Chapter Summaries

The Fengyun Tournament's group assignments put several Zero Wing contestants in the fiercely competitive Groups Three and Five, worrying Bai Qingxue about the branch Guild's prospects. Fierce Snake's first match pitted him against renowned Guardian Knight Flame Iron Arm, and the battle began with Flame Iron Arm charging at him.

• The announced groups revealed that two of Zhao Yueru's teammates were in Group Three and three were in Group Five, both groups filled with formidable contestants.
• Bai Qingxue worried that Zero Wing's contestants might fail to qualify, while Shi Feng assured her they could advance.
• Matches began across the ten arenas, and Fierce Snake was matched against Flame Iron Arm, ranked thirty-seventh among Guardian Knights.
• Red City predicted that Fierce Snake would lose and said the defeat would make qualifying much harder.
• Flame Iron Arm taunted Fierce Snake and charged at him after activating a burst skill, but Fierce Snake said their luck was still undecided.

Fierce Snake defeated Flame Iron Arm by adapting to the Omnipotent Magic Armor’s boost and outlasting him in close combat, while Zero Wing’s other contestants also won their matches. Zhao Yueru then overwhelmed Falling Petals with triple spellcasting, leaving the arena stunned.

• Flame Iron Arm opened with Divine Storm, but Fierce Snake blocked his attack with a Whirlwind whose 90% completion rate gave him the advantage in Strength.
• Flame Iron Arm activated Blessing of Protection and traded blows with Fierce Snake, but Fierce Snake’s combat movements improved as he adapted to the Omnipotent Magic Armor.
• Fierce Snake defeated Flame Iron Arm using normal attacks, prompting other contestants to take notice of his close-quarters skill.
• Wind Wheel, Mad Bone, Mo Wusheng, and Zero Wing’s other contestants won their matches without revealing much of their strength.
• Zhao Yueru faced Falling Petals in Group Five and used triple spellcasting to overwhelm him with Great Fireballs, Flame Spears, and Flame Chains.
• After Falling Petals exhausted his lifesaving skills, Zhao Yueru killed him with a barrage of spells.

Zhao Yueru and Zero Wing’s other members dominated the Fengyun Tournament preliminaries, drawing the Black Dragon Empire’s attention and revealing the Omnipotent Magic Armor’s value in helping experts improve. In the ranking matches, Zhao Yueru advanced to the fifth round, where she was set to face Yiluo Fei, the Ice Queen.

• Zhao Yueru defeated Falling Petals in seconds with triple rapid casting, astonishing the audience and drawing attention to Zero Wing Guild.
• All five Zero Wing members advanced undefeated from the preliminaries, and their performances rapidly boosted the guild’s reputation in the Black Dragon Empire.
• Bai Qingxue realized that the Omnipotent Magic Armor had helped Fierce Snake and the others contend with Micro Realm experts, while Shi Feng said they could obtain as many armors as they wanted.
• In the ranking matches, Zero Wing’s members advanced through three rounds, but only Zhao Yueru and Mo Wusheng reached the fourth round.
• Mo Wusheng was eliminated in the fifth round, while Zhao Yueru’s next opponent was Yiluo Fei, the FFF Group vice commander known as the Ice Queen.

Yiluo Fei, a powerful expert favored by the Flower of Seven Sins, faced Zero Wing’s Zhao Yueru in the Fengyun Tournament and publicly challenged Black Flame. The chapter ended with Zhao Yueru rejecting Yiluo Fei’s challenge and declaring her unqualified.

• Spectators and Feng Qianyu’s group discussed Yiluo Fei’s strength and her status as a reserve high-ranking member of the Flower of Seven Sins.
• Yiluo Fei told Yan Tianxing that she intended to win the Fengyun Tournament championship to fulfill the Flower of Seven Sins’ condition for supporting her adventure group.
• Yiluo Fei met Zhao Yueru in the arena and asked her to pass Black Flame a challenge to fight her.
• Yiluo Fei’s public challenge stirred the audience and angered Zero Wing’s members, while Nine Dragons Emperor laughed at the guild’s humiliation.
• Zhao Yueru narrowed her eyes and told Yiluo Fei that she was not qualified.

