Bao Rongxing/History

Volume 1: Banished Battle God
Bao Rongxing follows orders from Ye Xiu's Lord Grim to kill the Boneyard Wild Boss, Blood Gunner Yagg. When the Three Great Guilds charge to steal Blood Gunner Yagg, Rongxing thinks they are going to "help." Since he is new to Glory, he does not understand the importance of the Wild Boss to the big guilds. Rongxing trusts Ye Xiu and flees from the Wild Boss. Rongxing stops running away when he hears the gifts that each of the Three Great Guilds offer to join his party.

Bao Rongxing gives the party leader position to Ye Xiu. When Ye Xiu orders everyone to increase their hand speed by 20%, Rongxing succeeds and outputs more damage onto Blood Gunner Yagg. He runs away from the randomly firing Blood Gunner Yagg and watches Ye Xiu's Lord Grim kill the Wild Boss. Rongxing and the others run away from members of the Three Great Guilds. He is warned by Ye Xiu to watch out for members of the Three Great Guilds that want revenge against Ye Xiu and his party for stealing a Wild Boss.

Bao Rongxing joins Ye Xiu, Seven Fields, Drifting Water, and Sunset Clouds to dungeon at Frost Forest and to learn more about Glory. Rongxing receives pointers on how to play as Brawler from Ye Xiu and his party members. After clearing Frost Forest with Seven Fields, Rongxing meets Ye Xiu's Lord Grim to practice and to learn more about Glory, so Rongxing can better utilize his hand speed.

Bao Rongxing goes to the Boneyard with Ye Xiu, Seven Fields, Drifting Water, and Sunset Clouds. Rongxing learns about the Brawler class from Ye Xiu. He initially ignores Ye Xiu's advice to rest, but Seven Fields and the others managed to persuade Rongxing to stop leveling so hard. Rongxing leaves the Boneyard to read guides that Ye Xiu recommended.

Bao Rongxing asks Ye Xiu when they are going to team up to dungeon. Rongxing is told by Ye Xiu to wait and to keep fighting in the Arena. Following Ye Xiu's advice, Rongxing trades Arena points for a level 25 Purple Weapon, Fighter Claw. This weapon has a +1 Strangle, which will affect the record clear attempt of the Frost Forest. Rongxing temporarily joins the guild, Tyrannical Ambition, for the record clear attempt of Frost Forest with Ye Xiu's Lord Grim, Tang Rou's Soft Mist, Su Mucheng's Cleansing Mist, and Crowd Lover. Rongxing keeps up with the pace of the One Wave Push. He is surprised by the party's ability to kill the monsters, which is better than the practice runs due to the improved damage output with level 25 Purple weapons. He is amazed by Cleansing Mist's Delivery Gun. Rongxing's Steamed Bun Invasion, is a crucial member of the party due to his powerful skill, Strangle. Rongxing and the party breaks Frost Forest clear record with the time, 13 minutes, 5 seconds, and 47 milliseconds. Rongxing is thrilled that he is on TV (the Glory record clear announcement).

Bao Rongxing and the party continue to dungeon. They do not challenge the record again because Rongxing makes the occasional mistake, which ruins the chances of improving on their record time. After leveling with the party, Rongxing goes to the Arena to bully his opponents. With Ye Xiu's recommendation, Rongxing meets Liu Hao's Hateful Sword. Rongxing does not understand what "level or free" meant. When Liu Hao explains that he meant "same-level" or "free-for-all," Rongxing understands and chooses free-for-all. In the duel, Rongxing is initially overwhelmed by Liu Hao's aggressive attacking. Rongxing is able to seize on his opportunities to win the duel. Against Liu Hao, Rongxing's Steamed Bun Invasion wins all five duels. Rongxing boasts to Ye Xiu that Hateful Sword was "not his opponent at all."

When Ye Xiu's team sets the new record clear time of Boneyard, Bao Rongxing's Steamed Bun Invasion is dueling with Liu Hao's Hateful Sword in the Arena. Rongxing lectures Liu Hao about concentration and focus. In the next duel, Rongxing gets crushed by the angry Liu Hao. Rongxing joins Ye Xiu, Tang Rou, Su Mucheng, and Liu Hao for a Boneyard dungeon run to experiment on Ye Xiu's new strategy. Rongxing watches Ye Xiu's Lord Grim trap four monsters into a crack in a stone wall, where three monster corpses block the other monster. One trapped monster saves time in a record clear attempt. When Liu Hao asks a question about any money that Ye Xiu makes, Rongxing lectures Liu Hao that setting records is about glory and fame and not money. Rongxing learns from the step-by-step instructions from Ye Xiu.

