Chapter Summaries

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.

Too Late to Shoot and his companions analyzed a Hell Mode dungeon announcement that named only three players, while reflecting on legendary professional gamer Heavenfall and his rival One Leaf Windwalk. At the Ghostly Cave, One Leaf Windwalk parted ways with Kawaii after their record-setting run, just as Too Late to Shoot received a voice chat invitation.

• Nanfeng Luan angrily reacted to the dungeon announcements, while Bloodshadow and Bai Caosheng suggested investigating the players behind them.
• Too Late to Shoot reasoned that the timing was probably coincidental and concluded that the three announced names had cleared Hell Mode; he and his companions speculated about who they were.
• Too Late to Shoot dismissed Heavenfall as a possibility and recalled Heavenfall's career, including his rivalry with One Leaf Windwalk and the Beaconfire Team's Arena of the Gods victory.
• One Leaf Windwalk thanked Kawaii for working with him at the Ghostly Cave, and Ironhead watched Kawaii leave.
• Too Late to Shoot frowned and accepted a voice chat invitation while his companions were still talking.

Ye Fengxing and his party completed Hell Mode, earning rare equipment and permanent rewards, while Too Late to Shoot learned that the Mage who beat his team to the first kill was Ye Fengxing. After parting from Ironhead, Ye Fengxing showed Aston his loot, and Aston unsealed Eske's Precious Orb to reveal its exceptional power.

• Too Late to Shoot learned from Kawaii that Ye Fengxing, Ironhead Monk, and Kawaii had completed Hell Mode without wiping, then rallied his teammates to challenge them fairly next time.
• Ye Fengxing parted ways with Ironhead and inspected the rare equipment the Hell Mode party had earned.
• Ye Fengxing returned to Aston, whose prepared blue staff was outclassed by Ye Fengxing's rare staff and rings.
• Aston unsealed Eske's Precious Orb, revealing a level 15 yellow rare Magic Device with powerful stats and fire effects.

Ye Fengxing completed his Dragon Language Magic training, gained new skills and titles, and set out to finish higher-level quests near the Donar River. He left the grove after spending the afternoon hunting Rainbow Centipedes and completing his quests, then rested by a campfire.

• Ye Fengxing reached level 15, put his free attribute points into agility, and learned Dragon Language Magic from Old Aston, earning the [Dragon Speaker] title and two new skills.
• Old Aston urged Ye Fengxing to leave the Dragonrest Wilds and gain experience through battles with comrades, and Ye Fengxing promised to return with stories.
• Ye Fengxing accepted several level 12 and higher quests and traveled west to the Donar River, where he gathered herbs in a grove.
• A level 17 Rainbow Centipede attacked Ye Fengxing, but he used his Skeleton Guards, spells, and damage-over-time effects to kill the centipedes despite their burrowing and poison attacks.
• Ye Fengxing leveled up Chaotic Wind while clearing his quests, then rested beside a campfire and grilled meat skewers.

The chapter described the rush by studios and major guilds to claim territory in the new game Chronicles of the Sky, then followed the War Hero Family’s ninth division as it explored the Southern Islands with the Dragonkin. It left War Hero Yi Yan and Kuang Dao spotting a mage ahead.

• Chronicles of the Sky surpassed Light of Freedom in registered players, drawing studios and conglomerates eager to claim its unoccupied territory.
• The chapter explained that Dragonkin players had few players, no capital city, and had to choose another faction’s continent after reaching a certain level.
• War Hero Yi Yan and Kuang Dao led the War Hero Family’s ninth division through the Southern Islands to pioneer the Dragonkin starting area.
• Kuang Dao complained that War Hero Ninth Brother had assigned them the difficult territory with the smallest budget, while Yi Yan defended the assignment as a sign of trust.
• Yi Yan pointed ahead, and Kuang Dao saw what appeared to be a mage.

Kuang Dao’s feud with Lan Xi escalated into a running battle as the Beaconfire Team’s five professional players decimated War Hero’s forces. The professionals logged off after two hours, and War Hero’s paid posters then took the dispute to the forums.

• War Hero Yi Yan and Kuang Dao watched Lan Xi grind mobs and discussed his strong gear and unusual mage build.
• The chapter recounted how Xiaoxiao Xingxing, Lan Xi, and Deep Blue Temptation had attacked Kuang Dao after his earlier defeat by Lan Xi, killing War Hero reinforcements and costing Kuang Dao several levels.
• Lan Xi called in Fire of the Fallen and Carefree Immortal, completing the Beaconfire Team’s five-player lineup as hundreds of War Hero players tried to surround them.
• The five professionals used guerrilla tactics for two hours, repeatedly killing War Hero players until the raiders lost experience, equipment, and money.
• The Beaconfire players logged off after routing the raids, and War Hero’s paid posters published a thread accusing the professionals of bullying the weak and daring them to return.

