Zuo Fan/Plot

## Arcs

Note: The arcs are divided and named by the creator of this wiki, oriented on a logical structure.

### Jiangbei City - Monster Den (1 - 13)

In order to accomodate the rising fees for visiting his father in the prison, Zuo Fan applies for E-Rank Monster Dens instead of the usual F-Rank Monster Dens fitting his rank. He joins a team of the Mu Family. Getting dragged in the family dispute and almost dying Zuo Fan awakens the War God System, which grants him many benefits.
### Jiangbei City - Visits (14 - 20)

Zuo Hui reveals his innocence regarding the City S calamity to Zuo Fan. To prove his innocence Zuo Fan plans to travel to Jinning City to collect evidence. Before that he gets his Starfall Sword reforged, tests it and also visits his friends.
### Jinning City - Ghost Rain Joint Operation (20 - 32 )

Arriving in Jinning City Zuo Fan participates in the competition in Ghost Rain Mountains. There are various rewards including becoming a member of the Ghost Rain Military, which Zuo Fan needs to be in order to get into their restricted area to find the safe deposit box, which contains the evidence his father was talking about. In the competition he encounters Pu Pan, who is hunted by the Li Family. Together with Pu Pan they manage to defeat the Li Family's lackeys and place 1st (Zuo Fan) and 2nd (Pu Pan) respectively.
### Jinning City - Li Family Party (33 - 37)

The Li Family celebrates the successful Ghost Rain Joint Operation. Li Rong challenges Zuo Fan to a sparring with ulterior motives. Zuo Fan kills him, which greatly angers Li Zhong. The latter fails to kill Zuo Fan because of Pu Hao's interference.
### Jinning City - Mercenary Association's "Sword Hunt" Team (37 - 47)

Zuo Fan, together with Pu Pan, joins the Sword Hunt Team of the Mercenary Association. After hunting for some time, one of their members - Gan Qi - turns out to be the Li Family's spy and betrays them. Zuo Fan and the others manage to survive the monster wave they caused and also defeat a lot of the Li Family's lackeys. Xin Jian, the team leader, manages to break through the Novice Warlord Stage in this life and death situation.
### Jinning City - Auction (48 - 51)

To match his current strength Zuo Fan buys a new sword as well as a Maneuvering Technique. Seeing Li Hongwu bidding for an item he drastically drives up the price for his enemy.
### Jinning City - Bounty (52 - 62)

Upon getting important information stolen from their secret factory, Li Zhong puts the blame on Zuo Fan and sets a bounty of 10 billion. In the process of hunting him down many Starfall Warriors die. After being involved in Li Hongwu's death, Li Zhong personally sets out to kill Zuo Fan. In the ensuing fight the latter manages to become a Warlord and almost kills Li Zhong. Tho in the last moment Li Zhong gets saved by unknown people who work with him.
### Jinning City - Li Family's betrayal (63 - 81)

With the help of his allys, people from unknown origin, Li Zhong becomes a Half Monster- Half Human being. Increasing his strength to the intermediate Warlord Stage. Meanwhile Zuo Fan gets to visit the Ghost Rain Mountain Military's base. He cultivates in the Alien Artifact Garden, a secret place, when Li Zhong with his allys from unknown origin and Mu Family members invades the Military and lures large amount of Monsters to Jinning City with the help of Monster luring devices. Zuo Fan and other Military members manage to retreat into the Alien Artifact Garden. Before Li Zhong and his people gets their hands on the Artifacts, they decide to eat them themselves. Then with the help of Zuo Fan they manage to escape through an emergency exit. Going back to the Military Base Zuo Fan uses Monster Luring Devices to lure the Monsters from Jinning City to Li Zhongs people and also lures the Eaglefoxes over. At some point Zuo Fan kills Li Zhong. After Li Zhong's death the Monsters could no longer be controlled so Li Zhong's people all retreated. Together with the Military Zuo Fan ended the Monster Outbreak.
### Jinning City - Another traitor? (81 - 85)

Ding Ling - known as Jinning City's strongest person - invites Zuo Fan to a meeting. After suspicious remarks he starts an intense fight with Zuo Fan. After some time, satisfied with the result, Ding Ling stops fighting and tells Zuo Fan about his relationship with his father and gives him the things Zuo Hui left behind for him. With the pretense of cultivating in seclusion for a month Zuo Fan leaves Jinning City.
### City S - Dispersing Miasma (86 - 94)

While traversing City S, Zuo Fan encounters Fu Ren, a guide from Dark Star, an organization operating in City S. Zuo Fan gets to meet their leader and they cooperate. Zuo Fan gets a guide while he helps them activate Miasma dispersing devices in City S. Meanwhile Mu Yinyue sets off to find Zuo Fan in City S and help him. While activating the device Zuo Fans group encounters a part of a Snake-like A-Rank Monster. With Grey Egg secretly destroying its core they manage to kill it. Mu Yinyue arriving in City S gets ambushed by traitors of her Mu Family.
### City S - Rescue Mission (94 - 99)

