Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xiao and Two Tails interrogated Sophiek and learned how he had sought to join Star Transformation Organization. Sophiek’s account of One Tail’s suffering reignited Two Tails’ anger, leaving Jiang Xiao to promise that they would continue their pursuit.

• Two Tails emerged from the basement after torturing Sophiek, and Jiang Xiao explained that his Starry-quality Wounding Tear had helped keep Sophiek alive.
• Two Tails said she would report Sophiek’s capture and intelligence to her superiors, while Jiang Xiao chose to stay out of the mission’s official merits or demerits.
• Two Tails explained that Sophiek had tracked down Ash, who had promised to recommend him to Star Transformation Organization if he completed an unofficial assessment; Jiang Xiao offered to disguise himself as Sophiek to contact Ash.
• Jiang Xiao and Two Tails discussed Sophiek’s information about rare Other Dimension Spaces and the danger of an insider having revealed Xu Li’s whereabouts.
• Two Tails revived Sophiek with Bell Chime and asked whether One Tail had begged for mercy; Sophiek said One Tail had endured three months without speaking, and Jiang Xiao vowed their efforts would not end there.

After Two Tails dealt with Sophiek, Jiang Xiao explained his plans to return to Earth and prepare to move the Night Watch soldiers to Other Earth. He left to prepare for the next stage of his work, including cultivating crops and equipping the group to survive there.

• Two Tails left Sophiek’s body behind after standing silently by the bonfire, then told Jiang Xiao she would report the body and information.
• Jiang Xiao told Two Tails he needed to return to Jiangbin, explaining that he planned to move the Night Watch soldiers from the Upper Snowy Plains to a settlement on Other Earth.
• Two Tails agreed to let Jiang Xiao leave, and he boarded a plane home the next morning while practicing Sophiek’s accent for a possible infiltration of the Star Transformation Organization.
• Jiang Xiao bought farming books and awaited crop seeds and three Space Package Star Pearls, which he intended to give to a suitable companion rather than use himself.
• Jiang Xiao collected Star Pearls and began renovating his Calamity Shadow Ruins, planning a stone castle, a Star Pet amusement park, and other facilities.

Jiang Xiao and the others built a home inside the Calamity Shadow Ruins, adding a villa, gym, swimming lane, pet park, and martial arts arena. Jiang Xiao used Domain Tear to fill the pool with rainwater, leaving the group with a nearly finished, fully equipped Calamity Shadow Home.

• Jiang Xiao sorted Little Stone Demon Star Pearls while Lure Jiang Xiao absorbed Mudstone Slurry and Gravel.
• Xia Yan and Han Jiangxue chose a two-story villa design, a large gym, and a fifty-meter swimming lane for the Calamity Shadow Ruins.
• Jiang Xiao harvested stone in the Snowfield and used his new Star Skills to build the villa, while Xia Yan and Han Jiangxue moved and arranged the furnishings.
• Jiang Xiao and the others added a raised pet park, a Naughty Castle, a central martial arts arena, and plans for lights throughout the ruins.
• Jiang Xiao opened the Calamity Shadow Ruins and directed Domain Tear rain through a ditch to fill the swimming lane.

Jiang Xiao received the Sea Thief Witch Star Pearl and learned that its shelter skill could provide a small survival space, then headed to the Snowfield with Han Jiangxue to farm Star Pearls. Meanwhile, Two Tails learned that the Tail Feather Group faced a perilous mission and was asked whether she would take Nine Tails along.

• Two Tails told Jiang Xiao that her superiors had received Sophiek's corpse and intelligence, and ordered her to stand the Tail Feather Group's final watch before its return home.
• At a military camp in Jincheng, an old man told Two Tails that her next mission could keep her from returning and asked whether she would bring Nine Tails; she did not answer.
• Jiang Xiao received Princess Sophia's payment and confirmed that the Sea Thief Witch's Sea Ridge Shelter could become a small survival space after its rocky ridge was removed.
• Jiang Xiao prepared Decoy Jiang Xiao with a blade-focused Star Map and packed supplies for a Star Pearl-farming trip.
• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue entered the Snowfield, where he sent his decoy into a Sacred Ruins to begin farming Star Pearls.

