Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan faced Wang Ye in the Eastern War Zone General Star Challenge final and revealed overwhelming power, defeating him after thwarting his attacks and Psychic assault. Jiang Fan won the championship, while the spectators wondered how strong he really was.

• Before the final, Wang Ye acted humble and said he knew he was no match for Jiang Fan, while secretly taking pleasure in Jiang Fan's confidence.
• When the match began, Wang Ye launched a fierce attack, but Jiang Fan smoothly evaded his punches and kicks.
• Wang Ye trapped Jiang Fan with stone spikes and Wind Blades, but Jiang Fan shattered the attack and pulled Wang Ye toward him with his power.
• Wang Ye used Spiritual Power against Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan's spiritual vortex crushed it, leaving Wang Ye badly injured.
• Jiang Fan seized Wang Ye, sent him flying out of the arena, and won the final as the crowd erupted in astonishment.

After defeating Wang Ye, Jiang Fan was summoned by Zheng Guoqiang and two other Eastern War Zone commanders, who questioned him about his performance in the General Star Challenge. They named him team captain for the competition among the five war zones and warned him that the Central War Zone’s Fei Ruoyun was a formidable favorite.

• Jiang Fan showed mercy to Wang Ye after defeating him, and Wang Ye thanked him before keeping his questions about Jiang Fan’s Psychic identity to himself.
• Roger brought Jiang Fan to meet Zheng Guoqiang and the Eastern War Zone’s second and third commanders, who said Jiang Fan would captain their team in the strongest Star General competition.
• Zheng Guoqiang questioned Jiang Fan about the chaotic gravity area, the Stone Array Maze, the Steel Puppets, Gravity Canyon, and the Consciousness Trap, and Jiang Fan described his experiences while embellishing how he absorbed gravity energy.
• The commanders concluded that Jiang Fan could control gravity energy and Spiritual Energy, estimated that he could contend with a Level 7 Great Grandmaster, and urged him not to grow careless.
• Zheng Guoqiang warned Jiang Fan about the Central War Zone’s favored competitor, Fei Ruoyun, and Jiang Fan repeated her name.

After winning the Eastern War Zone’s General Star Challenge, Jiang Fan learned about the Eternal Star Sacred Monument and drew Chief Number Two’s attention because he resembled Jiang Qinian. He was named a Major General and prepared to represent the Eastern War Zone, then received a call from Yue Chuan asking him to come to the Military Academy.

• Jiang Fan asked Zheng Guoqiang and Roger about the space where he had challenged star general consciousness forms, and Roger explained that it was the Eternal Star Sacred Monument Space, where contestants could challenge opponents and comprehend martial arts techniques.
• Chief Number Two asked Jiang Fan whether he knew Jiang Qinian because they looked alike, then requested that Zheng Guoqiang and Roger prepare a dossier on Jiang Fan.
• The Eastern War Zone announced its final rankings: Jiang Fan, Wang Ye, Feng Ruoxi, Lu Yuanqing, and Wu Sheng, who would represent the war zone in the strongest star general competition.
• Zheng Guoqiang conferred Major General ranks on the five winners and told them to prepare for the competition in a month while continuing their current duties.
• Jiang Fan received congratulations from Shi Yang and the Thunder Special Operations Squad, then Yue Chuan called and asked him to come to the Military Academy.

Jiang Fan met Yue Chuan and General Cheng at the Military Academy, where Yue Chuan gave him intelligence on Star Generals from the five war zones ahead of the Eastern War Zone competition. The file revealed that Fei Ruoyun belonged to one of Huaxia’s Four Great Supreme Families, leaving Jiang Fan wondering about her connection to Emperor Fei and why she had entered public life.

• Jiang Fan hurried to the Military Academy after Yue Chuan told him the war zone had announced the Star General Challenge roster.
• Students recognized Jiang Fan as a young Major General and speculated that he was one of the five Star Generals.
• Jiang Fan met Yue Chuan and General Cheng, who explained that they had called him over to celebrate his achievement and discuss the competition a month away.
• Yue Chuan gave Jiang Fan a detailed file on Star Generals from all five war zones and promised to provide more information in half a month.
• Jiang Fan read that Fei Ruoyun was a nineteen-year-old Star General from one of the Four Great Supreme Families and wondered what she was to Emperor Fei.

Jiang Fan discussed Fei Ruoyun’s standing in the Fei Family with Yue Chuan and General Cheng, then told Yue Chuan that Chief Number Two had asked about Jiang Qinian. Yue Chuan warned that Jiang Fan’s future in the military might depend on winning the title of Strongest General Star and urged him to keep building his strength.