In the first attempt for the Boneyard record clear time, Bao Rongxing makes a large mistake in combat against the boss, Zombie Bailey, which Ye Xiu manages to fix. Rongxing and the party set the new Boneyard record clear time of 17 minutes, 22 seconds, and 17 milliseconds.

Volume 2: Beginnings of the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella
After Excellent Dynasty sets the new Boneyard record clear of 16 minutes, 56 seconds, and 78 milliseconds, Rongxing joins Ye Xiu, Su Mucheng, Tang Rou, and Huang Shaotian to prepare to break the record. When Rongxing learns that Liu Hao's Hateful Sword is an Excellent Dynasty spy, Rongxing privately messages insults to Liu Hao. Rongxing and the party clear Boneyard with a record time of 16 minutes, 24 seconds, and 67 milliseconds. After the record run of Boneyard, Rongxing goes to the Arena.

When Wang Jiexi's Plantago Seed attacks Ye Xiu's party, Rongxing's Steamed Bun Invasion tries to fight. With a counterattack and a combo, Rongxing loses easily, yet he persists in the fight. Rongxing watches as Lord Grim takes action against Plantago Seed.

At Boneyard, Bao Rongxing is leveling with Ye Xiu, Tang Rou, Seven Fields, and Sleeping Moon. The party is attacked by Qiao Yifan's Ashen Moon. Rongxing takes the initiative to attack Ashen Moon. Rongxing fails to kill Ashen Moon. The party chases after the attackers. Rongxing learns from Ye Xiu that their opponents will be more satisfying to fight than in the opponents in the Arena. Rongxing is eager to fight when he sees the enemies, Ashen Moon, Weeping Crow, White Night Black Day, and Fallen Angel. Rongxing's Steamed Bun Invasion lands a Brick on Fallen Angel, and he laughs. With Ye Xiu's superior command and tactics, Rongxing and the party surround and suppress the four opponents to death. In the Arena, Rongxing duels with Tang Rou. Due to his intuitive play style, Rongxing fluctuates between wild wins and horrible losses.

Bao Rongxing agrees to Ye Xiu's call to set the Desolate Lands record clear time. Rongxing joins Ye Xiu, Tang Rou, Su Mucheng, and Maple Tree to learn the strategy in a practice dungeon run at Desolate Lands. Rongxing laughs at Maple Tree's shouts of OT. Rongxing makes fun of Maple Tree's concerns of OT. Rongxing is called out by Ye Xiu for making a mistake. Rongxing and the party fail to break the Desolate Lands record clear due to Maple Tree's constant mistakes. Rongxing goes to Congee City to buy a new weapon for his Steamed Bun Invasion character. Rongxing found a level 30 Orange Weapon, Vampiric Claw, which was too expensive for Ye Xiu, and looks for other weapons. With Ye Xiu's Gold, Rongxing buys a level 30 Purple Sandstorm Claw. Rongxing praises Ye Xiu's in-game wealth. Rongxing, Tang Rou, and Ye Xiu go to Line Canyon.

Bao Rongxing joins Ye Xiu, Tang Rou, Su Mucheng, and Maple Tree for another attempt to break the Desolate Lands record clear time. Rongxing watches Ye Xiu's Lord Grim suppress Ruler Toya, the final Boss of Desolate Lands. Rongxing and the party break the Desolate Lands record clear time with a time of 28 minutes, 1 second, and 27 milliseconds. Rongxing joins Ye Xiu, Su Mucheng, and Tang Rou to kill the Fire Forest's Wild Boss, Fire Witch Cashew. Rongxing learns from Ye Xiu about the severity of level 6 suppression, which neutralizes 60-100% of skill effects. Rongxing and Tang Rou run and wait on the wings while Ye Xiu and Mucheng get the aggro of the Wild Boss. Following Ye Xiu's strategy, Bao Rongxing interrupts Fire Witch Cashew's skills, which nullifies the Wild Boss's damage. Rongxing shouts his character's skills as he fights against the Wild Boss. After three and a half hours, Rongxing and the party obtain the first kill of Fire Witch Cashew.

