Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xiao's team explored Chang'an's food stalls before learning that the National High School League would take place in the dangerous Ancient Imperial Tomb. While Jiang Xiao described the tomb's creatures and abilities over breakfast, a young man from another team recognized his knowledge.

• Xia Yan and the others ate their way through a snack alley, while Han Jiangxue caught Jiang Xiao staring at the inns and distracted him with sour-plum soup.
• Jiang Xiao tried Bingfeng and oil-splashed noodles, confusing the noodle-shop owner with his questions about how the noodles were made.
• The organizers announced that the competition venue was the Ancient Imperial Tomb, alarming Li Weiyi and making Hai Tianqing solemn.
• At breakfast, Han Jiangxue asked Jiang Xiao about the tomb's creatures, and he listed the ranks and Star Skills of its Ancient Martial Army and bosses.
• A young man at a nearby table praised Jiang Xiao's knowledge, revealing a group that appeared to be another participating team.

Jiang Xiao and his teammates prepared for the National High School League while discussing the dangerous Ancient Imperial Tomb and its creatures. At the hotel, a confrontation over the elevators ended with Jiang Xiao tossing aside two bodyguards, and he met Liu Yang, the self-proclaimed Tianjin Thug.

• Jiang Xiao considered learning the Ancient Martial Archer General's powerful arrow skills but worried he might not get another chance to obtain its Star Pearls.
• Jiang Xiao and his teammates returned to their hotel to plan and train for the competition.
• Two bodyguards blocked Jiang Xiao's group from using the hotel elevators while escorting several young competitors.
• Liu Yang recognized the sunglasses-wearing Li Howard, and the two traded insults before Jiang Xiao intervened.
• Jiang Xiao threw the bodyguards aside, pressed the elevator button, and introduced himself to Liu Yang as the North River Bandit.

Jiang Xiao met Liu Yang, an outspoken Jinmen contestant who admired him, and learned more about Liu Yang’s rivalry with Howard Lee. On the way to the team’s floor, a disguised paparazzo tried to question Jiang Xiao about his abilities before hotel staff exposed and removed her.

• Liu Yang recognized Jiang Xiao, praised his achievements, and called him his idol despite describing him as untalented.
• Liu Yang tried to approach Han Jiangxue, so Jiang Xiao kicked him away; Liu Yang then explained that he despised Howard Lee.
• Cai Yao winked at Jiang Xiao before the Jinmen team left in the elevator, and Xia Yan pushed Jiang Xiao into his own elevator.
• A stylish middle-aged woman entered the elevator and questioned the Beijiang team about their Star Skills and Jiang Xiao’s abilities.
• Hotel staff identified the woman as a paparazzo and dragged her away as she demanded to know whether Jiang Xiao had Endurance and eight Star Skills.

Jiang Xiao reflected on why he kept his Star Map and abilities secret, then encountered the newly arrived Nanyue Great Bay Middle School team in the hotel lobby. A heated exchange between Xia Yan and Deng Siyang ended with Jiang Xiao explaining Xia Yan’s insult literally.

• Jiang Xiao considered the risks of revealing his secrets and planned to grow stronger and build connections before attracting more attention.
• Reporters gathered at the hotel to photograph Yuan Qinghua, the newly arrived Star River Stage expert, but staff drove them away.
• Yuan Qinghua calmed Deng Siyang as their team rode the elevator after the paparazzi had been removed.
• Deng Siyang demanded directions to Room 2324 while a staff member apologized to Jiang Xiao’s team.
• Xia Yan called Deng Siyang blind, and Jiang Xiao weakly clarified that Xia Yan was asking whether she was blind.

Jiang Xiao defended Xia Yan when Gong Yuge insulted her, and his use of Silence let him punch Gong Yuge before the teams were separated. The teams returned to their rooms, where Jiang Xiao explained his actions and Gong Yuge and Deng Siyang vowed to deal with him if they met again.

• Gong Yuge insulted Xia Yan, and Jiang Xiao stepped in, trading shoves and insults with him.
• Jiang Xiao cast Silence and punched Gong Yuge twice, leaving his nose bleeding as the teams retreated.
• The Haisu Province team arrived after the clash, while Hai Tianqing brought Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan back to Room 2336 and reprimanded Jiang Xiao.
• Jiang Xiao explained that he had anticipated the other team would avoid a serious fight, and Xia Yan thanked him for standing up for her.
• In Room 2324, Deng Siyang healed Gong Yuge, and the two complained about Jiang Xiao and hoped to face him in the Ancient Imperial Tomb.

As the national competition was about to begin, Jiang Xiao woke up late and recalled the rival teams and jealous contestant he had encountered during registration. He wished Han Jiangxue good luck and hurried to get ready after Li Weiyi urged him to get up.

