Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xiao’s team received Star Pearl rewards and university invitations, but Xia Yan felt slighted when schools recruited Han Jiangxue and ignored her. As the team prepared for the finals, Jiang Xiao discovered that Han Jiangxue’s Flame Master Puppet Star Pearls contained two summoning skills.

• The Beijiang Province Star Association gave the four team members Star Pearls, including five Fallen Shadow Witch Star Pearls for Jiang Xiao to consider giving Han Jiangxue.
• National Star Warrior Association representatives invited the team to join, while several universities offered Han Jiangxue trial training and largely overlooked Xia Yan.
• Xia Yan became upset over the schools’ decisions, and Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao tried to comfort her; Han Jiangxue even offered to attend Northwest Star Warrior with Jiang Xiao.
• Han Jiangxue revealed that her reward was three Flame Master Puppet Star Pearls from the Fire Source Mountain Range.
• Jiang Xiao inspected a Pearl with his Inner Star Map and discovered the Flame Little Puppet and Flame Puppet Star Skills.

Han Jiangxue absorbed the Flame Puppet Star Skill and discovered she could summon and precisely control both Flame Puppets and Flame Little Puppets. The group realized her control could potentially turn other people’s Flame summons against them, while Jiang Xiao began planning to improve her Star Skills further.

• After Han Jiangxue absorbed a Flame Master Puppet Star Pearl, she revealed that one Star Slot had granted her both the Silver Flame Little Puppet and Gold Flame Puppet techniques.
• Han Jiangxue summoned Flame Little Puppets, and Xia Yan teased one until it exploded and knocked her over.
• Han Jiangxue summoned a Flame Puppet, which helped Xia Yan up and then produced an army of Flame Little Puppets.
• Han Jiangxue demonstrated precise control over the little creatures, directing them to move together and merge back into the Flame Puppet.
• Han Jiangxue explained that her Flame Puppet could exploit level suppression to control enemies’ Flame summons, inspiring Jiang Xiao to consider producing a Platinum-quality Star Pearl for her.
• Jiang Xiao decided to begin by upgrading Han Jiangxue’s Green Glow and Endurance Star Skills.

On the morning of the National High School League Grand Finals, Jiang Xiao saw Xia Yan struggling with her poor performances and the gap between her and Han Jiangxue. He joked with her until she finally smiled, as Jiangbin No. 1 High School waited for its match against Thirty-Second High School of Imperial Capital.

• Jiang Xiao and the team waited in the locker room while the first three matches determined the other rankings.
• Xia Yan brooded over being defeated by agility fighters twice and falling behind Han Jiangxue, while Jiang Xiao's reputation rose to A+.
• Jiang Xiao sat beside Xia Yan and tried to cheer her up by joking that she should act like a man and share a lifetime under one quilt with him.
• Xia Yan knocked Jiang Xiao away, smiled, and teased him as the team prepared to take the field.

The championship match between Jiangbin No. 1 High School and Thirty-Second High School began with both teams using matching 2-2 formations. Ying Xi shocked the stadium by revealing that he had reached the Star River Stage, and Jiang Xiao immediately ordered his team to attack him as the match started.

• Hai Su Normal University High School defeated Jinmen Nankai Middle School to take third place, while Liu Yang failed to turn the match around.
• The championship finalists took the field, and both teams lined up in a 2-2 formation with a Shield Warrior, support, agile fighter, and mage.
• Jiang Xiao recognized Ying Xi as Thirty-Second High School's core and stayed alert to his hidden strength and Star Skills.
• At the referee's signal, Ying Xi revealed a Star Map with sixteen lit Star Slots, showing he had reached the Star River Stage and filled his new slots.
• Jiang Xiao suspected Ying Xi planned to seize the initiative, shouted for his team to attack him, and cast Silence as the match began.

Jiangbin No. 1 High School struggled against the Thirty-Second High School of Imperial Capital after Ying Xi’s strange flames disrupted their Star Skills. Jiang Xiao helped Xia Yan take down Gao Kun, but she continued forward badly burned and determined to defeat Ying Xi.

• Ying Xi’s strange white flames disrupted Jiang Xiao’s and Han Jiangxue’s Star Skills while Li Yuan healed and restored Ying Xi.
• Yin Mi knocked Ying Xi out of Silence, and Ying Xi attacked with magma while his teammates gained the initiative.
• Jiang Xiao’s Blessing was repeatedly dodged, but he predicted Gao Kun’s movement and placed Blessing where Gao Kun stepped into it.
• Xia Yan stabbed Gao Kun through the chest while he was stunned, and the referee declared him unable to continue.
• Badly burned, Xia Yan charged toward Ying Xi with her Wooden Great Blade.

Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, Xia Yan, and Li Weiyi fought Ying Xi, Yin Mi, and Li Yuan in a brutal arena battle, sacrificing themselves to create an opening. Han Jiangxue, Xia Yan, and Li Weiyi were ruled unable to fight, while Jiang Xiao healed his mangled legs and struggled back to his feet.

• Ying Xi’s strange flames disrupted Han Jiangxue’s shield as he turned the arena into a volcanic zone, while Yin Mi engaged Xia Yan.
• Han Jiangxue used Barren Wind to knock Ying Xi into the air, then was trapped in a fissure and blasted unconscious; Jiang Xiao seized the opening with a Light Pillar.
• Li Weiyi pulled Jiang Xiao from the fissure and threw him toward safety, then fell back into the erupting chasm.
• Xia Yan struck Yin Mi away and skewered Ying Xi with her great blade, but Yin Mi slashed her back; Xia Yan, Ying Xi, and Li Weiyi were ruled unable to fight.
• Jiang Xiao’s legs rapidly regenerated under Bell Spirit, and he struggled to his feet as the crowd cheered.

Jiang Xiao turned the fight around after Xia Yan was incapacitated, defeating Li Yuan and then Yin Mi with his Silence, Light of Reversal, and blade skills. The referee declared Yin Mi unable to fight, leaving Jiang Xiao victorious in the match.

• Jiang Xiao charged Yin Mi and used Platinum Voice of Silence to interrupt his invisibility and injure him.
• Jiang Xiao silenced Li Yuan repeatedly, seized Xia Yan’s Great Blade, and defeated Li Yuan inside the Silence Domain.
• Jiang Xiao used Light of Reversal to drain Yin Mi’s Star Power and keep him under control.
• After both fighters ran out of Star Power, Jiang Xiao fought Yin Mi blade to blade under Yearning Halo.
• Jiang Xiao used the Xia Family Blade Art’s Tenth Style, Great Compassion and Great Sorrow, to break Yin Mi’s weapon and strike him down.
• The referee ruled Yin Mi unable to fight, and Jiang Xiao won.

Jiang Xiao defeated Yin Mi in the National High School League Grand Finals, securing the championship for Jiangbin No. 1 High School. After celebrating with his teammates, he received the Grand Finals MVP award.

• Jiang Xiao earned 60 Skill Points during the tournament and healed himself after defeating Yin Mi.
• The referee declared Yin Mi unable to fight, and the commentators announced Jiang Xiao’s victory and Beijiang Province’s first championship.
• Xia Yan, Li Weiyi, and Han Jiangxue rushed onto the field to celebrate with Jiang Xiao.
• Jiang Xiao confirmed that Han Jiangxue had no serious injuries, and the team left to shower and change before the awards ceremony.
• Jiangbin No. 1 High School received the championship awards, and Jiang Xiao was named Grand Finals MVP.

Jiang Xiao received the National Competition championship rewards and discovered that his team Star Pearl contained an exceptionally valuable Platinum purification skill, though absorbing it had only a 30% success rate. The FMVP award proved even more shocking: a Void Calamity Shadow Star Pearl with rare spatial skills, which Jiang Xiao suspected was compensation for the foul play in the preliminaries.

• Su Rou celebrated Jiang Xiao’s FMVP award so wildly that she flipped herself and her chair onto the floor.
• Jiang Xiao received a Platinum White Mountain Mist Star Pearl and learned its Purifying Mist skill could cleanse negative effects and boost physical attributes, but the Inner Star Map gave him only a 30% chance to absorb it.
• Jiang Xiao considered whether Purifying Mist could cleanse ordinary pollution and weighed its value against the overlap with his existing healing skills.
• A military officer presented Jiang Xiao with the FMVP trophy and a second Star Pearl, telling him that the award was what he deserved.
• Jiang Xiao discovered the reward was a Platinum Void Calamity Shadow Star Pearl containing the spatial skills Space-Time Gap and Calamity Shadow Ruins, and realized he also faced only a 30% absorption chance.

After winning the National Competition, Jiang Xiao received a precious space-type Star Pearl, and soldiers explained its abilities before recruiting the team for Northwest Star Warrior University. The chapter ended with the team weighing the offer as the officer promised exceptional resources, frontline missions, and a captain’s rank after graduation.

• Jiang Xiao struggled to focus during the team photos because the Void Calamity Shadow Star Pearl had left him stunned.
• Han Jiangxue showed Jiang Xiao her Platinum-quality Troll Flame Master Star Pearl, which contained the Star Skills Earth Shattering Lament and Skyfall Meteor Fire.
• A group of soldiers entered the locker room, and an officer explained that Jiang Xiao’s Void Calamity Shadow Star Pearl contained two space-type Star Skills.
• Jiang Xiao told the officer he would not absorb the precious Star Pearl until he reached a higher Star Power stage, and the officer warned him to keep it safe.
• The officer asked whether the four teammates would join the army, then offered them direct internal admission to Northwest Star Warrior University and promised ample resources, missions, and a captain’s rank after graduation.

