Recaps

The war-zone leaders reviewed the first round, which the Eastern War Zone won over the Central War Zone, and then pressed Zheng Guoqiang to explain the surprise victory. When Xu Tongzhi revealed he had once rejected Jiang Fan, Zheng Guoqiang challenged him with the possibility that Jiang Fan could break through the fifty-first layer of the Eternal Sacred Monument.

• The Military Commission Commander summarized the first round, in which the Central War Zone scored 150 points and the Eastern War Zone scored 130, then dismissed the leaders to prepare for the next round.
• Several war-zone leaders surrounded Zheng Guoqiang and asked how the Eastern War Zone had advanced.
• Xu Tongzhi guessed that Jiang Fan was the reason the Eastern War Zone won, and Zheng Guoqiang's reaction confirmed his suspicion.
• Xu Tongzhi explained that Lu Zhenguo had once recommended Jiang Fan for the Central War Zone, but he had declined because he had already secured Fei Ruoyun.
• Zheng Guoqiang warned Xu Tongzhi that he might regret turning Jiang Fan away and asked how he would react if Jiang Fan could break through the fifty-first layer of the Eternal Sacred Monument.

Jiang Fan and the Eastern War Zone team returned to Luan City Base after advancing, while Zheng Guoqiang recounted how Xu Tongzhi had challenged his claim that Jiang Fan cleared the Eternal Sacred Monument’s 51st floor. The team became furious on Zheng Guoqiang’s behalf.

• Zheng Guoqiang hinted to the other war-zone leaders that Jiang Fan had cleared the Eternal Sacred Monument’s 51st floor, but Xu Tongzhi questioned the claim and its validity.
• Xu Tongzhi accused Zheng Guoqiang of boasting and left after dismissing the Eastern War Zone’s advancement; the other leaders followed him, leaving Zheng Guoqiang furious.
• Wang Ye and Feng Ruoxi returned to the team, learned that Wu Sheng and Lu Yuanqing were injured, and heard how Jiang Fan had helped the team advance and survive.
• Jiang Fan led the team out of the ruins and back to Luan City Base to reunite with Zheng Guoqiang and prepare for the next round.
• Jiang Fan asked Zheng Guoqiang why he had looked troubled, and Zheng Guoqiang explained his confrontation with Xu Tongzhi, enraging the team.

After the Eastern War Zone advanced from the Luan City battle, Zheng Guoqiang explained why Xu Tongzhi had tried to suppress Jiang Fan and warned him that Fei Ruoyun was a formidable opponent. Three days later, the second round began, and Jiang Fan’s team assembled at the Central War Zone training ground without knowing what the challenge would be.

• Jiang Fan told Zheng Guoqiang how Lu Zhenguo had recommended him to Xu Tongzhi, who had rejected the idea of recruiting him into the Central War Zone.
• Zheng Guoqiang said Xu Tongzhi had mocked Jiang Fan because the Eastern War Zone had advanced and Xu feared his earlier judgment would be questioned.
• Jiang Fan and Zheng Guoqiang reviewed the Luan City battle until the Military Commission ordered the teams to leave the base.
• Zheng Guoqiang warned Jiang Fan that Fei Ruoyun might be Level Seven and still have an unused trump card, while Jiang Fan said he could also win the final showdown.
• The Military Commission moved Jiang Fan’s team to the Central War Zone compound, then announced that the second round would begin three days later.
• Jiang Fan and his teammates reported to the Army Special Forces Training Ground, where Zheng Guoqiang greeted them.

Jiang Fan confronted Central War Zone Commander Xu Tongzhi after Xu insulted his standing, then joined the other first-round victors at the gathering area. He noticed that Fei Ruoyun was missing, and she arrived just as he wondered why she was late.

• Zheng Guoqiang admitted he had learned nothing about the competition rules, and Jiang Fan said the teams would have to adapt as they went.
• Xu Tongzhi praised Jiang Fan while implying he was inferior to Fei Ruoyun, and Jiang Fan challenged him by saying he had already refused to join the Central War Zone.
• Xu Tongzhi insulted Jiang Fan, who retorted until the other Commanders intervened and Zheng Guoqiang sent Jiang Fan and his companions to gather.
• Wang Ye and the others teased Jiang Fan about angering Xu Tongzhi, while Jiang Fan nearly revealed that he could contend with Lieutenant Generals.
• Jiang Fan counted four Central War Zone victors at the marked area and realized Fei Ruoyun had yet to arrive; she then appeared in the distance.