• Jiang Xiao posted an old snack-street photo of Xia Yan and Han Jiangxue, teasing his followers with a late-night choice of food.
• Jiang Xiao explained that he had chosen the photo to needle a jealous contestant and his hungry fans.
• Jiang Xiao noticed that the Imperial Capital teams were acting like allies and tried to recruit New Danxi No. 11 High School, but Wu HaoYang refused.
• Li Weiyi dragged Jiang Xiao out of bed and reminded him that the competition rules would be announced at nine.
• Jiang Xiao replied to Han Jiangxue's good-luck message and rushed to wash up.

Jiang Xiao and his teammates arrived at the military camp for the National High School League, where officials explained the survival and conduct rules for the Ancient Imperial Tomb. The chapter left Jiang Xiao contemplating how his healing abilities might let him revive opponents after nearly killing them.

• Jiang Xiao ate breakfast with his team and watched Xiao Qi dodge people with long legs, then accidentally sprayed soy milk while laughing.
• Hai Tianqing led the team by bus to the military camp, where hundreds of contestants gathered before the competition.
• An official announced that Ying Xi, Wenren Mu, and Han Jiangxue would have their storage spaces inspected for prohibited items.
• The official said teams had to survive for 72 hours, warned that damaged cameras could bring penalties or recall, and ordered contestants not to kill one another.
• Jiang Xiao wondered how to fight without killing and realized he could use his healing abilities to save an opponent after striking them down.

Jiang Xiao learned the National High School League’s dangerous rules for competing in the Ancient Imperial Tombs, where teams had to earn points while avoiding powerful enemies and could receive only limited assistance. The briefing left him dreading the officers stationed underground, who could intervene without being asked and count each intervention against a team’s aid limit.

• Jiang Xiao heard that teams would compete in the Ancient Imperial Tombs for 72 hours while facing the Ancient Martial Army and avoiding battles with other teams.
• The suited man announced that Star Pearls from Ancient Martial soldiers and generals would earn points, with higher-ranking enemies worth more.
• The suited man revealed that each level contained a competition weapon worth 200 points, and teams could not linger at supply points or near officers.
• The suited man limited each team to three aid requests and barred teams from entering underground level nineteen.
• Jiang Xiao imagined himself serving as a lonely Night Watch officer on level eighteen, and Xia Yan asked why he looked depressed.
• The suited man warned that officers could intervene without a request, confiscate all spoils, and count the intervention toward a team's aid limit.

Jiang Xiao and his teammates prepared to enter the National High School League, while Hai Tianqing urged them to make history for Beijiang. As the contestants gathered, a strange parrot-like Star Pet flew toward Jiang Xiao.

• Jiang Xiao joked with Hai Tianqing about the team leader’s power to withdraw them, and Xia Yan defended the team’s chances.
• Hai Tianqing reminded the team that Beijiang had never placed higher than sixty-ninth and encouraged them to break the province’s record.
• Jiang Xiao focused on the rewards for reaching the quarterfinals, while Han Jiangxue passed inspection with fifty supply Star Pearls, including six Gold Quality Fallen Shadow Witch Star Pearls.
• The competition staff visibly marked Han Jiangxue, Ying Xi, and Wenren Mu for special inspection, drawing attention to their teams.
• A girl demonstrated her tiny parrot-like Star Pet to the staff, then called to it in her ethnic language as it flew toward Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao encountered Chu Mo’s mysterious bird, which ignored her call and settled on his head before returning to her as starlight. The bird’s choice prompted Chu Mo’s teammates to decide to approach Jiang Xiao about forming an alliance.

• Chu Mo’s bird landed on Jiang Xiao’s hand, hopped onto his head, and rubbed against his buzz cut despite her attempt to call it back.
• Chu Mo retrieved the bird by pressing it to her chest, where its body dissolved into starlight, then apologized to Jiang Xiao and left without revealing what kind of bird it was.
• Jiang Xiao and the other students and teachers could not identify the bird, while Li Weiyi recognized Chu Mo as a Medical Awakened from Cainan Province and Jiang Xiao realized he remembered her registration photo.
• As the staff inspected the competitors, Shen Xing and Chu Mo’s teammates discussed the bird choosing Jiang Xiao and considered forming an alliance with his team.
• Chu Mo admitted that Jiang Xiao had complimented her dimples, and Shen Xing concluded that he would be willing to cooperate.

Jiang Xiao and his teammates entered the Ancient Imperial Tomb for the National High School League preliminaries, while Su Rou watched the competition and cheered for them on her livestream. The contest began in the tomb’s first level, where Jiang Xiao’s attempt to take a torch triggered confusion over the Guardian Legion’s assistance channel as a crimson dragon erupted behind the teams.