In front of the Desolate Lands entrance, Bao Rongxing calls Poplar Beach an "illiterate," who is angered into attacking Rongxing. Rongxing cannot land a skill against Poplar Beach, and the fight is stopped by Ye Xiu and Liang Yichun. Near the entrance of Desolate Lands dungeon, Rongxing meets Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash. On the first Desolate Lands run, Rongxing, Ye Xiu, Tang Rou, Su Mucheng, and Yifan practice Ye Xiu's strategy. On the second dungeon run, Rongxing and the party aim to break Blue Brook Guild's record clear time. Rongxing and the party destroy Blue Brook Guild's Desolate Lands record with a time of 22 minutes, 35 seconds, and 22 milliseconds. On the third and final run, Rongxing and the party improve on their old record with a time of 22 minutes, 29 seconds, and 57 milliseconds. Afterward, he joins Ye Xiu, Tang Rou, and Yifan to dungeon at Line Canyon.

The next day, Bao Rongxing joins Ye Xiu's party to dungeon at Line Canyon. Rongxing and the party stumble upon the hidden boss, Illusion Swordmaster Ahong. Since Rongxing knows little specifics about Glory's bosses, Ye Xiu gives Rongxing a brief overview of the hidden boss. Rongxing manages to land the Sand Toss skill on the hidden boss, but he is generally ineffectual in the team fight. When the hidden boss uses Shadow Steps to create real copies for each member of the party, Rongxing fights with ruthless skills, such as Sand Toss and Brick. He is surprised that Ye Xiu also works at an Internet cafe. Rongxing tells the party that he is an Internet cafe security guard.

Bao Rongxing and the party attacked and traded damage to kill Illusion Swordmaster Ahong. He looked at the item drops and is disappointed. Rongxing finds Line Canyon Map Piece Three. He learns this is one of the four pieces necessary to get access to a hidden dungeon. Rongxing continues to dungeon with the party. On the third and final dungeon run, Rongxing and the party set a new Line Canyon record clear with a time of 30 minutes, 21 seconds, and 56 milliseconds. While Su Mucheng and Qiao Yifan log out, Rongxing joins Ye Xiu and Tang Rou to level at Desolate Lands. Afterward, Rongxing goes to the Arena to oppress his opponents.

The next day, Bao Rongxing goes to Line Canyon to meet up with Ye Xiu, Tang Rou, Su Mucheng, and Qiao Yifan. Rongxing shouts that enemies are chasing to kill him to Ye Xiu. Rongxing manages to stay alive. Rongxing hides in a dried out well. He meets Concealed Light, who logs in and appears in the well. Rongxing jumps out of the well and runs away with Concealed Light, who shows Rongxing a way to escape his pursuers in Hades Village. After multiple questions from Concealed Light, Rongxing says he never used an Orange weapon before. Rongxing receives orders from Ye Xiu to meet at Congee Forest, which in between the Line Canyon and the Congee City area. With Concealed Light leading the way, Rongxing escapes his initial pursuers. With his amazing intuition, Rongxing hears an enemy, who is 1.5 units away. Rongxing suppresses and kills his enemy. He sees the mechanically incompetent Concealed Light, who appears to be raping a wall. Rongxing follows Concealed Light to Congee Forest.

When Ye Xiu's Lord Grim and Huang Shaotian's Flowing Tree is surrounded, Rongxing, Concealed Light, Su Mucheng, Qiao Yifan, and Tang Rou appear to cause chaos in the enemy's rear. Rongxing coordinates with Ye Xiu to break up the enemy forces. Rongxing follows Ye Xiu's orders to trap the retreating enemy.

After obliterating the enemy forces, Bao Rongxing and the other party members compare each other's number of player kills. Rongxing follows Ye Xiu's lead in fleeing the battleground, which will eventually swarm with enemy reinforcements. Rongxing hears Flowing Tree's true identity, Huang Shaotian, and wonders who that is. Rongxing learns that Shaotian, the Sword Saint, is the strongest Blade Master, and wants to fight against this powerful player. Rongxing learns about the strongest Brawler, Lin Jingyan's Three Hits. Rongxing learns that the aging Lin Jingyan is in decline while the young Tang Hao is rising as the best Brawler player. Rongxing follows Ye Xiu, Tang Rou, Qiao Yifan, and Su Mucheng to dungeon at Line Canyon. Bao Rongxing gets bored, and his performance drops.