Zhao Yueru used Icefire Rage’s power to overwhelm Yiluo Fei in the Fengyun Tournament, revealing the advantage of her Fragment of a Legendary Item. She summoned an Icefire Leopard as she prepared to end the match.

• Zhao Yueru released Icefire Rage’s suppressed aura, shocking the contestants and guild leaders watching the match.
• Shi Feng confirmed to Bai Qingxue that Icefire Rage was a top-tier Fragment of a Legendary Item suited for Elementalists.
• Yiluo Fei and Zhao Yueru traded spells, but Icefire Rage raised Zhao Yueru’s fire and ice magic by one tier and let her overpower Yiluo Fei.
• Yiluo Fei’s HP fell below 50% in less than fifteen seconds, while Zhao Yueru remained above 90%.
• Zhao Yueru summoned a giant Icefire Leopard with Icefire Rage’s third skill.

Zhao Yueru used Icefire Rage and a summoned Icefire Leopard to overwhelm Yiluo Fei in the Fengyun Tournament. After her defeat, Yiluo Fei realized that Flower of Seven Sins’s challenge condition would be far harder to fulfill than she had expected.

• Zhao Yueru summoned a Tier 2 Lord Icefire Leopard, while Yiluo Fei trapped her and cast Extreme Frost Burst Cascade.
• Zhao Yueru’s Flame Dragon’s Dance canceled Yiluo Fei’s forbidden spell and shattered the ice walls, revealing the immense advantage of her weapon and attributes.
• Zhao Yueru sent the Icefire Leopard after Yiluo Fei, then cast Iceflame Hell across the arena.
• Yiluo Fei used Frost Barrier to survive temporarily, but its eight-second duration expired and Iceflame Hell killed her.
• The arena fell silent after Zhao Yueru’s victory, and Yiluo Fei reconsidered Flower of Seven Sins’s condition to defeat Black Flame.

Zhao Yueru advanced to the Fengyun Tournament quarterfinals, putting Red City Guild’s hold on Hidden Mist Town at risk. Before her match with Yan Tianxing, he publicly offered a Dragon Great Tomb treasure map and 10,000 Magic Crystals if he lost, and asked Black Flame for an Adventurer’s Home slot if he won.

• Zhao Yueru defeated her opponents in the fifth and sixth rounds and reached the quarterfinals, while Red City Guild stopped in the seventh round with 630 points.
• Red Fire Fox hoped Zhao Yueru would lose her quarterfinal match so Red City Guild could retain its chance to control Hidden Mist Town.
• The tournament draw paired Zhao Yueru against Yan Tianxing in the quarterfinals.
• Yan Tianxing asked Guild Leader Black Flame for an Adventurer’s Home slot for FFF if he won, and offered 10,000 Magic Crystals and a Dragon Great Tomb treasure map if he lost.

Yan Tianxing offered a Dragon Great Tomb treasure map in exchange for FFF's chance to move into Stone Forest Town, and Shi Feng accepted the wager. Zhao Yueru prepared to fight Yan Tianxing without holding back, and the match began with Yan Tianxing activating Burst Mode and disappearing.

• Players discussed Stone Forest Town's Advanced Combat Rooms and Auction House, explaining why powerful adventure groups wanted to move there.
• Yan Tianxing offered the Dragon Great Tomb treasure map, alarming the major guilds with its potential riches and danger.
• Yiluo Fei questioned whether FFF needed to reveal the map, while Bai Qingxue explained the Dragon Great Tomb's value to Shi Feng.
• Shi Feng accepted Yan Tianxing's condition and told Zhao Yueru to use her full strength against him.
• Zhao Yueru agreed to the match, and Yan Tianxing activated Burst Mode and vanished from sight.

