Recaps

After announcing that he would start Xunhui, Zheng Xun stayed at Singing Sparrow and mined in remote White Tower instances to earn money for a guild property. He met Huo Ziyan again in the desert mining instance after Cheng Jie warned him that Huo Ziyan had a bad reputation at Azure Mist.

• Zheng Xun mined material instances to raise money for a home and Xunhui’s guild address while keeping away from reporters.
• Cheng Jie found Zheng Xun sorting ore in his room and helped clean the dirt from it.
• Zheng Xun told Cheng Jie that he had met Huo Ziyan, who had recognized him and shared his mined ore.
• Cheng Jie explained that Huo Ziyan had fallen from Azure Mist’s first team to its third team and was considered a disaster by other guilds.
• Zheng Xun returned to the remote desert mining instance the next day, where Huo Ziyan greeted him again.

Zheng Xun and Huo Ziyan quietly mined together while Huo Ziyan struggled with his place in Azure Mist. After Huo Ziyan left the dungeon following a guild summons, Zheng Xun followed him back, where the third team's captain confronted him over skipping training.

• Huo Ziyan repeatedly left the ore he mined for Zheng Xun, and Zheng Xun accepted it while offering to help him if needed.
• Huo Ziyan told Zheng Xun that Azure Mist had given him an ultimatum because no team wanted to take him on loan.
• Huo Ziyan said he might have to leave Azure Mist, and Zheng Xun bluntly advised him to find another path.
• After a guild message summoned Huo Ziyan away, Zheng Xun followed him through the portal, hoping to retrieve the ore Huo Ziyan had forgotten to leave.
• When Huo Ziyan returned to Azure Mist, the third team's captain berated him for skipping training.

Huo Ziyan was berated by Azure Mist leaders over his time in a materials instance, while Meng Yijia used the confrontation to remind him of the incident that ruined his standing in the guild. After Huo Ziyan revealed Zheng Xun had accompanied him, Zheng Xun appeared through the teleportation portal and called him out to play.

• Captain Liu and the third team's vice captain scolded Huo Ziyan for sneaking out to play, but Huo Ziyan argued that he had followed the rules and used his personal time as he wished.
• Meng Yijia recalled how Huo Ziyan had been blamed for abandoning him during the Seventh Hospital instance, a story that led to Huo Ziyan's fall from the first team and his impending expulsion from Azure Mist.
• Xu Guan questioned Huo Ziyan about the ore he had brought back from the materials instance and asked who had gone there with him.
• Huo Ziyan admitted that Zheng Xun had accompanied him, prompting Meng Yijia to criticize the connection.
• Zheng Xun suddenly appeared through the teleportation portal and waved to Huo Ziyan, inviting him to come out and play.

Zheng Xun tried to rent Huo Ziyan from Azure Mist, but Xu Guan refused to release him. After Xiao Jun explained the obstacles, he sent Zheng Xun a map of Azure Mist-marked dungeons, which Cheng Jie urged him to rob.

• Zheng Xun entered Azure Mist and insisted on hearing why its leaders had summoned Huo Ziyan, then said he wanted to rent him.
• Xu Guan refused Zheng Xun's request, arguing that the captain had the authority to block the rental.
• Zheng Xun returned to Songbird and called Xiao Jun, who explained that Xu Guan could prevent other guilds from intervening.
• Xiao Jun declined to act on Songbird's behalf but sent Zheng Xun a map of dungeons marked with Azure Mist's emblem.
• Cheng Jie recognized the map and urged Zheng Xun to rob the marked dungeons.

Cheng Jie gave Zheng Xun Azure Mist’s marked-dungeon map, and the two planned to poach its dungeons. After Huo Ziyan was berated by Azure Mist’s leaders, Zheng Xun sent him cryptic warnings before Azure Mist woke to news that Zheng Xun had raided its base.

• Xiao Jun sent Zheng Xun a cropped map showing Azure Mist’s marked dungeons, and Cheng Jie explained that poaching them would violate guild etiquette.
• Zheng Xun agreed to loot Azure Mist’s dungeons, and he and Cheng Jie eagerly discussed which one to target first.
• Meng Yijia and Xu Guan were relieved that Zheng Xun had left without an agreement, while Huo Ziyan endured more than an hour of criticism from Azure Mist’s leaders.
• Huo Ziyan exchanged messages with his younger sister, then received a late-night message from Zheng Xun warning him to prepare for slander and abuse.
• Huo Ziyan woke after a restless night to hear his roommate shouting that Zheng Xun had raided Azure Mist’s base.

