Recaps

During the final day of the Chronicles of the Sky closed beta, Ye Fengxing fought off Yun Qianshuang and Yun Xixue after they confronted him for interrupting their bath, then escaped and returned to the real world. He wondered who had created the game and looked ahead to its public beta in half a month.

• Ye Fengxing traded insults with Yun Qianshuang and Yun Xixue as they attacked him with Sword Qi Lotus Blossom and Thousand Illusions Blade.
• Ye Fengxing used Charge Stomp and precise basic attacks to disarm both women, then struck Yun Xixue and escaped with Gale Step.
• Yun Qianshuang told Yun Xixue that Ye Fengxing's advice and combat skills deserved respect, and Yun Xixue vowed to defeat him someday.
• Ye Fengxing woke from the game, questioned whether Blue Star Entertainment had developed Chronicles of the Sky, and noted that its public beta would begin in half a month.

Ye Fengxing wrapped up his old game account and prepared to enter Cloudsoar, a new MMO, in a future Earth where cultivation manuals and genetic engineering had transformed humanity. The chapter left him face-to-face with a familiar woman, Yun Xixue, on the game's changed login screen.

• Ye Fengxing argued with an online friend about selling his old game account and urged him and Xiaoxiao to join Cloudsoar when it launched.
• Ye Fengxing demonstrated his extraordinary speed by creating dozens of afterimages in his living room.
• The chapter described how the Basic Internal Cultivation Manual and genetic engineering had created Ancient Martial Artists and Espers in the changed world.
• Three days later, Ye Fengxing entered his gaming pod and logged into Chronicles of the Sky, skipping the opening cinematic.
• A woman emerged from the lake on the login screen, and Ye Fengxing recognized her as Yun Xixue.

Ye Fengxing entered the world of Chronicles of the Sky, choosing the mage class despite his experience as a warrior. After the game identified him as an Ancient Martial Artist and reduced his unusually high attributes, he accepted his intimidating generated appearance and prepared to enter the game.

• Ye Fengxing recalled his fame as One Leaf Windwalk and his history with the Yun Sisters in Light of Freedom.
• A mysterious NPC asked Ye Fengxing to choose a handle and class, and he chose One Leaf Windwalk and mage.
• The game struggled to collect Ye Fengxing’s blood until he withdrew his protective qi, then identified him as an Ancient Martial Artist without Esper traits.
• The system reduced Ye Fengxing’s high base attributes and generated an image that made him look like an outlaw.
• Ye Fengxing refused to pay to alter his appearance, entered Chronicles of the Sky, and heard that dragons were an ancient and mysterious race.

Ye Fengxing began Chronicles of the Sky as a weak level-one Dragonkin and used his beta-game knowledge to learn gathering and level up by mining. As he kept working, his old friend Wangying Lanxi contacted him demanding PvP.

• Ye Fengxing realized he had become One Leaf Windwalk, a level-one Dragonkin with nearly zeroed stats, and was forced to dig alongside the other Dragonkin.
• Ye Fengxing asked Foreman Eske for help and learned Basic Gathering, which let him earn experience by collecting materials.
• Ye Fengxing mined through the afternoon and continued working after the others finished for the day.
• Eske noticed Ye Fengxing's persistence and mentioned dinner, but gave him no quest.
• Ye Fengxing accepted his pending friend requests and received a message from Wangying Lanxi demanding PvP.

One Leaf Windwalk mined in the Dragonrest Wilds until he uncovered an enormous purple-grade dragon fang, which Foreman Esk claimed as an ancestor’s remains. While Esk performed a ritual, One Leaf Windwalk considered how to allocate his mage’s attribute points.

• One Leaf Windwalk told Lan Xi to focus on leveling, then explained that he had been assigned to the Dragonkin race and could only mine in the Dragonrest Wilds.
• He mined through the night, reached level nine, and kept digging after his experience stopped increasing because he needed a green-grade stone.
• One Leaf Windwalk spotted a purple glow underground and spent half an hour excavating an enormous object that looked like a dragon fang.
• Foreman Esk arrived, identified the fang as part of an ancestor’s remains, and began a Draconic ritual to take it to the Dragon Tomb.
• One Leaf Windwalk waited through the ritual and considered how to distribute his freely assignable attribute points for his mage character.

One Leaf Windwalk received Eshavante’s protection and learned spells after recovering the Ancient Dragon Fang. He accepted Eske’s quest to find a lost scroll and set out to test his new abilities against monsters.