Mu Yinyues Uncle Hong manages to fend off their enemys and temporarily leaves the group for scouting. Meanwhile they get encircled by Monsters and another hidden enemy. While on their way to the Headquarters Zuo Fan and his group get a rescue mission for saving Yinyue and her team. Arriving Zuo Fan quickly kills off the man who controlled the monsters with the help of a flute and also finishes off the Monsters. Quickly after the A-Rank Monster Giant Black Hydra attacks them. Mu Hong and an Advanced Warlord from the Dark Star Guild manage to defeat it with the help of Zuo Fan, which could destroy the Monsters core with Grey Eggs help.
### City S - Discovery and Fight (100 - 118)

After the rescue mission Zuo Fan gets to learn the complete Floating Steps of Luminosity as well as a sword skill from Mo Ling, a disciple of the deceased Wargod Xue Shi. Then, convincing her Advanced Warlord Rank Uncle to help Zuo Fan, Mu Yinyue travels with him to find clues in City S about the Monster Outbreak and the accusations against Zuo Hui - Zuo Fan's father. They find a secret location and get a few hints, but shortly after they encounter an A-Rank Monster. Mu Hong diverting its attention , Zuo Fan and Yinyue flee, but encounter a horde of B-Rank Monsters. After fighting them and managing to shake them off. They encounter the Firefox squad, who were about to mine crystallized mutated monster cores, but were attacked by monsters before getting them. Zuo Fan and Yinyue fight the Monsters, in the process the crystals get destroyed. Zuo Fan breaks through Intermediate Warlord through absorbing the crystal dust and Yinyue reaches the Novice Warlord Rank with Grey Eggs help. Eventually the manage to kill all the Monsters - including a B-Rank Monster King.

Afterwards they help Mu Hong, who still tries to get away from the A-Rank Monster. Through a plan thought out by Zuo Fan they finally manage to kill the A-Rank Monster after a lot of struggle.
### Zhonglin City - Trade Center (118 - 125)

Zuo Fan goes to Zhonglin City to get a new Starfall Weapon since his old one is no longer fitting for his Rank and also almost destroyed. With the help of Zhu Nayan he gets a new Starfall Weapon. After leaving for the War God Preparation Exam he gets ambushed by relatives of the Zhu Family, who are envious of his weapon. Zuo Fan quickly finishes them off.
### Zhonglin City - Elite Training Camp (126 - 134)

Meeting an old friend, He Tan, Zuo Fan temporarily joins his team for the Elite Exam Challenge, an exam for Starfall Warriors. Zuo Fan disguises himself as an Advanced Starfall Warrior and helps He Tan and his team advancing in rank, while also protecting them from a corrupt team member. After successfully completing the exam Zuo Fan sets out for the meeting point to attend the War God Preparation Exam.

As to not arouse too much attention Zuo Fan pretends to be a Novice Warlord, despite already having reached the Intermediate Warlord Stage. Yet againt he has traitors in his Team - the Team Leader Xu Ji and the Team Member Cheng Xiu. They manage to trap Zuo Fan and the other Team Members in a cave with a B Rank Monster King. With Zuo Fans help they manage to defeat it, but then get sneak-attacked by the traitors, heavily injuring Zhu Liao, one of their members. Zuo Fan kills off the traitors, who have taken many lifes of Warlord Geniuses. To save their dying team member they travel to the Grey Nest Life Pool.
### Zhonglin City - Grey Nest Life Pool (134 - 139)

To enter the Grey Nest Life Pool one must pass a challenge set by the Life Pool's Guardian. Zuo Fan manages to succeed and save his team member. Back at the Mercenary Association he faces Xu Ji's Master Zhang Pan. With the help of the Mercenary Association they are found guilty and arrested.
### Zhonglin City - Monster Territory Trial - Part 1 (140 - 149)

Qi Zhen's ally Bu Qiao Feng managed to convice enough higher-ups to start the Monster Territory Trial one year earlier than planned. Ning Lian provokes Zuo Fan in entering as well, despite the entry limit being an Avanced Warlord, while Zuo Fan is still an Intermediate Warlord. In the Monster Territory she attracts Monsters to let them kill Zuo Fan, who manages to turn the tables and subdues an A Rank Monster King. Together with the Monster King he tracks down and kills Ning Lian.
### Zhonglin City - Monster Territory Trial - Part 2 (149 - 156)

Zuo Fan on his way to find Mu Fan, finds out that Ning Lians belongings contained a tracker. While trying to get rid of his pursuers he accidentally enters an illusion, but with the help of Grey Egg and the War God System he manages to break it. His pursuers dying in the illusion. Shortly after Zuo Fan rescues Nan Jian from an Illusion.