Zheng Xun deliberately opened an Azure Mist marked dungeon while livestreaming, provoking the guild and attracting attention from other top guilds. As Azure Mist gathered to respond, Cheng Jie watched the stream and pointed out that Zheng Xun was not a member of Songbird.

• Zheng Xun started a livestream outside Azure Mist's marked White Tower No. 3 and dismissed the guild emblem as a kid's doodle before entering.
• Viewers warned Zheng Xun that opening the marked dungeon could anger Azure Mist, but he acted as though he could not read their comments.
• Azure Mist's members assembled in the monitoring room and recognized that Zheng Xun was deliberately provoking them.
• Li Shaoan posted an image of the opened dungeon in the top-twenty guild chat, prompting other guild members to share the livestream and discuss Zheng Xun.
• Cheng Jie clarified that Zheng Xun was not part of Songbird, sent him a yacht in the livestream, and tagged Xu Guan and Meng Yijia after pointing out Azure Mist's claim to the dungeon.

Cheng Jie and Zheng Xun provoked Azure Mist while Xu Guan ordered the guild not to retaliate. Zheng Xun entered the S-rank dungeon Alice's Horror Corridor and announced he would clear it in thirty minutes.

• Cheng Jie told Tao Xueqing that Zheng Xun knew what he was doing and that Azure Mist would not act against him.
• Xu Guan silenced Azure Mist's angry members and forbade them from confronting Zheng Xun, while Meng Yijia warned them about the livestream audience.
• Huo Ziyan realized Zheng Xun was deliberately provoking the guild and wondered whether he would escape the consequences.
• Zheng Xun entered the White Tower after repeatedly practicing the S-rank dungeon and discovering he could open a combination lock by smashing its box.
• Zheng Xun entered Alice's Horror Corridor, drew an S-rank result from the lottery machine, and told the viewers he would finish in thirty minutes.

Zheng Xun planned to clear the S-rank Alice dungeon in thirty minutes by using unconventional methods instead of solving its puzzles. He sent Little Red Riding Hood and Xiaoyin to guard the side entrances, then entered the middle corridor and smashed the first lockbox with an inflatable hammer.

• Zheng Xun announced that he would clear the S-rank dungeon in thirty minutes, surprising the livestream audience and rival guilds.
• Zheng Xun explained that the Alice dungeon required players to enter three paths, solve puzzles, and evade Painting Corpses, but he intended to avoid the usual process.
• Zheng Xun summoned Little Red Riding Hood and Xiaoyin, assigning them to guard the left and right entrances until he blew his whistle.
• Zheng Xun entered the middle corridor and reached a lockbox without examining the paintings for its code.
• Zheng Xun declared that players could get the key without solving the puzzle and struck the lockbox with an inflatable hammer.

Zheng Xun survived Alice’s instance by smashing through boxes and doors while Painting Corpse chased him, then used a whistle to summon Little Red Riding Hood and Xiaoyin. After they met up, the three reached the final door as Little Red Riding Hood played “Für Elise.”

• Zheng Xun smashed a lockbox, took its key, and fled Painting Corpse through the maze.
• Zheng Xun repeatedly broke boxes and doors to escape the monster, enduring fifteen minutes of pursuit.
• At the fifteen-minute mark, Zheng Xun blew his whistle and listened for his subordinates.
• Little Red Riding Hood smashed through doors with her basket, while Xiaoyin crashed through doors and walls to reach Zheng Xun.
• Zheng Xun met up with Little Red Riding Hood and Xiaoyin at the final door and asked Little Red Riding Hood to play “Für Elise.”

Zheng Xun cleared Azure Mist’s Alice Instance in thirty minutes and left the guild shaken by his strength. He contacted Xu Guan to ask about renting Huo Ziyan, then threatened to crack open Xu Guan’s Instance 547 if he refused.

• Zheng Xun claimed the Portable Door, Bottomless Water Bottle, and Downgrade Card, then left the White Tower after clearing the Alice Instance.
• He Yuxing at Eternal Guild said he wanted to recruit Zheng Xun, while his teammates warned against taking extreme measures.
• Azure Mist members complained about Zheng Xun until Xu Guan rebuked them and ordered them back to training and reviewing the replay.
• Cheng Jie drove Zheng Xun away from the White Tower, and Zheng Xun later got Xu Guan’s contact information from Xiao Jun.
• Xu Guan accepted Zheng Xun’s friend request, and Zheng Xun asked to rent Huo Ziyan before threatening to crack open Xu Guan’s Instance 547 if he refused.

