Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xiao captured Nicolas and subdued the people and Dark Hall remnants in the dance hall with Silence and Blessing. Two Tails praised his work and warned that the Sacred Ruins could soon force him to reveal his true strength, while Jiang Xiao ended by asking how to say “medal” in Russian.

• Nicolas tried to headbutt Jiang Xiao, but Jiang Xiao knocked him unconscious and the bodyguards dragged him away.
• Jiang Xiao used Green Glow to slam a bodyguard into the ceiling, then attacked the fleeing Nicolas and the dance hall crowd with Diamond Silence.
• Jiang Xiao used Blessing pillars to restrain the crowd and expose the Dark Hall remnants, dodging their attacks while keeping Nicolas under control and healing him.
• Two Tails arrived with Da Sheng and Wolf Heart, and ordered them to take Nicolas and everyone in the warehouse into custody.
• Two Tails praised Jiang Xiao’s performance and warned that the opening Sacred Ruins might soon make him reveal his strength to the world.
• Jiang Xiao said he hoped to keep living freely, then asked Two Tails how to say “medal” in Russian.

After completing his mission in Konkkinder, Jiang Xiao returned to Imperial Capital City and found Xia Yan and Han Jiangxue exhausted from an unknown mission. He brought them into the Calamity Shadow Ruins to rest, leaving their condition and recent work unexplained.

• Jiang Xiao left Konkkinder with the Black White Candle Bear after the mastermind was identified and the research team completed its work.
• Jiang Xiao flew to Imperial Capital City and used Space-Time Gap to return to Xia Yan's residence.
• Jiang Xiao found Xia Yan asleep over a bowl of noodles and carried her into the Calamity Shadow Ruins to recover.
• Jiang Xiao summoned Whining Bear and Black White Candle Fire, then used Silver Blessing on Xia Yan.
• Jiang Xiao found Han Jiangxue equally exhausted and brought her into the Calamity Shadow Ruins, where he laid her against Whining Bear and covered her with his uniform.

Xia Yan woke in the Calamity Shadow Ruins and caught up with Jiang Xiao about their recent missions. After sharing stories of their exhausting expeditions and Jiang Xiao’s undercover disguise, they ended their reunion with playful banter.

• Xia Yan woke beside Han Jiangxue and realized Little Pi had brought them into the Calamity Shadow Ruins to recover.
• Xia Yan told Jiang Xiao that her patrol squad had spent six days searching Black Rock Mountain for a Sacred Ruins eight hundred kilometers from its gate.
• Xia Yan praised Zhao Zijian’s medical abilities but complained that she had to protect him, then described how Xie Ala and the solitary-confinement students fought off Black Rock Mountain creatures.
• Jiang Xiao told Xia Yan about guarding the Prince, observing Whining Bear, rescuing the Prince, and disguising himself as a woman to lure and capture a crime lord.
• Jiang Xiao transformed into Han Jiangxue and then into her Chang'e appearance, leaving Xia Yan stunned before demanding Void Calamity Shadow Star Beads for more transformations.
• Jiang Xiao told Xia Yan to say “Woof,” and she did so after he stopped and stared at her.

Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, and Xia Yan furnished a living and recreation area inside the Calamity Shadow Ruins, making plans to expand it further. When Xia Yan’s oversized amusement equipment arrived, Whining Bear surprised Jiang Xiao by driving a go-kart after her.

• Jiang Xiao returned to find Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan awake, healed Xia Yan’s injured foot, and invited them out to eat and shop.
• Xia Yan bought furniture and a huge inflatable play castle for the Star Pets, while Han Jiangxue suggested using the Ruins’ height to create multiple levels.
• The trio arranged a rest area in the Calamity Shadow Ruins, setting up furniture, entertainment equipment, fitness machines, and a weapon rack.
• Black White Candle Fire played on the exercise bike as Jiang Xiao pedaled alongside it, and Xia Yan’s amusement equipment arrived the next afternoon.
• Xia Yan raced a go-kart through the Ruins with Black White Candle Fire on its hood, while Whining Bear followed in another kart with bread in its mouth.