The Military Commission Commander announced the final battle of the Strongest General Star Challenge and improvised a format for choosing the two teams’ strongest members. The Eastern and Central War Zones selected Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun, setting up their showdown for that afternoon.

• Fei Ruoyun stood beside Jiang Fan, argued with him, and returned to her team after threatening to stop going easy on him.
• The Military Commission Commander arrived and announced that the final battle would begin immediately.
• After struggling to settle on a format, the Commander told each team to choose its strongest member, who would face the other team’s pick.
• Xu Tongzhi named Fei Ruoyun for the Central War Zone, while Zheng Guoqiang said the Eastern War Zone had unanimously selected Jiang Fan.
• The Commander told the two leaders to bring Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun over.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun began the final round of the Star General Competition under rules that allowed anything short of death. Their first exchanges left them evenly matched, and Fei Ruoyun proposed that they stop probing and fight seriously.

• The old man told Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun to fight in the marked-off area without restrictions, with death as the only forbidden outcome.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun exchanged a powerful opening punch, while Xu Tongzhi raised an Energy Barrier to protect the audience.
• Fei Ruoyun struck Jiang Fan from above, but he gathered energy in his arm and blasted her into the air before pressing his attack.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun traded blows without either gaining the upper hand, prompting the audience to debate their strength and Xu Tongzhi to argue that neither had shown their true abilities.
• After another clash, Fei Ruoyun noted that their half-hour of probing had produced no result and asked to get serious, and Jiang Fan agreed.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun traded increasingly powerful elemental attacks in a battle neither could decisively win. Their fight filled the Army Training Ground with fog, leaving the spectators stunned by the range of abilities on display.

• Jiang Fan trapped Fei Ruoyun with Earth Element Energy, but she shattered his stone cage and spikes and briefly bound him with golden threads.
• Jiang Fan burned through Fei Ruoyun’s golden threads with Fire Element Energy and launched a powerful flaming strike from above.
• Jiang Fan’s attack broke Xu Tongzhi’s Energy Barrier, forcing the old man to shield the spectators as they realized Jiang Fan wielded multiple elements.
• Fei Ruoyun protected herself with a water curtain that resisted Jiang Fan’s flames, and their attacks filled the grounds with thick mist.
• The spectators sensed Wind, Fire, and Wood Element Energy amid the clashes and realized Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun had shown only a fraction of their strength in Luancheng.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun continued their evenly matched battle until Fei Ruoyun revealed a divine ability that slowed time around them. Jiang Fan escaped her whip with a Gravity Field and began using it to hinder her in return.

• After the fog cleared, Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun recognized each other as worthy opponents, and Fei Ruoyun warned that she would use a special skill.
• Fei Ruoyun slowed time around the field and swung her Long Whip at Jiang Fan.
• Jiang Fan used a surge of blue energy to create pressure, shifting the whip's path so it skimmed past his ankle.
• Jiang Fan realized Fei Ruoyun controlled the flow of time, while she noticed his unusual energy had affected her.
• Jiang Fan explained that his blue energy created a Gravity Field, which began dragging at Fei Ruoyun's feet.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun fought slowly under the opposing effects of their Gravity Field and Time Field, while the audience and commanders discussed their abilities. As their energy dwindled, Fei Ruoyun began casting another divine ability, and her figure started to fade.

• Fei Ruoyun recognized Jiang Fan’s Gravity Field and used her Time Field to slow him further, leaving both fighters struggling to land blows.
• The spectators jeered at the pair’s sluggish movements until the commander silenced them and explained the power behind their fields.
• The commander identified Fei Ruoyun’s technique as a likely form of Emperor Fei’s Time Stagnation and praised Jiang Fan’s control of the Strange Stones’ blue energy.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun continued fighting as their energy fell, and Fei Ruoyun decided to try a divine ability taught by Senior Brother You Ran.
• Fei Ruoyun recited the ability’s incantation, and her figure began to fade before Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun fought to a standstill in the rising-star competition until the commander stopped the dangerous battle and named them co-winners. The chapter ended with someone in the arena declaring that only Jiang Fan deserved the title.

• Jiang Fan realized Fei Ruoyun’s Space Power resembled his Flash Ability, then used his own ability to counter her attacks.
• After fighting for about half an hour, Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun were both exhausted, and Jiang Fan told her he would take first place if she had no other moves.
• Fei Ruoyun fused her four energies into a powerful vortex and proposed they decide the victor with one move.
• Jiang Fan disrupted Fei Ruoyun’s concentration with Spiritual Energy and moved in to strike, but the commander stopped both fighters before the blow landed.
• The commander ended the match and named Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun this year’s strongest rising stars, prompting an unseen speaker to insist that only Jiang Fan deserved the title.