After the national championship, Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao secured admission to Emperor Capital Star Warrior and traveled to Emperor Capital, while Xia Yan stayed behind to prepare for the entrance exam. The siblings arrived in the crowded city, where Han Jiangxue wondered whether a new part of life was beginning.

• Feng Yi reported that the four champions had declined the army’s invitation, and his superior told him to drop the matter.
• Principal Yan helped Han Jiangxue arrange an additional Emperor Capital Star Warrior admission spot for Jiang Xiao, while Xia Yan planned to apply through the entrance exam.
• Hai Tianqing and Xia Yan returned home to prepare for the exam, and Li Weiyi went with them to see Li Qingmei.
• Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao traveled secretly to Emperor Capital, where Jiang Xiao browsed the reactions to his championship and FMVP award on Weibo.
• The siblings arrived at Emperor Capital West Station and stepped into the crowded city together.

Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue took Imperial Capital Star Warrior University’s internal trial, but Jiang Xiao could not manifest his Star Map, putting his admission at risk. Principal Yang intervened and allowed them to continue to the practical assessment.

• Zhang Chang welcomed Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue to campus and led them to their written examination.
• The siblings completed the written and physical tests, and the teachers praised Han Jiangxue’s Star Power.
• Jiang Xiao refused to manifest his Star Map, and Li Liang warned that failing the requirement would disqualify him.
• Han Jiangxue said she and Jiang Xiao would leave together, while Jiang Xiao offered to try the unified entrance examination instead.
• Principal Yang heard the explanation, made an exception for Jiang Xiao, and sent both siblings to the practical assessment.

After passing Imperial Capital Star Warrior University's internal test, Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao met Vice Principal Yang Chensan, who sought to recruit Han Jiangxue for the Mages College and prepare her for international competition. As they left campus, they discussed disguising Jiang Xiao's Star Map with a Korean Star Pearl, and Jiang Xiao noticed a young man on a bus quietly watching the university.

• Zhang Chang congratulated Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao after they passed the practical assessment and explained the university's colleges and departments.
• Vice Principal Yang Chensan welcomed the siblings, praised their abilities, and urged them to represent Huaxia at the World University Student League.
• Principal Yang arranged for Han Jiangxue to have an instructor in Mages College and gave the siblings his personal phone number.
• After leaving the office, Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao completed their enrollment procedures and discussed using a Star Pearl to disguise Jiang Xiao's Star Map.
• Jiang Xiao saw a young man on a bus quietly watching Imperial Capital Star Warrior University before returning to his book.

Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue returned to Jiangbin City to support Xia Yan as she prepared for the College Entrance Examination and chose the most dangerous team assessment. On June 7, they accompanied Xia Yan to her written examination, leaving her to enter the venue alone.

• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue flew back to Jiangbin City and returned to school on May 25, where their classmates congratulated them.
• Xia Yan chose the highest-difficulty team assessment, and the examiners assigned her team to fight an Ape Ghoul King and its group in the Armory.
• Jiang Xiao discussed sharing the Ancient Martial Archer General and Ancient Martial Soul Star Beads with Xia Yan and Li Weiyi, and Han Jiangxue distributed the more valuable beads to them.
• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue helped Xia Yan prepare for the College Entrance Examination and accompanied her to the venue on June 7.

Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, Xia Yan, and their teammates traveled to Guanlin City for Xia Yan’s team assessment and cleared the Armory with overwhelming force. After defeating a small Ape Ghoul tribe and its King, Jiang Xiao insisted they keep searching for a larger challenge.

• Xia Yan finished her Star Studies examination, and the team packed and traveled to Guanlin City for her assessment.
• At the train station, Li Qingmei said goodbye to Li Weiyi, while Jiang Xiao gave her a Blessing away from the crowd.
• The team registered at the Zhongcheng County Armory, where invigilator Mo Mo asked to take a photo with Jiangbin No. 1 High School’s championship team.
• During the assessment, Han Jiangxue’s Chain Lightning and Flame Puppets helped the team clear enemies while Jiang Xiao collected Star Pearls.
• After the examiners approved their search for another tribe, the team killed an Ape Ghoul King and its small tribe, and Jiang Xiao asked to continue looking for a stronger one.

Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, Xia Yan, and Li Weiyi defeated the Ape Ghoul King and its forces during the college entrance examination, then sold their haul for a fortune. After the exam, Jiang Xiao tried to persuade Xia Yan to train with him in the Snowfield, and she agreed after he mentioned moving back home.

