Chapter Summaries

Ji Xinghuo confronted the five-person Hunting Team that had recognized him and tried to claim the Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill. He killed all five, leaving the forest silent and the team’s corpses on the ground.

• The Tracker recognized Ji Xinghuo from their earlier encounter, and the team decided to attack him over the Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill.
• The Mechanic and Tracker fired at Ji Xinghuo, but he dodged the shots and killed the Tracker with an arrow to the eye.
• Ji Xinghuo killed the Mechanic with an arrow that curved past Brook’s armor, then shot down the Tracker’s Deinonychus and Gale Raven.
• Ji Xinghuo halted Ice Edge’s charge with an Exploding Flame Arrow, and Ice Edge deflected an arrow into Brook’s helmet, killing him.
• Ji Xinghuo killed Ice Edge with an arrow through his Ice Armor, then avoided the Shadow Blade’s ambush and cut off her head.

Ji Xinghuo collected the spoils from the team that attacked him and continued hunting Stone Scythe Goblins to build up Spirit Source Energy. After upgrading Aether Sensitivity, it advanced into the Super-Limit ability Aether Affinity, and Ji Xinghuo set out to hunt again.

• Ji Xinghuo collected Ability Seeds, money, weapons, and equipment from the Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill and the five dead Aberrants, then retrieved more loot and arrows from the Stone Scythe Goblins.
• Ji Xinghuo fed and rested with the Little Green Snake, then invested 68 Spirit Source Energy into Aether Sensitivity before resuming his hunt.
• Ji Xinghuo hunted Stone Scythe Goblins for two days, gaining enough Spirit Source Energy to reach Aether Sensitivity Level 3 (433/433).
• Ji Xinghuo upgraded Aether Sensitivity, increasing his Stellar Force limit to 215 and transforming the ability into Level 3 Aether Affinity.
• Ji Xinghuo invested his remaining 5 Spirit Source Energy into Aether Affinity and took the Little Green Snake with him to continue hunting.

Ji Xinghuo spotted a Star Tear falling into Absolute Peak Valley and rushed to search for it, competing with other Aberrants while avoiding a dangerous monster region. As more hunters arrived, a famous Hunting Team from the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden Corporation entered the search area.

• Ji Xinghuo killed Stone Scythe Goblins, collected their Ability Seeds, and invested their Spirit Source Energy in Aether Affinity.
• Ji Xinghuo saw a Star Tear streak across the night sky and estimated that it had landed within a hundred kilometers.
• Ji Xinghuo traveled through the night to the landing zone, recognized the area where he and Ren-jie had found an Aether Sensitivity Ability Seed, and began searching while wary of the Flood-level Stone Scythe Giant Mandrill.
• Ji Xinghuo searched nearly fifty square kilometers for more than forty hours but found no Star Tear, while increasing numbers of Aberrants arrived.
• Ji Xinghuo saw the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden Corporation's famous Hunting Team approach with flying mounts and an armed army of battle pets, and recognized one of its riders as a Superconducting Arcanist.

Ji Xinghuo found the Star Tear inside a large fish at a lakeside and secretly took it while pretending to prepare and eat the fish. He left as the Myriad Beasts Garden Hunting Group arrived, but Pei Hong noticed something unusual about his Ether fluctuations.

• Ji Xinghuo searched through the night for the Star Tear and continued looking the next day, with Little Green Snake urging him to find food.
• At a lakeside, Ji Xinghuo sensed an unusually powerful magnetic field inside a large fish and suspected it had swallowed the Star Tear.
• Ji Xinghuo caught the fish, secretly removed the Star Tear from its stomach, and hid it in his backpack.
• Ji Xinghuo grilled and ate the fish before leaving the lakeshore as the Myriad Beasts Garden Hunting Group arrived.
• Pei Hong watched Ji Xinghuo leave and told the female Controller that the Ranger's Ether fluctuations seemed strange.

Ji Xinghuo hid the Star Tear from Myriad Beasts Garden and escaped their search, then returned under cover of night to ambush their camp. The chapter ended as he fired three electrically charged arrows into the camp from a distant cliff and fled without checking the result.

