Chapter Summaries

Han Jiangxue killed Gao Junwei after he and his mother attacked her and Jiang Xiao, then struggled with the weight of her choice. As they considered how to handle the aftermath, Jiang Xiao decided to seek help from Two Tails.

• Han Jiangxue silenced Gao Junwei’s abilities, dragged him close with a Torch Fire Whip, and burned him to death with a Torch Fire Pillar.
• Jiang Xiao comforted Han Jiangxue, and she apologized for failing to protect him before admitting that she had chosen to kill Gao Junwei.
• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue returned to the cave with Gao Junwei’s corpse and discussed whether to hide the evidence, ask Xia Shanhai for help, or find Two Tails.
• Jiang Xiao chose to seek Two Tails’s help and suggested bringing her more grilled cod.

After Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue killed the hunters who attacked them, they brought the corpses to Two Tails and explained what had happened. Two Tails recognized Wu Di and Gao Junwei, told Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue to keep training while she handled the matter, and gave them the Star Pearls.

• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue burned the cave and disposed of the corpses before following Jiang Xiao’s marked trees back to Two Tails.
• Two Tails met them and examined the two corpses after Han Jiangxue opened Shattered Space.
• Jiang Xiao told Two Tails that Wu Di and Gao Junwei had specifically come to hunt him and Han Jiangxue.
• Two Tails identified Wu Di as a member of the Triumphant Team and found that her Star Pearl showed she had been at least in the late Star River Stage.
• Two Tails praised Jiang Xiao for surviving and told him and Han Jiangxue to train for a few more days before returning before the New Year.
• Two Tails gave Jiang Xiao the Star Pearls of Gao Junwei and Wu Di and said she would handle the corpses.

Jiang Xiao weighed the Star Skills in Mother Gao’s Star Pearl and decided not to absorb a partial set, then urged Han Jiangxue to leave the Snowfield so they could spend New Year’s together. They agreed to return, and Han Jiangxue proposed using the pearl to help them break through after the holiday.

• Jiang Xiao examined Mother Gao’s Star Pearl and avoided absorbing Sharpness, Perception, and Agility without the missing Battle Roar skill.
• He considered Flash of Lightning and Chain Lightning, thinking Flash of Lightning might suit Han Jiangxue and could be obtained through a public Other Dimension Space or Ruifeng Trading House.
• Han Jiangxue woke as Jiang Xiao shifted beside her and offered to keep watch while he slept.
• Jiang Xiao pointed out that it was the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month and asked to return so he could have dumplings for New Year’s.
• Han Jiangxue agreed to go home, joked about learning to make dumplings, and suggested they use Mother Gao’s Star Pearl to break through after the New Year.

After returning from the Snowfield, Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue found Xia Yan waiting outside their home, worried and tipsy after failing to reach them. The friends reconciled, and Xia Yan revealed she had learned a gold-quality Star Power Body.

• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue returned to Jiangbin City and discussed putting up Spring Festival couplets and setting off firecrackers after three years of mourning.
• The siblings found Xia Yan sitting outside their apartment with beer cans; she scolded them for disappearing, and Han Jiangxue apologized for going to train in the Snowfield without telling her.
• Jiang Xiao carried Xia Yan inside, and the siblings washed up while Xia Yan changed into Han Jiangxue's white nightdress and asked Jiang Xiao to wash her clothes.
• Han Jiangxue comforted Xia Yan, who revealed she had learned a gold-quality Star Power Body while they were away.
• Jiang Xiao emerged from the bathroom and was startled to see Xia Yan wearing the nightdress.

Jiang Xiao researched Lightning Soul Star Pearls and considered obtaining them to strengthen Han Jiangxue for the upcoming Second Wasteland Reclamation Competition. The chapter ended with Xia Yan repeatedly trying to catch Jiang Xiao hiding what he was doing, while he continued staring at his computer desktop.

• Xia Yan found Han Jiangxue cooking breakfast, then went to wake Jiang Xiao and discovered him sitting at his computer.
• Jiang Xiao researched the Flash of Lightning and Chain Lightning Star Skills, learning that they came from rare Lightning Soul Star Pearls found in several prosperous provinces and cities.
• Jiang Xiao reviewed the siblings' money and Star Pearl stock, including the remaining Fallen Shadow Witch Star Bead and Han Jiangxue's Blue Crown Star Bead.
• Jiang Xiao considered asking the Xia Family to help obtain Lightning Soul Star Pearls so Han Jiangxue could gain stronger offensive abilities for the Second Wasteland Reclamation Competition.
• Xia Yan repeatedly interrupted Jiang Xiao and suspected he was quickly switching screens, but she still found him staring at the desktop.

Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, and Xia Yan spent New Year’s Eve shopping for supplies and enjoying roasted sweet potatoes on Central Avenue. Their outing turned dangerous when a violent incident erupted nearby and an injured Star Warrior police officer crashed through a shop window in front of Jiang Xiao.

