Zhang Jiale/History

History
In Glory, he meets Sun Zheping, who was looking for a partner to enter the Glory Professional Alliance with to challenge the pros. The two join Hundred Blossoms and enter the alliance in Season 2. The two together formed the first "dual core" within the Alliance. Their first year as pros was fruitful as they placed 2nd in the regular season, but lost to Tyranny in the quarter finals.

During Season 3, they place 2nd in the regular season again and defeat the "Magician" Wang Jiexi and Tiny Herb in the semi-finals. Zhang meets Ye Qiu and Excellent Era in the finals, only to lose to them. He is told by Ye Qiu that their strategy won't always work, which makes him and Sun Zheping start playing more individually.

He reaches the Season 5 finals and faces Tiny Herb, but loses to them. Due to his performance in Season 5, he is awarded as the MVP for that season.

After losing to Tiny Herb in the Season 7 finals, he decided to retire after participating and losing 3 finals.

Volume 6: Mainstream Tank
At Sword Peak Ravine, Zhang Jiale’s Spitfire jumps into the air. In one hand, he shoots a gun, and in the other hand, he throws grenades at the Tyrannical Ambition’s guard team. He uses a Spitfire account, Dazzling Spring, and fights for Blossom Valley. Zhang Jiale kills 3 Tyrannical Ambition Clerics. Jiale chases down Ye Xiu's Unrivaled Super Hottie, who steals the aggro of the wild boss from a Blossom Valley Knight. Jiale jumps away from Unrivaled Super Hottie, who uses an Aerial Curve to close down the space between them. Jiale throws a grenade at Ye Xiu’s Knight, who tanks the attack with his shield. Jiale is surprised when Ye Xiu’s Knight uses Heroic Leap to jump above him. Jiale’s Dazzling Spring is hit by Unrivaled Super Hottie’s slash, which sends him flying into Blade Master Lan Rui.

In midair, Zhang Jiale uses Aerial Fire to dodge the wild boss. Jiale’s Dazzling Spring is hit again by Unrivaled Super Hottie’s Fair Heroic Leap. One-on-one, Jiale fights against Ye Xiu’s Knight. Jiale unleashes a rapid onslaught of attacks against Ye Xiu’s Unrivaled Super Hottie, who positions away from the attacks. Jiale increases his hand speed to barrage Ye Xiu’s Knight, who is charging towards him. He kills Unrivaled Super Hottie. Jiale is unprepared for Ye Xiu’s Knight, who is revived by Tyrannical Ambition’s Clerics, and is blindsided.

Zhang Jiale is suppressed by Ye Xiu’s Unrivaled Super Hottie but eventually escapes. Jiale chases after Ye Xiu’s Knight and turns to attack the Tyrannical Ambition Clerics. Jiale sees the Clerics run away, so he switches back to attacking Ye Xiu’s Unrivaled Super Hottie. Jiale pauses because he is surprised by Blossom Valley’s players rushing forward to attack Tyrannical Ambition players.

Zhang Jiale duels against Ye Xiu’s Knight. Jiale learns that Ye Xiu is building a new team to return to the Glory Pro Alliance. Jiale tells Ye Xiu to give up and learns that Ye Xiu wants to win one more championship, which angers Jiale, who has never won a Glory Pro Alliance championship. Jiale gets healing from Blossom Valley Clerics in response to Unrivaled Super Hottie’s healing from Tyrannical Ambition Clerics. Jiale runs away from Ye Xiu’s Knight and attacks an elite Tyrannical Ambition Knight. Jiale gets Provoked by a Knight. Jiale watches a massive onslaught of ranged skills hit his Dazzling Spring, who dies afterward.

Later, Zhang Jiale helps Blossom Valley with their day-to-day competition against Blue Brook Guild, Tyrannical Ambition, Herb Garden, and Samsara Guild. On QQ, Jiale gets a message of joining Ye Xiu’s team, Happy. Jiale declines Ye Xiu’s invitation because he wants a big chance of winning a Glory Pro Alliance championship. Zhang Jiale wishes Ye Xiu’s luck in setting up a new team. Jiale goes to North Bridge to help Blossom Valley secure North Bridge Mage Mordak. Jiale sees Herb Garden, Blue Brook Guild, Excellent Dynasty, Samsara Guild, Royal Heritage, Blossom Valley, Misty Castle, Void Walk, Howling Heights, and Tyrannical Ambition. Jiale charges forward and attacks Mage Mordak, who prioritizes aggro on the player with the most time on the bridge. Jiale’s Dazzling Spring hops around left and right while dealing damage to Mage Mordak and enemy players.