• Yue Chuan explained that Fei Ruoyun was likely a close relative of Emperor Fei, and Jiang Fan said he would face her without fear.
• Yue Chuan and Jiang Fan celebrated Jiang Fan’s General Star Challenge success before General Cheng took his leave.
• Yue Chuan encouraged Jiang Fan to take time off, but Jiang Fan told him that Chief Number Two had asked about Jiang Qinian.
• Yue Chuan said Chief Number Two likely had suspicions but no evidence, and that Jiang Liye should not have left loose ends.
• Yue Chuan warned that winning Strongest General Star could protect Jiang Fan’s military career, while failing might force him to leave the military.
• Yue Chuan urged Jiang Fan to aim for Level 8 combat power so he could contend with Si Kongnan Tian and resolve his difficulties.

Jiang Fan spent half a month completing missions before Zheng Guoqiang summoned him for an emergency General Star trial mission. He joined Wang Ye, Wu Sheng, and the other General Stars to intercept a spy fleeing toward the East Sea with Huaxia’s coastal defense maps.

• Jiang Fan chose to spend his free month grinding missions and gathering information before the Strongest General Star Challenge.
• He accepted dozens of missions, completing the Thunder Special Operations Squad’s assignments through the end of the year.
• As Jiang Fan neared Nandu, Zheng Guoqiang ordered him to return to the war zone for an urgent mission.
• Zheng Guoqiang told Jiang Fan, Wang Ye, Wu Sheng, and the other General Stars to intercept a Northern War Zone spy carrying stolen coastal defense maps before he escaped overseas.

Jiang Fan and his team organized a search for Zhuang Botao, an enemy agent carrying a stolen coastal defense map, and assigned the regular troops to screen a wide area. Two days later, surveillance footage gave Jiang Fan and Wang Ye a likely sighting of Zhuang Botao, and Jiang Fan ordered the team to trace his movements.

• Zheng Guoqiang explained that Zhuang Botao was an intermediary who had taken an unprocessed paper coastal defense map toward the East China Sea coast.
• Jiang Fan was appointed team leader and assigned the mission of capturing Zhuang Botao, with authorization to call on regular troops.
• Jiang Fan divided the search, assigning Wu Sheng, Lu Yuanqing, and Feng Ruoxi to watch the coast while he and Wang Ye checked suspicious people.
• Jiang Fan warned the team not to let personal agendas delay the mission, and Wu Sheng reacted uneasily without replying.
• Two days later, a soldier at the Eastern War Zone Monitoring Center spotted footage of a man whose features and gait matched Zhuang Botao.
• Jiang Fan and Wang Ye confirmed the likely identification, and Jiang Fan ordered the team to locate the surveillance point and map the man's movements.

Jiang Fan and Wang Ye pursued Zhuang Botao, only to learn that he had boarded a passenger plane and was fleeing toward the border. Jiang Fan suspected a military insider had helped him escape and chose to let the plane cross the border while seeking a way to capture Zhuang Botao alive and uncover his handler.

• Jiang Fan and Wang Ye agreed to continue tracking Zhuang Botao while the others maintained surveillance and coastal defenses.
• Wang Ye confronted a man posing as Zhuang Botao on Tanzijie Street, was injured, and watched him escape before Jiang Fan arrived.
• Feng Ruoxi reported that the real Zhuang Botao had hijacked a passenger plane heading over the East China Sea toward the border.
• Wang Ye recalled a crucial detail from his fight, and Jiang Fan concluded that a military insider had impersonated Zhuang Botao to divert attention and help him board the plane.
• As the generals pursued the aircraft, Wang Ye proposed shooting it down, but Jiang Fan rejected the idea and decided to pursue a way to capture Zhuang Botao alive and find his handler.

Jiang Fan decided to let the hijacked plane cross the border so the War Zone could intercept Zhuang Botao during a stopover. Aboard the plane, Major He Ling contacted the War Zone, but was ordered to stay put while generals handled the threat.

• Jiang Fan rejected blowing up the passenger plane and argued that letting it leave the country was the only viable plan.
• Zhuang Botao killed a passenger aboard flight MU3427, and He Ling secretly contacted the Eastern War Zone Command Center for support.
• He Ling reported that Zhuang Botao was heading toward the border and estimated his strength at Level 5 or Level 6.
• Jiang Fan learned that He Ling was a Level 4 Martial Artist and ordered her to wait for instructions.
• He Ling requested permission to confront Zhuang Botao, but the War Zone ordered her to stay put because generals had been dispatched.
• He Ling obeyed, then wondered whether the generals could really handle the threat.

