Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xiao and Two Tails searched military records for people who had vanished in the Jiannan Village Snowfield and found several possible clues to who might have built a cabin in the Upper Dimension. Exhausted by repeated deaths during his searches, Jiang Xiao decided to leave the Snowfield soon if he found nothing more.

• Jiang Xiao and Two Tails reviewed records showing thirty-one people had disappeared from the Snowfield training site, including two Guardian Legion soldiers and twenty-nine social trainees.
• Jiang Xiao reasoned that the low-level social trainees likely could not have survived the powerful Upper Dimension White Ghosts, so they focused on the missing soldiers.
• Two Tails identified Hu Wei and Cang Lan, who disappeared together on patrol in January 2011, and Night Watcher Zhang Songfu, who entered a Space-Time Tunnel with an invading mercenary in September 2015.
• Two Tails also reported that Pioneer He Yun had disappeared in August 1999, leaving Jiang Xiao worried that he might be the person living in the cabin.
• After reflecting on how vast the Upper Dimension Snowfield might be, Jiang Xiao told Two Tails he would leave if he found nothing in the next few days, and she agreed not to force him to continue.

After Lure Jiang Xiao was overwhelmed by White Ghosts in the Upper Dimension, Two Tails brought the exhausted Jiang Xiao back to the Night Watchers’ cavern. He later woke at home with Han Jiangxue, learned it was August 18, and prepared to recover before university began.

• Lure Jiang Xiao encountered a White Ghoul Witch and its White Ghost pack, then Two Tails rescued the real Jiang Xiao from the Sacred Ruins after he struck a White Ghost in response.
• Two Tails carried Jiang Xiao back to the Night Watchers’ cavern and told him that no one could be sent into the Upper Dimension to rescue people.
• Jiang Xiao woke at home in a vest and shorts, worried someone had bathed and changed him, then discovered Han Jiangxue had come to see him.
• Han Jiangxue said Jiang Xiao’s special training had ended, praised his contribution to the stabilized Northwest Frontline, and planned to take him for a haircut.
• Jiang Xiao told Han Jiangxue he would show her his platinum Star Skills and asked whether she had changed his clothes; Han Jiangxue blushed as he went back inside.

Jiang Xiao returned home with Han Jiangxue and showed her the rare White Mountain Snow Feather Star Beads, recommending that she absorb the Platinum Quality Heart of Nature Star Skill. He discovered that his increased Star Power realm had raised his chance of absorbing Platinum Star Skills to forty percent and set a goal of reaching the Star River Stage before his third year of college.

• Han Jiangxue took Jiang Xiao shopping, where he chose a casual outfit and a baseball cap, and told him Xia Yan had gone away with Uncle Xia for blade training.
• Jiang Xiao asked Han Jiangxue about the Star Pearls she had stored, then returned home with her to reveal a surprise from his mission.
• Han Jiangxue sorted the Star Pearls and labeled boxes containing several rare Star Beads, including a Troll Flame Master Star Bead and an Ancient Martial Archer General Star Bead.
• Jiang Xiao told Han Jiangxue that a White Mountain Snow Feather Star Bead contained Platinum Quality Ice Roar and Heart of Nature, and recommended Heart of Nature for her to absorb.
• Jiang Xiao saw that his chance of merging and absorbing Platinum Quality Star Skills had risen to forty percent after advancing to Star Cloud Stage Lv. 4, and resolved to reach the Star River Stage before his third year of college.

Jiang Xiao explained his upgraded Star Skills to Han Jiangxue while she tried absorbing White Mountain Snow Feather Star Pearls for Heart of Nature. The chapter ended with Han Jiangxue gaining Platinum-quality Ice Roar instead.

