Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xiao agreed to train with Two Tails in the Snowfield and planned to leave the next morning. After discussing the trip with Han Jiangxue, he was left preparing to collect weapons and head out.

• Two Tails offered Jiang Xiao a choice between training in the Snowfield and returning to school, and he chose the Snowfield.
• Two Tails told Jiang Xiao to notify his family that they would leave the next morning and said she would arrange weapons.
• Jiang Xiao found messages in the group chat about Zhu Wu and Liu Ke, and Yi Lena teased him about his training and injuries.
• Jiang Xiao told Han Jiangxue he wanted to hunt White Ghost Witch Star Beads and improve before the Provincial League, and she agreed to ask for his leave.
• Jiang Xiao ended the call after telling Han Jiangxue he loved her too.

Jiang Xiao met Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan at Ruifeng Trading House to divide the proceeds from their Star Pearls, then learned Xia Yan wanted to buy Han Jiangxue an offensive magic Star Pearl. He planned to obtain a White Ghost Witch Star Bead on his next Snowfield trip and secretly arrange for it to be saved for Han Jiangxue.

• Jiang Xiao arrived at Ruifeng Trading House, where Xia Yan scolded him for hanging up on her before Han Jiangxue explained that their seized Star Pearls had sold for about 50,000 yuan.
• Han Jiangxue proposed splitting the earnings between Li Weiyi and Xia Yan, but Jiang Xiao defended her decision to treat the proceeds as team property.
• Xia Yan asked Jiang Xiao to persuade Han Jiangxue to accept an offensive magic Star Pearl, since Han Jiangxue had few Star Skills and the Provincial League was approaching.
• Jiang Xiao refused Xia Yan's plan to buy Han Jiangxue a Torch Fire Star Bead, saying he would try to obtain a White Ghost Witch Star Bead in the Snowfield instead.
• Xia Yan agreed to have Ruifeng Trading House's Manager Sun reserve a Star Pearl for Jiang Xiao, and Jiang Xiao decided to keep the plan from Han Jiangxue until he returned.

One month after Jiang Xiao left to train, Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan missed him during class and wondered how he was doing. Xia Yan was caught taking a photo of Han Jiangxue, while Jiang Xiao's training continued in a fierce battle at the Snowfield site.

• Han Jiangxue stared at Jiang Xiao's empty seat, and Xia Yan secretly watched her during Teacher Ye Lanxiang's class.
• Xia Yan checked Jiang Xiao's Weibo and reread his month-old post about living wildly and liking Little Jiang Xue for 99 days.
• Xia Yan reflected on Jiang Xiao's blade skills and the hardships he had faced, feeling guilty that she had expected him to focus only on healing the team.
• Xia Yan noticed comments from Jiang Xiao's friends and fans, then took a photo of Han Jiangxue and was ordered by Ye Lanxiang to solve a problem at the board.
• Several hundred kilometers away, Jiang Xiao fought intensely at the Snowfield training site in New Danxi City's South Suburbs.

After a month of training in the Snowfield, Jiang Xiao had grown more skilled in combat, though his Star Power remained at Star Cloud Stage Lv.0. Two Tails tested his endurance with a freezing military stance and watched him with growing confidence in him as her teammate.

• Jiang Xiao reviewed his progress, including improved Star Skills and Basic Skills, and noted that he had collected White Ghost Witch Star Beads while saving one to sell for Han Jiangxue’s Torch Fire Star Bead.
• Jiang Xiao fought three White Ghosts with calm, practiced movements, using his great blade and dagger to defeat them.
• Two Tails threw her Combat Blade through a White Ghost’s skull and ordered Jiang Xiao to hold a military stance.
• Jiang Xiao stood motionless in the Snowfield despite the cold while Two Tails watched from the cave, hoping he would soon get a chance to warm up.
• Two Tails reflected that having Jiang Xiao on her team and at her back would make her feel at ease.

Jiang Xiao finished a month of harsh training with Two Tails in the Snowfield, and their relationship grew warmer as he learned to understand her. When the Light Chasing Group summoned her away, she left him a Serrated Combat Blade and warned him not to die, while he watched her disappear into the snow.

• Jiang Xiao returned to the cave after standing motionless in the snow, and he saved his dinner by pinning the roasted meat to the wall with his dagger.
• Two Tails healed Jiang Xiao, and he teased her with repeated Blessings until she showed signs of being affected by them.
• A summons called Two Tails to assemble with the Light Chasing Group and Tail Feather Team, and Jiang Xiao joked that she should not come back once she left.
• Two Tails asked whether Jiang Xiao could return on his own, wiped grease from his face, and gave him her Serrated Combat Blade with a warning not to die.
• Jiang Xiao wished Two Tails safety and watched her leave into the wind and snow.