• One Leaf Windwalk put his free attribute points into agility and watched Eske carry the Ancient Dragon Fang to the cave.
• Eske told One Leaf Windwalk that Lord Eshavante had rewarded him with permission to roam freely and the three-day Eshavante’s Protection buff.
• Eske asked One Leaf Windwalk to retrieve a precious scroll lost in the Dragonrest Wilds, and One Leaf Windwalk accepted the quest.
• Eske taught One Leaf Windwalk Magic Missile and Conjure Food before giving him coordinates for the scroll.
• One Leaf Windwalk found a level-13 Six-Clawed Rabbit, attacked it with Magic Missile, and defeated it with a combo of physical strikes.

Ye Fengxing retrieved Esk's Lost Scroll and discovered that the level-one Mighty Throw skill could inflict different control effects when he hit specific body parts. He recognized its short cooldown and hidden effects as the foundation for powerful combo chains.

• Ye Fengxing reached the Ironclad Mantises, dug up Esk's Lost Scroll, and found that he could not damage the level-40 monsters.
• He fought lower-level Mutant Dung Beetles, got splattered by an exploding dung ball, and angrily killed several more.
• Ye Fengxing picked up a Mighty Throw skill book after intercepting a beetle's dung ball with Magic Missile.
• He used stones to root a beetle by striking its legs and blind another by hitting both eyes, confirming that Mighty Throw had multiple control effects.
• Ye Fengxing concluded that Mighty Throw's short cooldown and control effects could help him build powerful combos.

Ye Fengxing fought a swarm of level 15 Scarab Guards and faced two level 17 elite captains, using his skill and quick reactions to keep one at a distance. The chapter ended with him kiting the elite as he tried to wear it down.

• Ye Fengxing saw the system announce that Heavenfall had completed the Undead Warrior class trial and received rewards for the first-place achievement.
• Ye Fengxing defeated two Scarab Guard (Vanguard) scouts, triggering dozens of Scarab Guards and two elite captains to spawn around him.
• Ye Fengxing killed the vanguard monsters and reached 78% experience, then attacked one Scarab Guard Captain despite the level gap.
• Ye Fengxing dodged the captain's Charge and tried to slow it with kicks, but his low strength and constitution made close combat dangerous.
• Ye Fengxing ran while using Mighty Throw to impede the Scarab Guard Captain, then dodged another Charge and began kiting the elite.

Ye Fengxing used precise kiting and terrain to trap and kill two level-17 Scarab Guard Captains, then defeated the Scarab Generals they spawned. The chapter ended as he grabbed a green item from a Scarab General's loot.

• Ye Fengxing led a Scarab Guard Captain downhill and used a timed Charge to launch it into a gap between two boulders, trapping it.
• He slowly killed the trapped Scarab Guard Captain with rank-1 Magic Missile, but it dropped only twelve copper coins.
• Ye Fengxing returned and trapped and killed a second Scarab Guard Captain, causing two Scarab Generals to spawn.
• He kited the Scarab Generals and avoided their Ground Spikes by sensing vibrations beneath his feet.
• After twenty minutes, Ye Fengxing opened a Scarab General's loot and quickly grabbed a green item.

Ye Fengxing obtained a dagger, reached level 10, and lured the newly spawned King of the Scarabs into a chase. He reached the Dragonkin Camp, where Eske assembled an armed guard force and transformed Ye Fengxing into its squad leader before they charged the pursuing monsters.

• Ye Fengxing equipped a green-quality dagger and continued killing monsters while waiting for a boss to spawn.
• Ye Fengxing reached level 10, then the level 20 King of the Scarabs appeared and charged him.
• Ye Fengxing used Ashavante's Afterglow to escape the King of the Scarabs and its pursuing minions.
• Ye Fengxing led the pursuing monsters to the Dragonkin Camp and told Eske they were bullying him.
• Eske assembled the dragonkin laborers, armed them, and led them out as guards under a party-wide buff.
• Ye Fengxing became Dragonkin Guard Squad Leader · One Leaf Windwalk and charged toward the pursuing bugs with two sabers.

Ye Fengxing led the Dragonkin Guards in slaughtering the Scarab commanders and surrounding forces while Eske tanked the King of the Scarabs. As the boss neared defeat, Ye Fengxing ordered everyone to retreat, leaving Eske alone in the path of a massive burst of flame.