Jiang Xiao returned to the Upper Snowfield and reunited with Hu Wei, Zhang Songfu, Cang Lan, Yuan Yuan, and the Bamboo Bear. He told them he had found a safe place on the Other Earth and invited them to settle there, leaving them ready to go with him.

• Jiang Xiao flew into the canyon and revealed himself to Cang Lan, who told him Hu Wei and Zhang Songfu had gone hunting.
• Hu Wei and Zhang Songfu returned with White Ghosts, welcomed Jiang Xiao home, and reunited with him.
• Jiang Xiao explained the Other Earth, his encounter with He Yun, and the Birch Forest Tribe, where he said they could find shelter.
• Jiang Xiao invited the group to move to the Birch Forest Tribe, and Hu Wei embraced him in gratitude.
• Jiang Xiao told Hu Wei to study growing the crop seeds he had brought, including potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Jiang Xiao gave Zhang Songfu, Hu Wei, and Cang Lan a Sea Thief Witch Star Pearl and asked them to help develop the Birch Forest Tribe, while he and Han Jiangxue continued training in the Snowfield. The chapter ended with Jiang Xiao testing his upgraded Endurance Star Skill by lying to Han Jiangxue and getting struck by lightning.

• Jiang Xiao explained the Sea Thief Witch Star Pearl’s skills and gave it to the trio, who chose Zhang Songfu to absorb it.
• Jiang Xiao asked Zhang Songfu to train the Savage Clan’s troops, urged the trio to help build the Birch Forest Tribe, and asked Cang Lan to look after He Chongyang.
• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue spent a month and a half slaughtering White Ghosts and White Ghoul Witches in the Snowfield Sacred Ruins.
• Han Jiangxue objected when Jiang Xiao used Bell Chime to interrupt her numb, battle-focused state, and they discussed the change in her fighting style.
• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue began testing his upgraded Endurance Star Skill, and Jiang Xiao was struck by lightning after claiming he did not love her.

Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue tested the limits of his Starry Quality Endurance and Green Glow, discovering that he could withstand powerful attacks and punch through a Gold Rank Flame Puppet. The chapter ended with Han Jiangxue insisting on experiencing the hardships Jiang Xiao had endured, while his Blessing and Decoy still needed substantial cultivation.

• Han Jiangxue tested her offensive Star Skills on Jiang Xiao, but his Endurance left him unharmed.
• Jiang Xiao used Green Glow on a Flame Puppet and sent it flying across the Calamity Shadow Ruins, then tested its knockback range outside.
• Jiang Xiao struck a Gold Rank Flame Puppet with full force, punching a hole through it, but could not separate Green Glow's knockback and Powerful Strike effects.
• Jiang Xiao discovered that Green Glow vanished when he threw a weapon, limiting the Star Skill to close combat.
• Han Jiangxue explained that Endurance might heighten Jiang Xiao's awareness of his body, then asked about his progress with Blessing and Decoy.
• Han Jiangxue told Jiang Xiao not to heal her or soothe her mind because she wanted to experience the hardships he had endured, and Jiang Xiao nervously warned her against rushing into a horde of White Ghosts.

Jiang Xiao trained Han Jiangxue in dagger skills while Zhang Songfu successfully unlocked Sea Ridge Shelter, giving the survivors a chance to leave the Snowfield. The group explored the new refuge and began preparing to move there, with Jiang Xiao planning to build goodwill with the Savage Clan.

• Jiang Xiao agreed that Han Jiangxue could learn dagger skills and began training her in Dagger Proficiency.
• Zhang Songfu absorbed the Sea Ridge Shelter Star Skill, opening a new space for the group.
• Jiang Xiao, Cang Lan, Hu Wei, Zhang Songfu, Yuan Yuan, and the Bamboo Bear explored the steep sea ridge and discussed making a cave there for Yuan Yuan.
• The group returned to the canyon residence and began sorting supplies to move into the Shelter.
• Jiang Xiao suggested giving White Ghost pelts to the Savage Clan, and Cang Lan offered to sew them into roomy cloaks.