Xu Guan refused to let Zheng Xun rent Huo Ziyan or take Azure Mist's district 547 dungeon, while Zheng Xun explained his plan to build a one-person guild. Xiao Jun offered him a path to the upcoming All-Star Tournament through the General Association, in exchange for two more dungeon runs for Singing Sparrow.

• Xu Guan rejected Zheng Xun's request to rent Huo Ziyan and give up the district 547 dungeon, and Zheng Xun answered with a smile emoji.
• Zheng Xun told Xiao Jun he wanted to start a one-person guild so he could enter multiplayer dungeons and competitions such as the All-Star Tournament.
• Xiao Jun explained that Zheng Xun could seek a General Association position and use its unfilled tournament spot, but he needed a recommendation.
• Zheng Xun agreed to add two dungeon runs for Singing Sparrow to their rental contract in exchange for Xiao Jun's recommendation.

Xu Guan gathered Azure Mist's first team to announce their sudden entry into dungeon 547, while the team debated Zheng Xun's motives and Huo Ziyan's situation. As Azure Mist prepared to enter the White Tower, Zheng Xun arrived with an embedded reporter ID and announced he was there to accompany the team.

• Xu Guan ordered Azure Mist's first team to enter dungeon 547 at White Tower No. 6 the next morning, despite Wang Shutong's concerns about rushing their preparations.
• Luo Mingxuan suggested that Azure Mist may have offended Zheng Xun and then joked that Zheng Xun should join the first team, while Meng Yijia listened and left in anger.
• Xu Guan led the first team into the White Tower as their livestream drew two million viewers and fans argued about Zheng Xun.
• Zheng Xun entered the White Tower carrying an embedded reporter ID and a camera bearing the general association's emblem, saying he was there to accompany the team.

Zheng Xun became the General Association’s accompanying reporter and joined Azure Mist’s Tower 6 instance in District 547, drawing a huge livestream audience. After interviewing the team, he started the instance alongside them.

• Zheng Xun’s fans clashed with Azure Mist’s fans in the livestream comments until moderators muted several viewers.
• Wang Shutong explained the accompanying reporter role, and Xiao Jun arranged for Zheng Xun to receive a General Association ID and filming equipment.
• Zheng Xun chose to enter District 547’s instance despite not having time to simulate it beforehand.
• Zheng Xun’s livestream rapidly attracted hundreds of thousands of viewers as he introduced himself and interviewed Azure Mist’s team.
• Xu Guan questioned whether Zheng Xun was provoking them, and Zheng Xun answered seriously before punching the start button to begin the instance.

Azure Mist entered a deserted amusement park after drawing an SS-rank instance, while Zheng Xun joked through its frightening obstacles. As Yin Lexin was about to be bitten by a corpse monster in the Hanging Corpse Forest, Zheng Xun kicked him out of its reach.

• Meng Yijia drew an SS-rank instance, and Xu Guan assigned the team their roles before they entered the park.
• Zheng Xun mocked the park’s creepy attractions as the team made its way toward the Hanging Corpse Forest.
• Xu Guan led Azure Mist into the forest, where the hanging corpses attacked and the team fought their way through.
• Xu Guan found a shortcut through the forest, and the others followed while Yin Lexin lagged behind fighting monsters.
• A corpse monster lunged at Yin Lexin, and Zheng Xun kicked him three meters away from its bite.

After the team escaped the Hanging Corpse Forest, they entered the ruined amusement park and learned about the deadly incident that had caused it to close. When Meng Yijia vanished near the brightly lit operations room, Zheng Xun opened a hidden door into the ground and went to look for him.

• Zheng Xun kicked Yin Lexin out of the Hanging Corpse Forest, then teased him as the group continued into the park.
• Wang Shutong found a newspaper describing a knife attack at the amusement park and the death of a ten-year-old girl.
• Zheng Xun warned Luo Mingxuan that the operations room's bright lights could distract them from a threat in the darkness.
• Meng Yijia disappeared while walking beside Yin Lexin, and his livestream feed went black.
• Xu Guan hesitated over whether to search for Meng Yijia, while Luo Mingxuan volunteered to take responsibility for the risk.
• Zheng Xun opened his Portable Door in the ground, prepared to descend with the Teacher's Pointer, and announced that he was going to find Vice Captain Meng.

Zheng Xun reached Meng Yijia through the portable door and helped him escape a deadly mechanism, then confronted him about deliberately trying to kill him. The chapter ended with Zheng Xun revealing he had secretly recorded their conversation with a hidden camera ball.