• Jiang Xiao ate dumplings with Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan, and Han Jiangxue planned to shop with him while Xia Yan was urged to visit her family.
• Xia Yan joined Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue in buying New Year decorations, sparklers, and groceries, then they walked along Central Avenue.
• The three bought roasted sweet potatoes and noticed a special police officer sneak away after eating one while on duty.
• A disturbance swept toward them, and the crowd pushed Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, and Xia Yan into a shop as police officers rushed toward the commotion.
• A wounded Star Warrior police officer was blasted through the shop window and collapsed before Jiang Xiao, leaving him facing the choice to heal the officer.

Ugly Stone Monsters rampaged through Central Avenue, and Han Jiangxue, Xia Yan, and Jiang Xiao tried to help until the Triumphant Army arrived. As the soldiers struggled to contain the creatures, Jiang Xiao restored Shen Hao’s Star Power, leaving Wei Zhi to recognize the North River First High School team.

• Jiang Xiao healed the injured special police officer but sensed something strange following his Bell Spirit before an Ugly Stone Monster charged through Central Avenue.
• Han Jiangxue lifted an Ugly Stone Monster with Barren Wind while Xia Yan took Jiang Xiao’s Steel Great Blade and headed outside.
• Yan Zebin and the Triumphant Army arrived, and Yan Zebin killed an Ugly Stone Monster despite being wounded by its claws.
• Wei Zhi and Shen Hao fought the growing horde, but Shen Hao began to run out of Star Power as the monsters overwhelmed the battlefield.
• Jiang Xiao used his Big Water Pipe to replenish Shen Hao’s Star Power, and Wei Zhi recognized the students as the North River First High School team.

When Ugly Stone Monsters spread poisonous black mist through Jiangbin’s commercial district, Wei Zhi called on Jiang Xiao’s team to help contain them. Wei Zhi led soldiers through the Space Door and asked Jiang Xiao to stay at the entrance, leaving the team poised to join the fight.

• Several Ugly Stone Monsters began spitting black mist that poisoned civilians, and Wei Zhi requisitioned Jiang Xiao’s team to fight them.
• Jiang Xiao used Yearning Halo and Light of Reversal to support Wei Zhi and Shen Hao as the group attacked the monsters.
• Jiang Xiao stabbed a Wooden Great Blade into a monster’s rapidly decaying corpse and used Blessing to withstand its spreading mist.
• Wei Zhi ordered his soldiers to push through the Space Door and contain the invasion, while Han Jiangxue worried about sending her team inside.
• Wei Zhi returned to ask Jiang Xiao to remain at the entrance and support the soldiers, promising commendations and examination points for his help.

Jiang Xiao’s team entered a dark stone dungeon where light awakened Ugly Stone Monsters, and Jiang Xiao helped the group identify and track the active creatures. A mysterious attacker then knocked Jiang Xiao away from the Space Teleportation Gate, while a familiar woman’s voice called down from above.

• Jiang Xiao’s team entered a silent stone dungeon, where a female scream preceded an Ugly Stone Monster falling from above and Yan Zebin destroyed it.
• Shen Hao illuminated the dungeon, awakening countless stone statues, so Wei Zhi ordered everyone to extinguish their lights.
• Jiang Xiao reasoned that light—not sound—awakened the monsters, and Ye Ying used Dark Gold Halos to mark the active ones in the darkness.
• Jiang Xiao suggested the huge Space Teleportation Gate might be connected to the monsters’ world, but Wei Zhi doubted it was the Sacred Ruins.
• A ghostly figure struck Jiang Xiao and sent him crashing into a stone sculpture, while a familiar woman above asked what had happened to him.

Jiang Xiao reunited with Xia Yan and Han Jiangxue, then helped the Triumphant Army and police fight the revived stone statues. Yan Zebin collapsed from a likely poison, and Jiang Xiao recognized the voice of a woman pleading with someone she called Little Pi.

• Jiang Xiao used Dawn and the Yearning Halo to reveal his location and help the others track the stone statues.
• Xia Yan and Han Jiangxue reached Jiang Xiao, and Jiang Xiao healed his wound with Bell Spirit before Yan Zebin carried him to the second floor.
• Yan Zebin brought corpses to Jiang Xiao, who used them to replenish his Star Power while keeping the Yearning Halo active.
• Yan Zebin collapsed after his face turned black, and Xia Yan realized he had likely been poisoned by an Ugly Stone Monster.
• Jiang Xiao recognized Xia Yan's earlier cry and the falling statue as events connected to the strange voices he had heard, then heard a woman sobbing and pleading with Little Pi to wake up.