Jiang Xiao and Zhang Songfu reached the Birch Forest after traveling from the canyon dwelling, but learned that Little Chongyang had disappeared seven days earlier. Xia Wu Cha said she may have left to search for Jiang Xiao, leaving him worried about where she had gone.

• Jiang Xiao, Hu Wei, and Zhang Songfu traveled through the Upper Dimension portal and arrived in the Snowfield, where Jiang Xiao sent Hu Wei and his family into Sea Ridge Shelter.
• Jiang Xiao rode on Zhang Songfu, transformed into a giant crow, as they navigated south toward Birch Forest.
• Jiang Xiao and Zhang Songfu reached the Birch Forest cemetery, where Savage Female Archers attacked before Xia Wu Cha recognized Jiang Xiao.
• Jiang Xiao asked Xia Wu Cha about Little Chongyang, and she revealed that Little Chongyang had vanished seven days earlier.
• Xia Wu Cha told Jiang Xiao that Little Chongyang may have gone looking for him after leaving behind stone tablets carved with portraits of his Ringed Mask.

Jiang Xiao discovered that He Chongyang had left Birch Forest to search for him, and her carved stone portraits left him devastated. After realizing she might be searching for him in the snowfields, he left to find her, telling Zhang Songfu he did not know when he would return.

• Cang Lan gave Chief Bru seven White Ghost fur cloaks, and Xia Wu Cha accepted one after seeking Jiang Xiao's approval.
• Zhang Songfu offered crop seeds to support the Birch Forest Tribe, and Bru arranged lodging for the newcomers while admitting they had not found He Chongyang.
• Jiang Xiao found He Chongyang's empty home and a pile of stone slabs carved with his Ringed Mask likenesses.
• In the Snowfield, Jiang Xiao told Han Jiangxue that He Chongyang had gone looking for him, and they reasoned she might be searching the snowfields for a route to the Upper Dimension.
• Jiang Xiao told Zhang Songfu to begin a new life in Birch Forest, then transformed into a crow and flew away to search for He Chongyang.

Jiang Xiao tested his Starry-quality Decoy and Blessing skills after a long battle, then told Han Jiangxue he was recovering from his disappointment over Little Chongyang. He leaves the chapter having transformed Blessing into a gentle rain of holy light, and he and Han Jiangxue decide to go home.

• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue teleported from the Sacred Ruins' hillock to a distant cliff after their Star Skills reached Starry Quality.
• Jiang Xiao tested his Starry Decoy, finding that he could summon and replace decoys and that they vanished after ten minutes without leaving Star Pearls.
• Jiang Xiao told Han Jiangxue that his disappointment over Little Chongyang had begun to pass and that he would keep trying to find her.
• Jiang Xiao summoned the Whining Bear's power and discovered that Blessing now sent a gentle rain of holy light down from the sky.
• Han Jiangxue recovered under the Blessing light and asked Jiang Xiao to go home with her, and he agreed.

After returning home for the New Year, Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue were confronted by Ash, an examiner from the Star Transformation Organization who questioned Jiang Xiao about Sophiek. Jiang Xiao provoked Ash into a possible fight, leaving the confrontation poised to turn violent.

• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue returned to Jiangbin City to rest for the New Year, and Xia Yan left to visit her mother.
• Jiang Xiao answered Hai Tianqing's call, and Hai Tianqing asked what had happened to Xu Li.
• A blood-misted stranger emerged from Jiang Xiao's room, identified himself as someone who knew Sophiek, and implied that he was Ash.
• Ash suspected Jiang Xiao and the Huaxia Army had lured him by impersonating Sophiek, while Jiang Xiao shielded Han Jiangxue and refused to join the Star Transformation Organization.
• Jiang Xiao confessed that he had tortured Sophiek and challenged Ash to a fight to the death without either of them fleeing.