• Xu Guan led Luo Mingxuan, Yin Lexin, and Wang Shutong toward the control room, trusting Zheng Xun to find Meng Yijia.
• Zheng Xun used the portable door to reach Meng Yijia, who had been trapped in an underground tunnel behind a deadly clown-faced mechanism.
• Zheng Xun and Meng Yijia opened the mechanism together, but its blades destroyed Zheng Xun's camera ball when he tested the passage.
• When the mechanism began closing as Zheng Xun squeezed through, he wedged it open with his pointer and escaped with Meng Yijia.
• Zheng Xun accused Meng Yijia of deliberately slipping the switch and brought up Huo Ziyan, while Meng Yijia denied wrongdoing and dismissed the possibility of evidence.
• Zheng Xun revealed a hidden camera ball and showed that he had recorded their conversation.

Zheng Xun and the Azure Mist members defeated the amusement park dungeon’s bosses, while Meng Yijia’s attempted trap against Zheng Xun remained a source of tension. After the dungeon ended, Zheng Xun received a reward gift box alongside Xu Guan and Luo Mingxuan.

• Meng Yijia demanded proof that he had caused Zheng Xun’s near-fatal fall, and Zheng Xun postponed the argument as they headed to the control room.
• Xu Guan and the others defeated the middle-aged-man boss with help from Luo Mingxuan’s Snow White, then the amusement park shifted into a spinning ride.
• The group fought a four-armed doll boss, and Zheng Xun smashed much of the ride with his pink inflatable hammer to help finish the battle.
• The dungeon ended after two girl-shaped figures appeared briefly in the white light, and Yin Lexin complained about feeling sick.
• Everyone received a reward, and Zheng Xun found that he had earned a gift box alongside Xu Guan and Luo Mingxuan.

After leaving Azure Mist, Zheng Xun sent Xu Guan a video of Meng Yijia nearly killing him in the dungeon, then invited Huo Ziyan and Xu Guan to mine in the Sand Zone. The chapter ends with the Azure Mist captain joining them as a miner.

• Zheng Xun left Azure Mist with Cheng Jie and refused to open his reward in front of the others.
• Cheng Jie told Zheng Xun that the dungeon incident and the dispute involving Meng Yijia and Huo Ziyan had become major online topics.
• Zheng Xun sent Xu Guan a video showing the mechanism nearly killing him, and Xu Guan watched it on the ride back to Azure Mist.
• Meng Yijia called Huo Ziyan out and berated him, while Huo Ziyan later stood up to his sarcastic roommate.
• Zheng Xun invited Huo Ziyan to mine in the Sand Zone, then asked Xu Guan to come as a miner instead of treating him to a meal.
• Huo Ziyan arrived at the mine and found Xu Guan already there.

Xu Guan tried to recruit Zheng Xun and negotiate a loan arrangement while they mined with Huo Ziyan. Zheng Xun left exhausted, and Cheng Jie heard him mumble “Seventh Hospital” in his sleep.

• Xu Guan offered Zheng Xun a place in Azure Mist, but Zheng Xun said he wanted to be free from guild rules and control.
• Xu Guan proposed that Azure Mist hire Huo Ziyan on loan, and Zheng Xun refused before telling Xu Guan to stop discussing guild business.
• Huo Ziyan promised to support Zheng Xun and Xu Guan, while Zheng Xun teased them and continued mining.
• Zheng Xun fell asleep standing up, then took the mined ore and returned through a portal to the Singing Sparrow Guild.
• Xu Guan asked Huo Ziyan to come to the equipment room later, and Cheng Jie found Zheng Xun asleep in the teleportation room.
• Cheng Jie heard Zheng Xun mumble “Seventh Hospital” in his sleep.

Zheng Xun entered a new instance at the Seventh Hospital, then Cheng Jie took him to the Blue Tower to keep him from rushing into another instance while exhausted. There, Zheng Xun watched Shen Guanyu begin an Infinite Round and saw a huge first challenger step onto the platform.

• Zheng Xun touched a little girl's ball at the Seventh Hospital and triggered a transformation that revealed a monstrous girl, who branded his wrist and told him to leave.
• Zheng Xun prepared to enter another instance, but Cheng Jie stopped him after he saw Zheng Xun could barely stand from exhaustion.
• Cheng Jie took Zheng Xun to the Blue Tower, where Zheng Xun tried to enter the arena before learning team members were not allowed to fight there.
• Zheng Xun and Cheng Jie learned that Shen Guanyu, a former Silver Snow prodigy, had started an Infinite Round, which would continue until he was defeated or died of exhaustion.
• A massive first challenger entered the platform, and Zheng Xun wondered whether Shen Guanyu could win.

