Chapter Summaries

The team attacked the barbarians in a tunnel, and Han Jiangxue burned them with Torch Fire Pillar while Jiang Xiao’s Yearning Halo replenished her. Han Jiangxue’s overflowing life force left her acting recklessly, and Jiang Xiao wondered whether he could use Blessing to drive a healthy enemy insane.

• Li Weiyi entered the blazing tunnel, discovered a Male Witch, and retreated behind his shield as Corpse Explosion blasts began.
• Han Jiangxue opened a gap in Li Weiyi’s shield and unleashed Torch Fire Pillar into the tunnel while Jiang Xiao used Yearning Halo to replenish her.
• After the attack, Han Jiangxue struggled to control her strength, and Jiang Xiao cut her arm to relieve the excess life force as her wound rapidly healed.
• Han Jiangxue suddenly bound a barbarian with Torch Fire Whip and charged at him, startling Jiang Xiao.
• Jiang Xiao realized that excessive healing might disrupt a healthy person’s mind and considered whether he could continuously use Blessing to make an enemy insane.

After Han Jiangxue recovered from burning out the Savage Male Witches, Jiang Xiao proposed using his Blessing to provoke the Ape Ghouls into fighting each other. The team chose to abandon the direct route and search for the Ape Ghoul King, while the Guardian Team grew concerned about their plan.

• Han Jiangxue pushed Jiang Xiao out of the smoke-filled cave, and the team regrouped outside before preparing to collect the spoils.
• Jiang Xiao proposed using Blessing to drive an Ape Ghoul King into a frenzy and make the Ape Ghouls fight among themselves.
• The Guardian Team heard the plan and ordered others to keep a close eye on Team Number 76.
• The team collected their Star Pearls, weapons, and points, and Jiang Xiao secretly absorbed Star Pearls that upgraded Yearning and Dawn.
• Han Jiangxue agreed to Jiang Xiao's dangerous plan, and the team headed west to search for the Ape Ghoul King.

Jiangbin Third High School’s team reached Mission Point No. 1 and planned to ambush weaker teams at Mission Point No. 2 to seize points. The Guardians decided to monitor them closely while also watching Team Number 76, whose plans seemed likely to lead to disaster.

• The four-person Jiangbin Third High School team reached Mission Point No. 1, and Zhang Mingming argued that they needed more points than first place would provide.
• Zhang Mingming proposed waiting at Mission Point No. 2 to take point items from weaker teams, and Gao Junwei supported the idea while suggesting a harsher ambush before the finish line.
• Zhang Mingming explained that ambushing at Mission Point No. 2 would let the team conserve energy and reduce the chance that opponents would fight them desperately.
• Gao Junwei scolded Zhang Weiliang for hesitating, while Zhang Mingming kept his displeasure to himself.
• The Guardians recognized the team’s strength and advance intelligence gathering, and decided to monitor its movements alongside Team Number 76.

Jiang Xiao used repeated healing on the Ape Ghoul King until it went berserk and transformed into a gigantic Star Power form, rampaging through the forest. The team followed its destruction, planning to wait until its Star Power ran out and then kill it.

• Li Weiyi urged the team to practice on an ordinary Ape Ghoul group, but Jiang Xiao began healing the Ape Ghoul King from their hiding place.
• Jiang Xiao’s repeated Blessings made the Ape Ghoul King tremble, grow enraged, and smash an Ape Ghoul that tried to support it.
• The Ape Ghoul King activated its Gold Quality Star Technique, Star Power Body, and rampaged through the forest, attacking its own kind.
• Xia Yan considered how her Star Power Body could pair with Jiang Xiao’s Gold Quality Yearning Halo to offset its Star Power costs.
• Jiang Xiao suggested following the Ape Ghoul King until its Star Power ran out, then killing it and collecting the corpses.