Jiang Xiao confronted Ash, an official member of the Star Transformation Organization, and attacked him before their planned New Year's Eve fight. Using his Decoys, Silence, and Wounding Tear, Jiang Xiao killed Ash and told him he had captured Sophiek rather than killing him.

• Jiang Xiao challenged the small-eyed man to choose a place for their fight three days later, on New Year's Eve.
• Jiang Xiao sensed Ash on the rooftop, vanished from the room, and attacked him with a Diamond Silence Domain.
• Ash killed Jiang Xiao's first Lure Decoy with a dagger, but a second Decoy appeared and Jiang Xiao changed the Silence Domain's strength to catch Ash off guard.
• Jiang Xiao knocked Ash out of the stairwell and trapped him beneath Diamond Silence and Wounding Tear.
• Jiang Xiao told Ash he had captured Sophiek because someone else was more qualified to act, then watched Ash die.

After defeating Ash, Jiang Xiao returned home to Han Jiangxue, tested his Starry Quality Blessing, and discussed their plans for training and the New Year. He later learned Two Tails had returned to Huaxia and invited her home, promising a gift, but she said he no longer had one.

• Jiang Xiao returned from the battle with Ash, and Han Jiangxue urged him to take a hot shower and not go alone next time.
• Jiang Xiao tested Starry Quality Blessing in the bathroom, and Han Jiangxue warned him when its energy spread through the apartment.
• Jiang Xiao spoke with Hai Tianqing, then used a Decoy while he and Han Jiangxue discussed training in the Calamity Shadow Ruins and buying New Year goods.
• Han Jiangxue discovered which Jiang Xiao was the Decoy, and the real Jiang Xiao rushed through the gate after gulping down her hot ginger water.
• Lure Jiang Xiao answered a call from Two Tails, learned her team had returned to Huaxia, and invited her home for New Year.
• Jiang Xiao told Two Tails he had a gift for her, but she replied that he no longer had a gift.

Han Jiangxue sensed the threshold of the Star Sea Stage, and Jiang Xiao tried to help her advance with Whining Bear, but she failed. Back at home, Two Tails returned with Star Pearls as a reward for capturing Sophiek and hinted that she had another gift for Jiang Xiao.

• Han Jiangxue told Jiang Xiao she had sensed the threshold of the Star Sea Stage and explained that breaking through would still be difficult.
• Jiang Xiao summoned Whining Bear and used Light of Reversal to try to help Han Jiangxue advance, but the attempt failed.
• Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue went to the market to buy New Year goods and agreed to try again later.
• Two Tails returned to the house, criticized Lure Jiang Xiao's cleaning, and offered him a pouch of Star Pearls.
• Two Tails showed Jiang Xiao that she could turn into mist, then said the Star Pearls were a reward for capturing Sophiek and hinted at another gift.

Jiang Xiao showed Two Tails the transformed Calamity Shadow Ruins and presented her with Ash’s corpse, which she accepted as a New Year’s gift. After hearing how Jiang Xiao had defeated Ash and discussing the danger his exposed identity could bring, Two Tails asked whether the ruins could help her reach the Starry Sky Stage within a year.

• Jiang Xiao identified a Mist Ghost Shadow Star Pearl and gave Two Tails the clothes he and Han Jiangxue had bought for her.
• Jiang Xiao took Two Tails into the Calamity Shadow Ruins and showed her its abundant Star Power, swimming channel, and Sea Soul Lamps.
• Two Tails found Ash’s corpse frozen in the bathing pool and told Jiang Xiao she liked the gift and acknowledged him.
• Jiang Xiao explained that Ash had tracked him down and that he had killed him with Wounding Tear after using his decoy and Silence domains to create an opening.
• Two Tails promised to fight for the rewards due to Jiang Xiao and reassured him that he need not regret failing to capture Ash alive.
• Two Tails froze Ash’s corpse in the pool and asked whether staying in the ruins could help her reach the Starry Sky Stage within a year.

Jiang Xiao learned that Two Tails was preparing to lead an elite team into the Dragon Cave, where his parents had disappeared. He agreed to join the expedition, and Two Tails revealed her carefully selected teammates and Jiang Xiao’s promotion to Major.