Volume 3: Golden Strategy
Bao Rongxing is challenged by Ye Xiu to compete with Tang Rou in a limited practice competition. Rongxing defeats his two monsters quicker than Tang Rou. After finishing the run, Rongxing and the party exit Line Canyon. Rongxing helps Ye Xiu assassinate Endless Night and four Tyrannical Ambition members. Rongxing and the party wait around another Line Canyon dungeon entrance to seek revenge for the huge battle in Congee Forest. Rongxing and the party ambush and kill five Samsara Guild members. After running into a Void Walk party, Rongxing attacks the Blossom Valley party. Rongxing overextends and fights against five Blossom Valley members, which causes Ye Xiu to jump into the battle.

Bao Rongxing and Ye Xiu kill two Blossom Valley members. With Tyrannical Ambition's appearance, Rongxing fights the Blossom Valley players and dodges attacks from Crowd Lover. Rongxing kills Backlight Bomb, the last surviving member of Blossom Valley. Rongxing helps Ye Xiu in suppressing and killing Crowd Lover. Rongxing kills the Cleric to finish off Crowd Lover's party. Rongxing follows Ye Xiu to take a detour to avoid the enemy alliance members. Bao Rongxing contributes to Ye Xiu's Line Canyon record clear time of 29 minutes, 51 seconds, and 44 milliseconds. With Mucheng and Yifan logging off to rest, Rongxing goes with Ye Xiu and Tang Rou to level.

When Ye Xiu finds Cliff Ronin Alpine, the Line Canyon Wild Boss, Bao Rongxing is eager to kill steal the wild boss. Rongxing hides with Ye Xiu and Tang Rou on the wings. Rongxing sees five enemies from Tyrannical Ambition. After looking again, he sees six enemy players. Rongxing follows Ye Xiu and Tang Rou to a pit on the side of a cliff, and they wait for the Tyrannical Ambition players to pull the wild boss over. Rongxing cautiously follows Ye Xiu down the mountainside to avoid exposing themselves prior to launching the ambush. Under Ye Xiu's orders, Rongxing jumps out to attack the Tyrannical Ambition Cleric. Rongxing fights against the enemy Cleric, who retreats. Rongxing chases and kills the enemy Cleric. Rongxing and the party kill all six members of the Tyrannical Ambition party. He is shocked by Ye Xiu's amazing mechanical prowess, which suppresses Cliff Ronin Alpine.

With Ye Xiu and Tang Rou, Bao Rongxing kills Cliff Ronin Alpine, the Line Canyon Wild Boss. Bao Rongxing agrees to join Ye Xiu for a PK against Tyrannical Ambition. Rongxing kills a pursuer but breaks his claw weapon. Rongxing runs around to wind up his enemies and gets his character killed by a large mob of monsters. Rongxing respawns at Congee City. Rongxing buys a weapon for himself and Flowing Tree. Rongxing goes to the Arena to meet with Ye Xiu, Su Mucheng, and Huang Shaotian. Rongxing charges forward with Ye Xiu in the lead. Rongxing learns from Shaotian that the Tyrannical Ambition players are baiting Rongxing to throw a brick. Rongxing does what he can to keep the enemy inside the lava river.

At Congee City, Bao Rongxing is stuck inside Congee City because enemy players are outside the exits waiting for him to exit the safe area. Rongxing tells Ye Xiu about his situation. When Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng fight the opponents, Rongxing escapes. With Ye Xiu and Mucheng, Rongxing ambushes and kills the enemy pursuers. At Fire Forest, Rongxing attacks and kills the enemy guild alliance members. Bao Rongxing fights monsters while maintaining a safe distance from the huge enemy formation. Following Ye Xiu and Mucheng, Rongxing sees the Fire Witch Cashew. Rongxing learns from Ye Xiu that they will be true spectators. Rongxing and Mucheng hide while Ye Xiu’s Lord Grim goes out to create chaos. Rongxing watches the chaos when the seven enemy guilds fight amongst themselves. Rongxing wants to massacre the enemy guild members and to kill the Fire Witch Cashew. Rongxing retreats. With Ye Xiu and Mucheng, Rongxing goes to Line Canyon.