• Jiang Xiao explained that Heart of Nature resisted elemental Star Skills and helped Han Jiangxue prepare to absorb White Mountain Snow Feather Star Pearls.
• Han Jiangxue absorbed several Star Pearls while Jiang Xiao hoped she would gain Heart of Nature, and Jiang Xiao demonstrated his Platinum-quality Endurance by cutting his arm.
• Jiang Xiao told Han Jiangxue that Green Glow, Blessing, and Decoy had improved, and described his new ability to control Blessing's power.
• Han Jiangxue's fourteenth Star Slot lit up, and she revealed that she had absorbed Platinum-quality Ice Roar.

Han Jiangxue absorbed Platinum Ice Roar and later succeeded in absorbing another Platinum Star Skill, while Jiang Xiao revealed that his Decoy could now summon a second physical body. After Jiang Xiao kissed her and she blasted him away, Han Jiangxue ignored him until his food-themed serenade finally coaxed her out to eat with him.

• Han Jiangxue absorbed Platinum Ice Roar, and Jiang Xiao explained that his upgraded Decoy could summon a second physical body.
• Han Jiangxue used her remaining White Mountain Snow Feather Star Pearls and successfully absorbed another Platinum Star Skill, saving a Star Slot.
• Jiang Xiao celebrated by spinning Han Jiangxue around and kissing her cheek, so she blasted him away with Flame Rejection and shut herself in her room.
• Han Jiangxue ignored Jiang Xiao for two days while he stayed in his room playing GTA V.
• Han Jiangxue saw Jiang Xiao's Weibo post about his year of liking her, then opened the door after he knocked and sang about food.
• Han Jiangxue resisted laughing at Jiang Xiao's hunger and finally agreed to take him out to eat.

Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue attended a family dinner at Xia Yan’s home before leaving for college, where they reassured Xia Shanhai that they would stay together with Xia Yan. Xia Shanhai asked Jiang Xiao about his dangerous service on the Northwest Frontline, and Jiang Xiao answered with a smile.

• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue received their Star Warrior Certificates and spent their remaining summer training and relaxing before heading to the Imperial Capital.
• Xia Yan returned with an invitation from her father, and Han Jiangxue persuaded Jiang Xiao to attend the family dinner.
• Han Jiangxue tried to apologize to Xia Shanhai for Jiang Xiao’s invented Tenth Style of the Xia Family Blade Art, but Xia Shanhai waved away the issue.
• Xia Shanhai asked Han Jiangxue to keep Xia Yan in their group at college, and Han Jiangxue made clear she would not abandon her.
• Xia Shanhai asked Jiang Xiao about his work with the Light Chasing Group and his experiences on the Northwest Frontline, and Jiang Xiao recalled the dangers before answering lightly.

After the Xia Family banquet, Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue received Korean Star Pearls with skills that could conceal Star Power and alter appearances and Star Maps. Xia Yan opened up about feeling unrecognized by her father, and Jiang Xiao reminded her that her own view of her achievements mattered most.

• Xia Yan drove Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue home and gave Han Jiangxue three Korean Star Pearls she had obtained for her.
• Jiang Xiao inspected the Di Jin Zhe Star Beads and found the Star Stealth, Earth Light, and Vice Minister skills described in his Inner Star Map.
• Xia Yan warned Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue that disguises could be detected unless the user had greater Star Power and skill than the pursuer.
• Xia Yan told Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao that Xia Shanhai had focused on her strength and had not praised her achievements after the National Competition.
• Jiang Xiao told Xia Yan that her own opinion of her contributions mattered more than what her father thought.

Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, and Xia Yan arrived at Imperial Capital Star Warrior University for enrollment, where the champion trio drew attention from students eager to guide them. Xia Yan went with Dongfang Weiming to register while the siblings headed for their dormitory, and Dongfang asked whether Han Jiangxue was single.

• Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, and Xia Yan took a taxi to Imperial Capital Star Warrior University, and Xia Yan reconsidered buying a car after enduring the capital's traffic.
• Students at the entrance recognized the champion trio and competed to guide them to their colleges.
• A purple-haired boy shouted for Li Liang and announced his return to the university, prompting the Campus Enforcement Team led by Black Cheng to approach him.
• Dongfang Weiming introduced himself to the trio and offered to guide Xia Yan through Warriors College registration.
• Xia Yan sent Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue to put their luggage in the dormitory, then left with Dongfang Weiming, who quietly asked whether Han Jiangxue was single.