• Su Rou streamed herself watching the paid preliminaries without rebroadcasting them, and excitedly spotted Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan among the competitors.
• Jiang Xiao and the others equipped their headbands, cameras, and earphones, then entered the Ancient Imperial Tomb with the other teams.
• The competition began, and Han Jiangxue directed her team to follow the wall rather than wander blindly through the dark first level.
• Jiang Xiao pulled a torch from the wall, and the team’s earphones briefly picked up a Guardian Legion call for assistance in Area A3.
• Teams behind them began to panic as an enraged voice cursed and a crimson dragon burst forth, lighting up the tomb.

The Ancient Imperial Tomb’s Ancient Martial Army overwhelmed several teams, forcing them to retreat while Jiang Xiao’s team endured a soul-piercing attack from an Ancient Martial Archer General. As Han Jiangxue led her team back, Xiao Qi recognized them and seemed to decide to act.

• An Ancient Martial Battle Axe severed a student’s arm, and a dark arrow pierced a Magic System student’s throat, prompting the other teams to rush in and then flee.
• Li Weiyi blocked a dark arrow aimed at Jiang Xiao’s team, but its explosion inflicted soul pain on all four teammates.
• Jiang Xiao used Gold-grade Bell Chime to calm his team and restore their ability to act.
• Jiang Xiao identified the attacker as a Gold Rank Ancient Martial Archer General and urged the team to withdraw.
• Han Jiangxue ordered Li Weiyi to detect incoming arrows while she prepared to store them with Shattered Space, and the team retreated in formation.
• Xiao Qi stared at Jiang Xiao’s approaching team, smiled strangely, and appeared to decide to do something.

Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, and Xia Yan were ambushed by an Ancient Martial squad after Xiao Qi deliberately blew them toward the enemies. The trio fought back, and Jiang Xiao silenced the archers as the battle continued.

• Li Weiyi warned the team that the Ancient Martial squad was approaching, and Han Jiangxue ordered everyone to run toward the Supply Point.
• Xiao Qi used her Star Skill to blow Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao toward the Ancient Martial Army, then tried to leave them behind with her teammates.
• Jiang Xiao used Green Glow to push back two Ancient Martial Battle Hammers while Xia Yan activated Star Power Body and attacked the squad.
• The Ancient Martial Ice Bows and Archer General froze Xia Yan's giant form, so Han Jiangxue canceled it and used Barren Wind to move Xia Yan away.
• Jiang Xiao used Voice of Silence to shatter the archers' Star Power bows and interrupt their attack.

Han Jiangxue’s team defeated an Ancient Martial Army through Jiang Xiao’s Voice of Silence and Han Jiangxue’s Chain Lightning, earning 130 points. After the battle, Li Weiyi revealed that a familiar girl had deliberately blown the team toward the zombies, leaving Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan furious.

• Han Jiangxue used Barren Winds and Chain Lightning while Jiang Xiao repeatedly sealed the Ancient Martial Army’s escape route with Voice of Silence.
• Jiang Xiao stabbed Han Jiangxue at her request to trigger Resentment and Light of Reversal, then absorbed a Gold Quality Fallen Shadow Witch Star Pearl and advanced to Star Cloud Stage Lv.2.
• Han Jiangxue’s lightning killed the eight Silver Rank soldiers and the Gold Rank Archer General, giving the Beijiang Province team its first victory.
• Xia Yan harvested the enemy’s Star Pearls, which earned the team 130 points.
• Li Weiyi said someone had ambushed them by blowing them toward the Ancient Martial Army and identified the attacker as the girl who had mocked Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao’s legs.
• Han Jiangxue turned icy and Xia Yan angrily recognized the girl as their attacker.

After defeating an Ancient Martial team, Han Jiangxue planned how her team could use the same tactics against similar opponents while Jiang Xiao and the others continued through the Ancient Imperial Tomb. The team encountered a suspicious group in a pitch-dark corridor and prepared for an ambush.

• Han Jiangxue stopped Xia Yan from discussing revenge aloud and ordered the team to focus on using distance and coordinated attacks against Ancient Martial Archer Generals.
• Han Jiangxue assigned Li Weiyi and Xia Yan to hold the front line in future fights, while advising the team to withdraw from opponents led by both an Ancient Martial General and an Ancient Martial Soul.
• Jiang Xiao's team collected Star Pearls, took a torch, and continued deeper into the Ancient Imperial Tomb as online viewers argued over Xiao Qi's decision to leave them facing the Ancient Martial Army.
• Han Jiangxue ordered the team to follow the corridor wall through the maze, where they passed several other teams in silence.
• Li Weiyi sensed concealed students ahead and warned the others; the team slowed down and readied their weapons in the darkness.