• Ye Fengxing used Ashavante's Afterglow and directed the Dragonkin Guards to quickly kill the Scarab Generals and a Scarab Guard Captain.
• Ye Fengxing helped Eske knock down the King of the Scarabs, then led the guards in defeating the remaining monsters and surrounding the boss.
• The King of the Scarabs used Savage Slam to hurl the Dragonkin Guards away, but Eske charged back into the fight while Ye Fengxing attacked from range.
• Eske dodged and blocked the boss's attacks as the King of the Scarabs' health dwindled toward its enraged phase.
• When the boss's eyes turned red, Ye Fengxing ordered the Dragonkin Guards to retreat, leaving Eske behind as a pillar of flame engulfed him.

Ye Fengxing and the dragonkin guards defeated the King of the Scarabs after Eske survived its ultimate attack and Ye Fengxing led a weapon-throwing assault. Eske rewarded Ye Fengxing with a magic crystal, kept the boss’s shield for another purpose, and decided to recommend him to a mentor to learn a mage’s combat skills.

• Eske survived the King of the Scarabs’ fiery ultimate with Dragon Scale Protection, then kited the enraged boss while the dragonkin guards struggled to keep up.
• Ye Fengxing told the guards to throw their weapons, and their attacks brought down the King of the Scarabs.
• Eske praised Ye Fengxing and awarded him the boss’s magic crystal for leading the squad well.
• Eske kept the King of the Scarabs’ Carapace shield, explaining that Ye Fengxing was a mage and could not use it.
• Eske called Ye Fengxing a brave warrior and decided to recommend him to a mentor who could teach him mage combat skills.

Ye Fengxing returned Esk's Lost Scroll to Eske, received a recommendation to find a Dragonkin mage mentor, and equipped a powerful magic focus. He reunited with Sky Wanderer and Brick to the Face, then persuaded them to go complete their class quests before they began leveling together.

• Ye Fengxing gave Esk's Lost Scroll to Eske, who sent him to find a Dragonkin master mage and gave him Eske's Precious Orb.
• Ye Fengxing equipped the orb, put his five attribute points into intelligence, and discovered hundreds of private chat requests waiting for him.
• Sky Wanderer and Brick to the Face mistook Ye Fengxing for an NPC before realizing he was a player and confronting him about ignoring their messages.
• Ye Fengxing told them he had been forced to mine from level one to nine and asked them to complete their class quests before forming a leveling party.
• After Ye Fengxing mentioned an exploit for defeating a level-twenty boss, Sky Wanderer and Brick to the Face agreed to go see the class mentors.

Ye Fengxing met Mage mentor Aston, accepted the Mentor's Trial, and received an apprentice equipment set. He began hunting level-13 Fuckyou for Magic Core Shards, but a missed Magic Missile made him take the fight seriously.

• Ye Fengxing met Dragonkin Magic Mentor Aston, who tested his confidence and burned Eske's letter of introduction.
• Aston offered Ye Fengxing the Mentor's Trial, and Ye Fengxing accepted it.
• Aston gave Ye Fengxing a Mage Apprentice Set before he left to collect 100 Magic Core Shards from Fuckyou.
• Ye Fengxing prepared Eske's Precious Orb with Magic Missile and used a thrown stone to pin a Fuckyou by striking its magic core.
• Ye Fengxing frowned when his Magic Device's next Magic Missile missed, and he resolved to take the fight seriously.

Ye Fengxing honed his magic-device accuracy while farming Fuck Squids, then completed Aston’s first task and accepted a trial to find the fugitive necromancer Martinst the Defector. Aston warned him not to confront Martinst directly and taught him Blink and Wind Veil before Ye Fengxing set out.

• Ye Fengxing spent hours practicing firing Magic Missiles while running with his back to the target, improving his control as he killed Fuck Squids.
• Ye Fengxing collected over a hundred magic core fragments and gave them to Aston, who praised his progress and offered him the next trial.
• Ye Fengxing accepted Mentor’s Trial II, which required him to find Martinst the Defector, a Dragonkin mage who had become a necromancer after his mentor expelled him.
• Aston warned Ye Fengxing that Martinst was powerful, told him to look for what Martinst had stolen, and taught him Blink and Wind Veil as escape skills.

Ye Fengxing searched for the hidden entrance to Martinst’s hideout and cautiously infiltrated a cavern packed with much higher-level undead. He reached a bone platform and saw a flash of orange light beneath its eerie chair, leaving the source unexplained.