Bai Ye returned to Emperor Capital Star Warrior and provoked the enforcement team, then tried to enlist Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao as teammates for a team battle. Jiang Xiao mocked Bai Ye’s hairstyle and walked into the school after agreeing to meet him that evening.

• Students recalled that Bai Ye had been kicked out by Li Liang the previous year for arrogance and disrespecting his elders.
• Bai Ye challenged Black Cheng, then withdrew when he learned the captain was at Star River Peak Stage and promised to challenge him in a year.
• After an enforcement-team member mocked his challenge, Bai Ye proposed a team battle and named Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao as his future teammates.
• Bai Ye called out Jiang Xiao and urged him to join the fight, but Jiang Xiao mocked his bangs as a “Renaissance.”
• Jiang Xiao walked into the school with Han Jiangxue and shouted that they would fight, telling Bai Ye to meet him at the village entrance at five that evening.

Jiang Xiao escorted Han Jiangxue to her luxurious dormitory at Imperial Capital Star Warrior University, where they met her roommate, Song Chunxi. Jiang Xiao discovered that the friendly Agile Warrior was actually a fourth-year student and the head of the Agile Warrior Department of the Student Union.

• Jiang Xiao led Han Jiangxue away from the commotion and guided her through campus to Apartment 11.
• Jiang Xiao explained why he had chosen a four-person dormitory while Han Jiangxue had picked a two-person room.
• The siblings entered Room 1107 and met Song Chunxi, who welcomed them and showed Han Jiangxue which bedroom was hers.
• Song Chunxi told Jiang Xiao she had competed in the National High School League three years earlier and placed second.
• Song Chunxi introduced herself as a fourth-year student and the head of the Agile Warrior Department of the Student Union, while Han Jiangxue returned from the bedroom and saw her tapping Jiang Xiao on the forehead.

Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao settled into Emperor Capital Star Warrior, where Song Chunxi’s interest in befriending Han Jiangxue stirred social tensions neither sibling noticed. Jiang Xiao met his new roommates, including the imposing Ren Shu.

• Han Jiangxue interrupted Jiang Xiao and Song Chunxi, then took him to find his dormitory.
• Song Chunxi posted a selfie with Jiang Xiao, and readers interpreted it as a romantic claim, though her real aim was to signal her intent to befriend Han Jiangxue and become her roommate.
• Han Jiangxue and Jiang Xiao walked to Apartment Building 17, where Jiang Xiao would share a four-person dormitory.
• Jiang Xiao greeted his two roommates and met Ren Shu, a muscular student from Haiwei in Lu Dong Province.

Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue met three Shield Warriors in their dormitory, all potential contenders for the open Shield Warrior position on their team. Jiang Xiao tried to win them over with sausages, but he left worried that the dormitory and perhaps the whole building would become a battleground for the spot.

• Jiang Xiao chatted with Ren Shu about Haiwei City and met Han Xin, then learned that both were Shield Warriors.
• Gu Shi'an arrived, announced that he was also a Shield Warrior, and openly declared his interest in joining Han Jiangxue's team.
• Gu Shi'an chose a desk, but Jiang Xiao claimed it first, prompting Gu Shi'an to move his backpack.
• Jiang Xiao unpacked supplies from Han Jiangxue's Shattered Space and shared Jiangbin sausages with his roommates.
• After the roommates ate, Jiang Xiao jokingly declared himself the dormitory's big brother and left with Han Jiangxue.
• Jiang Xiao worried that his three Shield Warrior roommates and the rest of the building might compete for the team's open position, while Han Jiangxue offered to find them outside housing.