With Ye Xiu, Tang Rou, Yifan, and Su Mucheng, Bao Rongxing goes to dungeon at Line Canyon. Rongxing follows Ye Xiu’s safe roundabout routes to avoid enemy players, which wastes one hour compared to the regular routes. Rongxing learns from Ye Xiu that they need to level up, which is the most effective way of fighting against the enemy guilds. Rongxing follows Ye Xiu to Fire Forest to kill monsters. On the following days, Rongxing is ambushed and killed by the enemy players. Rongxing respawns at Bulls Town, where fewer enemies are lurking around compared to Congee City.

Bao Rongxing tells everyone that he likes to play with Ye Xiu, who makes Glory more fun. Rongxing agrees with Ye Xiu to level up and to steal bosses at the Heavenly Domain. Rongxing laughs when he reads the world chat, which is full of insults at Tyrannical Ambition. Rongxing meets Concealed Light. Rongxing learns from Ye Xiu that Concealed Light has solid theoretical knowledge but lacks actual experience in Glory. Rongxing acts superior and demands Concealed Light to call him ‘Senior.’ After three Desolate Lands dungeon runs, Rongxing receives a challenge from Concealed Light for a duel in the Arena. Rongxing defeats Concealed Light in ten consecutive duels. Rongxing brags about defeating Concealed Light until he is reminded by Ye Xiu to not get complacent.

Bao Rongxing talks with Ye Xiu in game. Rongxing cries over the fact that he missed the Christmas event at Sin City, which helped Lord Grim, Soft Mist, and Cleansing Mist to level 38. Rongxing gives his phone number to Ye Xiu to make sure that he never misses an important in-game event again. Rongxing is thrilled that he will be gifted Ye Xiu’s level 40 Orange weapon, Shadow Claw, once Rongxing’s Steamed Bun Invasion reaches level 40.

Volume 4: All-Star Weekend
Bao Rongxing joins Ye Xiu’s Guild Happy. Rongxing joins Ye Xiu and the party in attacking the Guardian. When Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng retreat, Rongxing coordinates with Tang Rou to control the aggro of the Guardian. Rongxing and the team manage to get the low-health Guardian to kneel, which signifies their victory. Bao Rongxing stands on the shore for the retreating enemies. After Horse Shooter shoots four out of the five enemies back into the water, Rongxing throws a Brick to stun the opponent. Rongxing follows Ye Xiu’s orders to chase after the fleeing enemy.

Bao Rongxing dodges the enemy Berserker’s counterattack. Rongxing follows Tang Rou’s order to knock the 10 opponents back into the water for Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng to destroy. Rongxing and Tang Rou manage to knock 5 out of the 10 opponents into the water. Rongxing goes under water to see Ye Xiu and Mucheng destroy the enemies. Rongxing watches Ye Xiu and Mucheng swim out of the lake. Rongxing is unable to help Ye Xiu and Mucheng in the water ambush against Blossom Valley’s dungeon team. Rongxing is able to adjust to water combat faster than Tang Rou. Rongxing follows Ye Xiu, who finds an enemy team to ambush. Near the shore, Rongxing joins Ye Xiu in ambushing a Misty Castle dungeon team.

Bao Rongxing follows Ye Xiu out of Thousand Waves Lake to a hiding spot on the main road from Congee City to Thousand Waves Lake. Rongxing learns from Ye Xiu to message instead of speaking, so they can hear the enemy’s footsteps. Rongxing crouches and follows Thousand Creations to be behind the enemy. After Mucheng’s initiation, Rongxing jumps up and ambushes the five Misty Castle players. Rongxing and the team swiftly kill the five Misty Castle players. When Rongxing learns from Ye Xiu that Misty Castle will probably avoid the area, Rongxing jokes that the enemy is smart for knowing what fear is. Under Ye Xiu’s orders, Rongxing leaves Thousand Waves Lake to train. In the Spring Festival, Rongxing logs in early for the New Year event.

Volume 6: Mainstream Tank
On the 10th Server, Bao Rongxing invites Ye Xiu’s Lord Grim to dungeon. Rongxing replies to Ye Xiu’s encouragement by promising to take care of the 10th Server for him.

Volume 7: New Champions
Bao Rongxing is invited into a QQ group chat with Ye Xiu, An Wenyi, Tang Rou, and Wei Chen by Chen Guo. Rongxing agrees to join Ye Xiu’s Team Happy to fight in Challengers League. Rongxing is extremely eager to play competitively. He tells Ye Xiu that Luo Ji is still a poor player. Rongxing answers Ye Xiu’s questions and is told to stop. Afterward, Rongxing leaves the chat. Bao Rongxing informs Chen Guo that he will go to City H in person to join Happy. At 20:15 on April 1, Bao Rongxing messages that he is on a train to City H to Ye Xiu.

