Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xiao defeated Fang Xiao in the tournament by enduring his assault, silencing his Star Power, and overwhelming him with blade techniques before impaling him. After the match, Zhao Wenlong and Hou Mingming discussed Jiang Xiao’s lethal composure and the difference between him and the other students.

• Fang Xiao opened with thrown daggers, but Jiang Xiao blocked them and used Voice of Silence before defending against Fang Xiao’s close-range assault with his blade.
• Jiang Xiao used Light of Reversal and Voice of Silence to disrupt Fang Xiao’s Star Power, then counterattacked and cut him repeatedly inside the Silence Domain.
• Fang Xiao escaped the Silence Domain and attacked with stone Star Skills, but Jiang Xiao pressed forward with Green Glow and sent him flying.
• Jiang Xiao teleported into Fang Xiao’s path and thrust his blade through Fang Xiao’s spine and chest, then pinned him to the ground before teachers carried him away.
• Wu Yao celebrated by hugging Han Jiangxue, who blasted him and nearby spectators away with Flame Rejection.
• Zhao Wenlong observed Jiang Xiao’s lack of hesitation in battle, while Hou Mingming said Jiang Xiao was a true powerhouse and reminded Zhao Wenlong that she had defeated him before.

After Jiang Xiao stunned the school with his combat skill, Xiao Jin chose him as a potential opponent, while Zhao Wenlong and Hou Mingming argued over who should fight him. The chapter ended with Jiang Xiao refusing Xiao Jin and declaring that he still wanted to challenge Fang Xiao.

• The students and Li Liang reconsidered Jiang Xiao's strength after seeing his blade technique and support skills overwhelm Fang Xiao.
• Xiao Jin arrived late in casual clothes, ate breakfast on the way, and was ordered by Li Liang to choose an opponent.
• Xiao Jin pointed out Jiang Xiao, but Zhao Wenlong claimed he would fight Jiang Xiao next, prompting Hou Mingming to confront him.
• Xiao Jin challenged Zhao Wenlong to fight for the chance to face Jiang Xiao, but Li Liang reminded him that Group A contestants had to choose from Group B.
• Jiang Xiao begged the higher-ranked contestants not to choose him and said he would choose Fang Xiao again when his turn came, drawing laughter from the stands.

Jiang Xiao faced Xiao Jin, who was eager for a genuine fight, but stalled the match with questions and a theatrical introduction. After Xiao Jin charged, Jiang Xiao walked away, then mocked the Fang Tian Halberd by asking how many points of combat power it added, leaving Xiao Jin baffled.

• Xiao Jin challenged Jiang Xiao, dismissed the official rankings, and declared that Jiang Xiao had to beat him to claim first place.
• Jiang Xiao accepted the challenge after Xiao Jin said a weapon reflected its wielder’s attitude, then asked referee Li Liang about the advantage for advancing first.
• Li Liang explained that the first contestants to advance could choose their opponents, while Jiang Xiao delayed the match and delivered a grand introduction to his Xia Family Blade.
• Xiao Jin charged at Jiang Xiao, who suddenly turned away and said he would not fight because Xiao Jin had not shown him equal respect.
• Xiao Jin introduced his Fang Tian Halberd, and Jiang Xiao asked whether it added eight points of combat power, leaving Xiao Jin bewildered.

Jiang Xiaopi defeated Xiao Jin by exploiting his impatience, then became the first contestant to advance to the next round. Afterward, Xia Yan asked Jiang Xiaopi to teach her his close-combat blade technique, and he agreed while planning to repay her lessons with nine more forms.

• Jiang Xiaopi kept Xiao Jin talking before the match, provoking his impatience and making him return to his starting position.
• Jiang Xiaopi used Blessing instead of Voice of Silence, then tripped and pinned Xiao Jin with his blade at Xiao Jin's cheek.
• Xiao Jin acknowledged Jiang Xiaopi had exploited his personality and conceded, while Jiang Xiaopi said he would rather fight Fang Xiao.
• Li Liang announced Jiang Xiaopi as the first contestant to advance, and Jiang Xiaopi's friends and family celebrated.
• Jiang Xiaopi teased Xia Yan about his Thirteenth Form, and Xia Yan asked him to teach her close-combat blade techniques; he agreed and resolved to return nine forms to her.