Zhuang Botao escaped Huaxia airspace and landed on Cloudy Isle to meet Colonel Fujita, intending to trade a map for payment and safety. As he attacked the plane’s stranded passengers, Jiang Fan suddenly intervened and struck Zhuang Botao’s companions.

• Zhuang Botao ordered the pilot to fly to Cloudy Isle, where the plane made a dangerous landing on an abandoned runway.
• Zhuang Botao met Colonel Fujita, demanded his promised payment, and withheld the map until he received protection and a place to stay.
• Jiang Fan told Wang Ye and the others to rescue the hostages while he went ahead to Cloudy Isle.
• He Ling feared that reinforcements had failed to arrive as Zhuang Botao formed a fireball and aimed it at the passenger plane.
• Jiang Fan’s attack dispersed the fireball, and sword rays appeared around Zhuang Botao’s companions, cutting several of them down.

Jiang Fan captured Zhuang Botao and Colonel Fujita, refused Zhuang Botao’s offer to betray the military, and left Major He Ling to protect the passengers while he took the criminals away. He Ling reassured the passengers that a special plane would come for them.

• Zhuang Botao and Colonel Fujita tried to flee, but Jiang Fan trapped them with his Gravity Field and brought them down.
• Zhuang Botao offered Jiang Fan his payment and urged him to abandon the military, but Jiang Fan refused and seized him.
• Zhuang Botao and Colonel Fujita coordinated an attack on Jiang Fan, who crushed Fujita into a pit with another wave of gravity.
• Jiang Fan asked Major He Ling to look after the passengers and help the task force escort them to Haicheng, then flew away with the two prisoners.
• He Ling told the passengers that the criminals had been subdued and that the war zone was arranging a special plane to receive them.

Jiang Fan captured Zhuang Botao and a Fusang operative, then returned to the war zone with them. When ordinary interrogation failed, he used Spiritual Energy to induce an illusion in Zhuang Botao, who began revealing details about his contact.

• Wang Ye and the others learned that Jiang Fan had captured the target, destroyed the coastal defense map, and killed five Fusang operatives.
• Jiang Fan brought Zhuang Botao and the remaining operative back to the war zone, where Zheng Guoqiang had them imprisoned.
• Zheng Guoqiang and the commanders decided to ask Jiang Fan to try using Spiritual Power because conventional interrogation had failed.
• Jiang Fan recalled what he had learned in the Consciousness Trap and used Spiritual Energy to create an illusion for Zhuang Botao.
• Under the illusion, Zhuang Botao spoke to his contact and complained that the military had captured him on Cloudy Isle, then hinted that he knew the contact's identity and aristocratic family.

Jiang Fan used an improvised Spiritual Illusion to probe Zhuang Botao, uncovering signs of a powerful network tied to great families and the military but failing to identify its members. After the leaders ordered the matter set aside until the Strongest General Star Challenge ended, Jiang Fan spent half a month training and planned a private strength test before the competition.

• Jiang Fan's Spiritual Illusion made Zhuang Botao relive conversations with his contact, though Jiang Fan could not see the scenes himself.
• Zheng Guoqiang and the others inferred that Zhuang Botao's hidden contact came from a great family, had military help, and was pursuing goals beyond money.
• Chief Number Two ordered Zhuang Botao kept in the Eastern War Zone, directed officials to report that he and the Fusang people had been killed, and left further investigation until after the Strongest General Star Challenge.
• Jiang Fan interrogated Colonel Fujita but found no useful information, then decided to focus on preparing for the competition.
• Jiang Fan spent half a month grinding missions and hunting exotic beasts, and planned to test his strength in a secluded military training room before the challenge.

Jiang Fan assessed his strength ahead of the Strongest General Star Challenge and traveled with the Eastern War Zone team to the Central War Zone. As they headed toward the first round’s camp, he recognized that their route led to Luan City.

• Jiang Fan measured his vitality and combat power, concluding that he was at the mid level of Level 7 and could contend with Fei Ruoyun.
• Jiang Fan accepted that he had not yet reached Level 6 Spiritual Power and decided to focus on the skills he already possessed.
• Zheng Guoqiang addressed the five members of the Eastern War Zone team before leading them by helicopter to the Central War Zone.
• A soldier escorted Zheng Guoqiang, Jiang Fan, and the others toward the camp where the first round would be held, explaining that the challenge location changed each year.
• Jiang Fan recognized the road to Luan City and asked the soldier about it, surprising him.

Jiang Fan and the Eastern War Zone team arrived at the ruins of Luan City for the Strongest General Star Challenge. When the first round began, they had fifteen minutes to reach their designated base, and Jiang Fan led them through the ruins while suspecting the challenge involved offense and defense.