Bao Rongxing explains to Ye Xiu that he partied with his friends for three days straight, which caused the delay of his arrival at City H. Rongxing arrives at the front of the Happy Internet Cafe and sees the huge crowd inside. Bao Rongxing tells the receptionist that he is looking for Chen Guo. Rongxing is greeted by Ye Xiu and Chen Guo. Rongxing joins Ye Xiu and Chen Guo in watching a Pro Alliance match between Excellent Era and Void, which the Internet cafe streams for its customers to watch. Rongxing watches Excellent Era capitulate to Void, 2-8. With Ye Xiu, Chen Guo, and Tang Rou, Rongxing goes out for a late night snack. Rongxing enters the shop.

Bao Rongxing jumps into the conversation between Ye Xiu and Cui Li. Rongxing listens to Ye Xiu’s explanation of what role Cui Li plays as Excellent Era’s director. Rongxing pats on the Cui Li’s shoulder and claims that everyone is on the same side. Rongxing finally realizes that Cui Li is from Excellent Era, which lost miserably to Void earlier. Rongxing hears Ye Xiu’s call to sit down and asks Cui Li if they want to join him. Rongxing hears Cui Li decline and walks over to Ye Xiu’s table. Rongxing and Chen Guo sit down with Ye Xiu and Tang Rou. Rongxing and his friends order food. He hears Tao Xuan’s cold goodbye. When the food arrives, Rongxing eats. He listens to Chen Guo and Ye Xiu’s discussion about Excellent Era’s possible relegation.

One day after Excellent Era’s humiliating defeat to Void, Bao Rongxing learns that Sun Xiang will withdraw for the rest of the season due to health reasons. In the afternoon, Rongxing asks Chen Guo to institute a few security protocols for the Internet cafe because they have no security guards. Rongxing is advised by Ye Xiu to not worry about the security unless they call for Rongxing to put down a potentially dangerous situation. Rongxing agrees to Ye Xiu and Chen Guo’s suggestion to focus on playing Glory until Rongxing is needed for any serious security incidents. From room 213, Rongxing follows Ye Xiu and Chen Guo to the first floor receptionist desk to meet Wei Chen. Rongxing interrupts Wei Chen’s greeting with Tang Rou to shake Wei Chen’s hand.

Bao Rongxing helps Wei Chen move into the Forest Park gaming house. At the gaming home, Rongxing shouts at Wei Chen to be his roommate in room one, which Wei Chen ignores. Rongxing listens to Ye Xiu reveal that he crushed Excellent Era’s morale in the game to Wei Chen. With everyone, Rongxing goes back to the Internet cafe and to room 213. Rongxing watches Ye Xiu start up the computer and open up the VOD folder with recorded matches. Rongxing hears Wei Chen declare that the glorious Ye Xiu will analyze the Excellent Era’s first catastrophic match for everyone.

After watching Excellent Era’s shambolic individual and group competitions, Bao Rongxing hears Wei Chen’s grief at Ye Xiu’s “sins” to cause Excellent Era’s catastrophic decline. Taking Wei Chen’s over-the-top comments seriously, Rongxing brings over a bucket for Wei Chen to puke in, which angers Wei Chen. Rongxing looks at Excellent Era’s horrible post-match statistics versus Thunderclap. Next, Rongxing watches a recording of Excellent Era’s match against Samsara. He watches an okay individual competition performance by Excellent Era with a horrible group competition, where Zhou Zekai sweeps the field. Rongxing observes Excellent Era’s horrible team competition. With Ye Xiu playing the other Excellent Era match recordings, Rongxing silently watches. Rongxing learns from Wei Chen that Excellent Era’s previous form disintegrated with Sun Xiang’s erratic gameplay compared to Liu Hao, who recovers from Ye Xiu’s beating in-game to perform better in Excellent Era’s match against Samsara. Also, Rongxing learns from Wei Chen that the other Excellent Era players, who were crushed by Ye Xiu, cannot recover their morale and skill level. Rongxing hears Ye Xiu explain Liu Hao’s moments of brilliance in matches means that he has given up on Excellent Era in order to secure a better future elsewhere.