Jiang Xiao and Two Tails’ team were ordered to leave Evil Night Mountain and destroy its Sacred Ruins as dimensional openings grew frequent. They returned through the Space Gate only to find Evil Night Mountain’s starry sky and creatures appearing over Earth in broad daylight.

• A soldier ordered Two Tails’ team to leave Evil Night Mountain, report to the nearest military camp, and prepare to destroy the Sacred Ruins.
• Two Tails assembled Fei Xue and Yin Ni and led the team out of the Underground Cave; Jiang Xiao persuaded her to let Yin Ni keep her Golden Red Candle Fire.
• Fei Xue asked about their next training stage, and Two Tails told him to follow orders and destroy the Sacred Ruins.
• The team reached the Space Gate and saw Guardian Legion soldiers packing up before they returned to Earth.
• Two Tails’ team emerged beneath a starry sky where golden candle flames and venom-spewing giant bugs appeared on the horizon, and a guard confirmed it was Earth at 12:11 p.m.

Jiang Xiao rested during the tournament while his Decoy watched a Sacred Ruins open directly over Earth in the Great Northwest, unleashing creatures from Evil Night Mountain. After a fighter-jet strike destroyed the visible gate, Two Tails led her team to investigate another newly opened Sacred Ruins in the forest.

• Li Liang reconsidered Jiang Xiao’s abilities and marked him as a candidate to recommend for the National Team selection.
• Jiang Xiao noticed calluses on Xia Yan’s hands, healed them with Blessing, and then closed his eyes to rest.
• Jiang Xiao’s Decoy watched Golden Red Candle Fires and Golden Red Giant Bugs fall from a Sacred Ruins that had opened directly over Earth.
• Two Tails ordered Nine Tails to drive west, and fighter jets destroyed the Sacred Ruins pouring creatures into the region.
• Two Tails spotted another possible Sacred Ruins in the forest and led her team off the road to destroy it.
• Two Tails froze the Golden Red Candle Fires as the team entered the forest to face the dangerous Golden Red Giant Bugs.

While Two Tails’s team searched for a Sacred Ruins opening in Evil Night Mountain, Jiang Xiao worried about the danger from his Decoy and rushed into his university tournament match against Fang Xiao. Fang Xiao avoided fighting and kept fleeing, leaving Jiang Xiao to chase and attack him across the stadium.

• Two Tails ordered the team to ignore the Golden Red Giant Bugs and search for the Sacred Ruins, while Yin Ni and Nine Tails protected the group from the bugs’ corrosive fluid.
• Han Jiangxue woke Jiang Xiao before his match, and he asked whether Fang Xiao had advanced before hurrying into the arena.
• Jiang Xiao tried to provoke Fang Xiao, but Fang Xiao dodged his Blessing and retreated instead of engaging in close combat.
• Fang Xiao dodged Jiang Xiao’s attacks, briefly formed stone armor and military spikes, then fled across the arena and threw a stone spike at him.
• Jiang Xiao chased Fang Xiao around the stadium with his blade as Fang Xiao continued running and refusing to fight.

Jiang Xiao steadied himself against Fang Xiao’s stalling tactics, upgraded Abundant Star Power, and used Wounding Tear to summon a rainstorm over the field. The rain chased Fang Xiao into the stands and drenched the spectators as the match continued.

• Jiang Xiao recovered his stamina with Blessing and calmed himself while Fang Xiao kept running from him.
• Jiang Xiao spent 60 Skill Points to raise Abundant Star Power to Gold Quality Lv.0, greatly speeding up his Star Power recovery.
• After Li Liang announced a twenty-minute match duration, Jiang Xiao stopped chasing Fang Xiao and pretended to cry.
• Jiang Xiao activated Yearning Halo and Wounding Tear, summoning a localized downpour that burned Fang Xiao and drained his life.
• Fang Xiao fled from the field into the stands, but the rain expanded over the spectators, who cried out in pain and cursed Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao won the qualification to represent Imperial Capital Star Warrior University in the National Team selection tournament, but the backlash from his rain attack left him badly battered. Meanwhile, Nine Tails helped destroy Sacred Ruins and received a mysterious Black White Candle Fire from a child he had rescued.

