[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-s3-training-the-entire-league":3,"chapter-reborn-in-s3-training-the-entire-league-reborn-in-s3-training-the-entire-league-chapter-14":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in S3, Training the Entire League",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2292484,4484,"Chapter 14: The Battle for the Strongest King","reborn-in-s3-training-the-entire-league-chapter-14",14,"\u003Cp>Half an hour later, the fourth match arrived as scheduled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still no familiar faces; this fourth match was easier than the previous three, thanks to better luck in drawing an opponent with a record of three losses and zero wins—completely broken in spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several high-ranked players who had been confident, dreaming of pushing hard to form teams and enter professional tournaments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knew that at the very doorstep of the LPL, before even seeing what lay inside, they were repeatedly beaten senseless; their professional dreams long buried somewhere, now the only thing driving them was not wanting to end their rivalry journey with a clean sweep against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they were all top-ranked gods from their respective servers—too proud to lose!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, in their fourth match, they ran into Jiang Ming’s NXG.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 17 minutes, NXG once again crushed their opponent, securing their fourth win and locking in qualification for next January’s LPL preseason tournament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Jiang Ming glanced at a private message sent to his phone by the head of his livestreaming platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Riot will update the ranked system tonight, introducing a brand-new ranking system for the new season.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ranked system!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ming’s eyes lit up—the greatest king competition across all platforms had finally arrived, and with it, the chance to negotiate a partnership with YY Platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with the S3 season, the first major change directly affecting players was the replacement of the ELO ranking system with tiered divisions—the very system future players would come to know as Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, and Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Existing rank points became what players called their hidden score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six tiers total: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, and Master. Except for Master, each tier had five sub-ranks; reaching 100 ranking points in any sub-rank triggered a promotion match, which came in two forms: BO3 for minor tier promotions and BO5 for major tier promotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Master tier was reserved for the top fifty players by ranking points in each server after reaching Diamond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Jiang Ming, Riot’s reform of the ELO system was a brilliant move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, ELO fluctuations often left ranked players feeling discouraged, harming retention among low-tier players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With tiers, high-tier players now chased the title of Master, while low-tier players had tangible goals like earning seasonal skins for Gold rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would greatly boost player engagement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the tier system launched in his past life, it triggered a terrifying wave of players pulling all-nighters to climb tiers—even female players rushing to Diamond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the tier system wasn’t flawless; for a long time, the promotion match mechanism was criticized for adding randomness, with players complaining about “tier lock,” followed by issues like boosting and smurfing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, many video UPs openly advertised boosting services in their online stores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ming knew his ambition wasn’t to cash in on the current “Wild West” boom of League of Legends—otherwise, under his title as top-ranked player on the Chinese server, he could’ve simply linked a boosting shop and left no one else a chance to compete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ming understood clearly: never touch boosting. Even if rules didn’t explicitly ban it now, once you were involved, when you reached some position in esports, it would explode like a bomb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But does YY sending me this mean they’re preparing to join the competition?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ming had a few suspicions—his little butterfly’s wings had stirred enough wind to create some change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the original timeline, YY wouldn’t restructure into YY Live until 2014, a year behind its rival Douyu, which had already seized the market in 2013 by aggressively signing LoL streamers and offering huge cash prizes for the top-ranked Chinese server Master, dominating the scene. For a long time, until Douyu self-destructed, YY remained the perennial second place, having missed the surge of player growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he thought this, his phone rang—the caller ID read “Xu Tao, YY Contact.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey JM, didn’t disturb you, did I?” A middle-aged man’s cheerful laugh came through the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ming walked slowly to his desk and sat down, smiling: “No disturbance. But I’m curious—why are you working late tonight, Brother Xu?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emergency?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course it was an emergency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other end, Xu Tao grimaced—if he didn’t call tonight, by the time LoL’s tier update rolled out at midnight, Jiang Ming’s ID would already carry a prefix from some other livestreaming platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tier update announcement might have just reached regular players, but Xu Tao knew someone of JM’s caliber had gotten the news long ago; Jiang Ming’s silence these past days was clearly testing whether YY would act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Highly educated streamers are such a pain to handle…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Tao sighed, but still explained YY’s next plan over the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you mean YY plans to increase promotional resources for the LoL streaming section, using the tier update as a launchpad for a ‘Top Master’ competition with prize money?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly. Any player whose in-game ID prefix is YY Live qualifies to apply.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you need me to do?” Jiang Ming cut straight to the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What do I need you to do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother, don’t play dumb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Tao sighed—would you rather have a regular streamer you recruit, or someone whose game understanding is flawless and whose skill is unmatched, win the first Master title and claim the top Master spot?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, no one on YY has a higher ELO score than JM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grumbled, but knew Jiang Ming was waiting for YY to make a concrete offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“JM!” Xu Tao adjusted his tone carefully, “Our cooperation with you has been very pleasant, and we hope it continues. I can tell you this in advance: this fall, the platform will undergo restructuring and optimization. Streamers like you, our top-tier talents, will receive massive resource support…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keep going—I’m listening. Save the big promises for later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So before restructuring, we need to seize the traffic surge from LoL’s tier reform. We need you to add our platform prefix to your ID and become the #1 Master on the Chinese server!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Conditions: three ten-thousand yuan bonus for becoming the server’s first Master, plus another five ten-thousand yuan for topping the first region!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, after completing the mission, your livestream gift split will be changed to 40\u002F60 in your favor, and you’ll receive at least four homepage recommendation slots during your climb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Tao finished listing YY’s offer in one breath.\u003C\u002Fp>",1066,"2026-06-20T04:16:26.320Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","44f2ede4a89157df2560811a155d3e3f293ab903d8f0284e3f1088977dcb5837","reborn-in-s3-training-the-entire-league-chapter-15","reborn-in-s3-training-the-entire-league-chapter-13",190,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-s3-training-the-entire-league-cover.jpg"]