Zhao Yueru and Yan Tianxing fought a tense arena match, with Yan Tianxing using his True Orb to summon a perfect phantom and Zhao Yueru answering with Icefire Space and two clones. Yan Tianxing appeared to kill Zhao Yueru with Shadow Blade, but the match continued as her clones prepared to strike.

• Zhao Yueru summoned her Lord-ranked Icefire Leopard and used rapid area spells, but Yan Tianxing remained hidden from her attacks and perception.
• Yan Tianxing circled Zhao Yueru while her Icefire Leopard guarded her blind spots, then used the True Orb skill True Phantom to create an identical Stealthed clone.
• Zhao Yueru activated Icefire Space, weakening Yan Tianxing and creating two powerful clones of herself.
• Yan Tianxing used Shadow Step to attack Zhao Yueru, but she evaded with Blink and escaped the first assault.
• Yan Tianxing's phantom struck Zhao Yueru with Shadow Blade and emptied her Health, but the match did not end; Zhao Yueru's two clones smiled and swung their weapons at once.

Zhao Yueru used her Icefire Space clones and overwhelming magic to defeat Yan Tianxing in the arena match. She ended the fight with Icefire World Annihilation, and the arena declared her the winner.

• Zhao Yueru's ice- and fire-aligned clones trapped and killed one of Yan Tianxing's bodies while the Icefire Leopard kept the other occupied.
• Zhao Yueru bombarded Yan Tianxing with volleys of ice and fire spells, steadily wearing down his health despite his Burst Mode and evasive skills.
• Yan Tianxing used Vanish to disappear, hoping to wait for his skills to recover, but Zhao Yueru began chanting Icefire World Annihilation.
• Zhao Yueru's clones unleashed the forbidden curse, shattering Icefire Space and killing Yan Tianxing before the arena declared Zhao Yueru the winner.

Zhao Yueru’s overwhelming victory secured Zero Wing the arena bet and shocked the guilds competing for influence in Lakeheart City. Shi Feng claimed Yan Tianxing’s Magic Crystals and Dragon Great Tomb treasure map, while Red Fire Fox planned to obstruct Zero Wing’s attempt to take Hidden Mist Town through other guilds.

• Zhao Yueru defeated Yan Tianxing’s team with Icefire World Annihilation, astonishing the audience and strengthening Zero Wing’s reputation.
• Red Fire Fox accepted Red City Guild’s loss of Hidden Mist Town but ordered Lonely City to recruit other guilds and supply them with intelligence, gear, and siege tools to hinder Zero Wing.
• Yan Tianxing told Yiluo Fei that superpowers were preparing to compete for Stone Forest Town’s Adventurer’s Home stationing slots because of its valuable facilities and benefits.
• Feng Qianyu and Azure Phoenix praised Zhao Yueru’s strength and anticipated her contribution to the battle for Thunderclap Island.
• Shi Feng received the 10,000 Magic Crystals and Dragon Great Tomb treasure map from Yan Tianxing, then opened the map.

Shi Feng discovered that Yan Tianxing’s supposed Dragon Great Tomb treasure map was actually a map to the endlessly enterable Dragon Nest secret realm. After Zero Wing Guild’s tournament victory sparked a recruitment surge, Bai Qingxue learned that Red City Guild’s allies were gathering against them, and Shi Feng prepared to retaliate.

• Shi Feng used the Eye of Omniscience to reveal that the map led to the Dragon Nest secret realm, astonishing Bai Qingxue.
• Shi Feng planned to explore the Dragon Nest after preparing more sets of Omnipotent Magic Armor.
• Zhao Yueru won the Fengyun Tournament with Icefire Rage, and Zero Wing Guild earned the top ranking and an invitation to the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s internal auction.
• Players flocked to join Zero Wing in Lakeheart City, prompting Bai Qingxue to prepare to expand the branch guild by taking Hidden Mist Town.
• A subordinate reported that Red City Guild’s allied guilds were gathering in Lakeheart City and players were ambushing Zero Wing members near Hidden Mist Town.
• Shi Feng decided to intimidate the allied guilds and retaliate against Red Fire Fox for breaking his word.