Team 76 followed the rampaging Ape Ghoul King through the forest, scavenging its victims while keeping a safe distance. At Mission Site No. 2, Gao Junwei’s Team 24 collected its quest medals, ambushed Team 71, and returned with two bloodstained camera headbands.

• Team 76 followed the Ape Ghoul King, gathering Star Pearls, medals, and weapons from the corpses it left behind.
• After the Ape Ghoul King's Star Power ran out, Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan discussed how to attack it while Han Jiangxue considered using Shattered Space.
• Team 24 stayed at Mission Site No. 2 after collecting its purple quest medals, and Yu Zhen signaled Zhang Mingming when Team 71 arrived for its own medal.
• Gao Junwei's team left the wooden house and attacked Team 71, prompting soldiers to receive an order to recall two injured participants.
• Team 24 returned carrying weapons and Team 71's bloodstained camera headbands, then resumed eating in the wooden house.

Xia Yan and her team killed the Gold Rank Ape Ghoul King after Jiang Xiao weakened it and Han Jiangxue created an opening. The battle ended with Xia Yan injured but healing, while Li Weiyi became increasingly nervous around Jiang Xiao.

• Xia Yan charged the Ape Ghoul King under Han Jiangxue’s Barren Wind and struck its back with her giant blade, but the creature survived and began healing.
• Han Jiangxue pulled the Ape Ghoul King back toward Xia Yan, who slashed its neck and lodged her blade halfway through it before the creature knocked her away.
• Jiang Xiao struck Xia Yan’s blade to sever the Ape Ghoul King’s head, earning a skill point for the Golden First Kill.
• Jiang Xiao healed Xia Yan with Bell Chime, while Li Weiyi repeatedly shuddered whenever Jiang Xiao raised his hand.

After the team killed the Gold Rank Ape Ghoul King, they recovered its medal and Gold Quality Star Pearl and debated who should absorb its Star Skills. Jiang Xiao persuaded Xia Yan to try absorbing Star Power Body, and Han Jiangxue realized his Yearning Halo might offset the skill’s high Star Power cost.

• Jiang Xiao found the Ape Ghoul King's 300-point medal, while Li Weiyi recovered its Gold Quality Star Pearl.
• Li Weiyi declined the Star Pearl, and Jiang Xiao considered whether Berserk or Star Power Body would suit the team.
• Han Jiangxue warned that Li Weiyi lacked the Star Power and Star Slots to make good use of a Gold Quality Star Skill.
• Jiang Xiao urged Xia Yan to absorb Star Power Body, arguing that it would greatly increase her destructive power.
• Xia Yan asked Han Jiangxue for the Star Pearl, and Han Jiangxue realized Jiang Xiao's Yearning Halo could help sustain Star Power Body.

Xia Yan joked about failing to absorb a Star Skill, while Gao Junwei’s team continued bullying and robbing rival competitors. The chapter ended as Xing Lang arrived with his team and prepared to confront Gao Junwei.

• Xia Yan consumed Han Jiangxue’s Star Pearl, then teased Jiang Xiao by pretending she had failed to absorb a Star Skill; Jiang Xiao used Blessing on her in retaliation.
• Gao Junwei’s team robbed and beat a four-person team near Mission Point Number 2, taking their weapons and several headbands.
• Gao Junwei tried to tear the remaining girl’s headband away and kicked her when she resisted, while Zhang Mingming and Yu Zhen noticed someone approaching.
• Gao Junwei recognized the approaching captain as his former classmate Xing Lang and taunted him as he emerged from the forest.
• Xing Lang angrily answered Gao Junwei and charged forward with his team, while Zheng Jiang followed reluctantly, wary of Gao Junwei’s strength.

Gao Junwei and Yu Zhen ambushed Xing Lang’s team, overwhelming them with Fearful Roar and lightning until Zheng Jiang withdrew Team 41 from the competition. The referee confirmed the withdrawal, and Yu Zhen stopped attacking Liu Chang.