Jiang Xiao appeared to die after being struck by a stone monster, then woke earlier in the invasion and realized he had a second chance to change events. He rushed into battle to protect Yan Zebin and the civilians, and used Blessing on the gray Stone Statue that had started the poison attacks.

• Jiang Xiao heard Xia Yan sobbing from his future and tried to leave the building with Yan Zebin, but a stone monster struck him and knocked him unconscious.
• Jiang Xiao woke inside the clothing store before the street attack, recognized the events unfolding, and asked Han Jiangxue for a knife.
• Jiang Xiao charged into the Triumphant Army's battle formation despite Xia Yan's warning and saved Yan Zebin from a Stone Monster.
• Jiang Xiao told Xia Yan to find the grayest Stone Monster while he searched for the one that had first sprayed poison spheres.
• An indistinct, transparent object drifted out of the clothing store as Jiang Xiao used Blessing on the gray Stone Statue.

Jiang Xiao helped the Triumphant Army and Star Warrior Police control the Ugly Stone Monster invasion, then entered the Other Dimension Space and discovered its dormant statues were not being awakened by his dim detection halo. He persuaded the group to hold their position and wait for reinforcements, while hoping their actions would earn him a commendation.

• Jiang Xiao supported Shen Hao and helped the soldiers defeat the Ugly Stone Monsters outside the portal, then agreed to enter the Other Dimension Space with them.
• Inside the dark space, Jiang Xiao used his Yearning Halo to detect crowds of stone statues and reasoned that only statues reached by the portal's light had awakened.
• Jiang Xiao proposed that the group avoid disturbing the dormant monsters, block the portal's light, and wait for the Pioneering Legion to arrive.
• Ye Ying asked Jiang Xiao to keep his halo active to track the monsters, and Jiang Xiao agreed to stay and help.
• Wei Zhi promised to request a commendation if the crisis ended safely, and Han Jiangxue covered Jiang Xiao's mouth as he tried to deny caring about rewards.

The Pioneering Legion took over the scene after the crisis, and Jiang Xiao returned home with Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan. As Jiang Xiao worried that his experience might have been a dream, Han Jiangxue’s reaction to his surprise kiss convinced him the present was real.

• The Pioneering Legion arrived with eight soldiers and took control of the Other Dimension Space, while one young soldier surnamed Qin checked that Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue were unharmed.
• Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, and Xia Yan left Central Avenue after confirming their identities with the patrolling police, and Xia Yan drove them home before heading to her own home for New Year’s.
• While putting up Spring Festival couplets, Jiang Xiao told Han Jiangxue about his experience of traveling through time and wondered whether he might wake up back on Central Avenue.
• Han Jiangxue kicked away the stool after Jiang Xiao kissed her forehead, and he fell to the floor, deciding that the world was real and the kiss had been worth it.

Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue celebrated the New Year before she attempted to advance from Star Cloud Late Stage to Star Cloud Peak. Han Jiangxue succeeded after absorbing a second Star Pearl, while Jiang Xiao also reached Star Cloud Stage Lv.1 by absorbing the surrounding star power.

• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue celebrated New Year's Eve, and Han Jiangxue gave him a red envelope with eight yuan and eighty-eight cents.
• After the holiday, Han Jiangxue told Jiang Xiao she was ready to break through to Star Cloud Peak, and Xia Yan arrived to guard and support her.
• Han Jiangxue wore the red sweater Xia Yan had brought, then absorbed Gao Junwei's Star Pearl while Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan waited outside the training room.
• Gao Junwei's Star Pearl did not let Han Jiangxue break through, so she used another Star Cloud Late Stage Star Pearl from Buzz Cut's team.
• Jiang Xiao's Inner Star Map announced that his Star Power had advanced to Star Cloud Stage Lv.1 as he absorbed the star power around Han Jiangxue.
• Han Jiangxue completed her breakthrough, and the resulting wave of air knocked Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan to the ground.

Jiang Xiao and his teammates received commendations and Star Pearls for their actions during the New Year's Eve crisis. After learning their Righteous Citizen title earned them ten extra College Entrance Examination points, Jiang Xiao joked that he would injure himself to qualify as a Hero.

• Su Rou livestreamed Jiang Xiao at school, gave him a two-yuan red envelope, and drew comments from her viewers.
• Jiang Xiao considered Han Jiangxue's need for an instant-cast Star Skill and wrote letters to the Triumphant Army asking for recognition and a suitable Star Pearl.
• The Triumphant Army and government officials held a ceremony at Jiangbin No. 1 High School, awarding Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, and Xia Yan medals, certificates, and Swift Electric Soul Star Beads.
• Hai Tianqing explained that the Righteous Citizen title granted them ten extra College Entrance Examination points, while the Hero title granted twenty.
• Jiang Xiao joked that he would break a leg to become a Hero and demanded that Han Jiangxue bring him a blade.