After returning to school from the Calamity Shadow Ruins, Jiang Xiao received a call from Prince Bino, who invited him to join the Star Pet Master Elite Invitational Tournament and offered increasingly tempting incentives. The call ended when Shao Binhao caught Jiang Xiao talking in class and tested him, then angrily told Sun Xiaosheng to close his book.

• Jiang Xia returned to school after training in the Calamity Shadow Ruins, and Vice Principal Yang Chensan and Chief Instructor Qin Wangchuan welcomed him back without asking about his mission.
• Prince Bino called Jiang Xiao during class and asked him to join the Star Pet Master Elite Invitational Tournament, mentioning the Black White Candle Bear and a generous champion's reward.
• Jiang Xiao refused Bino's invitation despite offers of friendship, gifts, and a chance to spar with Sophia, but he became interested when Bino offered high-quality Star Pearls.
• Shao Binhao caught Jiang Xiao taking the call, confiscated his phone, and ordered him to stand and listen to class.
• Shao Binhao asked Jiang Xiao about the micro-level function of ideals and convictions, then shouted at Sun Xiaosheng to close his book.

Jiang Xiao learned about the European Elite Invitational Tournament for Star Pet Masters while arranging to attend Hai Tianqing and Fang Xingyun’s wedding on Tree Island. Prince Bino invited him to the tournament in the West Horse Kingdom, and Jiang Xiao discovered that Bino wanted his help partly because he was sulking at Sophia.

• Jiang Xiao researched the European Elite Invitational Tournament and discussed it with Gu Shi'an in the Pioneering Army duty room.
• Hai Tianqing told Jiang Xiao that his wedding would be held on Tree Island on June 23 and asked him, Han Jiangxue, and Xia Yan to attend as witnesses.
• Jiang Xiao joked with Fang Xingyun about who counted as the master's wife, then agreed to coordinate the group’s travel; Han Jiangxue proposed leaving on June 18.
• Prince Bino invited Jiang Xiao to compete in the tournament at a royal estate in the West Horse Kingdom and suggested teaming up against Sophia.
• Jiang Xiao asked whether Bino’s invitation was motivated by his rivalry with Sophia, and Bino admitted that he was sulking because she constantly mocked him.

Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, and Xia Yan arrived in Lucheng and met Kong Lingkai and Li Wanyu, who took them by helicopter to Tree Island. Jiang Xiao jumped into the sea, caught two Glass Gulls, and left them planted headfirst in the sand after Han Jiangxue told him to release them.

• Jiang Xiao agreed to try to attend Prince Bino's invitation and later traveled to Lucheng with Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan.
• Kong Lingkai and Li Wanyu picked up the trio and revealed that Kong Lingkai was Fang Xingyun's cousin from her mother's side.
• The group boarded a helicopter to Tree Island, where Jiang Xiao jumped into the sea while Han Jiangxue watched anxiously.
• Jiang Xiao caught two sparkling Glass Gulls after they flew up from the water.
• Han Jiangxue explained that Glass Gulls had to live by that coast, so Jiang Xiao released them, and they landed headfirst in the sand.

Jiang Xiao arrived at the forest wedding venue and reunited with Xu Li, the former One Tail, whom he asked about the unresolved matter of Three Tails. Hai Tianqing and Fang Xingyun returned happily, and Jiang Xiao agreed to be Hai Tianqing’s best man as Xu Li thanked him for the invitation and asked whether he had invited Hong Ying.

• Jiang Xiao and his companions reached the lakeside wedding venue, where Song Duoduo ran into Jiang Xiao and declared that she would like him again after he bathed.
• Jiang Xiao recognized Xu Li as One Tail and asked him to tell the story Two Tails would not discuss, hoping to understand the Tail Feather Team and help her.
• Xu Li acknowledged Hai Tianqing and Three Tails to some extent, but their conversation stopped when Hai Tianqing and Fang Xingyun arrived.
• Hai Tianqing and Fang Xingyun asked Jiang Xiao to be the best man, and Fang Xingyun took him to try on his suit.
• Xu Li thanked Hai Tianqing for inviting him and asked whether he had invited Hong Ying, but Hai Tianqing left without answering.