Volume 7: New Champions
Zhang Jiale sees Ye Xiu’s Unrivaled Super Hottie lead a Tyrannical Ambition team onto North Bridge. Jiale sees Ye Xiu’s Knight reach halfway to the Mage Mordak and shoots at Ye Xiu. Jiale sees Tyrannical Ambition Clerics following Ye Xiu’s Knight and shoots the Clerics off the bridge. Jiale returns to fighting Mage Mordak and to shooting at Ye Xiu’s Knight. Jiale sees Tyrannical Ambition’s Seventh Branch player, Little Cold Hands, cast a Holy Heal to Ye Xiu’s Unrivaled Super Hottie. Jiale realizes that Ye Xiu’s Knight has the advantage now. Jiale gets Provoked by Ye Xiu’s Knight and is buffed with a Focus to remove the Provoke. Jiale jumps and is stuck in the air. He sees Ye Xiu’s Knight following him with a Heroic Leap.

Zhang Jiale is hit by Ye Xiu’s Heroic Leap and falls into the water. Away from North Bridge, Jiale manages to jump out of the water and onto a tree trunk. Zhang Jiale runs to the river bank and points his gun at Ye Xiu’s Knight. Jiale hears Ye Xiu’s call to point the gun down. Jiale realizes that Ye Xiu infiltrated Tyrannical Ambition to find a Cleric. Jiale learns that Ye Xiu needs to go into the game to find talented players from the general population. Jiale recognizes that Ye Xiu used him as a lab rat to find a Cleric. Jiale tells Ye Xiu that he is helping Blossom Valley to repent for failing to win the Glory Pro Alliance championship on four occasions. Jiale thanks Ye Xiu’s well wishes for the future. Jiale runs back to North Bridge to help Blossom Valley.

Zhang Jiale’s Dazzling Spring appears on North Bridge and kills a few opponents. Jiale unleashes a massive onslaught of attacks against the Tyrannical Ambition players. He rushes towards Samsara Guild players. Jiale targets Samsara Guild’s Warlock, who commands the troops. Jiale sees the Warlock jump into the water to retreat. Zhang Jiale helps Blossom Valley win control of North Bridge and kill Mage Mordak.

During the Season 9 Summer Transfer Window, he announces in an interview that he would be joining Tyranny, after the team purchased Dazzling Hundred Blossoms for RMB 16 million earlier. He fits into Tyranny very well with the other three All-Stars, and they were given the nickname of Four Heavenly Kings.

Some time after the Level 75 update, he appears for a fight for Shadow Tactician Shaan, using Dazzling Spring. He partners with Lin Jingyan to fight the boss and create confusion. The two veterans clash with Huang Shaotian as they ridicule his trash-talking.

When Ye Xiu and Happy finally show up for the fight, Zhang Jiale is the first to propose a truce between the guilds so that they can form an alliance to crush Ye Xiu and Lord Grim. However, the proposed alliance is cut short and he gets caught in a fight with Tang Rou's Soft Mist. When she knocks him away with a Circle Swing and expresses her disappointment of his status as a God, he becomes furious at being disrespected and lashes out continuous combos at her. He is subsequently disrupted by Qiao Yifan.

Afterwards, he realises that Wang Jiexi was stealing the boss right in front of their eyes. He tries to convince Happy to let them off before they lose the wild boss. Yet, he only saw their interest in fighting the pros, coming to a conclusion that they were mad. Then, Sun Xiang's Battle Mage suddenly enters the fight and faces Soft Mist. Zhang Jiale uses this opportunity to focus back on the boss. He breaks through Tiny Herb's defence and reaches the boss.