Jiang Xiao, Xia Yan, and Han Jiangxue shared a meal and discussed their dorm arrangements before Xia Yan revealed that Song Chunxi was hoping Han Jiangxue would become the powerful Magic System damage dealer her team needed for the World Cup. Han Jiangxue remained uncertain about competing against older students, while Jiang Xiao privately believed her strength already made her an ideal candidate.

• Jiang Xiao, Xia Yan, and Han Jiangxue ate earthen jar soup and porridge together at the university cafeteria.
• Xia Yan told Han Jiangxue that her roommate was a talented combat-path sensitive warrior from Shanghai City.
• Xia Yan explained that Song Chunxi had changed dorms to recruit Han Jiangxue for her World Cup team, which lacked a powerful Magic System damage dealer.
• Han Jiangxue doubted she could compete with third- and fourth-year Magic System users, but Xia Yan said Dongfang Lao Ying believed Han Jiangxue's thirty Star Slots and nearly a year of growth gave her potential.
• Jiang Xiao privately thought Han Jiangxue already had the strength to fill Song Chunxi's damage-dealer position, citing her Platinum-quality Ice Roar.

Jiang Xiao considered joining Han Jiangxue’s team for the International Collegiate League, then reunited with Liu Yang and his teammates at school. Liu Yang invited Han Jiangxue to join his team and asked Jiang Xiao to join as well, but Jiang Xiao instead offered to find them a shield warrior from Apartment Building 17.

• Jiang Xiao decided he would personally vet Song Chunxi’s team’s support player and would join the International Collegiate League himself if necessary to protect Han Jiangxue.
• Jiang Xiao ran into Liu Yang, Cai Yao, and Zhang Qin Zhou after leaving the cafeteria and learned that He Fan had enrolled at Northern National Defense Science and Technology University.
• Liu Yang asked Han Jiangxue to join his team as its Magic System player, and Jiang Xiao healed Liu Yang when he teased her.
• Liu Yang asked Jiang Xiao to join his team, but Jiang Xiao offered to introduce him to the shield warriors living in Apartment Building 17.

Jiang Xiao discussed team tactics with Gu Shi'an, who favored a damage-focused Strength Warrior role for the team. When Bai Ye confronted Jiang Xiao outside the dormitory, Jiang Xiao revealed that Bai Ye had wanted to join his team, provoking the Defense Warriors in Dormitory Building No. 17.

• Jiang Xiao returned to his dormitory and found Gu Shi'an smoking by the window.
• Gu Shi'an said he planned to become a Strength Warrior and argued that Jiang Xiao's team needed a fighter who could keep up with its reckless style.
• Bai Ye shouted for Jiang Xiao to come out and accused him of humiliating him at the school gate.
• Jiang Xiao shouted that Bai Ye had asked to be his teammate and that he had refused because he wanted a shield warrior, not an agile warrior.
• The Defense Warriors leaped from the dormitory windows and surrounded Bai Ye, demanding to know if he had wanted to join Jiang Xiao's team.

Bai Ye challenged Jiang Xiao to a one-on-one fight, but the confrontation turned into a series of staged challenges among the students of Dormitory Building 17. After Gu Shi'an stepped in to fight Bai Ye, Bai Ye opened with a throwing knife that failed to hurt him.

• Students gathered beneath Dormitory Building 17 and beat Bai Ye until he demanded one-on-one fights.
• Wang Shuwang framed Bai Ye's challenge as an insult to the whole dormitory, then charged him and was blasted backward by Bai Ye's purple battle blade.
• Bai Ye taunted Wang Shuwang and Ren Shu, claiming Ren Shu had surrendered before he could respond.
• Gu Shi'an jumped down to accept Bai Ye's challenge after Bai Ye pointed his blade toward Jiang Xiao.
• Bai Ye threw an illusory knife at Gu Shi'an's forehead, but it struck with a metallic clang and left him unharmed.

Bai Ye and Gu Shi'an fought fiercely after Bai Ye challenged the students, and Gu Shi'an revealed that he could summon a Purple Thorn Blade too. When the enforcement team moved in to stop them, Jiang Xiao jumped from the second floor to help Gu Shi'an, landing awkwardly but without injury.