Jiang Xiao watched the team train as Han Jiangxue tested her new Gold Quality Chain Lightning and Xia Yan revealed her powerful Star Power Body. Xia Yan accidentally wrecked the training hall, and Jiang Xiao urged Han Jiangxue to punish her.

• Jiang Xiao read Weibo comments while explaining that Han Jiangxue had absorbed the Gold Quality Chain Lightning Star Skill, which could not distinguish teammates from enemies.
• Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan sparred, but Han Jiangxue held back Chain Lightning because it could strike everyone nearby.
• Xia Yan summoned her five-meter Star Power Body and giant blade, then accidentally stabbed through the training hall ceiling.
• Xia Yan swung the giant blade at Han Jiangxue, who opened a Shattered Space gate and avoided the blow.
• Hai Tianqing arrived to find the floor and ceiling shattered as Xia Yan's Star Power Body dissipated, and Jiang Xiao told Han Jiangxue to give Xia Yan a complete childhood.

As the Second Wasteland Reclamation Competition approached, Jiang Xiao and his teammates prepared while Han Jiangxue set her sights on Imperial Capital Star Warrior University for both siblings. Hai Tianqing revealed that the competition would take place in the Volcanic Other Dimension Space, giving Jiang Xiao a chance to use his newly gained abilities there.

• Jiang Xiao steadily improved his grades, chose politics, geography, and history, and decided to attend Imperial Capital Star Warrior University with Han Jiangxue.
• Han Jiangxue told Jiang Xiao she planned to attend the best school, and her extra entrance-exam points encouraged him to aim higher.
• Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan gained Gold Quality Star Techniques, while Li Weiyi completed his Star Skills with Perception and later upgraded it to Silver Quality.
• Hai Tianqing told the team that the Second Wasteland Reclamation Competition would be held in the Volcanic Other Dimension Space.
• Jiang Xiao welcomed the chance to enter the volcano and planned to use his poison abilities against the Lava Ghoul Witches.

Jiang Xiao and his teammates received the schedule and rules for the Second Wasteland Reclamation Competition, which would take place in a volcanic Other Dimension Space. As they prepared to leave for Jia City, Jiang Xiao regretted losing a chance to collect Star Pearls, while the team looked ahead to the competition and its larger national stakes.

• Hai Tianqing told the team to report to Jia City the day after tomorrow and explained that a bus would take them to the competition venue.
• Jiang Xiao complained that the late notice had cost them a chance to train in the volcano, then Xia Yan forced him to tie her shoelaces.
• Jiang Xiao considered how Lava Ghoul Witch Star Pearls could upgrade his Bell Spirit and Bearing Seal Star Skills.
• Hai Tianqing warned Xia Yan that Gao Junwei and the others might compete and reminded the team that fighting other students would disqualify them, while Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue knew Gao Junwei was dead.
• Hai Tianqing explained that teams had three days to map the Other Dimension Space and record monster populations while minimizing changes to the environment.
• Jiang Xiao tied Xia Yan's laces into a row of tight knots, and she retaliated with a whip kick as Hai Tianqing watched.

Jiang Xiao and the Jiangbin No. 1 High School team arrived in Jia City for the Second Wasteland Reclamation Competition and drew attention from their rivals. Tensions flared when Liu Chang attacked Yu Zhen in the registration hall, leaving the teams on the verge of a confrontation.

• Jiang Xiao and his teammates arrived at the crowded hotel registration hall, where other students watched the provincial league champions enter.
• Jiang Xiao spotted Zhou Cang and Wu HaoYang arguing over which team would take first place, while their teammates tried to move them along.
• Jiang Xiao recognized Zhang Weiliang, Zhang Mingming, and Yu Zhen from Jiangbin Third High School, and Han Jiangxue told him to ignore them.
• Xing Lang's team reacted angrily to Yu Zhen, and Liu Chang glared at her while remembering their earlier defeat.
• Liu Chang lost control and attacked Yu Zhen in the registration hall.

Liu Chang attacked Yu Zhen at the registration auditorium, leaving both students hospitalized and the teams stunned. After registering, Jiang Xiao's team planned to split into pairs to map the volcanic Other Dimension Space, with Xia Yan assigned to Jiang Xiao.

• Liu Chang struck Yu Zhen in the face with a Bursting Flame Ball, and security took Liu Chang away while Yu Zhen was carried to the hospital.
• Zhou Someone joked about the attack as students continued registering, and Xia Yan laughed before leaving with her team.
• Jiang Xiao and his teammates returned to their rooms and learned they would be taken to the confidential examination site the next morning.
• Jiang Xiao proposed splitting the four-person team into pairs to map the volcanic Other Dimension Space, and Li Weiyi eventually agreed.
• Han Jiangxue paired Xia Yan with Jiang Xiao and herself with Li Weiyi, prompting Xia Yan and Jiang Xiao to promise to cooperate.