Jiang Xiaopi’s team confronted a rival group guarding a hidden passage, and he provoked them into Han Jiangxue’s lightning attack. Liu Yang then arrived and began confronting the subdued Li Howard, leaving the teams’ standoff unresolved.

• Li Weiyi’s team found a hooded young man blocking a gap in the stone wall, and Jiang Xiaopi recognized Howard Li among his companions.
• Jiang Xiaopi ordered his team to retreat, then suspected the rivals were acting as watchdogs for the Imperial Capital alliance.
• Jiang Xiaopi insulted the rival team and told Han Jiangxue to prepare Lightning Chains; she struck them twice with the Gold Quality Star Technique.
• Liu Yang and his team arrived, and Liu Yang rummaged through Li Howard’s pockets while calling Jiang Xiaopi the Poisonous Milk King and North River Bandit.

Jiang Xiao’s team formed an alliance with Cai Yao and Liu Yang’s Jinmen team after discovering they knew about hidden high-value weapons. As an enemy team approached, Han Jiangxue took command of the combined group and positioned everyone for battle.

• Liu Yang tried to take Star Pearls from the defeated Four-person Team, but put them back after hearing the referee through his Invisible Earphone.
• Cai Yao hinted to Jiang Xiao that her team knew about a special weapon hidden beyond the broken wall, and Jiang Xiao confirmed his suspicion by bluffing about it.
• Han Jiangxue proposed that the teams alternate taking the weapons they found, and Jiang Xiao and Cai Yao sealed the alliance with a handshake.
• He Fan and Zhang Qin Zhou introduced themselves as shield warriors, while Liu Yang’s teasing exchange with Jiang Xiao flustered Cai Yao.
• Li Weiyi noticed an approaching enemy, and Han Jiangxue took command as the two teams formed a battle line.

After the Guardian Army carried away defeated contestants, Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue's teams agreed to remain allies and explored deeper into the tomb. They reached a vast, fiery battlefield where an Ancient Martial Army team was fighting high school students.

• The Guardian Army arrived and carried away the fallen contestants, while Liu Yang asked whether they had been eliminated.
• Cai Yao claimed she should command the combined group, but Jiang Xiao proposed that the two teams stay separate while helping each other, and they continued exploring together.
• Zhang Qin Zhou and Li Weiyi detected movement, leading the two teams through the tomb toward the sounds of battle.
• Xiao Qi persuaded her teammates that the Guardian Army had weakened the Ancient Martial Army, then chose to follow Shen Xing and Xiong Chumo's team into the alley.
• Jiang Xiao's and Liu Yang's teams reached a vast building and saw an Ancient Martial Army team fighting high school students amid flames, fire serpents, and flying lava.

Jiang Xiao watched the Imperial Capital High School Alliance battle the Ancient Martial Army and saw their Fire Element techniques, including Ying Xi's volcanic attack. As the fighters struggled, Yuan Qinghua infiltrated the battlefield, took a golden bow and arrow from a chest, and escaped the students' notice until she revealed herself.

• The Imperial Capital High School Alliance attacked the Ancient Martial Army with Fire Element Star Techniques while its shield warriors held off the enemy's arrows.
• Two Ancient Martial Archer Generals fired Consecration Arrows and then Plague Arrows, but a support's roar rallied the students and Ying Xi's volcanic Star Technique struck the enemy's position.
• A Plague Arrow burst into poisonous fog behind the Alliance's frontline, and Jiang Xiao joked with Liu Yang while the group spotted a chest beyond the wall.
• A male support used a brilliant star to smash the chest and blow away the poisonous fog and flames, revealing that someone had taken an item from it.
• Yuan Qinghua appeared with a golden bow and arrow, blew the Alliance a kiss, and was recognized by the students.

Yuan Qinghua stole the golden bow and framed the Beijiang Province and Jinmen City teams, forcing them to flee as the Ancient Martial Army resumed its attack. Li Weiyi identified Xiao Qi as the one who had followed and framed them, and Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue sent her flying into the battling teams, where she was blasted and scorched.

• Yuan Qinghua dodged the Alliance team's attack and left them to be blamed for stealing the golden bow.
• Han Jiangxue sent a Fire Mage's flaming attack into Shattered Space, and the Beijiang and Jinmen teams fled as the Ancient Martial Army resumed its assault.
• Xiao Qi tried to blow the Cainan team away with a gale, but Shen Xing dodged it and threw a dagger that nearly hit Xiao Qi.
• Li Weiyi caught Xiong Chumo and recognized Xiao Qi's aura as the one that had followed and framed his team.
• Jiang Xiao hit Xiao Qi with Blessing and Silence while Han Jiangxue used her Torch Fire Whip and Barren Wind to launch her toward the Ancient Martial Army.
• The Ancient Martial Army blasted Xiao Qi as she flew into their midst, leaving her scorched black and smoking.