Jiang Xiao ambushed and killed a White Ghost Witch, then fought through the leaderless pack. As a group of newcomers approached and asked if he was alone, two girls confirmed that he was.

• Jiang Xiao followed the sounds of fighting and spotted a White Ghost Witch leading a pack that was attacking four White Ghosts.
• Jiang Xiao sneaked behind the Witch and killed it with his dagger, throwing the pack into chaos.
• Jiang Xiao fought the Witch’s three guards and cut into the melee, killing White Ghosts with his giant blade and dagger.
• A Medical Light bounced across the battlefield, revealing that someone was approaching and searching for survivors.
• A group emerged across the battlefield, and a young man asked whether Jiang Xiao was alone; two girls answered that he was.

Jiang Xiao met again with the four-person student team he had encountered earlier, including two twin Medical Awakened girls and a young man eager to spar. When the young man sent a White Ghoul Witch’s corpse flying toward him, Jiang Xiao held back but revealed the composure and fearsome aura he had learned while training with Two Tails.

• Jiang Xiao recognized the student team and greeted the twin girls, who called him Little Popsicle again.
• The young man with the Crescent Moon Blade asked whether Jiang Xiao had killed the White Ghosts alone and demanded to know where Two Tails was.
• The young man challenged Jiang Xiao to spar, but Jiang Xiao refused and moved to collect the White Ghoul Witch’s Star Pearl.
• The young man swept the corpse toward Jiang Xiao, who instinctively readied himself before restraining his attack and showing his hard-won composure.

Jiang Xiao faced Wu HaoYang, who challenged him to a duel over the White Ghoul Witch Star Pearl. After recovering his Star Power, Jiang Xiao tricked Wu HaoYang into waiting for a fight and slipped away into the Snowy Forest.

• Jiang Xiao nearly attacked Wu HaoYang’s group, but his joke about noodles broke the tense silence and made An LuMing laugh.
• An YouYou and An LuMing questioned Wu HaoYang for taking Jiang Xiao’s Star Pearl, while Wu HaoYang insisted on fighting Jiang Xiao.
• Jiang Xiao agreed to duel after Wu HaoYang handed over the White Ghoul Witch’s head, and Jiang Xiao absorbed its Star Pearl.
• Jiang Xiao harvested more Star Pearls, then retreated and warned Wu HaoYang that his throwing knives never missed.
• Wu HaoYang and the others waited for Jiang Xiao to attack, but Jiang Xiao quietly escaped into the Snowy Forest.

Jiang Xiao returned from the Snowfield to Jiangbin by taxi, carrying Two Tails’ weapons and reconnecting with Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan. He collected five Torch Fire Star Pearls from Ruifeng Trading House and watched Manager Sun examine a White Ghost Witch Star Bead.

• Jiang Xiao hired a talkative taxi driver to take him from the Snowfield training grounds to Jiangbin because his weapons could not pass high-speed rail security.
• Xia Yan saw Jiang Xiao’s Weibo post and angrily replied for him to come home, while Han Jiangxue told her he was having dinner with his first-year friends.
• Han Jiangxue spoke to Jiang Xiao by phone, and Xia Yan’s mood improved when he thanked Manager Sun for keeping his Star Pearls.
• Jiang Xiao arrived at Ruifeng Trading House holding five Torch Fire Star Pearls, whose silver-quality skills were Torch Fire Whip and Torch Fire Pillar.
• Jiang Xiao recognized the pearls’ contents through his Inner Star Map as Manager Sun examined a White Ghost Witch Star Bead with a magnifying visor.

Jiang Xiao sold Manager Sun a White Ghost Witch Star Pearl and bought five Torch Fire Star Pearls, receiving the difference in cash because he had no bank card. He learned that the trading house could not provide the advanced or spatial Star Pearls he wanted, and the chapter ended with him reflecting on the dangerous, unexplored Other Dimension Spaces and the people who first explored them.

• Jiang Xiao persuaded the staff at Ruifeng Trading House to call Manager Sun by offering to sell him a White Ghost Witch Star Pearl.
• Manager Sun arrived and offered Jiang Xiao 200,000 for the White Ghost Witch Star Pearl while pricing five Torch Fire Star Pearls at 30,000 each.
• Jiang Xiao learned that Manager Sun bought Torch Fire Star Pearls back for only 8,000 each, but proceeded with the purchase and received 50,000 in cash because he had no bank card.
• Jiang Xiao asked whether the trading house had other Star Pearls, but Manager Sun said he could only help obtain basic-category ones and warned him not to request Star Pearls from the Dameng Basin again.
• Jiang Xiao considered the dangerous Ice Cave and the varied Other Dimension Spaces of Dameng, then wondered whether the first Pioneers had named Under the Starry Sky out of romance or hope.

