Tong Yao is asked to join a professional gaming team after passing a secret test but since there are no female gamers in the whole league she is unsure whether to join.
Tong Yao goes to the ZGDX headquarters to start training with the other members of the team. Her arrival gets off to a rocky start with two of the team members as well as her mother who does not approve of her career choice.
Jian Yang, Lu Sicheng, and Tong Yao play a game online and start love triangle rumors when the conversations are leaked and labeled as flirty. Tong Yao's parents see these rumors and start to worry about her situation.
After winning a training match the team goes out to celebrate but when they come back to their training headquarters they find two unexpected guests waiting for them.
After the guests leave ZGDX headquarters the team is challenged to a training competition by TAT but Lu Sicheng turns it down knowing they just want to target Tong Yao and demoralize her. Tong Yao reluctantly does her first live stream.
Tong Yao and Jinyang go out to take their mind off their troubles. Tong Yao gets drunk and is escorted back to headquarters by Lu Sicheng when she meets Lu Yue an earlier ZGDX midlaner who just came off a suspension.
Tong Yao remembers the previous night and decides she can only face her team members by wearing a mask. Tong Yao sees that there is friction between the team and Lu Yue over a prior incident that involves God Ming.
Ai Jai gets on a Livestream and explains Brother A's intention and why Lu Yue fought him. Xiao Pang, Old K realize their mistake and make amends with Lu Yue meanwhile Lu Yue and Tang Yao continue to compete for starting position.
ZGDX arrives for their photoshoot but Lu Sichang and Tong Yao encounter an awkward moment right before she takes her pictures. ZGDX plays YQCB and Lu Sicheng realizes that a friend from his past has come back.
With the first game of the National League approaching the teams to choose their opponents and groups for the competition. With this in mind ZGDX also chooses their starting midlaner.
The team face CK, Smiling's ex-boyfriend's team but Yang feels conflicted attacking her in-game. Cheng has a fever and Tong Yao is also unwell. They end up taking care of each other.
Awkward awakenings surprise the team. Yang watches Tong Yao's livestream and overhears Cheng teasing her, making him jealous. Later he visits her to talk about the past.
Unable to sleep Tong Yao watches and analyses game play of their next opponent. Cheng is interested in her notes and the team is interested when her proposed tactics work. Yao comforts the disappointed team leader.
Smiling plays against A Tai again. Lu Yue snaps an opportune photo. Ming consults with Tong Yao as they analyze their opponents' tactics. Cheng goes on a blind date.
Yao starts off the competition attracting attention for a past comment and the attention of a Korean playboy on the opposite team - both in game and out. Cheng warns him off.
Admirers attend the match and witness an accident transform into a romantic spectacle. Cheng reiterates that he only wants someone who is better at games than him - then challenges Smiling to a solo game.
Cheng overhears Yao when she thinks he's not listening. Crayfish are bought and shared. The team attends an anime conference but tempers flare and Yao gets herself into trouble with the convention.
Yao is suspended for one match but is repentant only for causing trouble for her team. The team struggles with Lu Yue replacing her. Cheng finally speaks to Yao.
Reporters harass the team outside their bus. They run into a familiar figure at dinner. Her cat gets Yao in trouble so she tries to make it up to Cheng. Yao gets caught up in another gamer's relationship gossip.
Xu TaiLun targets Smiling during the competition in retaliation then ambushes her in person later. Her retaliation lands her in hot water. She contemplates absconding with a kitten.
Cheng asks his question again. Interview questions about relationships makes Yao skittish. Watching a match with Jinyang beside her, she meets some of her fans and feels the wrath of others.
Jinyang gets harassed by fans because she doesn't know the game and isn't interested in it. Ai Jia jumps a rail to confront them. ZGDX uses an unpopular strategy to show how to get it done.
Yao continues to be overly cautious about their relationship but Cheng isn't willing to compromise very much. Fatty finds out and has questions. Jinyang considers buying Ai Ja's team.
Lao K's parents come looking for money. Jinyang organizes a talk at her university. Ai Jia reunites with his mother. Team ZGDX attends a match as spectator but Cheng succumbs to the lure of the kiss cam.
The kiss has caused an uproar in the online forums, in the club and for Jian Yang. Even Lu Sicheng's mother arrives to deal with it. K and Mao are off their game and this causes strife. Cheng and Yao approach the situation differently.
Smiling gives a stirring answer during an interview and many of the pro gamers directly state their respect for her as a player and as a person. A unpleasant package of surprises arrives with a bow.
Cheng is troubled, absent and uncommunicative. A video surfaces turning the internet against Yao. Everyone practices for the next match, the long-awaited Chessman vs Heirophant.
ZGDX is stunned by the outcome of the match. Heirophant worries about Cheng, who hid his relapse from the rest of the team. The girl in the video is found. Mao confronts Cheng. Xiao Rui questions their choices.
Yao's parents demand that she visit home and bring Sicheng. Jinyang and Yao reflect on the last six months. The Elimination rounds begin. Cheng sneaks some candy. Yao eliminates some tension after a hard game.
Grand finals are about to begin but a Fatty overeats and ends up in the hospital. It's Yao's birthday but she doesn't want to let Cheng know. Hierophant feels nervous for the first time.