Hai Tianqing and Fang Xingyun married in an intimate nighttime ceremony on Tree Island, where Two Tails arrived for the vows before quietly leaving. The celebration continued by the sea with a surprise release of Glass Gulls, while Jiang Xiao recovered from being startled by the birds.

• Jiang Xiao served as Hai Tianqing's best man as guests gathered for the evening wedding.
• Song Duoduo scattered flowers ahead of Fang Xingyun, and Hai Tianqing became emotional as she approached.
• Hai Tianqing and Fang Xingyun exchanged rings and vows, while Two Tails watched from the forest's edge before leaving after their kiss.
• Li Wanyu prepared glowing crystal balls and a caged vehicle as a surprise for the newlyweds' seaside banquet.
• Hai Tianqing and Jiang Xiao opened the vehicle, releasing flocks of Glass Gulls into the illuminated night sky, and Jiang Xiao ducked in alarm.

At Hai Tianqing and Fang Xingyun’s wedding banquet, the newlyweds shared a quiet moment before Liu Qing and Jiang Xiao offered toasts. Jiang Xiao celebrated their relationship and choices, leaving the couple surrounded by congratulations.

• Fang Xingyun helped Jiang Xiao up from the sand and sent him away before sitting beside Hai Tianqing.
• Fang Xingyun told Hai Tianqing that Jiang Xiao had helped secure his teaching position at Emperor Capital Star Warrior.
• Liu Qing toasted the newlyweds, recalling Fang Xingyun’s life and blessing them to grow old together without regrets.
• Song Duoduo told Jiang Xiao it was time for the best man’s speech, and Jiang Xiao stood to address the guests.
• Jiang Xiao recalled how Hai Tianqing and Fang Xingyun had guided him, praised Fang Xingyun’s choice, and toasted their life together.

At Fang Xingyun and Hai Tianqing’s seaside wedding celebration, Xu Li told Jiang Xiao that Three Tails, Yu Qiucai, had entered the Sacred Ruins after her emotions collapsed and may have been trying to escape rather than pursue strength or exploration. Jiang Xiao left Xu Li with a promise that he would not leave Two Tails, while privately recognizing that he was already traveling beyond the places she had never seen.

• Jiang Xiao drank and danced at Fang Xingyun and Hai Tianqing’s celebration before Xu Li kept him behind for a late-night conversation.
• Xu Li revealed that Three Tails was Yu Qiucai, the daughter of the elderly couple who ran Two Tails’ favorite barbecue shop.
• Xu Li explained that Qiucai had long felt trapped by a life shaped by others’ choices and had leaped into the Sacred Ruins after saying she wanted to see mountains and sea she had never seen.
• Xu Li believed Qiucai’s departure was an act of escape, possibly even suicide, while Two Tails preferred to believe she had pursued her dream.
• Jiang Xiao told Xu Li he would not leave Two Tails, then privately reflected that the mountains and seas he had seen were places one could not return from.

After finishing exams, Jiang Xiao learned that Imperial Capital Star Warrior had made destroying Other Dimension Spaces part of its practical assessment. Han Jiangxue told him their Pioneer team would choose its own target, and they agreed to go to Ba Min Province to destroy Tear Rain Forests.

• Imperial Capital Star Warrior assigned students teams to destroy Other Dimension Spaces, with senior students earning rewards based on their results.
• Hai Tianqing and Fang Xingyun both asked to lead Jiang Xiao's team, each believing its mission would be especially dangerous.
• Han Jiangxue explained that the Pioneering Army would handle the team's liaison work and that Qin Wangchuan had chosen Jiang Xiao to serve as its Pioneering Instructor.
• Han Jiangxue presented several possible targets, and Jiang Xiao said the team should choose together after considering its members and the mission.
• Han Jiangxue recommended the Tear Rain Forests in Ba Min Province because the local warriors were overworked, the Tear Rain Star Skills were dangerous, and Jiang Xiao's Bell Chime could counter them.
• Jiang Xiao agreed to go to Ba Min Province, though the mission might prevent him from traveling to the West Horse Kingdom with Two Tails.

The Pioneer Apprentice Army team arrived at a newly opened Tear Rain Forest to destroy its Sacred Ruins. After splitting up to search for the ruins, Jiang Xiao teleported away alone while Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan set off together.