• Zhang Mingming sent Gao Junwei and Yu Zhen after Xing Lang’s team while he and Zhang Weiliang took the spoils to the mission point.
• Gao Junwei ambushed Xing Lang’s team with Fearful Roar, sending most of them fleeing and leaving Xing Lang exposed.
• Yu Zhen struck Liu Chang with lightning while Gao Junwei attacked Xing Lang, badly injuring both fighters.
• Zheng Jiang called for his team to withdraw, but Yu Zhen continued attacking Liu Chang until he formally announced Team 41’s withdrawal.
• The referee confirmed Team 41’s withdrawal, and Yu Zhen dismissed her phantom staff and stopped attacking.

Wu HaoYang and the An Sisters learned that a seeded team from Jiangbin Third High School was robbing competitors, and they set out to confront them. As they debated whether to seek out the robbers, a familiar team appeared in the forest.

• Wu HaoYang's team encountered students who warned them that the Jiangbin Third High School team was taking weapons and badges from other competitors.
• Wu HaoYang defended An LuMing after she argued with the students, then led his teammates onward despite their doubts.
• An YouYou urged the team to focus on its mission, but An LuMing persuaded her to pursue the robbers for their spoils before the competition ended.
• Qian Zhuang tried to warn them not to go after the robbers, but Wu HaoYang noticed that someone was approaching.
• Wu HaoYang and the An Sisters recognized a familiar face among the figures coming through the forest.

Wu HaoYang challenged Gao Junwei's team, but Zhang Mingming proposed they meet in the semifinals instead of fighting. Elsewhere, Jiang Xiao's team defeated an Ape Ghoul King with Han Jiangxue's Shattered Space, then spotted Yu Zhen chasing Zhang Hui.

• Wu HaoYang provoked Gao Junwei's team and demanded a fight, but Zhang Mingming restrained Gao Junwei and suggested they meet in the semifinals.
• Jiang Xiao's sneeze nearly gave away his team's position as they prepared to ambush an exhausted Ape Ghoul King.
• Han Jiangxue and Li Weiyi confronted the charging Ape Ghoul King while Jiang Xiao used Blessing to catch it in midair.
• Han Jiangxue slammed the Ape Ghoul King into Shattered Space, defeating it as Jiang Xiao kept it subdued with Blessing.
• The team heard a distant explosion and saw Zhang Hui fleeing with yellow weapons while Yu Zhen chased him.

Zhang Hui fled Yu Zhen and sought help from Han Jiangxue’s team, while Jiang Xiao struck a deal for the backpack Yu Zhen wanted. After Jiang Xiao immobilized Yu Zhen with Blessing, Zhang Hui attacked her, leaving her wounded and the confrontation escalating.

• Zhang Hui, still competing after the rest of Xing Lang’s team withdrew, ran from Yu Zhen while carrying weapons and the backpack containing Ape Ghost medals.
• Zhang Hui offered Han Jiangxue’s team a share of the weapons, but Jiang Xiao demanded the backpack instead, and Li Weiyi caught it as Zhang Hui passed by.
• Yu Zhen demanded the backpack, while Zhang Hui accused her team of stealing it; Jiang Xiao took it and mocked Yu Zhen’s complaint.
• Jiang Xiao cast Blessing on Yu Zhen and ordered Xia Yan to stop her as she tried to retreat.
• Zhang Hui seized the opening, struck Yu Zhen with a Flame Arc, and rushed after her with a dagger as she fell wounded.

Zhang Hui wounded Yu Zhen before Zhang Weiliang and Zhang Mingming intervened, while the arrival of Han Jiangxue’s team trapped Jiangbin Third High School between two rivals. The standoff shifted when An Luming and her twin companion recognized Jiang Xiaopi and angrily confronted him over leaving them waiting in the Snowfield.