• Jiang Xiao asked Two Tails about her progress, and she said she had reached the Star Sea Intermediate Stage and could cultivate at his base.
• Two Tails explained that she was on standby for a possible Dragon Cave expedition and that the mission would draw elite soldiers from across the country.
• Jiang Xiao agreed to explore the Dragon Cave, a goal he shared with Han Jiangxue.
• Two Tails said she had selected Shi Enjie and Li Yixu as teammates and had assembled a nine-person expedition group.
• Two Tails told Jiang Xiao that she had promoted him to Major and that he already qualified for Lieutenant Colonel.
• Two Tails warned that the Dragon Cave’s creatures could not be confronted head-on, then gave Jiang Xiao a thoughtful look.

Jiang Xiao learned about the elite team Two Tails had assembled for the Dragon Cave mission and tried to persuade her to bring Han Jiangxue and absorb more defensive Star Techniques. The chapter ended when Hai Tianqing and Fang Xingyun arrived at Jiang Xiao's home.

• Two Tails named the Dragon Cave team: herself, Nine Tails, Withering, Tiangou, Shadow Crow, Da Sheng, Enjie, Big Official, and Xiao Li, with Hou Mingming joining if she reached the Star Sea Stage.
• Two Tails explained that the mission aimed to obtain powerful Star Pearls and Star Pets to help Huaxia withstand worsening disasters and the possible overlap with Other Earth.
• Jiang Xiao asked Two Tails to let Han Jiangxue join if their first Dragon Cave trip went well, but Two Tails refused to discuss it further.
• Jiang Xiao persuaded Two Tails to request approval for training in the void and improving Space-Time Gap and Calamity Shadow Ruins, though she considered the former unsuitable for her fighting style.
• After Jiang Xiao concealed his main body and sent Lure Jiang Xiao into the Calamity Shadow Ruins, he opened the door and found Hai Tianqing and Fang Xingyun outside.

Jiang Xiao spent New Year with Fang Xingyun, Hai Tianqing, Two Tails, and Han Jiangxue, and revealed that he had helped bring Star Transformation Organization members to justice. As the group shared dinner, Fang Xingyun revealed she was pregnant, and Jiang Xiao urged Hai Tianqing to protect his growing family rather than pursue dangerous revenge.

• Fang Xingyun and Hai Tianqing visited Jiang Xiao for New Year, and Hai Tianqing learned that Two Tails had already dealt with the murderer and the person who ordered the murder.
• Jiang Xiao revealed that he had lured members of the Star Transformation Organization into a trap, prompting Fang Xingyun and Hai Tianqing to offer him a place to stay.
• Fang Xingyun discussed the worsening crisis and the uncertain World Cup before Jiang Xiao realized she was pregnant; Hai Tianqing learned the news for the first time.
• Han Jiangxue served dinner to the guests, and Jiang Xiao brought Two Tails, Whining Bear, and Little Candle Flame to join them.
• While washing dishes, Jiang Xiao told Hai Tianqing to forget his suggestion to pursue the remaining Star Transformation Organization members and urged him to protect Fang Xingyun and their child; Hai Tianqing agreed.

During the New Year holiday, Jiang Xiao, Han Jiangxue, and Two Tails trained in the Calamity Shadow Ruins. Han Jiangxue broke through to the Star Sea stage and awakened Transform Star into Weapon, but her White Flame proved dangerously stubborn before finally burning a Flame Puppet to ashes.

• Jiang Xiao brought Han Jiangxue and Two Tails into the Calamity Shadow Ruins, where Little Little and Whining Bear met and were taken to the pet park.
• The group trained through the holiday, and Jiang Xiao used Light of Reversal on Han Jiangxue during their morning routine.
• Han Jiangxue absorbed a vast surge of Star Power and advanced to the Star Sea stage.
• Han Jiangxue manifested White Flame as a weapon and burned Jiang Xiao despite his defenses, until she recalled the flames.
• Han Jiangxue found that the White Flame would not disappear until it had burned its target completely, so she directed it at a Flame Puppet, which it destroyed.