• Ye Fengxing realized the quest’s cave entrance was hidden behind vines and climbed through them into a concealed passage.
• Ye Fengxing used Wind Veil to explore the pitch-black passage and discovered level 55 Ghostly Sentinels guarding the cavern entrance.
• Ye Fengxing used Blink to descend onto a ledge, then crossed the cavern while avoiding its level 55 and level 60 mobs.
• Ye Fengxing found a bone-covered stone platform and a towering black bone chair, but no sign of Martinst the Defector.
• Ye Fengxing narrowly avoided detection by a level 62 Ghostly Guard and saw an orange glow flash from beneath the bone chair.

Ye Fengxing investigated a mysterious orange item on a dangerous stone platform, but a deadly plague blocked his way. He left the attempt unresolved and agreed to help Yun Xixue and her sister level after finishing his class quest.

• Ye Fengxing watched the rotten-green gas flow into the bone chair and discovered that stepping onto the platform cost him 20% of his health per second.
• Ye Fengxing tried to recruit Brick to help, but Brick had no stealth skills, leaving Ye Fengxing unable to reach the chair or pass the powerful guards.
• Ye Fengxing prepared to use a Return-to-City Talisman and seek advice from friends, but Yun Xixue messaged him to ask for help leveling.
• Ye Fengxing teased Yun Xixue about her age and the sisters checking where he lived, while she denied it and asked him to come help.
• Ye Fengxing agreed to help the Yun sisters after he finished his class quest, and Yun Xixue told him to hurry.

Ye Fengxing waited for the cave’s deadly platform to lose its power, then uncovered a jade platform, a sealed scroll, and a warning signed by Pope Jorsen Cindrich. He left the warning’s connection to the sealed underworld unexplored, while a forum post accusing him of cheating continued to stir debate.

• Ye Fengxing discovered that the platform’s color was fading, tested its lingering Plague of Death, and stayed in the cave to wait.
• Ye Fengxing read a popular forum post accusing One Leaf Windwalk of exploiting a bug to kill a level 20 boss, examined its screenshots, and returned to the game without responding.
• Ye Fengxing waited until the platform’s green covering vanished, revealing a huge platform of exquisite jade.
• Ye Fengxing found a flashing Sealed Elder Scroll beneath the bone chair and discovered a warning written on the rag in the empty treasure chest.
• Ye Fengxing translated the warning online and recognized its signature as His Holiness Jorsen Cindrich VII, a legendary human pope.

Ye Fengxing found a hidden-quest chest containing an orange Scroll of Holy Radiance and a gray scrap of cloth, but returned only the cloth and left the scroll behind. At Blue Star Entertainment, the quest’s designer learned that One Leaf Windwalk had completed the hidden quest through a series of lucky discoveries and unexpectedly sharp judgment.

• Ye Fengxing recalled the history of the Lich King and His Holiness Joshen Cindrich VII after finding writing on the scrap of cloth.
• Ye Fengxing suspected the chest held a hidden quest, judged the orange Scroll of Holy Radiance to be a trap, and returned to town with the gray-quality cloth.
• A blond employee told the boss at Blue Star Entertainment that One Leaf Windwalk had completed the hidden quest without breaking the rules.
• The boss confirmed One Leaf Windwalk had taken the Book of the Dead but left the Scroll of Holy Radiance, then asked about his closed-beta quest history.
• The boss reviewed the obstacles One Leaf Windwalk had overcome and concluded that the quest’s reward had appeared far earlier than intended.

Ye Fengxing weighed Aston’s reward options and chose to become the old Dragonkin archmage’s personal disciple. Aston made him a Gale Mage and taught him several wind spells, while Ye Fengxing selected fire magic as his secondary specialization.

• Aston offered Ye Fengxing advanced spells, rare equipment, or the chance to become his personal disciple as a reward for returning the precious item.
• Ye Fengxing rejected the tempting spells and purple equipment, deciding that Aston’s personal instruction could offer greater long-term value.
• Aston officially made Ye Fengxing a Mage and asked him to specialize in gale magic to keep Wind Veil and Blink.
• Ye Fengxing became a Gale Mage and learned Cyclone Bind, Turbulent Wind, Astral Wind Guard, and Wind of Freedom.
• Ye Fengxing chose fire magic as his secondary specialization after finding gale magic focused heavily on control and mobility.

Ye Fengxing learned fire skills and Dragon Language Magic Basics from Old Aston, then accepted the final stage of his class quest to hunt a minion of Traitor Martinst. Unable to get his friends to join, he sought a party in the zone channel and drew a flood of reactions to his character name.