Shi Feng ordered Zero Wing to attack every Red City Guild town and publicly announced the plan, confident that Zero Wing’s growing wealth and Magic Crystal reserves would make it possible. As Bai Qingxue delivered intelligence on the towns, Feng Qianyu warned Shi Feng that Nine Dragons Emperor had stationed the powerful Shadow Dragon Legion there.

• Shi Feng told Bai Qingxue to gather detailed information on Red City Guild’s towns and said he intended to attack them all.
• Shi Feng ordered Zero Wing’s branch guilds to prepare and publicize the operation across the Black Dragon Empire.
• Players across the empire debated Zero Wing’s chances, while Red Fire Fox dismissed the threat and learned that Nine Dragons Emperor would send expert teams and Goblin Cannons to defend the towns.
• Feng Qianyu warned Shi Feng that the towns were guarded by the Shadow Dragon Legion, but Shi Feng ended the call without changing his plans.
• Bai Qingxue gave Shi Feng the intelligence she had gathered on the two towns.

Shi Feng sent Zero Wing’s main force and Black God Legion to attack Greenwood Town despite its formidable defenses, then Water Rose revealed that she had obtained the Sea God Inheritance and joined the assault. Red City Guild and four allied guilds prepared 180,000 elites to defend the town, while Zero Wing’s force approached with just over a thousand people.

• Bai Qingxue warned Shi Feng that Red City Guild’s towns had strong defenses and could draw more than 100,000 defenders each, but Shi Feng ordered the main force and Black God Legion to attack Greenwood Town.
• Water Rose contacted Shi Feng and revealed that she had completed the Sea God Inheritance trial, become a Tier 2 class, and received the growth-type Sea Dragon Staff.
• Shi Feng agreed to let Water Rose join the attack on Greenwood Town.
• Players gathered in Greenwood Town to watch Zero Wing’s announced assault, while they discussed the town’s defenses and the allied guilds’ support.
• Red Fire Fox coordinated with four allied guilds, which had assembled 180,000 elite players and promised more reinforcements if needed.
• Lonely City reported that Zero Wing’s approaching force numbered just over a thousand, and Red Fire Fox welcomed their arrival.

Shi Feng led just over a thousand Zero Wing riders toward Greenwood Town, prompting its defenders to mock the small force and Shadow Fang to take charge of stopping it. Rather than attack the town directly, Shi Feng assembled two Intermediate Magic Pulse Cannons and a mobile defensive magic array on a distant hillside and ordered the cannons to fire.

• Lonely City reported that only a thousand-plus Zero Wing riders were approaching Greenwood Town, and Red Fire Fox and the other guild executives watched footage of Black Flame leading them.
• The second-rate guilds offered to crush Zero Wing, but Shadow Fang ordered the Shadow Dragon Legion to handle the attackers.
• News of Zero Wing's small force spread through Greenwood Town, and the watching players dismissed the attack as a farce.
• Shi Feng halted his force fifteen thousand yards from Greenwood Town and ordered Bai Qingxue and the others to secure the hillside.
• Shi Feng assembled two Intermediate Magic Pulse Cannons and a mobile defensive magic array, loaded the cannons with Magic Crystals, and ordered his people to fire at Greenwood Town.

Zero Wing’s Intermediate Magic Pulse Cannon shattered Greenwood Town’s defenses and blasted two enormous craters into the town from the distant hill. Red Fire Fox ordered Red City Guild to attack Zero Wing, while the other guilds abandoned Greenwood Town.