After a flame arrow struck a hidden tauren, Ye Fengxing found himself helping the wounded Shaman Warrior Aidarik survive a swarm of Ghost Vanguards. Meanwhile, Kuang Dao’s old grievance against the Beaconfire Team drove him to threaten players in the Donar River area, and the War Hero Ninth Division rushed to attack.

• Kuang Dao recalled the War Hero Family’s humiliating flame war with the Wolf Hairs, then announced that the War Hero Family had reserved the Donar River area.
• War Hero Yi Yan tried to stop Kuang Dao, but Kuang Dao rallied the Ninth Division’s elite players to attack anyone who stayed.
• Ye Fengxing killed a level 16 elite scorpion and continued battling Ghost Vanguards while Aidarik lay wounded nearby.
• Aidarik urged Ye Fengxing to leave him behind, but Ye Fengxing refused and defended him from the monsters.
• Earlier, Ye Fengxing’s Flame Arrow missed a nimble monster, struck something hidden in tall grass, and provoked Aidarik to charge out in anger.

Ye Fengxing escaped Dying Gladiator Adaric’s attack with Blink and realized the wounded level 83 Tauren might be a valuable quest-giving NPC. After learning Adaric had been nearly killed by a level 90 Necromancer Archmage, Ye Fengxing began healing him with Clearflow Mending, hoping to gain his favor, but an unexpected incident ruined his hopes.

• Ye Fengxing used Blink to evade Adaric’s Charge, and Adaric collapsed from exhaustion with only fourteen Health Points remaining.
• Ye Fengxing resisted the temptation to kill Adaric, questioned him, and explained that his earlier Flame Arrow had been an accident.
• Adaric apologized, became neutral toward Ye Fengxing, and explained that a level 90 Necromancer Archmage had gravely wounded him.
• Ye Fengxing used Clearflow Mending to heal Adaric over time, hoping their growing affinity would unlock a quest.
• An unexpected incident interrupted Ye Fengxing’s plan and shattered his hopes.

Ye Fengxing watched Adaric defeat the level 75 Ghostly Knight Commander after healing the badly wounded Tauren, then tried to stay with him in hopes of receiving a quest. Adaric rejected Ye Fengxing’s claim that they were companions and ordered him to leave as his name turned blood-red.

• The Ghostly Knight Commander attacked Ye Fengxing and Adaric with its wide-ranging Death Thrust, killing nearby creatures, while Adaric shielded Ye Fengxing.
• Adaric fought the Ghostly Knight Commander and used Flame Slash and Flame Dance, Thunder Splendor to kill it.
• Adaric collapsed after the battle and warned Ye Fengxing that more pursuers would arrive the next day.
• Ye Fengxing pretended he would not abandon a companion, but Adaric denied they were companions, ordered him to leave, and abruptly stood with his name blood-red.

Ye Fengxing struggled to keep Adaric alive despite the minotaur’s curse and refusal to accept help, then summoned Brick and Sky to assist. Meanwhile, Kuang Dao’s group prepared to attack a Mage, and its leaders debated the threat he posed.

• Ye Fengxing found that Adaric’s Flesh Rot curse prevented his healing from restoring the minotaur’s 4 HP, so he gagged and tied him to a makeshift stretcher until Adaric’s name turned yellow.
• Ye Fengxing contacted Brick, learned Brick’s group was fighting Hard Mode in the Ghostly Cave, and asked him and Sky to come help with Adaric’s quest.
• Kuang Dao sent Little Sword to approach the distant Mage and ordered an Assassin to follow in case the Warrior needed help.
• Xiao Xiaoxian questioned whether Little Sword needed backup, while War Hero Yi Yan judged the Mage’s technique to be exceptional and Kuang Dao concealed his own concern.

Kuang Dao’s raid group set out to confront Ye Fengxing over the rumored boss exploit and a valuable shield, but Ye Fengxing easily killed the first two players sent ahead. Kuang Dao led the rest of the group toward him, unaware that Ye Fengxing had already detected them.

• War Hero Yi Yan calmed Kuang Dao and dismissed the online claim that Ye Fengxing had used a bug to defeat the King of the Scarabs.
• Kuang Dao admitted he wanted the top-tier Yellow Shield and discussed reserving a drop for himself.
• Invincible Sword of Overwhelming Might and Cold-Hearted attacked Ye Fengxing, but his damage and abilities killed them in under twenty seconds.
• Kuang Dao ordered the two fallen players to wait and led the raid group toward Ye Fengxing.
• Ye Fengxing spotted the approaching group and explained that he had detected Cold-Hearted despite the Assassin’s stealth.