• Jiang Xiao’s Wounding Tear rain provoked attacks from students across the arena, but he endured them and defeated Fang Xiao after Fang Xiao fled the arena.
• Li Liang declared Jiang Xiao the winner, and Han Jiangxue freed him from the Star Skills trapping him before helping him leave the arena.
• Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan brought Jiang Xiao to Xia Yan’s home, where he collapsed into a deep sleep as news outlets reported his victory.
• Nine Tails and Yin Ni helped the local police and Triumphant Army destroy a Sacred Ruins that had opened in a town, then assisted in clearing out the insects.
• A rescued family thanked Nine Tails, and their young son gave him a strange Black White Candle Fire that appeared to be a mutated creature.

Jiang Xiao learned that his Decoy had helped contain the Evil Night Mountain disaster while he attended to life at home and his upcoming World Cup matches. The chapter ended as Two Tails and Nine Tails prepared to confront a new wave of creatures pouring from six Space Teleportation Gates.

• Jiang Xiao saw that his combat performance and the picture of Han Jiangxue rescuing him had gone viral, then Xia Yan dragged him off to shower.
• Jiang Xiao discovered that the Black White Candle Fire’s supposed Warmth skill actually made it cold, while Yin Ni eagerly held it beside her Golden Red Candle Fire.
• Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan asked Jiang Xiao about the northwest crisis, and he revealed that his Decoy had been training with Two Tails and helping local teams rescue a town.
• Jiang Xiao told them the Evil Night Mountain disaster had been controlled in Huaxia, though darkness and human wrongdoing could still make the situation dangerous elsewhere.
• Six Space Teleportation Gates opened above a cliff, releasing Golden Red Candle Fires and Golden Red Giant Bugs, and Two Tails ordered Nine Tails to go with her while the other two guarded the vehicle.

Two Tails and Nine Tails fought their way through the Golden Red tide and destroyed the Saint Ruins Gates, stopping the waterfalls from pouring out more Star Beasts. As they led the surviving Candle Fires onward, the Evil Night began to break and daylight returned.

• Two Tails and Nine Tails reached the Golden Red tide, where Giant Bugs were draining the Candle Fires of their Star Power.
• Two Tails transformed into a giant Long-tailed Lynx and climbed the waterfalls, using Lava Dance to destroy the Saint Ruins Gates while Nine Tails helped launch and protect her.
• Nine Tails was pierced through the thigh but continued fighting as Two Tails destroyed the remaining waterfalls and returned to human form.
• Two Tails used Frost Wind instead of Lava Dance to slow the remaining Golden Red Star Beasts while she and Nine Tails cleared a path.
• The surviving Candle Fires gathered around the two warriors, and the Evil Night gave way to blue skies and daylight.

After the Evil Night Mountain crisis, Two Tails and Nine Tails returned to the Imperial Capital while Jiang Xiao prepared for the National Team selection. At a meeting with Zhao Wenlong, Hou Mingming, and Zhang Ren, Jiang Xiao learned the first selection stage would take place at the Ancient Tower Peak Other Dimension Space, and Zhao Wenlong proposed forming a team.

• The Evil Night Mountain crisis ended after the military cleared out the dangerous Golden Red Giant Bugs, while civilians adopted the docile Golden Red Candle Fires left behind.
• Yin Ni and Fei Xue became full members of the Night Watch Army, and Two Tails left with Nine Tails after handing the Black White Candle Fire to a starbeast research institute.
• Two Tails finished her affairs and flew to the Imperial Capital with Nine Tails, while Jiang Xiao prepared to join the National Team selection under Teacher Fang's leadership.
• Jiang Xiao met Zhao Wenlong, Hou Mingming, and Zhang Ren at a café, where Hou Mingming explained that Jiang Xiao had helped her mother accept her relationship with Zhang Ren.
• Zhao Wenlong told Jiang Xiao that the first National Team selection stage would be held at the Ancient Tower Peak Other Dimension Space, then suggested that they form a team.