• Red Fire Fox dismissed the danger of Zero Wing’s thousand fighters and assigned the Shadow Dragon Legion to deal with them.
• Zero Wing’s cannon fired two beams from the hill, piercing Greenwood Town’s magic barrier and devastating the town.
• Lonely City reported that the beams came from Zero Wing, and Red Fire Fox ordered everyone to charge the hill before the cannon could fire again.
• Executives from the four second-rate guilds used Return Scrolls to leave, abandoning Red Fire Fox with Red City Guild and independent players.

Red Fire Fox and the Shadow Dragon Legion charged Zero Wing after the Intermediate Magic Pulse Cannon struck Greenwood Town. Shadow Fang shattered Zero Wing’s defensive barrier, and Water Rose appeared alone to face him as the battle began.

• Red Fire Fox sealed Greenwood Town’s map and led ten thousand players toward Zero Wing’s hillside.
• Shi Feng recognized the approaching Shadow Dragon Legion and assigned Water Rose to deal with its commander, Shadow Fang.
• Shi Feng sent Water Rose, Bai Qingxue, Zhao Yueru, and Mo Wusheng with two hundred players each to confront the advancing forces.
• Shadow Fang used the Magic-Breaking Blade to shatter Zero Wing’s mobile defensive magic array.
• Water Rose appeared before the mountain path, standing alone against the Shadow Dragon Legion.

Water Rose confronted the Shadow Dragon Legion alone on a narrow hillside path and killed most of a party with powerful water magic. Shadow Fang then slipped past her spells and attacked from behind, leaving the fight at a critical moment.

• Shadow Fang ordered a six-man party to kill Water Rose while the rest of the Shadow Dragon Legion headed for the mountaintop to seize a war weapon.
• Water Rose swept away the charging Shield Warrior and Berserker with Water Wave, killing the Berserker and badly injuring the Shield Warrior.
• Water Rose trapped the Shield Warrior with Dark Thorns and killed the remaining five party members with Rising Water Glow.
• Shadow Fang approached Water Rose while dodging her spells, then used Shadow Step to appear behind her and slash with his Magic-Breaking Blade.
• Water Rose invoked Bloom! Water Domain as Shadow Fang's attack came down.

Water Rose used her Sea God Inheritance to overwhelm Shadow Fang with Water Domain, but their battle remained a stalemate until she revealed that she had been holding back her burst skill. Her powered-up water serpent sent Shadow Fang flying and dealt him heavy damage.

• Water Rose blocked Shadow Fang’s Magic-Breaking Blade with Water Domain, weakening him and forming twelve powerful water serpents.
• Water Rose ordered the water serpents to attack, but Shadow Fang used burst mode and his blade to withstand their strikes and try to close the distance.
• Water Rose’s defenses and serpents kept Shadow Fang at bay, and both fighters relied on potions as their resources dwindled.
• Shi Feng told Fierce Snake that Water Rose was about to go all out, and Water Rose released a black mist that sharply increased her aura.
• Shadow Fang realized Water Rose had not used a burst skill, but a water serpent struck him and sent him flying more than ten yards, costing him over 4,600 HP.

Water Rose used her Tier 2 power and Sea God Inheritance to overwhelm Shadow Fang and destroy the Shadow Dragon Legion’s assault on the hillside. Shadow Fang survived with a Revival Scroll and withdrew, leaving the Legion to abandon the attack.

• Water Rose struck Shadow Fang hard enough to make him stagger and then pressed him with her water snakes.
• Shadow Fang ordered Evil Speech to seal Water Rose’s magic and called on the Shadow Dragon Legion to attack together.
• Water Rose cast the Tier 2 forbidden spell World-Ending Torrent, wiping out more than two hundred members of the Shadow Dragon Legion.
• Shadow Fang revived with a Revival Scroll, warned Water Rose, and vanished using a disappearance skill.
• The Shadow Dragon Legion retreated from the hillside, confusing Red Fire Fox and the others who had just arrived.