• The Pioneer Apprentice Army traveled to Minxi City after the Ba Min Pioneering Army reported a new Tear Rain Forest mission site.
• Jiang Xiao told Xia Yan that a crisis affecting Nordic countries and the Never Setting Sun Kingdom had delayed the West Horse Kingdom competition.
• The team reached the sealed Space Gate, received communications equipment, and entered Tear Rain Forest.
• Han Jiangxue planned to split the team into pairs, but Jiang Xiao sent Xia Yan with Han Jiangxue so she could use Domain Tear to detect threats.
• Jiang Xiao teleported off alone, while Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan used Black Void Instant Guard to begin searching in another direction.

Jiang Xiao entered the Tear Rain Forest to hunt and advance a Tear Spirit, using his Fang Tian Halberd and Star Skills to overcome the local creatures. The Tear Spirit transformed into a five-sphere Platinum Rank formation, and the chapter ended with Jiang Xiao silencing its noisy cries.

• Jiang Xiao chose a Fang Tian Halberd, woke his Bamboo Bear, and retrieved Black White Candle Fire from Naughty Castle.
• Jiang Xiao found and punctured a Platinum Rank Tear Ghost, which spun through the air and collapsed into a layer of transparent skin.
• Jiang Xiao found a Tear Spirit and used Light of Reversal to help it advance from Gold Rank to Platinum Rank.
• The Tear Spirit transformed from one sphere into a formation of five spheres, surprising Jiang Xiao.
• The five-sphere Tear Spirit cried at Jiang Xiao, who used Silence and ordered it to hold its cries in.

Jiang Xiao killed a newly advanced Tear Spirit and absorbed its Star Pearl, raising his Tear Rain Star Skills to Platinum Level 1. He discovered a Sacred Ruins overwhelmed by Tear Rain creatures and unleashed his own Wounding Tears into the catastrophic storm.

• Jiang Xiao restrained the Tear Spirit with Diamond Silence, killed it with his Flashy Blade, and absorbed its Star Pearl, raising Purifying Tear, Wounding Tear, and Domain Tear to Platinum Level 1.
• Jiang Xiao flew through the Tear Rain Forest and sensed patches where overlapping Mist Tears interfered with his Domain Tear perception.
• Jiang Xiao discovered a Sacred Ruins surrounded by a huge storm of Tear Demons, Tear Ghosts, and Tear Spirits, whose combined Star Skills caused destruction and misery.
• Jiang Xiao used Bell Chime to clear his confusion and resist the effects of Wounding Tears, then realized he could counter the creatures with his own Wounding Tears.
• Jiang Xiao sat at the edge of the torrential rain and released his Platinum Rank Wounding Tears into the storm.

Jiang Xiao endured the Tear Rain Forest’s emotional and physical assault while harvesting Tear Spirit Star Pearls, then used the resulting upgrades to reach Diamond Quality in three Tear Rain skills. He discovered that Diamond Purifying Tear and Wounding Tear allowed him to control their rainfall, leaving him with a far more flexible way to target enemies without exposing himself.

• Jiang Xiao used Bell Chime and his Yearning Halo to withstand the combined Tear Rain effects, then revived a defeated Tear Spirit with Light of Reversal and healed it until it evolved.
• Jiang Xiao killed the evolved Tear Spirit and absorbed its Star Pearl, raising Domain Tear, Purifying Tear, and Wounding Tear to Platinum Quality Lv.2.
• Jiang Xiao gathered more Tear Spirit Star Pearls as the rain intensified, then escaped a charging Tear Ghost that was about to self-destruct by using Blink.
• Jiang Xiao left the torrential rain, used Silver Blessing to recover his mood, and absorbed a Star Pearl to upgrade Domain Tear, Purifying Tear, and Wounding Tear to Diamond Quality Lv.0.
• Jiang Xiao tested Diamond Purifying Tear and discovered he could shrink its rainfall to an eight-meter area and move it between locations.
• Jiang Xiao found that Diamond Wounding Tear let him choose its effects and control its rainfall, and he imagined targeting Imperial Capital Star Warrior University while staying safely outside the rain.