• Jiang Xiao watched Bai Ye's vicious blade techniques suppress Gu Shi'an, who endured the attacks with his body of Steel Bones.
• Bai Ye declared Gu Shi'an defeated, but Gu Shi'an challenged his claim, shattered Bai Ye's blade, and resumed the fight.
• Gu Shi'an summoned a Purple Thorn Blade and matched Bai Ye's stance, surprising the onlookers as the two continued fighting.
• An enforcement captain called Black Cheng ordered his squad to break up the fight, scattering the crowd.
• Jiang Xiao worried Gu Shi'an might be punished for fighting on his behalf, so he jumped from a second-floor window and landed awkwardly without injury.

Jiang Xiao, Gu Shi'an, and Bai Ye served three days in confinement, where Xie Ala’s relentless lessons and Jiang Xiao’s healing ability made the sentence memorable. On the day of his release, Jiang Xiao put Xie Ala to sleep with Blessing and escaped with Han Jiangxue and Song Chunxi, leaving the other inmates grateful behind him.

• Jiang Xiao described the trio’s comfortable but restrictive confinement, their compulsory lessons with Xie Ala, and Gu Shi'an and Bai Ye’s arguments in dialect.
• Jiang Xiao recalled how he had repeatedly used his healing ability on Bai Ye until Bai Ye stopped resisting.
• Xie Ala began another lesson on school rules, and Jiang Xiao asked about the higher-level confinement rooms before refusing her challenge to hit her.
• Jiang Xiao used Blessing to soothe Xie Ala to sleep while Gu Shi'an and Bai Ye watched.
• Han Jiangxue and Song Chunxi arrived to collect Jiang Xiao, and the three men quietly left the cell without waking Xie Ala.
• Jiang Xiao hurried away with Han Jiangxue and called to the other inmates to stay quiet, prompting grateful cheers from the corridor.

After leaving confinement, Bai Ye was recruited by Xue Yi, who tested him with her giant ants. Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue considered Gu Shi'an as a potential shield warrior, while Gu Shi'an rushed to find a cigarette.

• Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, and Bai Ye completed their release from confinement with Song Chunxi accompanying them.
• Xue Yi and Zheng Qiu approached the group and explained that they wanted to recruit Bai Ye for their team.
• Xue Yi summoned giant ants with her Dark Ant Queen Star Pearl and Star Skills, then challenged Bai Ye to survive their encirclement.
• Gu Shi'an explained that Xue Yi's giant ants came from rare Star Pearls associated with the Dark Cave, then hurried away from the group.
• Jiang Xiao told Han Jiangxue that he was considering Gu Shi'an as a shield warrior, and Han Jiangxue agreed to keep observing him.
• Gu Shi'an asked a group of students for a cigarette and lit one after leaving the confinement area.

After being released from a seventy-two-hour detention, Jiang Xiao reunited with Han Jiangxue and Song Chunxi and learned that Han Jiangxue planned to compete for a place in the World League. The chapter ended with Song Chunxi warning Jiang Xiao about the Gold Rank creatures at Black Rock Mountain, while he watched her toss a hazelnut and wondered whether to catch and eat it.

• Jiang Xiao was released from detention on September 4, and Han Jiangxue and Song Chunxi picked him up.
• Song Chunxi had helped Han Jiangxue avoid the people seeking to join Jiang Xiao's championship team.
• Han Jiangxue told Jiang Xiao she had decided to compete, and he supported her while joking about traveling abroad with her.
• Song Chunxi explained that Han Jiangxue could coordinate her competition training with classes and missions.
• Song Chunxi warned Jiang Xiao to stay near his instructor during the Fake Military Training at Black Rock Mountain, where the creatures were Gold Rank.
• Song Chunxi tossed a hazelnut into the air, leaving Jiang Xiao unsure whether to catch it and eat it.