• Ye Fengxing learned Flame Devours the Body, Flame Arrow, and Explosive Impact, combining their burning and explosion effects for stronger attacks.
• Old Aston offered to teach Ye Fengxing dragon language magic, and Ye Fengxing learned Dragon Language Magic Basics, which increased his spell damage, accuracy, and casting speed.
• Ye Fengxing accepted the final class quest, which required him to kill Rotten Barbara and use the Mind Flay Staff to extract Traitor Martinst's whereabouts.
• Brick to the Face and Sky Wanderer said they could not help because they were still struggling with the previous quest stage, so Ye Fengxing looked for a random party.
• Ye Fengxing posted a request for a Babala group, and players flooded the zone channel with jokes and complaints about his character name, including Ironhead Monk.

Ye Fengxing reunited with Ironhead Monk and recruited Kawaii for a three-man run through the Ghostly Cave. Their coordinated fight against the Ghostly Sentinels showed off Ye Fengxing’s damage and crowd control, but two patrol monsters appeared as the party advanced.

• Ye Fengxing teased Ironhead Monk until Ironhead recognized him as Ye and agreed to run a dungeon together.
• Ye Fengxing recruited Kawaii, and the three met at the Ghostly Cave entrance.
• Ironhead charged the first Ghostly Sentinels while Ye Fengxing controlled one and dealt heavy fire damage, leaving Kawaii with little to heal.
• Against three more Sentinels, Ye Fengxing alternated crowd control and Blink while Ironhead used Charge and Shield Bash to keep the enemies under control.
• Kawaii spotted two patrol Ghostly Sentinels approaching the party.

Ye Fengxing, Ironhead, and Kawaii cleared Ghostly Sentinels while Ye Fengxing scouted the dungeon and uncovered two hidden level-fifteen Ghostly Cavalry Commanders. They ambushed a patrol monster with precise coordination, and Ye Fengxing revealed an unusual way to cripple another enemy as the fight continued.

• Ironhead used Sweeping Strike’s knockback mechanics to send a Ghostly Sentinel flying and helped defeat the remaining enemies while Kawaii watched.
• Kawaii asked Ye Fengxing and Ironhead to fight more aggressively, and Ye Fengxing used Wind Veil to scout the patrol route.
• Ye Fengxing discovered two hidden Ghostly Cavalry Commanders and two neutral Ghostly Warhorses, then planned an ambush with Ironhead and Kawaii.
• Ye Fengxing and Ironhead attacked a patrol monster with carefully timed spells and Charge while Ye Fengxing’s damage quickly wore it down.
• Ye Fengxing threw a stone at another Ghostly Sentinel’s knees, inflicting the Knee Rupture debuff as Ironhead attacked it.

Ye Fengxing led Ironhead and Kawaii through a level-15 dungeon on Hell Mode, revealing that Kawaii was a professional-level healer. After seeing Ironhead pull large groups of monsters, Ye Fengxing left to learn area-of-effect skills and returned with a new crowd-control skill, considering how he could use it.

• Ye Fengxing, Ironhead, and Kawaii chained crowd-control skills to defeat a Ghostly Sentinel, then Ironhead discovered that Ye Fengxing had set the dungeon to Hell Mode.
• Ye Fengxing offered to cover Kawaii’s death penalties, and Kawaii agreed to continue the underleveled run.
• The trio cleared groups of Hell Mode monsters, and Ye Fengxing recognized Kawaii’s expert healing while Ironhead tanked increasingly large pulls.
• Ye Fengxing took fifty-two silver from Ironhead and left the dungeon to learn skills and buy potions.
• Ye Fengxing learned Sea of Flames and Frostthorn Growth from Aston, then began thinking about new uses for Frostthorn Growth.

Ye Fengxing, Ironhead, and Kawaii fought through another dangerous wave in Hell Mode and reached Rotten Barbara. Elsewhere, Too Late to Shoot's team earned the first Madness Mode clear, but a hidden team soon stole the spotlight by claiming the first Hell Mode clear.

• Ye Fengxing unleashed area attacks while Ironhead tanked six monsters and Kawaii struggled to keep him alive.
• Ironhead pulled eight monsters, so Ye Fengxing deliberately drew one Skeleton Guard away and helped kill it with Ironhead.
• The trio reached Rotten Barbara, and Ironhead charged the Necromancer as Ye Fengxing and Kawaii agreed to fight.
• Too Late to Shoot led Nanfeng Luan, Lonely Big Dipper, Bloodshadow, and Bai Caosheng to the first Madness Mode clear of Misty Swamp, earning the title Madman.
• A system announcement revealed that a hidden team had completed the first Hell Mode dungeon clear in Ghostly Cave and earned the title Hell Warrior.