Bao Rongxing learns from Ye Xiu that Sun Xiang’s removal from play is to protect him from blame of relegation as well as showing Excellent Era’s true strength without Sun Xiang if they escape relegation. After finishing their discussions, Rongxing and his teammates go back to the gaming house to rest for the night. In the morning, Rongxing angers Wei Chen by casually calling him, “Old Wei." With Wei Chen, Rongxing enters room 213. Rongxing starts up his computer and logs on. He challenges Wei Chen to a duel. Rongxing sets up the first Arena duel poorly, so under Wei Chen’s orders for a Fixed Field, Rongxing sets up the next Arena duel properly.

In the first duel against Wei Chen, Bao Rongxing is crushed by him. Rongxing brushes off his loss to Wei Chen and wants to duel again. Rongxing loses eight duels against Wei Chen. Rongxing asks what Wei Chen’s background is and learns that Wei Chen is Blue Rain’s former captain and original owner of Swoksaar. The next day, Bao Rongxing continued to level up his Steamed Bun Invasion account.

On the second floor, Bao Rongxing watches Chen Guo scold Wei Chen to stop smoking. Rongxing is interested in trying out a cigarette before Ye Xiu advises against letting a non-smoker smoke because it would be a waste. At Happy Internet Cafe, Bao Rongxing sees the renovated second floor gaming room. Rongxing turns on his computer and puts his face on the screen to look at it. He realizes that the sunlight has too much glare. Rongxing hears Ye Xiu’s recommendation of hanging a curtain. With everyone, Rongxing helps set up a curtain. Rongxing goes back to his computer. Rongxing sees the projector that Chen Guo has in the practice room. Rongxing opposes Wei Chen’s preference to watch Pro Alliance matches in the practice room because Rongxing prefers to watch with the crowd on a bigger screen. Rongxing goes back to play Glory.

Bao Rongxing continues leveling. Rongxing sees the news of Excellent Era’s impending relegation, where Excellent Era mentions Ye Qiu to deflect blame of relegation to him. He learns that Blue Rain, Samsara, Tiny Herb, Tyranny, Misty Rain, Void, 301, and Thunderclap are in the playoffs.

Bao Rongxing stops playing Glory and walks over to Ye Xiu’s computer to watch his chat with Tao Xuan. Rongxing learns from Ye Xiu that Tao Xuan has principles and wants to defeat Ye Xiu in a proper match without rigging their match-up in the first round. Rongxing learns from Tang Rou that Zhang Yichun is a world-class mathematician, who is known for several breakthroughs in several fields of mathematics.

Bao Rongxing learns that Luo Ji entered university at the age of seventeen without the required examinations. Rongxing learns that next year Luo Ji will be a graduate student, who will be working toward a Master’s Degree and PhD. Rongxing looks at Luo Ji’s mathematical research. Rongxing does not understand the high-level math and jargon. Rongxing hears from Ye Xiu to use Luo Ji’s refined triggering requirements to drop skill books.

Bao Rongxing’s Steamed Bun Invasion reaches level 68. From Ye Xiu, Rongxing gets a portion of Luo Ji’s simplified guide to start attempting quests to pick up skill books. Rongxing starts a quest and quickly deviates, which Ye Xiu strictly advises him to follow the guide. Rongxing completes the second quest and gets a 25-point skill book drop. Rongxing learns from Wei Chen that 1650 skill points are possible from theoretically winning all of the quest drops. Rongxing hears Wei Chen proclaim his Windward Formation account has 4920 skill points, which is more than the highest officially recognized Desert Dust’s 4880 skill points.

On guild chat, Bao Rongxing boasts that Lord Grim will lead the guild to glory as well as win a Glory Pro Alliance championship. Rongxing hears that Ye Xiu wins a 20-point skill book drop. Rongxing hears Wei Chen suggest that he can conquer the accounts market with his extremely high skill point accounts. Rongxing learns from Ye Xiu mention that the game company will change the programming code once they realize Wei Chen is exploiting skill book drop chances. Bao Rongxing continues completing quests to get high skill books. Rongxing learns that Ye Xiu’s Lord Grim reaches 5000 skill points.