• Liu Yusu and Pei Hong pursued Ji Xinghuo after suspecting he had the Star Tear, but Ji Xinghuo hid it and his valuables inside Little Green Snake.
• Liu Yusu demanded to search Ji Xinghuo, but Pei Hong found no Star Tear in his backpack and persuaded her to leave him alone.
• Ji Xinghuo left the area, rested, and returned at night to search for the Myriad Beasts Garden Hunting Group rather than the Star Tear.
• Ji Xinghuo found the group’s camp and positioned himself on a cliff about 450 meters away.
• Ji Xinghuo used Myriad Aspects of the Universe to aim, fired three electrically enhanced arrows into the camp, and ran without looking back.

Ji Xinghuo assassinated Liu Yusu from long range, then evaded pursuit and escaped Absolute Peak Valley with the Star Tear he had found. He returned to Olympia carrying the Star Tear in the Little Green Snake’s stomach.

• Ji Xinghuo killed Liu Yusu and her White Jade Parrot with three Capacitor Arrows fired from hundreds of meters away.
• Pei Hong found Liu Yusu dead, realized a Ranger had attacked, and decided against pursuing the hidden assassin.
• Ji Xinghuo watched the camp from concealment, then left Absolute Peak Valley by a northern route.
• Ji Xinghuo examined the Star Tear and hid it, along with much of his equipment, inside the Little Green Snake.
• Ji Xinghuo traveled around the area for several days, reached the City of Freedom, and boarded an airship to Olympia.
• Ji Xinghuo arrived in Olympia’s East Xia District and felt relieved to be home.

Ji Xinghuo returned to Olympia after hunting alone and concealed that he had found the Star Tear. He showed Ren Mian, Jiangnan Caiyi, and Chi Zhonglin the more than two hundred Ability Seeds he had collected and asked whether selling them could fund a Symbiotic Resonance.

• Ji Xinghuo evaded Ten Thousand Beasts Garden Corporation's watchers by changing his clothes and equipment before boarding a steam bus.
• Ji Xinghuo considered buying a Command Insignia or the coveted Symbiotic Resonance so he could communicate and share abilities with Little Green Snake.
• Ji Xinghuo returned to the villa, where Jiangnan Caiyi and Ren Mian welcomed him and asked about his hunt.
• Ji Xinghuo told Ren Mian and Jiangnan Caiyi that he had failed to find the Star Tear, keeping his discovery secret.
• Chi Zhonglin arrived as Ji Xinghuo poured more than two hundred Ability Seeds onto the table, including a Basalt Body.
• Ji Xinghuo asked Ren Mian whether selling his Ability Seeds could earn enough to buy Symbiotic Resonance.

Ji Xinghuo showed Ren Mian and Chi Zhonglin that Little Green Snake was a Spirit Object with Miniaturization and Dimensional Stomach, and Ren Mian explained its powers and limits. She invited Ji Xinghuo to go out that night to seek Symbiotic Resonance, while the conversation also brought news from Earth and Zhao Manying’s tournament victories.

• Ji Xinghuo revealed Little Green Snake to Ren Mian and Chi Zhonglin, and Ren Mian recognized it as a Spirit Object with Miniaturization.
• Little Green Snake demonstrated that it could store and release Ji Xinghuo’s backpack, and Ren Mian identified its rare Starfall ability as Dimensional Stomach.
• Ren Mian explained that Dimensional Stomach preserved anything inside but could only be accessed in the Star Realm, and Ji Xinghuo considered ways to use it in battle.
• Ren Mian praised Little Green Snake’s potential and invited Ji Xinghuo to go out with her that night to look for Symbiotic Resonance.
• Over noodles, Chi Zhonglin told Ji Xinghuo that he had missed the Grandmaster tournament by one place, delivered a message from Ji Xinghuo’s second brother, and reported Zhao Manying’s championship wins.