Jiang Xiao met with Zhao Wenlong, Hou Mingming, and Zhang Ren to discuss the National Team selection competition’s new team-friendly tower-climbing preliminary round. Hou Mingming warned that opponents might underestimate Jiang Xiao, and he eagerly urged her to keep talking after she recounted how his past opponents had made the same mistake.

• Jiang Xiao learned that competitors could cooperate while climbing Ancient Tower Peak, but had to reach the top and keep the number of people there at thirty-two or fewer for fifteen minutes to qualify.
• Zhao Wenlong explained that the top thirty-two would advance to a one-on-one elimination tournament, and the group discussed how the revised format might favor alliances.
• Zhao Wenlong said competitors would likely seek Jiang Xiao’s support and buffs during the preliminary round, then regard him as an easy opponent in the individual stage.
• Hou Mingming admitted that, despite recognizing Jiang Xiao’s strength, she had assumed his realm and class would keep him from becoming a serious obstacle.
• Hou Mingming told Jiang Xiao that most of his past opponents had underestimated him, and Jiang Xiao took her pistachio and urged her to continue.

Jiang Xiao and Two Tails tested whether the Star Beasts in the Calamity Shadow Ruins could advance, then killed them for their Star Pearls before Two Tails took Little Little away. Two Tails revealed that she had been ordered to captain a Light Chasing Squad, leaving Jiang Xiao to prepare for the World Cup and his promise to the heroic spirits.

• Jiang Xiao met Two Tails and Nine Tails at a highway service area and entered the Calamity Shadow Ruins with Two Tails, where they found that many Star Beasts were missing and the rest were starving.
• Jiang Xiao and Two Tails tested Light of Reversal on Lava Ghoul Witches and Savage Female Witches, but none advanced beyond their current rank.
• Jiang Xiao agreed to kill the remaining Star Beasts for their Star Pearls, and Little Little used Ice Roar to help eliminate them.
• Two Tails told Jiang Xiao that she had orders to captain a Light Chasing Squad and would leave for an unknown length of time, taking Little Little with her.
• Two Tails encouraged Jiang Xiao to fulfill his promise to the heroic spirits at the Martyrs' Cemetery and then left the Calamity Shadow Ruins.

Jiang Xiao traveled with Hou Mingming, Zhao Wenlong, and Teacher Fang Xingyun to Ancient Tower Peak to train for the National Team solo-match selection. After entering the tower, he challenged Hou Mingming to lead their first team exploration.

• Jiang Xiao said goodbye to Han Jiangxue, Xia Yan, and the others before leaving Imperial Capital City with Hou Mingming, Zhao Wenlong, and Teacher Fang Xingyun.
• The Four-person Team reached the military camp outside Xuchang and entered Ancient Tower Peak the next morning.
• Jiang Xiao noticed that this Ancient Tower Peak had torches along its walls, unlike the dark towers he had read about.
• Hou Mingming asked to explore alone, but Fang Xingyun told her they would train as a team before she could enter solo exploration mode.
• Jiang Xiao challenged Hou Mingming to value the chance to team with his support, and she summoned her bow and agreed to lead the way.

Jiang Xiao and his team explored the dark maze on the Ancient Tower’s first floor, where Ghost Face Monks ambushed them. After seeing Zhao Wenlong defeat one Silver Companion, Jiang Xiao accepted a one-on-one challenge from another and offered his giant blade if he lost.

• The team wandered through the maze, and Jiang Xiao suggested they keep to the right at every intersection to find the stairs without getting lost.
• A Ghost Face Silver Companion ambushed Zhao Wenlong and Jiang Xiao, kicking them aside before Hou Mingming’s arrows drove it into hiding and Zhao Wenlong killed another attacker.
• Hou Mingming spotted a Silver Companion waiting openly in a corridor and told Jiang Xiao to face it.
• Jiang Xiao mistook the creature’s challenge for a desire to study his swordsmanship and promised to give it his blade if he lost.

Jiang Xiao fought a Ghost Face Silver Companion at Ancient Tower Peak and discovered that his Great Blade attracted the Ghost Face Monks. After drawing the Silver Companion into the Calamity Shadow Ruins, he faced it there with a Great Blade of its own.