He continues trying to convince Ye Xiu to stop the mindless battling and join the fight for the boss but to no avail. He finally ends up in an awkward position where he and Yu Feng have to team up to fight Ye Xiu. Due to their intense fighting, they accidentally messed with Sun Xiang who was fighting near them. Sun Xiang turns to fight back at them.

Zhang Jiale assists Yu Feng and creates grand explosions that provide cover to Yu Feng's attacks as they beat back both Sun Xiang and Happy's players; hence re-creating the nostalgic scene of Blossoms and Blood. Seeing this scene, a player from Blossom Valley shouts at him, asking him why did he leave.

This heart-wrenching shout leaves the battlefield silent and Zhang Jiale himself stunned. He knew that the Blossoms and Blood had been re-created unintentionally because of the expertise between the two pros and not because of any pre-planned coordination.

Soon enough, the guilt in his heart is relinquished when Ye Xiu insists that the past is the past. He finally comes to his senses and shoots Yu Feng with a calm declaration that they are enemies now. Yu Feng thanks him for finally crushing the shadow of his image that had been hanging over Hundred Blossoms all along. Zhang Jiale then wishes him luck and asks him not to disappoint the fans. Hence he ruthlessly breaks off any remaining feelings he had for his old team.

He then waits patiently for Yu Feng and the other players of Blossom Valley to finish him off. Yet, at that very moment, another Berserker interrupts the battle and blows away all the players attacking Zhang Jiale. The Berserker was Another Summer of Sleep who asks Zhang Jiale what he was so afraid of.

Zhang Jiale shockingly questions his identity. The Berserker replies back, questioning Zhang Jiale why he was still leaving a thread of weakness if he had already decided to bid goodbye to the past. He then shouts at him to get rid of all distracting thoughts.

By now, Zhang Jiale had already identified this player; his former partner Sun Zheping. He then joins up with his old friend to re-create their famed move; Blossoms and Blood, for the last time against their former team. In the end, Dazzling Spring gets knocked away by Yu Feng's Berserker, hence breaking their move. The players knew it was not because he couldn't dodge but rather he didn't want to.

At that moment, Ye Xiu interrupts the fight again and Happy starts to assault Dazzling Spring. He tries to get away as he couldn't fight all of them but his health drops rapidly. He notices how Sun Zheping is no longer fighting by his side, and sees his guild tag, realising he is also an opponent. At this point, his spirits start to waver. Lin Jingyan shows up at a crucial moment and rescues him, helping him realise that he is his new team mate who he has to trust now.

He remembers how he first met Sun Zheping and how they had joined Hundred Blossoms together and created the play style that shook other Glory players that season. Now, his old partner was still fighting confidently but not alongside him. He then raises his gun and shoots Another Summer of Sleep, as a final goodbye to him.

Subsequently, he asks his team to leave and focus on the boss. Happy still doesn't let go of Tyrannical Ambition and Zhang Jiale gets angry at the former. At the very end, Herb Garden gets the boss. He joins the other pro players in expressing their annoyance at Happy's interruption, before leaving the battlefield.

Zhang Jiale goes up against his former team, Hundred Blossoms, in the first round of the Season 9 playoffs. He faces a hostile crowd that starts booing at him when he enters. He remains unfazed as he had already experienced this during the regular season. The crowd becomes violent and starts throwing water bottles at him. He dodges quickly and guards rush over to protect him and restrain the crowd. He gets beaten up by a security guard, Little Le, whom he knew. Zhang Jiale still feels regretful seeing his old fans escorted out of the stadium. At the end of the match, he was awarded the match MVP, after completing a 1v2 against them in the Group Competition.

Tyranny then faces Tiny Herb in the Semi-Finals and defeats them 2-1 to advance to the finals. Against Samsara in the first round of the finals, Zhang Jiale plays an important role as a support for his team mates and as an attacker. His Hundred Blossoms Style causes a lot of trouble for Zhou Zekai in the first match. Samsara wins the second round which leads to the deciding third round.

In the Team Competition, Dazzling Hundred Blossoms is the second to fall, leaving Zhang Jiale stunned and unable to believe that he had lost for the fourth time in a finals. He stays inside the player booth long after the match ends, thinking about everything he had done so far and how it had all ended so quickly.