Ren Mian took Ji Xinghuo to Looking Dragon Platform, a secretive marketplace backed by Legendary Espers, to sell Ability Seeds and buy Blood Marrow Solution. After discussing an important hunting plan that depends on Ji Xinghuo advancing, Ren Mian asked whether any Symbiotic Resonance Ability Seeds had recently become available.

• Ren Mian and Ji Xinghuo rode a Great Tamed Wind Deer to Star Gate Square, where she told him she expected him to advance to Intermediate in about two Star Realm months.
• Ren Mian explained that Ji Xinghuo was crucial to a hunting plan she had been preparing for a year and brought him to Looking Dragon Platform.
• Ren Mian showed her member badge and led Ji Xinghuo through the marketplace to meet Selena, a Super Esper who appraised their Ability Seeds.
• Selena offered over four million for the Ability Seeds, including fourteen million for Basalt Body, and Ren Mian accepted the prices.
• Ren Mian bought twenty days' worth of Grade A Blood Marrow Solution and ten days' worth of Grade B, then asked Selena about Symbiotic Resonance Ability Seeds.

Ji Xinghuo secured a Looking Dragon Token and learned that Ren Mian had arranged to obtain Symbiotic Resonance for him, while Blood Marrow Solution accelerated his cultivation. After twenty-four days of intense training, his Stellar Force reached its limit and his second life evolution began.

• Ren Mian negotiated with Selena to acquire Symbiotic Resonance within one Star Realm month, offering Azure Sky Fruit and arranging Looking Dragon Platform membership for Ji Xinghuo.
• Ren Mian explained that Blood Marrow Solution increased cultivation efficiency, and she urged Ji Xinghuo to cultivate for a month while warning him to visit Looking Dragon Platform carefully.
• Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian returned to the villa, where Chi Zhonglin went back to Earth and Jiangnan Caiyi stayed to cook for them.
• Ji Xinghuo trained intensively for twenty-four Star Realm days, raising his Stellar Force by 58 points and greatly increasing his physical strength, but Selena still had no news about Symbiotic Resonance.
• Ji Xinghuo practiced archery while waiting for his Stellar Force to recover, and when it reached 277/277, his second life evolution began.

Ji Xinghuo evolved into an Intermediate Esper, gaining exceptional Stellar Force and stronger abilities. Ren Mian then helped him obtain a Symbiotic Resonance Ability Seed, which he prepared to fuse.

• Ji Xinghuo completed his evolution and reached Intermediate Esper with 347 Stellar Force, while all three of his abilities improved.
• Ji Xinghuo tested his enhanced body and concluded that a well-rounded fighter needed strong physical qualities as well as abilities.
• Ji Xinghuo told Ren Mian about his advancement, and she praised his rapid progress before taking him to Looking Dragon Platform.
• Selena presented the Symbiotic Resonance Ability Seed, and Ren Mian bought it with two Azure Sky Fruits while arranging payment for five more.
• Back at the villa, Ren Mian gave Ji Xinghuo the seed, and he saw that its fusion success rate was 97 percent.

Ji Xinghuo fused with Symbiotic Resonance and bonded with Iron Arrow Green, gaining its Golden Scale Iron Spine while the Myriad Stellar Eye revealed that he could upgrade the snake’s abilities. Ren Mian named the affectionate Spirit Object Azure Rainbow, and Ji Xinghuo began imagining ways to fight alongside it.

• Ji Xinghuo fused with Symbiotic Resonance and discovered that it could be upgraded with Spirit Source Energy.
• Ji Xinghuo fed his blood to Iron Arrow Green, which bonded with him and shared Golden Scale Iron Spine.
• Ji Xinghuo discovered that the Myriad Stellar Eye now displayed Iron Arrow Green’s abilities, including Aether Affinity, and that he could upgrade them.
• Iron Arrow Green shrank and coiled around Ji Xinghuo’s wrist as a bracelet, and he devised combat tactics using its Dimensional Stomach.
• Ren Mian named Iron Arrow Green Azure Rainbow.