• Jiang Xiao fought the Silver Companion with his Xia Family Blade Art and wondered whether he could use Ghost Face Monks as sparring partners in the Calamity Shadow Ruins.
• Jiang Xiao used Green Glow to drive the Silver Companion into the corridor, where it dodged his attacks before falling into the Calamity Shadow Ruins.
• Fang Xingyun, Zhao Wenlong, and Hou Mingming caught up with Jiang Xiao, and Hou Mingming spotted another Ghost Face Monk as a Grass Companion challenged Jiang Xiao over his Great Blade.
• Jiang Xiao said he could support his teammates or use a bow and arrows, while Fang Xingyun and the others doubted his claims about his combat and archery skills.
• Inside the Calamity Shadow Ruins, Jiang Xiao gave the Silver Companion a Great Blade, and the two fighters mirrored each other's stances before charging at one another.

Jiang Xiao’s team fought a Grass Companion and a Clothing Companion in Ancient Tower Peak while Jiang Xiao discovered that the Xia Family Blade Art had upgraded. The chapter ended with Hou Mingming mistaking his genuine confusion for an act, and Jiang Xiao loudly insisting that he was sincere with her.

• Jiang Xiao healed Zhao Wenlong with Bell Chime after Zhao was affected by the Grass Companion’s Thorns, and the Grass Companion survived Zhao’s blows by using Transfer.
• Hou Mingming spotted the Clothing Companion and transformed the Grass Companion’s straw raincoat into a Star Light Kasaya with a hidden attack.
• Hou Mingming’s arrows pierced the Kasaya and overwhelmed the Grass Companion, but she said the Clothing Companion had escaped.
• Jiang Xiao saw a message in his Inner Star Map announcing that his Xia Family Blade Art had reached Gold Quality Lv.7.
• Hou Mingming accused Jiang Xiao of disguising himself, and Jiang Xiao shouted that he was sincere with her, leaving Zhao Wenlong and Fang Xingyun baffled.

Jiang Xiao examined the Silver Companion and Grass Companion Star Pearls before the group climbed toward the second floor, where Zhao Wenlong defeated a Gold Companion with a spectacular Five-Clawed Golden Dragon attack. Jiang Xiao asked about the technique, and Zhao Wenlong said it came from his homeland, Fulan.

• Jiang Xiao examined Zhao Wenlong's Silver Companion Star Pearl and Hou Mingming's Grass Companion Star Pearl, then returned each to its owner.
• Hou Mingming spotted the stairs, and the group climbed the steep staircase toward the second floor.
• Zhao Wenlong attacked a Gold Companion waiting at the landing, while Hou Mingming caught and swung him back toward it.
• Jiang Xiao cast Blessing on the Gold Companion, and Zhao Wenlong struck it with a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon before finishing it with a kick.
• Jiang Xiao asked where Zhao Wenlong learned the Star Skill, and Zhao Wenlong said it came from his homeland, Fulan.

Jiang Xiao, Zhao Wenlong, and Hou Mingming continued training in Ancient Tower Peak while Fang Xingyun questioned whether their strong individual skills were building teamwork. After Hou Mingming clashed with two trainees and then spoke rudely to Fang Xingyun, Jiang Xiao confronted her, leaving the team’s tensions unresolved as they continued toward the tower’s upper levels.

• Jiang Xiao examined the Gold Companion Star Pearl and handed it to Zhao Wenlong, who refused to claim it as his alone.
• Fang Xingyun told Jiang Xiao, Zhao Wenlong, and Hou Mingming that they needed more dangerous training to develop teamwork, and they continued climbing Ancient Tower Peak together.
• On the fourth level, Hou Mingming’s arrows struck two trainees hiding in a corridor blind spot, and she argued with the furious female trainee and her male teammate.
• Hou Mingming threatened the two trainees with her drawn bow until they retreated, then dismissed Fang Xingyun’s attempt to address her conduct.
• Jiang Xiao rebuked Hou Mingming for speaking disrespectfully to Fang Xingyun, and Hou Mingming left after warning him to make it into the knockout rounds.