• Fearful Roar stopped Zhang Hui, but a second roar restored the fighters’ resolve as Yu Zhen’s teammates arrived and began healing and shielding her.
• Zhang Hui struck Yu Zhen with another Flame Arc, leaving her unconscious, and Zhang Weiliang stepped between her and Zhang Hui.
• Zhang Mingming reached Yu Zhen as Wu Haoyang pursued, then Han Jiangxue’s team appeared ahead of them and trapped Jiangbin Third High School between two powerful teams.
• The commentators highlighted the three teams’ strength and Gao Junwei’s past conflict with Jiangbin No. 1 High School.
• An Luming and her twin companion recognized Jiang Xiaopi and berated him for making them wait two hours in the Snowfield.

Jiang Xiao manipulated Wu HaoYang into accepting his apology and turning against Gao Junwei’s team, while he recovered the stolen medals and weapons. As Jiang Xiao’s team withdrew, Han Jiangxue used Barren Wind to send Gao Junwei flying toward Wu HaoYang, who attacked him.

• Soldiers carried the unconscious Yu Zhen away, and Zhang Hui left with his weapons after reminding Jiang Xiao of their agreement.
• Jiang Xiao showed Wu HaoYang the dead Ape Ghoul King, retrieved its Star Pearl and the medals, and collected the weapons into Han Jiangxue’s Shattered Space.
• Jiang Xiao admitted that he was a Medical Awakened and apologized to Wu HaoYang for avoiding his earlier challenge.
• Jiang Xiao persuaded Wu HaoYang that Gao Junwei’s team deserved to be punished, then told his own team to retreat.
• Han Jiangxue used Barren Wind to blow Gao Junwei toward Wu HaoYang, who swung his great blade at him.

Jiang Xiao's team emerged from the Armory and brought their spoils to the scoring desk as students watched to see how the final rankings would change. Their weapons, medals, and Ape Ghoul King trophies pushed their score above 2,000, leaving them far ahead in first place.

• Students gathered in the stadium lobby anxiously watched the remaining teams emerge, while a student from Petroleum Twenty-Third Middle School stopped Petroleum Tenth Middle School's team from starting a fight.
• Jiang Xiao led his team through the crowd, took Xia Yan's hand, and hummed the wedding march as they approached the scoring desk.
• Han Jiangxue opened her Gold Quality Space, and Li Weiyi brought out more than sixty yellow weapons, stunning Jia City No. 1 High School's Little Five and his bob-haired teammate.
• Xia Yan emptied dozens of medals from her Marching Pack, including spoils taken from Gao Junwei's team, pushing Jiang Xiao's team past the existing 960-point lead.
• Jiang Xiao remembered two large red Ape Ghoul King medals and showed them to the crowd, who realized the team's score would exceed 2,000 points.

Su Rou livestreamed her breakfast and discussed the Jiangbin No. 1 High School team’s success in the Beijiang Province High School League. She ranked Wu HaoYang third and Han Jiangxue second, but teased her viewers by withholding who she thought ranked first as she invited them to watch the semifinals with her the next day.

• Su Rou jogged through the snowy morning to a breakfast shop while livestreaming, and viewers joked about having watched her sleep.
• Su Rou praised the School Bully Team’s semifinal qualification and their huge points lead, recalling their feats against the Ape Ghoul Kings.
• Su Rou discussed her character rankings and named Wu HaoYang third in individual combat strength.
• Su Rou ranked Han Jiangxue second, prompting viewers to argue about her abilities and the ranking.
• Su Rou announced she would livestream herself watching the semifinals at nine the next morning, then left viewers demanding to know who she ranked first.