• Han Jiangxue unleashed Lightning Chains against the battling populations, and the team’s support helped Xia Yan lead the assault on the Ape Ghoul King.
• Jiang Xiao joined the fight while Han Jiangxue blasted the Ape Ghoul King, and Xia Yan defeated it with help from her teammates.
• The team collected their Star Pearls, returned to Jiangbin City on June 11, and sold the haul at Ruifeng Trading House for a total of 1.156 million yuan, excluding Jiang Xiao’s sixteen Savage Female Witch Star Pearls.
• Xia Yan threw Jiang Xiao out of the trading house after he asked Manager Sun how much the Ape Ghoul King Star Pearls sold for.
• Jiang Xiao suggested that he and Xia Yan train in the Snowfield, and Xia Yan agreed when he said he might move back home.

Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan tested whether they could use Light of Reversal to advance a White Ghost, and successfully raised one to Silver Rank before Xia Yan killed it. Jiang Xiao discovered that absorbing its Silver Quality Star Pearl could still upgrade his Star Skills as Silver Quality, and he prepared to test the method on more White Ghosts.

• Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan entered the Snowfield, where Xia Yan noticed that the soldiers guarding the training site had been replaced.
• Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan found a powerful White Ghost and checked that no other trainees were nearby.
• Jiang Xiao used Light of Reversal, drawing on Xia Yan's Star Power to infuse the White Ghost until it advanced to Silver Rank.
• Jiang Xiao cast Blessing on the White Ghost, and Xia Yan killed it and gave Jiang Xiao its Star Pearl.
• Jiang Xiao confirmed the White Ghost Star Bead was Silver Quality despite its Star Skills remaining Bronze Quality, then absorbed it to test how it affected his Star Skills.

After ten days in the Snowfield, Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan forced a White Ghoul Witch to Silver Rank and killed it, letting Jiang Xiao upgrade Blessing and Decoy to Gold Quality. In a Natural Cave, the new Decoy proved startlingly lifelike, and Jiang Xiao discovered that his Gold-Quality Blessing could overwhelm Xia Yan.

• Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan hunted White Ghosts along the Southeast Route while raising White Ghoul Witches to Silver Rank to advance his Blessing and Decoy.
• Jiang Xiao restrained a White Ghoul Witch while Xia Yan held it down, and they used their Star Power to force it to rank up before Xia Yan beheaded it.
• Jiang Xiao absorbed the White Ghoul Witch's Star Pearl, upgrading Blessing and Decoy to Gold Quality.
• In a Natural Cave, Jiang Xiao showed Xia Yan his Gold-Quality Decoy, which spoke, moved, and reacted so realistically that Xia Yan mistook it for a person and kicked it into a wall.
• Jiang Xiao tested Gold-Quality Blessing on Xia Yan, and its Light Pillar left her dizzy and collapsed on the ground.

After Blessing and Decoy reached Gold Quality, Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan returned from the Snowfield so Xia Yan could submit her college applications. Xia Yan learned she was the provincial Star Warrior top scorer, while Jiang Xiao received a message from Two Tails telling him to come home.

• Jiang Xiao upgraded Blessing and Decoy to Gold Quality, and he and Xia Yan spent ten days fighting White Ghouls in the Snowfield.
• Jiang Xiao agreed to return to Jiangbin with Xia Yan so she could discuss her applications and he could rest.
• Zhou Yi revealed Xia Yan’s results, and Han Jiangxue confirmed that Xia Yan had earned 682 cultural-subject points and 481 Star Studies points.
• Han Jiangxue told Xia Yan she was the provincial Star Warrior top scorer, and Xia Yan rushed off to call Zhou Yi.
• Jiang Xiao told Han Jiangxue that Two Tails was likely summoning him home after he received a text containing the word “Home.”

After winning the national championship, Jiang Xiao returned home and reunited with Two Tails, who had come back after a long absence. Two Tails said she had become a Light Chaser and ordered him to accompany her to White Mountain to capture a Star Beast.

• Xia Yan celebrated her provincial championship with Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, and Zhou Yi before Jiang Xiao left for home.
• Jiang Xiao spotted Two Tails' car and followed a delivery guy to her apartment, where he reunited with Two Tails and handed her the takeout.
• Two Tails praised Jiang Xiao briefly and said the Gao family had been dealt with for entering illegally during a critical period.
• Two Tails told Jiang Xiao that she was a Light Chaser, had taken over her team's designation as captain, and was now the only member of her team.
• Two Tails said the Northwest Night Watch Army had requisitioned her team and told Jiang Xiao to come with her to White Mountain to capture a Star Beast.