At the Happy Internet Cafe, Bao Rongxing sees Ye Xiu’s return from Samsara Headquarters and hears Wei Chen ask how much money did they get for the skill books guide. Rongxing nervously looks at Ye Xiu. Rongxing learns that Ye Xiu has 2 million RMB in dungeon materials. A few moments later, Rongxing has 6 million RMB in advance from Samsara. Rongxing is shocked that Ye Xiu sold the guide for a total of 20 million RMB.

Bao Rongxing hears Wei Chen’s call to improve their characters’ equipment. Rongxing hears Ye Xiu advise him and Tang Rou to finish the Heavenly Domain quests as soon as possible. Rongxing goes to attempt the Heavenly Domain quests and repeatedly fails because he deviates from the precise gameplay requirements. With Ye Xiu’s oversight and directions, Rongxing follows the directions of the quests. Rongxing learns that Blue Rain, Samsara, Tiny Herb, Tyranny, Misty Rain, Void, Thunderclap, and 301 Degrees enter the playoffs. The first round of matches has Blue Rain vs. 301 Degrees, Samsara vs. Thunderclap, Tiny Herb vs. Void, and Tyranny vs. Misty Rain. On the first day of playoffs, Rongxing sees Blue Rain host 301 Degrees, where Blue Rain obliterates 301 Degrees. On the second day, Rongxing watches Thunderclap host Samsara, where Samsara’s improved characters via Ye Xiu’s skill book guide annihilate Thunderclap. On the third day, Rongxing observes Void host Tiny Herb, where Void struggles to a draw against Tiny Herb. On the fourth day, Rongxing watches Misty Rain host Tyranny, where Misty Rain manages to grind out a victory against Tyranny.

Bao Rongxing listens to Ye Xiu point out the small details in Han Wenqing’s gameplay style change. On the fifth day of playoffs, Rongxing watches Samsara host Thunderclap, where Samsara crushes Thunderclap. Rongxing watches Jiang Botao reveal to the journalists that Samsara’s characters have improved skill points without any exact numbers. Rongxing learns that Xiao Shiqin is planning to transfer out of the Thunderclap. Rongxing hears from Ye Xiu that Shiqin will go to Excellent Era.

Bao Rongxing hears Ye Xiu’s joke about Wei Chen’s millions of RMB for retirement if they lose to Excellent Era in Challengers League. Rongxing hears Wei Chen’s shout at him to level up faster. On the sixth day, Blue Rain defeats 301 Degrees on the second leg of their playoff match-up. On the seventh day, Tiny Herb defeats Void on the second leg of their playoffs match-up. On the eighth day, Misty Rain defeats Tyranny on the second leg of their playoffs match-up. Rongxing learns that Samsara, Blue Rain, Tiny Herb, and Misty Rain are the remaining teams in playoffs. Rongxing hears Ye Xiu’s lecture about their accounts being given to the team. Rongxing hears Wei Chen agree to give his Windward Formation to the team. He hears that Tang Rou agrees to give her account over to the team. After some thought, Rongxing agrees to give his account to the team.

As members of Heavenly Justice, Bao Rongxing’s Steamed Bun Invasion runs to the Heshin City Sewers. He meets Ye Xiu’s Lord Grim to steal a wild boss, Sewer King Lookashoo. Rongxing notices a lot of players in the area, so he and his teammates keep a low-profile. Rongxing follows Ye Xiu to cut off enemy players. Rongxing assists Ye Xiu in killing 2 Blue Brook Guild players. Rongxing and his teammates kill off any opposition reinforcements. He arrives to reinforce Lou Guanning’s attack for Sewer King Lookashoo. With Heavenly Justice Clerics in support, Rongxing and his teammates attack all opposition with no mercy. Rongxing runs into Blue Brook Guild’s main team led by Xu Boyuan’s Blue Bridge Spring Snow. Rongxing attacks and suppresses Boyuan with incredible mechanical skill.

Bao Rongxing leaves a battered Xu Boyuan and runs over to help out Ye Xiu. Rongxing sees more players swarming the location. He listens to Ye Xiu’s advice to kill the enemy as fast as possible. With Tang Rou, Rongxing suppresses Xu Boyuan’s Blue Bridge Spring Snow to death. Rongxing sees the global message of Heavenly Justice killing Sewer King Lookashoo. For the rest of the day, he hears no new wild bosses spawn. Rongxing joins Ye Xiu, Tang Rou, and Wei Chen to clear a 5-person Level 70 dungeon.