After the Commander named Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun co-strongest General Stars, Jiang Fan accepted the ruling and prepared to challenge the Eternal Sacred Monument with her in three days. The Commander worried that the monument’s rankings would make their shared title difficult to explain.

• Fei Ruoyun admitted that she might have lost to Jiang Fan and asked the Commander to name him the sole strongest General Star.
• Jiang Fan defended the Commander’s decision to stop their exhausted battle and accepted sharing the title with Fei Ruoyun.
• The Commander finalized the ruling and ordered Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun to challenge the Eternal Sacred Monument in three days.
• Fei Ruoyun hesitated to speak to Jiang Fan as he left with Zheng Guoqiang and the others.
• Zheng Guoqiang urged Jiang Fan not to resent the ruling, and Jiang Fan reassured him that sharing the title was acceptable.
• Jiang Fan looked forward to testing how far he could climb in the Eternal Sacred Monument after his recent increase in strength.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun entered the Central War Zone’s Eternal Sacred Monument challenge facility, where they learned that the monument recorded candidates’ rankings and martial techniques for future generations. They prepared to enter separate challenge arenas.

• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun followed the Military Commission Commander and a young soldier through a mountain culvert to a teleportation device.
• The group teleported to a hidden chamber, where the young soldier opened the walls and revealed two challenge arenas.
• The Military Commission Commander explained that the Eternal Sacred Monument projected into multiple arenas and would rank the candidates and record their strongest martial techniques.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun accepted the challenge and walked toward separate Eternal Sacred Monument Spaces.

Jiang Fan began the Eternal Sacred Monument challenge in the Central War Zone, while Xu Tongzhi and Zheng Guoqiang argued over how quickly he could clear its levels. The onlookers saw the level counters change, leaving Jiang Fan’s progress about to be revealed.

• Jiang Fan entered the challenge space and quickly defeated the first Star General before continuing to the next level.
• Xu Tongzhi explained that the overhead projections showed challengers’ current levels and discussed with a team leader using challenge times to assess candidates.
• Zheng Guoqiang predicted Jiang Fan would clear the first level in under three minutes based on his previous run to Level 51.
• Xu Tongzhi mocked Zheng Guoqiang’s prediction and questioned whether Jiang Fan could really reach Level 51.
• A spectator called out that the projected numbers had changed.

Jiang Fan rapidly cleared levels in Challenge Space No. 1, tying and then surpassing his previous record while Fei Ruoyun challenged in Room No. 2. He dismissed worries about the outcome and continued onward, leaving the onlookers baffled by his speed beyond Level Fifty-One.

• Jiang Fan cleared levels so quickly that the number above Challenge Space No. 1 dropped to 90, while Xu Tongzhi insisted his familiarity with the challenge explained his pace.
• Fei Ruoyun began advancing quickly in Challenge Room No. 2, but Zheng Guoqiang pointed out that Jiang Fan was already at Level Twenty-Two and moving faster.
• Jiang Fan reflected that his prior experience and improved strength helped him overcome the early opponents, then decided to focus on his own growth rather than the record or Fei Ruoyun.
• Jiang Fan passed Level Fifty-One and continued clearing levels at an even pace, prompting the onlookers to question how he could still move so fast.

Xu Tongzhi tried to explain Jiang Fan’s rapid progress while defending Fei Ruoyun, but her sudden acceleration undermined his excuses. Meanwhile, Jiang Fan reached the eighty-eighth General, mastered Wood Element Energy, and continued the challenge with all five elemental energies at his command.

• Xu Tongzhi claimed Jiang Fan was defeating the Generals quickly because his strength surpassed theirs, while suggesting Fei Ruoyun had slowed down to study their martial arts.
• The team leaders questioned Xu Tongzhi’s explanation when Fei Ruoyun’s challenge speed suddenly matched Jiang Fan’s.
• Jiang Fan reflected on the martial arts techniques he had learned from the Generals and fought the next opponent using Gold Element Energy.
• Jiang Fan used Wood Element Energy to shatter the eighty-eighth General and realized he had mastered all five elemental energies.
• Jiang Fan selected Continue Challenge to face the Generals farther ahead.

Jiang Fan defeated all one hundred General Stars and secured first place on the Eternal Sacred Monument, then recorded his strongest move for his consciousness form. Outside the challenge space, spectators watched him advance past the level where Xu Tongzhi expected him to fail.

