills as it wanted.
• Yang Shan questioned whether Ya Fei had authority to speak for the Mittel Family, and Ya Fei regained her composure and praised his fearlessness.

Yang Shan secured an exclusive sales agreement with Ya Fei for his Body Tempering Pills and Gathering Yuan Pills, winning her respect and favor. As he left the Mitier Auction House with a top-tier VIP card, Jin Shankao and Ye Suifeng spotted Ya Fei, and Ye Suifeng confessed that he was in love.

• Ya Fei offered to forgo commission if Yang Shan entrusted the Cloud Frost City sales of his pills to the Mitier Auction House, and Yang Shan agreed to sign the contract.
• Yang Shan left a one percent commission in the contract as an investment in Ya Fei, earning her recognition and increasing her favorability toward him.
• Ya Fei tested Yang Shan with a deep bow, and his unruffled response earned him more favorability while secretly prompting him to take screenshots.
• Yang Shan and Ya Fei finalized details, including the Mitier Auction House buying medicinal ingredients from the public, before he left.
• Ya Fei chased Yang Shan outside and gave him a top-tier VIP card, while Jin Shankao and Ye Suifeng watched; Ye Suifeng declared that he was in love with her.

Yang Shan encountered Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran in Cloud Frost City as they both sought his attention and his alchemy secrets. Their rivalry ended with Ya Fei linking arms with him, leaving Jin Shankao furious and Ye Suifeng trying to restrain him.

• Players recognized Ya Fei, and Jin Shankao and Ye Suifeng grew jealous when they saw her approach Yang Shan.
• Nalan Yanran arrived and asked Yang Shan to speak with her, but he refused to leave and demanded to know how she knew his name.
• Nalan Yanran explained that she had traced the Body Tempering Pills and Gathering Yuan Pills to Yang Shan and asked whether he had refined the pills.
• Ya Fei intervened, claimed the pills were sold through the Yunshuang Branch, and declared that Yang Shan was already hers.
• Ya Fei linked arms with Yang Shan, prompting Jin Shankao to draw his blade while Ye Suifeng struggled to stop him.

Yang Shan used Nalan Yanran’s invitation to make Ya Fei value his loyalty, then rejected the Nalan Family and returned with Ya Fei to refine pills. The chapter left him working at the Cloud Frost Branch as Players on the forum discussed the rivalry they had witnessed.

• Nalan Yanran warned Yang Shan about Ya Fei’s family ties and admirers, then invited him to work with the Pang Family and potentially join the Nalan Family.
• Yang Shan pulled away from Ya Fei, making her fear he would accept Nalan Yanran’s offer, while he secretly used the situation to strengthen Ya Fei’s interest in him.
• Yang Shan refused Nalan Yanran’s backing and the chance to meet Pill King Gu He, insisting he would honor his contract with the Mittel Branch.
• Nalan Yanran left after gaining favorability with Yang Shan, and Yang Shan reassured Ya Fei that he intended to invest in her.
• Ya Fei arranged a room and cauldron for Yang Shan at the Cloud Frost Branch, where he refined Gathering Yuan Pills as Players stirred up the forum.

A forum video of Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran competing for Yang Shan made him the focus of the server’s envy, while his alchemy earned him millions of RMB and raised him to Six-Star Dou Shi. Ya Fei visited him with two newly forged Hundred Refinements pieces of equipment, leaving Yang Shan eager to use them to become the world’s strongest fighter.

• Players flooded the forum with reactions after a video showed Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran arguing over Yang Shan.
• Yang Shan counted his earnings from selling Body Tempering Pills and Gathering Yuan Pills, reaching 2.34 million RMB in eight days and Six-Star Dou Shi.
• Ya Fei visited Yang Shan, whose cooperation with her had raised her favorability toward him above thirty.
• Ya Fei gave Yang Shan a Hundred Refinements Fire Cloud Robe and a Thunder Guiding Blade that Master Yao had commissioned.
• Yang Shan examined the powerful equipment and considered becoming the world's number-one fighter before the launch version ended.

Yang Shan gained powerful equipment and obtained the Profound Rank movement technique Thunder Spirit Flash from Ya Fei, whose favorability toward him rose. After Chao Bafang brought him thirty Magic Cores, Yang Shan asked whether he would sign a contract with him.

• Yang Shan’s new equipment greatly raised his defense, attack, and speed, and he told Ya Fei he might leave in a few days.
• Ya Fei offered Yang Shan the Golden-seal Profound Rank movement technique Thunder Spirit Flash at a discount and gave him four hundred thousand Spirit Stones; his joke raised her favorability to 33.
• Chao Bafang arrived with thirty Magic Cores after reaching Two-Star Dou Master, and Yang Shan tried to pay him six thousand yuan.
• Chao Bafang refused the payment, and Yang Shan clarified that he wanted to sign a contract with him.