Jiang Xiao considered which Star Pearls might be worth absorbing and bought a backpack while selling Star Pearls to Manager Sun. His second brother called him to a barbecue restaurant, and Jiang Xiao hurried home first to stash his money and Star Pearls.

• Jiang Xiao weighed the Dog Head Walker’s Perception and Agility against the Ghost Tiger’s War Howl, but could not afford or obtain either creature’s Star Pearls.
• Jiang Xiao told Manager Sun that a spatial backpack would be useful, then took Sun Sitian’s business card and bought a large backpack.
• Jiang Xiao imagined earning money by selling White Ghost Witch Star Beads from Snowfield trips with classmates.
• Jiang Xiao answered his second brother’s call and learned to meet him at Chui Niu Pi Barbecue, 203, before it closed.
• Jiang Xiao decided to go home and put away his money and Star Pearls before heading to the barbecue restaurant.

Jiang Xiao woke after drinking heavily and shared news about his training and Star Cloud Stage breakthrough with Han Jiangxue. He gave her Star Pearls to strengthen her for the Provincial League, then tried to blame Xia Yan for the gift when Han Jiangxue sat up.

• Jiang Xiao woke at 4:20 a.m. with a hangover, and Han Jiangxue brought him hot honey water.
• Han Jiangxue told Jiang Xiao that Li Weiyi had reached the mid-Star Cloud Stage and asked him to inspect a Star Pearl, which had no Medical Star Skill.
• Jiang Xiao told Han Jiangxue he had reached the Star Cloud Stage and described his recent training with Two Tails and Xia Yan.
• Jiang Xiao gave Han Jiangxue five Torch Fire Star Pearls he had bought for her before the Provincial League.
• Han Jiangxue sat up, and Jiang Xiao hurriedly claimed Xia Yan had talked him into buying the Star Pearls.

Han Jiangxue attempted to absorb Torch Fire Star Skills while Jiang Xiao encouraged her and went out to buy breakfast. After she acquired Torch Fire Whip, Jiang Xiao filmed her practicing and sent Xia Yan a prank message claiming Han Jiangxue was furious with her, leaving Xia Yan terrified.

• Han Jiangxue successfully absorbed Torch Fire Pillar from a Torch Fire Star Bead, but failed to absorb the next one.
• Jiang Xiao joked that Xia Yan had chosen the Star Pearls because she wanted Han Jiangxue to whip her, then went to buy breakfast.
• Han Jiangxue absorbed the final Torch Fire Star Bead and gained Torch Fire Whip, which she tested by swinging it outside the seventh-floor window.
• Jiang Xiao filmed Han Jiangxue practicing and sent Xia Yan the video with voice messages falsely warning that Han Jiangxue was angry and that Xia Yan should flee.
• Xia Yan woke up, watched the video and listened to Jiang Xiao’s messages, and turned deathly pale.

After more than a month of training in the Snowfield, Jiang Xiao slept in while Han Jiangxue quietly watched over him and then agreed to take him shopping. At lunch with the team, Xia Yan arrived looking uneasy, and Jiang Xiao helped her settle in by urging her to eat before they set off.

• Han Jiangxue tucked Jiang Xiao into bed and stayed beside him until he woke after ten.
• Jiang Xiao persuaded Han Jiangxue to buy them matching Huawei phones and new clothes, and she cut his allowance in half.
• Jiang Xiao met Li Weiyi and Li Qingmei at Fisherman's Home, where they urged him to eat before the others arrived.
• Xia Yan arrived late after missing Han Jiangxue's calls and noticed Han Jiangxue's gentle attention toward Jiang Xiao.
• Jiang Xiao quietly offered Xia Yan healing Star Techniques, then urged her to eat; Xia Yan demanded braised pork to judge whether the pigskin was thick enough.

Ten days after Jiang Xiao tricked Xia Yan, their team traveled by train to Guanlin City for the Beijiang Province High School League. Xing Lang's team visited their compartment to propose cooperating within the competition rules, but Han Jiangxue remained wary of Zhang Hui.

• Xia Yan remained angry at Jiang Xiao for tricking her, but she taught him all nine forms of the Xia Family Blade Art after seeing his rapid progress.
• Jiang Xiao's team boarded a train to Guanlin City, where the league was set to begin in four days.
• Jiang Xiao described Xing Lang's reckless team, including shield warrior Zheng Jiang, dagger expert Zhang Hui, and magic user Liu Chang.
• Xing Lang and his teammates visited Jiang Xiao's compartment and suggested the teams look out for one another within the rules.
• Han Jiangxue cautioned that official cameras and live monitoring would enforce the rules, while Zhang Hui asked the team to show them leniency.