• Jiang Fan defeated the final General Star after struggling against the strongest opponents and was ranked first on the Eternal Sacred Monument.
• Jiang Fan gave his name, demonstrated his Flash skill with a sword, and watched the monument's consciousness form reproduce the move.
• The spectators saw Jiang Fan remain ahead of Fei Ruoyun, while Xu Tongzhi claimed Jiang Fan would stall at the eighty-ninth level.
• The level counter in Challenge Space No. 1 changed from 11 to 10, cutting off Xu Tongzhi's prediction and prompting Zheng Guoqiang to mock him.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun both cleared all one hundred levels of the Eternal Sacred Monument, sharing first place and becoming the military’s strongest twin stars. The Second Commander announced that he would confer their ranks and assign them new posts in seven days, leaving them waiting in the Central War Zone.

• Jiang Fan defeated all one hundred Star Generals, taking the top position on the Eternal Sacred Monument and prompting Xu Tongzhi to congratulate Zheng Guoqiang.
• Jiang Fan emerged from Challenge Space No. 1 and predicted that Fei Ruoyun would also clear all one hundred levels.
• Fei Ruoyun defeated all one hundred Star Generals, joining Jiang Fan in first place on the Eternal Sacred Monument.
• Fei Ruoyun congratulated Jiang Fan, and the two acknowledged each other after clearing the monument.
• The Second Commander announced that he would confer ranks on Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun and assign them new posts seven days later.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun received the rank of Lieutenant General and were appointed Deputy Chief Inspectors in the Military Commission’s Military Supervision Department. Jiang Fan was assigned to investigate violations across all five war zones and prepared to take up his new post.

• Wang Ye and the others worried Jiang Fan would leave the Eastern War Zone, but Zheng Guoqiang assured them he would always be one of its General Stars.
• At the commissioning ceremony, Chief Number Two of the Military Commission personally granted Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun the rank of Lieutenant General.
• Chief Number Two appointed Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun Deputy Chief Inspectors of the Military Supervision Department, assigning Jiang Fan to investigate violations and Fei Ruoyun to oversee the fulfillment of duties.
• Chief Number Two told Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun that their inspections would cover all five war zones and that they would need to cooperate when their duties overlapped.
• After receiving his appointment letter, Jiang Fan said goodbye to Zheng Guoqiang and agreed to call him Old Zheng instead of Commander.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun traveled by train to Kyoto, where they planned to report to the Military Commission Headquarters. After sharing stories during the journey, they arrived and Fei Ruoyun asked to stay with Jiang Fan because she had nowhere else to go.

• Zheng Guoqiang told Jiang Fan he could address other military leaders by name and said his talent would soon place him above them.
• Fei Ruoyun asked to travel to Kyoto with Jiang Fan, and he agreed after explaining he wanted to visit his teacher and family.
• During the train ride, Jiang Fan told Fei Ruoyun about his past in River City, while she shared that she had rarely left her secluded home.
• After ten hours, Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun arrived in Kyoto, and Jiang Fan said goodbye at the station exit.
• Fei Ruoyun continued following Jiang Fan and asked to stay with him for two days because she had nowhere to go.

Jiang Fan brought Fei Ruoyun to Ninth Martial Arts University and arranged for her to stay in his old courtyard. After leaving her there, he searched for his senior sister Xue Min and headed to visit his teacher Hong Tiangan when she was not home.

• Jiang Fan offered to let Fei Ruoyun stay at Stone Path Cottage, and she eagerly accepted.
• Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun walked to Ninth Martial Arts University, where Jiang Fan was surprised by the campus’s renovations and larger student population.
• Jiang Fan showed Fei Ruoyun his courtyard and told her she could stay there while he visited his senior sister and teacher.
• Jiang Fan went to Xue Min’s courtyard, found no one there, and decided to look for her at Hong Tiangan’s courtyard.

Hong Tiangan coached his new disciple Fu Xingchen as he struggled to cultivate the Heaven and Earth Natural Meditation Technique, then learned that Jiang Fan might have returned to the university. Fu Xingchen and Senior Sister hurried to Jiang Fan’s courtyard, with Hong Tiangan suspecting his new disciple intended to compete with him.

• Hong Tiangan stopped Fu Xingchen’s strained cultivation attempts and urged him to calm his mind.
• After about a week of practice, Fu Xingchen finally drew Heaven and Earth Energy into his body, and Hong Tiangan praised his progress.
• Fu Xingchen asked how long the other disciples had taken, and Senior Sister avoided telling him that Jiang Fan had succeeded in mere moments.
• A messenger reported movement at Jiang Fan’s courtyard and suggested that Jiang Fan had returned.
• Senior Sister rushed to check on Jiang Fan, and Fu Xingchen followed, hoping to meet him and receive pointers.
• Hong Tiangan suspected Fu Xingchen wanted to challenge Jiang Fan and decided Jiang Fan could temper his temperament.