Han Jiangxue and the others reviewed the rematch teams and watched Wu HaoYang defeat Gao Junwei, while Jiang Xiao identified the Star Skills behind Wu HaoYang’s imposing presence. The chapter ended with Wu HaoYang revealing a Star Map Jiang Xiao recognized as the Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

• Han Jiangxue explained that Zhang Mingming had abandoned Gao Junwei and escaped with Zhang Weiliang after taking spoils from four teams, though Gao Junwei’s team still qualified.
• Jiang Xiao and Li Weiyi watched the edited footage of Wu HaoYang defeating Gao Junwei and recognized Wu HaoYang’s Gold Quality Battle Howl.
• Jiang Xiao noticed a reddish glow on Wu HaoYang’s blade and deduced that it came from the Ghost Wolf Star Skill Blood Fangs.
• Jiang Xiao speculated that Wu HaoYang also used the Ghost Wolf’s Howl Star Skill to influence how others perceived him.
• Wu HaoYang revealed his Star Map, and Jiang Xiao identified it as the Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

Jiang Xiao and his teammates reviewed footage and scouting information about their tournament rivals, including Wu HaoYang’s strength and the abilities of Zhang Mingming and Yu Zhen. When Han Jiangxue asked which opponent to target first, Jiang Xiao unexpectedly chose Gao Junwei.

• Jiang Xiao watched Wu HaoYang defeat Gao Junwei with a powerful Crescent Moon Blade strike, and the team concluded Wu HaoYang was at Star Cloud Peak.
• Jiang Xiao examined footage of Yu Zhen and identified the Ice Mist Armor, while Han Jiangxue clarified that the skill belonged to Zhang Mingming.
• Han Jiangxue and Li Weiyi assessed Zhang Mingming’s balanced healing and defensive skills and agreed that his team role made him a priority target.
• Jiang Xiao reviewed Yu Zhen’s Star Skills and learned that her Gold Quality Deep Blue Scepter could potentially kill an opponent instantly.
• When Han Jiangxue asked whether to focus on Zhang Mingming or Yu Zhen, Jiang Xiao said they should target Gao Junwei first.

Jiang Xiao and his teammates entered the Beijiang Province High School League arena for their match against Gao Junwei’s Jiangbin Third High School. As the hosts introduced the teams and rules, Jiang Xiao made a show of pointing out Wu Jia Bin and singing about himself, leaving the match about to begin.

• Han Jiangxue asked Jiang Xiao if he was ready, and he said he was while worrying that she might be held responsible for what happened to Gao Junwei.
• The teams entered the snowy stadium as Sui Bian and Wu Jia Bin discussed the tournament rules, prizes, and the upcoming match.
• The hosts introduced Han Jiangxue’s Jiangbin No. 1 High School team and Gao Junwei’s Jiangbin Third High School team, noting that Gao Junwei and Yu Zhen had recovered from their injuries.
• Wu Jia Bin praised the rarity of students with nine Star Slots without naming Jiang Xiao, so Jiang Xiao pointed at him and sang a boastful song about himself.
• Xia Yan spun Jiang Xiao around and mocked his song as the television broadcast and livestream viewers watched the teams enter.

Jiangbin No. 1 High School and Jiangbin Third High School began their match, with both teams launching attacks as soon as the referee started the game. Han Jiangxue used a Torch Fire Whip to bind Gao Junwei and make him vanish, leaving the match’s opening clash with a shocking result.

• The two teams formed up, with Jiangbin No. 1 High School choosing a 3-1 formation and Jiangbin Third High School choosing a 2-1-1 formation.
• Zhang Mingming warned Yu Zhen that Jiang Xiao would be their first target and ordered his team to use Tactic One.
• Han Jiangxue revealed a Star Map with thirty Star Slots, drawing the crowd’s attention before the match began.
• When the referee dropped the flag, Jiang Xiao dodged Yu Zhen’s lightning while Zhang Mingming’s vines caught his ankles, and Li Weiyi blocked Zhang Weiliang’s ice spear.
• Xia Yan charged toward Yu Zhen and launched a Flame Arc as Han Jiangxue used a golden Torch Fire Whip to bind Gao Junwei and pull him into overlapping space until he vanished.