Ji Xinghuo's team entered Beiluo Shimen Clan territory on a dangerous hunting mission after traveling from Yan Huang City to Eastern Peak Pass. As they advanced through the forest, Ji Xinghuo detected a concealed enemy outpost and identified its inhabitants.

• Ren Mian led Ji Xinghuo, Chi Zhonglin, and Jiangnan Caiyi out of Yan Huang City toward the front line.
• The team passed through Eastern Peak Pass, where Ren Mian warned them to avoid unnecessary fights and stay alert in enemy territory.
• Ji Xinghuo used Magnetic Field Induction to scout the forest, but the team avoided a Shadow Wolf pack and continued without fighting.
• Ji Xinghuo detected a hidden tree outpost containing a Dagon Person, three Golaukak, and a Vine Elf.
• When the team drew within a little over three hundred meters of the outpost, Ji Xinghuo stopped and silently pointed it out to his companions.

Ji Xinghuo and his teammates ambushed a Beiluo Shimen hunting outpost and swiftly killed its Dagon Person, Vine Elf, and three Golaukaks. After collecting the enemies’ Ability Seeds, they discussed how the emergence of a Rank Seven Star Herding Saint could decide the long conflict between Earth and Fomalhaut, and Ren Mian hinted that the outcome might not be so uncertain.

• Ren Mian’s team scouted the hidden outpost, avoided its Screaming Grass alarms, and positioned themselves for an ambush.
• Ji Xinghuo attacked with an Exploding Flame Arrow, then killed the charging Dagon Person and the three Golaukaks with his bow.
• Chi Zhonglin and Jiangnan Caiyi helped Ji Xinghuo defeat the Vine Elf, ending the battle in seconds without Ren Mian needing to fight.
• The team collected the enemies’ Ability Seeds and withdrew from the outpost.
• Ren Mian explained that a Star Herding Saint could determine the struggle between Earth and Fomalhaut, then suggested the future might not be as bleak as Chi Zhonglin believed.

Ji Xinghuo’s team traveled deeper into Beiluo Shimen territory and encountered a New Roman Flame Berserker fighting Stone Lizardmen. Ji Xinghuo killed the Stone Lizard archer who was trapping him, allowing the Flame Berserker to escape, then began attacking the remaining Stone Lizardmen.

• Ren Mian led the team around a Dagon city on a lake while they avoided Beiluo Shimen patrols.
• Ren Mian heard humans fighting nearby, and the team approached to find Stone Lizardmen pursuing a wounded Flame Berserker.
• Ren Mian agreed to help the New Roman ally, and Ji Xinghuo offered to target the Stone Lizard archer alone.
• Ji Xinghuo shot the archer through the neck and eye, killing him and freeing the Flame Berserker to flee.
• Ji Xinghuo stayed behind and began shooting the Stone Lizardmen for Spirit Source Energy.

Ji Xinghuo fought off a Stone Lizardman attack with help from Valerian, a Flame Berserker, and the two survived the battle. After exchanging names, Ji Xinghuo left, while Valerian wondered about his strength and the Asia-Pacific Community’s rising young talents.

• Ji Xinghuo used arrows and an Exploding Flame Arrow to kill many Stone Lizardmen as they charged and tried to flank him.
• Valerian fought his way back into the valley and attacked the Stone Lizardmen from behind, giving Ji Xinghuo room to keep shooting.
• When the last Stone Lizardmen closed in, Ji Xinghuo used Azure Rainbow to fire arrows and then finished off the wounded survivors with the Thunder Gallop.
• Ji Xinghuo shot the Stone Lizardmen surrounding Valerian, then checked his Myriad Stellar Eye and found he had gained 76 Spirit Source Energy, bringing his total to 85.
• Valerian thanked Ji Xinghuo and explained that he was a lone traveler who had hidden in the valley after fighting a Fomalhaut patrol; Ji Xinghuo gave his name and left.
• Valerian watched Ji Xinghuo disappear into the forest and wondered whether the Asia-Pacific Community’s younger generation was leaving the Empire behind.

