Recaps

Jiang Changkong and his companions returned to Jiangcheng after capturing Zhang Hua and securing evidence of his crimes. At home, he discovered that a special Star Stone had granted him the martial art Freezing Thousand Miles, and he carefully stored the valuable stone.

• Jiang Changkong learned about the Martial Arts School and Kexiang School entrance exams, while Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue offered to handle his Martial Arts School exam requirements.
• Tang Ruoxi explained that Zhang Hua’s crimes and the surveillance footage could earn them credit, and Ji Ziling secured a copy of the recording for Martial Arts School.
• Jiang Changkong, Ji Ziling, Ying Yanxue, and Tang Ruoxi traveled back to Jiangcheng, where Tang Ruoxi took Zhang Hua away.
• Jiang Changkong gave Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue their share of the Star Stones and then went home.
• Jiang Changkong noticed Freezing Thousand Miles on his martial arts data, traced it to the special Star Stone, and put the stone away carefully.

Jiang Changkong weighed the offers from the Martial Arts School and Kexiang after both schools sought to recruit him. The argument ended with Chen Hua offering him the right to compete for Starlight Meteoric Iron.

• Jiang Changkong decided that selling the Special Star Stone was more useful to him than extracting its Freezing Thousand Miles skill, then went to sleep.
• Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue arrived with Vice Principal Chen Hua and teachers Xiao Jiang and Chu Jun, who offered Jiang Changkong admission to the Martial Arts School.
• Jiang Changkong pointed out that he had advanced his martial arts without school support and asked the visitors to discuss enrollment terms.
• Chen Hua offered tuition, a scholarship, equipment, and career support, but Zhao Qinghe arrived with Tang Ruoxi and Li Mingde and promised Kexiang would double the offer.
• The two schools' representatives argued over benefits while Jiang Changkong ate breakfast with the senior students.
• Chen Hua offered Jiang Changkong the right to compete for Starlight Meteoric Iron, leaving the Kexiang representatives stunned.

Jiang Changkong chose the martial arts school over Kexiang after both institutions competed to recruit him, securing eligibility to compete for Starlight Meteoric Iron. After signing his admission notice, he spent the morning with his companions and learned that the school might ask him about his Iron Cloth Shirt technique after he enrolled.

• Zhao Qinghe and Chen Hua offered Jiang Changkong cultivation resources and eligibility to compete for Starlight Meteoric Iron to win him over.
• Jiang Changkong joined the martial arts school, and Chen Hua said he would take him to the professional martial artist selection in three days.
• Tang Ruoxi asked Jiang Changkong to let her forge his weapon if he won Starlight Meteoric Iron, and said Chen Hua had been handed over to the Federation Law Enforcement Bureau.
• Ji Ziling and Tang Ruoxi went to sleep, while Ying Yanxue returned Jiang Changkong's phone and warned him the school might ask about his Iron Cloth Shirt technique.
• Jiang Changkong practiced Taiji Fist in the courtyard as voices from the room discussed weapon and armor forging.

Jiang Changkong celebrated with friends after the Star Demon battle and heard their plans for graduation and possible city-building work. Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue then offered him Star Stones so he could claim the school’s early-completion reward and return the stones afterward.

• Jiang Changkong hosted Zhang Xiaoyu, Liu Jun, Liu Ya, Lu Hong, Ji Ziling, Ying Yanxue, and Tang Ruoxi for a meal, and they thanked him for saving them from the Star Demons.
• The group discussed the special Star Stone Jiang Changkong had taken from Zhang Hua and learned that its special skill could provide a powerful combat advantage.
• Ji Ziling asked where everyone planned to work after graduation, and Tang Ruoxi said she hoped to go to Stability Province while the group discussed the difficulty of earning merit by building a city.
• Jiang Changkong said he was focused on enrolling and obtaining Starlight Meteoric Iron, whose contest would begin in a month and a half.
• After the meal, Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue offered Jiang Changkong enough Star Stones to claim the school’s early-completion reward, asking him to return them afterward.

Jiang Changkong enrolled at the Martial Arts School and negotiated a large early-completion reward in Star Stones. He chose the Blazing Fire Art and met the senior sister assigned to teach him.

• Zhou Wen brought Jiang Changkong and his Star Stones to the Martial Arts School, where Chen Hua enrolled him and promised his annual scholarship, cultivation potions, and Star Stones.
• Jiang Changkong presented four years of college entrance exam materials and bargained with Chen Hua for 200 second-rank top-grade, 300 high-grade, and 400 mid-grade Star Stones.
• Chen Hua urged Jiang Changkong to learn an internal cultivation art, explaining its benefits and recommending the Blazing Fire Art.
• Jiang Changkong chose the Blazing Fire Art because it meant he would not need to bring a lighter when going out.
• Chen Hua indicated Jiang Changkong's assigned senior sister, and Jiang Changkong recognized her as a female comrade rather than the senior sister he had hoped for.