Zheng Xun watched Shen Guanyu defend the Blue Tower platform against a succession of challengers and recognized the family fist technique Shen Guanyu used. As Shen Guanyu began to tire, someone in the crowd recognized Zheng Xun, leaving him surprised.

• Zheng Xun learned that Shen Guanyu, a former child prodigy and the son of Silver Snow's late leader, had returned to fighting after three months away from dungeons.
• Shen Guanyu defeated a much larger challenger with a move the spectators could not follow, then beat a female challenger as well.
• Zheng Xun identified Shen Guanyu's fighting style as a family-passed fist technique that disrupted opponents' rhythm.
• Shen Guanyu won round after round as the crowd began cheering for him, while Zheng Xun counted and memorized all nine moves of the technique.
• After noticing Shen Guanyu was tiring, Zheng Xun prepared to leave, but a spectator shouted that he was Little Zheng Xun.

Zheng Xun learned that Jiang Feiguang had been building his reputation by imitating him and letting people smear him online. He disguised himself, entered the arena, and challenged Jiang Feiguang before planning to face Shen Guanyu.

• Cheng Jie explained that Jiang Feiguang had copied Zheng Xun's dungeon strategy and that Jiang's supporters had helped spread accusations against Zheng Xun.
• Cheng Jie warned Zheng Xun not to let the online attacks affect him, but Zheng Xun took his scarf and hurried into the arena in disguise.
• Zheng Xun told the referee he wanted to challenge, and the referee explained that Jiang Feiguang would have to agree to a two-on-one match against Shen Guanyu and Zheng Xun.
• Zheng Xun rejected Jiang Feiguang's offer to yield the first challenge and declared he would defeat Jiang before challenging Shen Guanyu.
• Zheng Xun told the referee to raise the flag as Jiang Feiguang faced him with a darkened expression.

Zheng Xun disguised himself as a masked challenger, defeated Jiang Feiguang, and then faced a group of fighters who wanted to challenge him before taking on Shen Guanyu. The referee approved Zheng Xun’s demand to fight all eight at once, and the match was about to begin.

• Jiang Feiguang accepted Zheng Xun’s challenge after the masked man provoked him by comparing him to Zheng Xun.
• Zheng Xun swiftly struck Jiang Feiguang and then controlled the fight, beating him down before kicking him off the arena.
• The spectators celebrated the nameless challenger’s victory, while Cheng Jie recognized Zheng Xun and hoped Jiang Feiguang had survived.
• Zheng Xun turned to challenge Shen Guanyu, but eight fighters lined up to challenge him first.
• Zheng Xun told the eight fighters to attack all at once, and the referee approved the unusual match.

Zheng Xun defeated thirty-six challengers, copied Shen Guanyu’s family fist technique, and became the first ring defender in the server’s Blue Tower to make the rankings. After Shen Guanyu thanked him and left, Jiang Feiguang pulled off Zheng Xun’s scarf, revealing his face to the entire Blue Tower.

• Zheng Xun beat five groups of challengers before facing Shen Guanyu in the final round.
• Zheng Xun copied Shen Guanyu’s inherited fist technique and defeated him after a hard-fought match.
• No one challenged Zheng Xun during the next ten minutes, so he successfully defended the ring and made the rankings.
• Shen Guanyu thanked Zheng Xun for helping him and hurried after a Silver Snow Guild member.
• Jiang Feiguang yanked Zheng Xun’s scarf, exposing his face on the Blue Tower’s screens.
• Cheng Jie saw Zheng Xun’s face on the screens and panicked while speaking to Xiao Jun on the phone.

Jiang Feiguang exposed Zheng Xun’s identity at the Blue Tower, sparking a commotion and forcing Zheng Xun and Cheng Jie to flee. Back at the Singing Sparrow Guild, Xiao Jun showed Zheng Xun the online smear campaign and offered help, but Zheng Xun said he would handle it himself.

• Jiang Feiguang realized he had exposed Zheng Xun, then slipped away to call his team.
• Shen Guanyu watched Zheng Xun draw the crowd’s admiration and left the venue in the shadows.
• Cheng Jie fled the arena, and Zheng Xun followed him; they escaped the pursuing fans and drove back to the Singing Sparrow Guild.
• Xiao Jun confronted Cheng Jie and Zheng Xun at the guild entrance, then took Zheng Xun to his office.
• Xiao Jun showed Zheng Xun the forum posts targeting him and explained that Jiang Feiguang’s team was spreading smear pieces.
• Zheng Xun declined the guild’s offer to intervene and said he would handle the situation himself.