Ji Xinghuo and his companions reached Deep Rock Rift after a grueling journey through Beiluo Shimen territory. Ren Mian revealed that they would hunt a Toad Spirit for its Expansion Oddity eggs and its rare psionics Ability Seed.

• Chi Zhonglin told Ji Xinghuo that Valerian was ranked above 350 on the Sky Ladder, and Ji Xinghuo suspected Valerian had concealed the severity of his injuries.
• Ren Mian warned the group to avoid contact and conflict with the Beiluo Shimen Clan as they traveled toward Deep Rock Rift.
• After fourteen days in the Star Realm, the group arrived near Deep Rock Rift and rested while Ji Xinghuo recovered from using Magnetic Field Induction throughout the journey.
• Ren Mian told Ji Xinghuo, Chi Zhonglin, and Jiangnan Caiyi that their target was a Toad Spirit protected by the Beiluo Shimen Clan in a Stone Lizardmen city beneath the rift.
• Ren Mian explained that the Toad Spirit laid Expansion Oddity eggs and possessed the psionics Ability Seed she wanted.

Ren Mian led Ji Xinghuo and their teammates into Deep Rock Rift to search for the Toad Spirit, where they discovered another Hunting Team had also come after it. They followed the team into the Stone Lizardmen’s Under-City, planning to let them scout the way to the Spirit.

• Ren Mian said she had bought information about the Toad Spirit from Looking Dragon Platform, and the group agreed to help her obtain it.
• Ji Xinghuo led the group into Deep Rock Rift and detected five Earthling Super Espers moving ahead of them.
• The Hunting Team’s Capricious Genius disguised himself as a Stone Lizardman, killed the guards at an entrance, and led his teammates underground.
• Ren Mian decided to follow the team and use them to scout for the Toad Spirit, while Ji Xinghuo’s group entered the Under-City behind them.
• Ji Xinghuo identified the Hunting Team’s members and classes as they headed toward the deepest part of the city, where Ren Mian said the Toad Spirit was located.

Ji Xinghuo’s group tracked another team to the Stone Lizardmen city’s core cave, where the Toad Spirit was guarded by a legendary Dagon Person. When the rival team sent an illusion toward Ji Xinghuo’s hiding place to draw the legend’s attention, he exposed their position with an Exploding Flame Arrow.

• Ji Xinghuo’s group passed through seven caves and reached the city’s core cave, where they found the palace protecting the Toad Spirit.
• Ji Xinghuo sensed an unexpected legendary Dagon Person guarding the palace, but Ren Mian insisted they continue and wait for the other team to act.
• After four hours, guards reported that bodies at a cave entrance had been discovered, and the legendary Dagon Person came out to search the area.
• Ji Xinghuo detected the rival Phantom Sound Master’s illusion flying toward his group and realized the team meant to use them as a distraction.
• Ji Xinghuo left their hiding place and fired an Exploding Flame Arrow into the rivals’ shadows, exposing all five of them.

Ji Xinghuo and Ren Mian’s group used the battle between five Super Espers and the Beiluo Shimen Clan to reach the palace and break through its guards. They entered the passage to the Toad Spirit’s cave, and Ren Mian collapsed it behind them to stop the legendary Dagon Man from following.

• The five Super Espers fought their way toward the cavern exit while the legendary Dagon Man targeted Ji Xinghuo, who escaped the pursuing Stone Lizardmen by using stealth and Magnetic Field Induction.
• When the legendary Dagon Man charged the Super Espers, Ren Mian led Ji Xinghuo, Jiangnan Caiyi, and Chi Zhonglin toward the palace entrance.
• Jiangnan Caiyi used Unspeakable Fear to drive hundreds of guards into panic, allowing the group to reach the palace and fight through the remaining defenders.
• Ji Xinghuo saw the legendary Dagon Man kill the Martial Artist and race back toward the palace as the group reached the passage to the Toad Spirit’s cave.
• Ren Mian sent black roots into the passage to collapse it, trapping the legendary Dagon Man outside as the group escaped beyond the blocked tunnel.