Cold-Hearted revived against orders and was killed again when Ye Fengxing broke his Stealth with an area spell. War Hero Yi Yan and Kuang Dao considered Cold-Hearted’s warning that the Mage might be an elite player, while the chapter recalled famous Mage-versus-Assassin duels involving Lan Xi and Xiao Xiao.

• Cold-Hearted revived alone, entered Stealth, and was killed again by Ye Fengxing’s Sea of Flames and follow-up spells.
• Kuang Dao berated Cold-Hearted for ignoring the order to wait, but War Hero Yi Yan asked him to explain what had happened.
• Cold-Hearted and Invincible Sword of Overwhelming Might reported that Ye Fengxing seemed to detect Cold-Hearted’s position as soon as he revived.
• Cold-Hearted warned that Ye Fengxing might belong to a major guild or gaming studio, prompting Yi Yan and Kuang Dao to reconsider how dangerous he was.
• The narration recalled how Lan Xi and Xiao Xiao’s duels drew crowds and how fans punished players who had disrupted one of their matches.
• The narration noted that Ye Fengxing and Xiao Xiao also dueled, though their matches were usually less entertaining because of Ye Fengxing’s unusual character.

Ye Fengxing hid the nearly dead Adaric in a cave before ambushing the War Hero Family players who had come to confront him. As the guild teams searched the forest, War Hero Yi Yan watched Xiao Xiaoxian’s trio and reflected on the classic Warrior-Mage-Priest party composition.

• Ye Fengxing asked Adaric to change his status, then hid him in a small cave when Adaric did not understand.
• Ye Fengxing left Adaric in the cave and slipped into wind concealment to attack the approaching War Hero Family players.
• War Hero Yi Yan led several dozen guild members into the forest, where they split into cautious search teams.
• War Hero Yi Yan glanced at Xiao Xiaoxian as the young priest healed his Warrior and Mage teammates in a classic trio.

Xiao Xiaoxian’s skill as a Light Priest was tested when Ye Fengxing ambushed his raid squad, and he saved his teammate with a well-timed Divine Prophecy and precise healing. Ye Fengxing recognized the young priest’s exceptional equipment and reactions, though he suspected Xiao Xiaoxian had reacted to Cyclone Bind’s visual cue rather than simply anticipating it.

• Xiao Xiaoxian stayed alert while fighting with War Hero Yi Yan’s raid squad, anticipating that they might be ambushed.
• Ye Fengxing attacked the squad’s Mage with Flame Arrows while Cyclone Bind lifted Xiao Xiaoxian into the air.
• Xiao Xiaoxian used Divine Prophecy on himself to break the control, then healed the Mage and protected him with Shield of Light.
• War Hero Yi Yan praised Xiao Xiaoxian and ordered the squad to surround the attacker.
• Ye Fengxing examined Xiao Xiaoxian’s health and equipment, then concluded that the priest had reacted to a fleeting visual cue beneath his feet.

Ye Fengxing tested Xiao Xiaoxian’s reactions and confirmed that the young Priest had exceptional talent, then fled before the War Hero Family’s group could catch him. The chapter ended as an Agile Warrior closed in on Ye Fengxing with Charge.

• Ye Fengxing judged Xiao Xiaoxian to have the potential to become a professional player and retreated from the group of more than twenty players.
• Xiao Xiaoxian explained to Brother Bing that he had reacted to a spell through instinct rather than prediction, and the two discussed the Mage called One Leaf Windwalk.
• Ye Fengxing evaded the pursuing Assassins, while Kuang Dao sent the group to surround Cold-Hearted’s reported coordinates.
• Ye Fengxing returned and faked a Cyclone Bind, then cast it for real and watched Xiao Xiaoxian respond with Divine Prophecy just before it hit.
• An Agile Warrior caught up to Ye Fengxing and used Charge.

Ye Fengxing used his Warrior expertise and Mage speed to turn back the attackers and kill Invincible Sword of Overwhelming Might again. Cold-Hearted pursued him and found himself closing in while the rest of the raid fell behind, leaving him alone.

• Ye Fengxing dodged a Warrior’s Charge with a Roll Maneuver, swept his ankle, and sent him crashing into a tree.
• Ye Fengxing escaped the Assassins with Wind of Freedom and used Wind Stealth to target Invincible Sword of Overwhelming Might.
• Ye Fengxing stunned Invincible Sword of Overwhelming Might with Explosive Impact and killed him despite an Earth Ranger’s healing.
• Kuang Dao ordered Cold-Hearted to hold Ye Fengxing up, and Cold-Hearted chased after him despite knowing he could not catch him.
• Cold-Hearted noticed Ye Fengxing slowing down and realized the other raid members had fallen behind, leaving him alone.