• A soldier explained that the phantom’s destruction had left Luan City’s terrain complex, making it the venue for the first-round assessment.
• Jiang Fan and the others reached the military camp outside Luan City and learned that the competition rules would be revealed the next morning.
• An examiner gave the Eastern War Zone team a map and started a fifteen-minute timer to reach their marked base.
• Jiang Fan recognized the route and led the team into Luan City, warning them not to fly because he suspected that would expose their position to opposing teams.

Jiang Fan led his team through Luancheng to reach their main base just before the deadline and learned the rules for the first-round team offense and defense battle. With seven minutes until the challenge began, the team gathered to plan their strategy.

• Jiang Fan calculated a fast route to the camp and told the team to enter Luancheng through its west gate.
• Jiang Fan guided the team through the overgrown city and into an underground parking lot, where they reached a blue energy pillar.
• Jiang Fan pressed the button beside the pillar, qualifying the Eastern War Zone General Star team for the challenge.
• The loudspeaker explained that teams had eight hours to destroy enemy energy pillars or earn points by killing opponents, with the top two qualifying teams advancing.
• Jiang Fan and the others noticed they had seven minutes before the battle began and gathered to discuss their offense and defense principles.

Jiang Fan divided his team between defending their hidden base and searching for enemy bases as the Team Offense and Defense Match began. He led Wang Ye and Feng Ruoxi toward a likely base site, but their advance was interrupted by a nearby sound.

• Jiang Fan asked the team to weigh offense against defense, and Wang Ye proposed splitting their forces between the two.
• Jiang Fan assigned himself, Wang Ye, and Feng Ruoxi to search for enemy bases while Wu Sheng and Lu Yuanqing guarded their base.
• The five-team Team Offense and Defense Match began, and Jiang Fan led the search party out of the underground parking lot.
• Jiang Fan reasoned that the school to the southwest was a likely enemy base and led the group toward it.
• Jiang Fan heard something, raised a finger to his lips, and the group stopped to listen.

Jiang Fan’s group formed a temporary alliance with Chang Yonghuai’s team and followed them to an abandoned hospital they suspected held another faction’s base. Chang Yonghuai entered first and claimed to have spotted the enemy energy pillar, urging Jiang Fan to come inside.

• Jiang Fan and his companions revealed themselves after Chang Yonghuai’s team discovered their hiding place.
• Chang Yonghuai proposed a temporary alliance, and Jiang Fan agreed while remaining wary of his motives.
• Chang Yonghuai suggested attacking an abandoned hospital, arguing that the alliance’s six fighters could defeat the faction there.
• Wang Ye warned Jiang Fan that Chang Yonghuai’s team was probably plotting something, and Jiang Fan told him to wait and see.
• The allied group reached the hospital, where Chang Yonghuai entered and called out that he had found the enemy energy pillar.

Jiang Fan defeated Chang Yonghuai and the Northern War Zone team after they ambushed him, Wang Ye, and Feng Ruoxi. He deliberately let two survivors escape with anchor points so he could locate both rival bases.

• Chang Yonghuai revealed that the Western War Zone had allied with the Northern War Zone and ambushed Jiang Fan, Wang Ye, and Feng Ruoxi away from either base.
• Jiang Fan attacked Chang Yonghuai and swiftly defeated the other fighters, earning his team sixty points.
• Wang Ye and Feng Ruoxi realized Jiang Fan had overwhelmed opponents who were all Level 6 or stronger, and Wang Ye concluded Jiang Fan had held back during their earlier fight.
• Two survivors escaped, but Jiang Fan stopped Wang Ye from pursuing them and explained that he had left anchor points on them to find their bases.
• Jiang Fan told Wang Ye and Feng Ruoxi to wait for the survivors to return to their bases, planning to attack them using the anchor points.

Su Cong returned to the Northern War Zone headquarters after Jiang Fan defeated his group, but Jiang Fan tracked him there and eliminated the defenders. As Jiang Fan weakened the headquarters’ energy pillar, an unseen attacker destroyed it before he could deliver the final blow.

• Su Cong ended the alliance with the Western War Zone and urged its team member to return to guard their own headquarters.
• Su Cong reached the Northern War Zone headquarters and warned its two defenders that Jiang Fan had overwhelmed their group.
• Jiang Fan appeared in the headquarters and quickly killed Su Cong and both defenders.
• Jiang Fan attacked the energy pillar, concluding that draining its energy would defeat the Northern War Zone.
• An unseen attacker struck and shattered the energy pillar just as Jiang Fan prepared his final blow.