On the overnight train to Guanlin City, Xia Yan confronted her frustration over Jiang Xiao’s blade skills, and he comforted her while they discussed their plans for school. The conversation ended with Xia Yan warning Jiang Xiao that Gao Junwei would compete against them for No. 3 High School.

• Xia Yan climbed down from her berth at night and asked Jiang Xiao to warm her cold feet, explaining that their sparring left her feeling as though she was losing at blade art.
• Jiang Xiao realized Xia Yan was angry at herself for falling behind in the Xia Family Blade Art and used his Star Skills to warm her feet.
• Xia Yan said she might study at a Huaxia school or go abroad, while Jiang Xiao said he would attend wherever Han Jiangxue went so he could protect her.
• Xia Yan told Jiang Xiao she had prepared a lighter metal blade for him and said he should not hold back against the Xing Lang team if necessary.
• Xia Yan warned Jiang Xiao that Gao Junwei was competing for No. 3 High School.

Jiang Xiao and the Jiangbin No. 1 High School team traveled to Zhongcheng County for the Provincial League weapons depot assessment and completed on-site confirmation. They encountered Gao Junwei, while officials explained the competition rules and required Han Jiangxue to empty her Shattered Space before entering the training ground.

• Xia Yan stayed in Jiang Xiao's bunk and made him warm her feet while the other teammates complained about their late-night chatter.
• The team traveled by bus to Zhongcheng County, checked into its hotel, and learned that the preliminary round would select eight teams for the next stage.
• At the crowded confirmation venue, Jiang Xiao spotted Gao Junwei leaving with his new teammates, and Gao Junwei noticed the Jiangbin team before departing.
• The officials told the students they could select inspected weapons from the depot and instructed Han Jiangxue to empty her Shattered Space for inspection before the assessment.
• After the team completed its paperwork, two staff members talked about Han Jiangxue's thirty Star Slots and Jiang Xiao's popularity as the school's medical soldier.

Jiang Xiao and his teammates received the Provincial League mission rules, which rewarded speed and dangerous hunts inside the armory. The chapter left the Four-person Team weighing the risks and the possibility of fighting other student teams.

• Jiang Xiao joked with a middle-aged inspector about his medical talent and dual-blade skills, while the inspector bragged about his own past as a weapon wielder.
• A staff member announced that teams had to collect mission items at two resource points and return within five days, with 300 points going to the fastest team.
• Contestants could earn points by taking bright-yellow weapons from barbarians, medals from ape ghouls, and three special red medals from Ape Ghoul Kings.
• The staff member warned that damaged imaging equipment would cost teams points and could lead to their recall or affect their College Entrance Examination.
• Jiang Xiao told Han Jiangxue, Xia Yan, and Xia Shiqi that the imaging equipment was a weapon for ruining someone, since the rules did not forbid teams from fighting one another.

Jiang Xiao's team approached a savage camp to seize its weapons, and Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan silently killed the two Female Archers guarding the cave. The chapter ended with Xia Yan questioning Jiang Xiao after he adjusted one archer's clothing, then pulled it back into place.

• Jiang Xiao warned Xia Yan to keep quiet after she said the woman had told the truth near their recording equipment.
• Jiang Xiao described the cave's four guards, and the team planned to eliminate them quietly before dealing with any witches inside.
• Han Jiangxue sent Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan around behind the cave to assassinate the two Female Archers.
• Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan attacked at the same time, slit the Female Archers' throats, and lowered their bodies to the ground.
• Jiang Xiao tugged one Female Archer's clothing over her exposed shoulder, then pulled it back down when Xia Yan questioned him.

Jiang Xiao’s team infiltrated the savage lair, silently eliminating guards and collecting Star Pearls and weapons before an accidental clash alerted the inhabitants. As they reached a chamber crowded with savages, Han Jiangxue prepared the squad to launch a coordinated attack.

• Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan killed two savages together, and Han Jiangxue’s team followed by quietly executing four more inside the torch-lit tunnel.
• Two Tails watched Team 76’s progress with Captain Xu Li, defended her trust in Jiang Xiao, and asked where she would be stationed if she returned to the Night Watchers.
• Han Jiangxue used Shattered Space to kill two approaching savages, but their brief cry alerted others deeper in the lair.
• Xia Yan spotted too many savages to assassinate and signaled the team to prepare for a fight.
• Han Jiangxue ordered Li Weiyi to prepare Flame Split and Xia Yan to activate Scorching Flame, then threw a Bursting Flame Ball into the crowded chamber.