Jiang Xiao tested his newly upgraded Diamond Domain Tear and discovered it could summon and control water directly, forming a small domain of manipulable, Star-Power-infused water. He left the experiment eager to test the Starry-quality versions of Domain Tear, Wounding Tear, and Purifying Tear.

• Jiang Xiao activated Diamond Domain Tear and found that it froze the raindrops in a five-meter sphere around him, letting him shape them into weapons and shields.
• Jiang Xiao tested the water constructs with his Fang Tian Halberd and discovered they remained intact and defensive within the Tear Domain but lost their power outside it.
• Jiang Xiao formed a rainwater Xia Yan and sparred with her, finding that he could control her movements but could not make her fight independently.
• Jiang Xiao used Orange Little Bear's Star Power and Bell Chime to summon water directly around himself without rain or clouds, then confirmed he could breathe while inside the water sphere.
• Jiang Xiao dismissed the water sphere, picked up his Fang Tian Halberd, and set out to test the Starry-quality Tear Star Skills.

Jiang Xiao completed the Tear Rain Forest missions and raised all three of his Tear Rain skills to Starry Quality. After returning to school, Han Jiangxue told him she wanted to take leave to focus on cultivation, believing that she was holding him back from going to Dragon Cave.

• Jiang Xiao found a squad in Tear Rain Forest, warned the teams to return, and destroyed the Holy Ruins with repeated Domain Tear explosions.
• Over the following weeks, Jiang Xiao’s team completed three of five Tear Rain Forest missions, and his three Tear Rain skills reached Starry Quality during the September 2 mission.
• On September 3, Jiang Xiao’s team received approval to return to school, and Xia Yan brought him to speak with Han Jiangxue at the hotel.
• Inside Calamity Shadow Ruins, Han Jiangxue asked about Jiang Xiao’s skills and learned they had all reached their highest quality.
• Han Jiangxue said she wanted to take leave because school and military missions had slowed her cultivation, and she feared she was holding Jiang Xiao back from going to Dragon Cave.

Han Jiangxue weighed whether to pursue her goal of following her parents’ path to the Dragon Cave, and Jiang Xiao reassured her that he would support her. He then demonstrated his newly upgraded Starry-quality Tear skills to Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan, ending with a joke about bottling the potions.

• Jiang Xiao told Han Jiangxue he would support her decision, and she admitted she had expected him to stop her.
• Jiang Xiao agreed to explain Han Jiangxue’s leave of absence by saying she was preparing for the World Cup and the Star Sea Stage.
• Jiang Xiao showed Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan that Purifying Tear and Wounding Tear could summon water without rain and that Domain Tear controlled water within an eight-meter diameter.
• Jiang Xiao formed a Water Sphere and pressed it into Xia Yan’s mouth, explaining that most of its water had Purifying Tear’s cleansing effects.
• Xia Yan suggested carrying bottled Purifying Tear water for emergencies, and Jiang Xiao joked about mixing Wounding Tear bottles into boxes of potions before teasing her with another Water Sphere.

Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue returned to Imperial Capital Star Warrior University, where Jiang Xiao asked Vice Principal Yang Chensan to approve Han Jiangxue’s leave for secluded cultivation. He also secured leave to attend the Elite Star Pet Master Invitational Tournament and arranged for Xia Yan to accompany Han Jiangxue.

• Jiang Xiao asked Xia Yan whether she would accompany Han Jiangxue in secluded cultivation, while explaining that Prince Bino had invited him to the rescheduled tournament.
• Imperial Capital Star Warrior University rated Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue’s summer mission results as Good because the Tear Rain Forest mission had fallen outside the assignment period.
• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue met Vice Principal Yang Chensan, and Jiang Xiao explained that Han Jiangxue wanted to cultivate in the Snowfield to prepare for a breakthrough.
• Yang Chensan approved Han Jiangxue’s leave and encouraged her to use books to enrich herself during her time away.
• Jiang Xiao told Yang Chensan he planned to attend the tournament and try to win its Platinum Divine Pet cub, and Yang Chensan approved his leave.
• Jiang Xiao added that Xia Yan wanted to accompany Han Jiangxue, and Yang Chensan approved that arrangement too.