Fei Ruoyun visited Jiang Fan’s courtyard, where Fu Xingchen attacked her after demanding she leave. She defeated him with one strike, while Jiang Fan sensed the disturbance and realized Fei Ruoyun had acted.

• Fei Ruoyun explored Jiang Fan’s courtyard, and Xue Min arrived looking for her Junior Brother.
• Fu Xingchen barged in, accused Fei Ruoyun of trespassing, and demanded that she leave.
• Fei Ruoyun gave Fu Xingchen a chance to apologize, but he attacked her instead.
• Fei Ruoyun struck Fu Xingchen with Heaven and Earth Energy, sending him crashing into a Giant Tree and injuring him.
• Fei Ruoyun told Xue Min that she and Jiang Fan were friends and that she had shown Fu Xingchen mercy.
• Hong Tiangan heard the disturbance and assumed Jiang Fan was teaching Fu Xingchen a lesson, while Jiang Fan sensed the energy surge and recognized Fei Ruoyun had made a move.

Jiang Fan returned to Stone Path Cottage and learned that Fei Ruoyun had struck Fu Xingchen after he insulted her. When Jiang Fan refused to side with Fu Xingchen, the new disciple erupted in jealousy and challenged Jiang Fan’s reputation; Jiang Fan began to confront him about the difference in their strength.

• Jiang Fan sensed Fei Ruoyun’s energy and turned back to Stone Path Cottage, where he found Xue Min supporting an injured Fu Xingchen and Fei Ruoyun standing nearby.
• Xue Min explained that Fu Xingchen had insulted Fei Ruoyun, who struck him, and Jiang Fan said Fei Ruoyun had acted rightly and held back.
• Xue Min introduced Fu Xingchen as the teacher’s newly accepted disciple, ranked second in Luo City’s college entrance examination.
• Fu Xingchen asked Jiang Fan to uphold justice, but Jiang Fan called the incident a misunderstanding and refused to blame Fei Ruoyun.
• Fu Xingchen insulted Jiang Fan’s reputation and belittled Xue Min’s strength, revealing his hostility and jealousy toward Jiang Fan.
• Jiang Fan stopped Xue Min from confronting Fu Xingchen, then pointed to Fei Ruoyun and asked Fu Xingchen whether he knew her level.

Fei Ruoyun exposed Fu Xingchen’s jealousy of Jiang Fan, but Fu Xingchen dismissed her words and challenged Jiang Fan’s talent. Jiang Fan ended their argument by knocking Fu Xingchen away with a shout, and Hong Tiangan arrived to find Fu Xingchen badly injured while Jiang Fan and the others were gone.

• Fei Ruoyun accused Fu Xingchen of being jealous of Jiang Fan and trying to humiliate his friends, leaving Fu Xingchen furious and shaken.
• Fu Xingchen defended his talent by comparing his past achievements with Jiang Fan’s, while Jiang Fan realized how little Fu Xingchen had accomplished.
• Jiang Fan ended the conversation and led Xue Min and Fei Ruoyun into the house.
• Fu Xingchen lunged at Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan shouted “Get lost!” and sent him flying into a century-old tree, which snapped on impact.
• Hong Tiangan hurried to Stone Path Cottage and found Fu Xingchen badly injured, with Jiang Fan and the others nowhere in sight.

Fu Xingchen told Hong Tiangan a distorted account of his dispute with Jiang Fan, but Hong Tiangan remained skeptical and went to see Jiang Fan. After reuniting warmly with his teacher, Jiang Fan faced Fu Xingchen’s renewed accusations when Fu Xingchen saw Fei Ruoyun sitting in the living room.

• Hong Tiangan stabilized Fu Xingchen’s injuries and listened as Fu Xingchen blamed Jiang Fan and portrayed himself as a victim.
• Hong Tiangan doubted Fu Xingchen’s story and decided to ask Jiang Fan what had happened.
• Jiang Fan and Xue Min talked about his military service, challenge victories, and new post before Hong Tiangan arrived with Fu Xingchen.
• Jiang Fan welcomed Hong Tiangan warmly and invited him inside, while Fu Xingchen grew resentful at their close relationship.
• Fu Xingchen accused Fei Ruoyun of disrespecting Hong Tiangan by remaining seated and ordered her to stand and greet him.