Finding Mu Fan, they fight for a short while, then due to a change in the environment Mu Fan decides to leave. Zuo Fan leaves the group since the Monster Territory's Ruler, a four-eyed ape king, seems to target him. Grey Egg goes through the trial set up by the four-eyed ape king before entering a state of evolving. Then Zuo Fan has to go through a trial as well. After passing the trial Zuo Fan gets the chance to improve his Blade of Retribution, before leaving with the evolved Grey Egg to search for Mu Fan and the others.
### Zhonglin City - Monster Territory Trial - Part 3 (156 - 162)

Fighting Mu Fan, Zuo Fan has to go all out. After Mu Fan evolves three times Zuo Fan finally manages to kill him and win the Monster Terriotry Trial.
### Zhonglin City - Banquet (162 - 165)

Celebrating Zuo Fan's victory in the Monster Territory Trial, distribute prizes and also inaugurate Zuo Fan in the Mercenary Associations top secret, the Crystal Palace. Du Qing gives Zuo Fan an entry token to said palace, since he is the future prospective Association President.
### Zhonglin City - Battle Sword Technique (165 - 171)

Zuo Fan visits Tian Jian, the guardian of the Grey Nest Life Pool to learn more about the Battle Sword Technique. While traveling he realizes there are intruders. After killing them off he witnesses Tian Jian suffering heavy injuries from Bu Qiao Feng and exerting his last move, Flaming Sword Technqiue. Zuo Fan takes Tian Jian away, Bu Qiao Feng poisons the entire area, Zuo Fan is forced to retreat in the cave of the Grey Nest Life Pool. Tian Jian shows him the origin of the Battle Sword Technique - the flaming Sword Altar. Zuo Fan masters the flaming sword technique and together with Tian Jian he leaves the poisonous are, arriving outside Tian Jian has already succumbed to his heavy injuries.
### Zhonglin City - Mercenary Branch (172 - 179)

Zuo Fan meets Zhonglin Mercenary Branch's President Nie Xuanye as Du Qing's Emissary. He gets taught to form the Battle Territory by Nie Xuanye, a normally unique Territory for Advanced Warlords with the Combat Fanatical Physique. Zuo Fan accompanies her on a protection mission for a SS Rank Item called Jade Secret Ball. Later they attend the auction where it is auctioned off.
### Zhonglin City - Illusion (179 - 183)

Zhong Wu, who obtained the Jade Secret Ball gets ambushed after the auction, Zuo Fan and Nie Xuanye being part of the ambushers. During the ensuing fight the Jade Secret Ball falls down, cracks and a large illusion envelops everyone. The illusion is formed from the memories of Nian, Yuan Shi's wife who died prior to the night of starfall, by mysterious meteors. She was turned into a mutated treasure. By defeating Nian and then leading the illusionary Yuan Shi to his wife, Zuo Fan and Nie Xuanye can disperse the illusion, save her soul and purify the Jade Secret Ball. The real Yuan Shi being glad his wife is finally freed gifts them the Treasure and his money, prepared to die of old age.
### Zhonglin City - Mercenary President (184 - 197)

Zuo Fan needs to find the Mercenary President to give him the Jade Secret Ball to heal his injuries. Mercenary President is most likely hiding in Paradise Tower. Bu Qiao Feng abducted Monster Kings Cubs and through that forced them and the Monsters subordinates to attack Zhonglin City with the Paradise Tower as the target. Zuo Fan kills his way to the Paradise Tower. Together with Du Qing, Nie Xuanye they fight Qi Zhen and Bu Qiao Feng. Zuo Fan finds and saves the Monster Kings Cubs and stops the Monster Wave. Bu Qiao Feng gets saved at a critical moment by Lie Family people. Qi Zhen and Bu Qiao Feng use Black Potions to boost their power. Bu Qiao Feng fights the Mercenary President, while Zuo Fan fights Qi Zhen. After an intense fight and under the influence of the Black Potions poison Zuo Fan manages to break through and become a Novice War God. Zuo Fan manages to sneak the healing medicine, the Jade Secret Ball, with the help of the Ghost Faced Wasp King's clone to the Mercenary President. In a final battle they manage to defeat Bu Qiao Feng and Qi Zhen.
### War Gods' Palace (197 - 202)

To get officially acknowledged as a true member of the War God Community, Zuo Fan has to go to the War God Palace and get certified by them as a true War God. Due to his outstanding strength and already being a War God at such a young age he gets appointed Gold Emblem Deacon of Mercenary Association and Honorary Chief of Escorts of War God Palace.
### Jinhai City - First Mission (202 - 214)

Zuo Fan gets his first mission from the Mercenary President, checking out a Monster Incident near Jinhai City, Yinyue's hometown. Upon arriving Zuo Fan and other Investigators get dragged into a flaming forest, an illusion - an Ability only High Level Monster Kings have. After fighting against the Monster King's puppets Zuo Fan and his Team use Fan Gang, who tried to kill them, to lure out the Monster King.

Successfully luring the Novice Monster King out, Zuo Fan engages in a heated battle and manages to kill it.