Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan confronted Fei Ruoyun after she claimed the points for destroying the Northern War Zone’s energy pillar, then pursued her after their brief clash. He returned to Wang Ye and Feng Ruoxi, sent them back to the base, and set out to reclaim the points from Fei Ruoyun.

• A plain-clothed woman destroyed the Northern War Zone’s energy pillar and took the 50 points while Jiang Fan was close to finishing it.
• Jiang Fan attacked the woman, but she blocked his punch, retreated, and escaped; he suspected she was Fei Ruoyun.
• At the abandoned hospital, Wang Ye and Feng Ruoxi worried when Jiang Fan did not return.
• Jiang Fan reappeared and told Wang Ye and Feng Ruoxi to return to the base while he went after Fei Ruoyun.
• Jiang Fan said their team had earned 70 points and that reclaiming Fei Ruoyun’s points would help secure a top-two finish.

Fei Ruoyun searched for a worthy opponent and attacked the Western War Zone’s headquarters after hearing Yang Shuo describe Jiang Fan’s strength. She began destroying its energy pillar, realizing Jiang Fan might be the opponent she had met earlier.

• Fei Ruoyun reflected on her clash with Jiang Fan and hoped they would meet again in the second round.
• Fei Ruoyun entered the Western War Zone’s air-raid shelter, intending to destroy its headquarters and boost her team’s points.
• Yang Shuo told his teammates that Jiang Fan had overwhelmed Chang Yonghuai’s group and was far stronger than the others.
• Fei Ruoyun attacked the Western War Zone members, questioned Yang Shuo about Jiang Fan, and killed him when he tried to flee.
• Fei Ruoyun struck the Western War Zone’s energy pillar until its energy began to run dry.

Jiang Fan confronted Fei Ruoyun in Luan City after stealing back the fifty points she had taken from him, and the two fought as evenly matched opponents. Their battle shook the city, while the base soldiers learned that important figures were conducting a live-combat assessment there.

• Jiang Fan appeared as Fei Ruoyun destroyed the Western War Zone headquarters, taking the fifty points and revealing that he knew who she was.
• Fei Ruoyun and Jiang Fan agreed to fight, and their first clash showed that they were evenly matched.
• Fei Ruoyun used a mysterious movement technique and struck at Jiang Fan, who dodged and counterattacked.
• Jiang Fan's punch failed to break Fei Ruoyun's Taiji barrier, and she retaliated with an energy whip as they fought through the collapsing air-raid shelter.
• Luan City Base soldiers heard the explosions and prepared to report them, but the Commander ordered them to stay at their posts.
• A rumor spread through Luan City Base that important figures were conducting a live-combat assessment in Luan City.

Jiang Fan and Fei Ruoyun fought to a standstill, but he broke off their duel when Wu Sheng reported that the Eastern War Zone headquarters was under attack. Jiang Fan arrived just as the Southern War Zone was about to eliminate Wu Sheng and Lu Yuanqing.

• Luan City Base's Commander and the war-zone team leaders watched the powerful duel and wondered who was fighting Fei Ruoyun.
• The collapsing air-raid shelter sent Fei Ruoyun and Jiang Fan into the sky, where they acknowledged each other as worthy opponents.
• Wu Sheng told Jiang Fan that three Southern War Zone fighters were besieging the Eastern War Zone headquarters while he and Lu Yuanqing defended it.
• Jiang Fan left Fei Ruoyun and rushed back as the Southern War Zone fighters injured Wu Sheng and Lu Yuanqing and drained the headquarters' energy pillar.
• Just as a Southern War Zone fighter prepared to finish them off, Jiang Fan arrived and challenged the attackers.

Jiang Fan fought Southern War Zone members, but the first round ended before he could reach their headquarters because the Western, Northern, and Southern War Zone headquarters had already been destroyed. At the debriefing, Zheng Guoqiang learned that the Eastern War Zone had advanced and was congratulated by the other leaders.

• Jiang Fan defeated and captured two Southern War Zone members, then demanded they take him to their headquarters or be eliminated.
• The competition announcement declared the Western, Northern, and Southern War Zone headquarters destroyed and advanced the Central and Eastern War Zones to the second round.
• Jiang Fan released the Southern War Zone members and suspected Fei Ruoyun had destroyed their headquarters before he could.
• The war zone leaders were summoned to a meeting at Luan City Base to discuss the unexpectedly early end of the first round.
• The other leaders told Zheng Guoqiang that the Eastern War Zone had survived, and he realized his team had advanced.

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.