Jiang Changkong divided the Star Stones with Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue, advanced his Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique, and studied the Blazing Fire Art and higher cultivation realms. The chapter ended with Ji Ziling revealing that Jiangcheng’s two companies and four powerful figures would compete for the Starlight Meteoric Iron.

• Jiang Changkong shared Star Stones with Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue, who took their agreed portions and left to return the borrowed stones.
• Jiang Changkong extracted Essence, Qi, and Spirit from the remaining stones and completed the Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique, reaching peak Nebula Level.
• Jiang Changkong decided to cultivate the Blazing Fire Art to gain a public saber style and conceal his Traceless Three Blades.
• Jiang Changkong read Chu Jun’s email about the Blazing Fire Art and learned how the Star Gate, Star Treasury, and Star Spirit realms affected Essence, Qi, and Spirit extraction.
• Ji Ziling returned with a meal and told Jiang Changkong that Jiangcheng’s two companies and four powerful figures would compete for the Starlight Meteoric Iron.

Jiang Changkong obtained his professional martial artist certification and found a school mission challenging him to win ten consecutive matches at the Martial Market. He negotiated a reward for the ultimate challenge, which would pit him against an early Star Sea Level opponent, and declared that the Martial Market would bear his name.

• Jiang Changkong learned that the Starlight Meteoric Iron contest was limited to professional martial artists aged thirty or younger, and that he would face martial artists under Jiangcheng’s six influential figures.
• Chu Jun took Jiang Changkong to the Enforcement Bureau, where Captain Wang issued him a professional martial artist certification through Chen Hua’s recommendation.
• Jiang Changkong received his three hundred thousand Star Yuan scholarship and perfected the Taiji Fist Classic, though extracting Essence, Qi, and Spirit left him nearly depleted.
• Jiang Changkong searched the school network for ways to earn Star Stones and found the Martial Market Ten Streak mission, which offered extra rewards for an ultimate ten-match run.
• Jiang Changkong negotiated with customer service for three hundred top-tier second-stage Star Stones if he completed the ultimate streak, saved a screenshot of the agreement, and declared that the Martial Market would bear his name.

Jiang Changkong perfected his martial arts, claimed a saber from Chu Jun, and traveled to the Martial Market to pursue a ten-win streak. He registered for the arena challenge, drawing astonished reactions from the crowd.

• Ying Yanxue finished eating and told Jiang Changkong she would enter seclusion to break through to the Star Sea Level.
• Jiang Changkong used Star Stones to master Traceless Three Blades and Blazing Fire Art, discovering that his techniques had become perfectly compatible with him.
• Jiang Changkong visited Chu Jun, who gave him a peak second-rank saber engraved with Changkong.
• Jiang Changkong boarded a bus to the Martial Market and observed the masked traders and powerful martial artists gathered there.
• After seeing Number Two end his seven-win streak, Jiang Changkong announced that he had come for a ten-win streak and paid the registration fee and match funds.

Jiang Changkong defeated nine consecutive peak second-tier challengers with single Flame Saber strikes and then demanded an ultimate ten-match streak against an Early Star Sea martial artist. He faced Li Qing, the arena’s blue-clad organizer, and prepared to test his strength across the level gap.

• Jiang Changkong entered the arena and defeated Black-clad Number One with a single Flame Saber strike.
• Jiang Changkong defeated Numbers Two through Five with single strikes, then forced the powerful Number Six back before defeating him with a strike enhanced by two Force Patterns.
• Jiang Changkong defeated Numbers Seven through Nine, reaching nine consecutive victories without appearing exhausted.
• Jiang Changkong interrupted the call for Number Ten and demanded an Early Star Sea opponent for an ultimate ten-match streak.
• Li Qing agreed to fight Jiang Changkong, and they introduced themselves before preparing to begin their match.

Jiang Changkong completed the Martial Market’s ultimate ten-win streak, defeated Li Qing, and advertised the Martial Arts School. After hearing about an underground Life-Death Arena and collecting his reward, he returned to the school, where Chu Jun asked if he had fought Sanyan before.

• Jiang Changkong defeated Li Qing with his Golden Flame Mystic Saber, while weakening the strike so Li Qing survived.
• Jiang Changkong claimed the ultimate ten-win streak reward and asked to keep fighting, then used the crowd’s attention to promote the Martial Arts School.
• Li Qing told Jiang Changkong about the Martial Market’s resistance to the school and offered him a guide stone to an underground Life-Death Arena.
• Jiang Changkong returned to the Martial Arts School and contacted customer service to claim the starstones for completing the streak.
• Chu Jun gave Jiang Changkong a box of starstones and asked whether he had fought Sanyan before.

Jiang Changkong reached Star Sea Level by upgrading his martial arts, then disguised himself and entered the underground Life-and-Death Arena to earn Star Stones. He began his first five-battle streak against a mid Star Sea Level opponent, deliberately trying to make the fight look difficult.

• Jiang Changkong told Chu Jun that he had fought Chen Sanyan before, and Chu Jun said Chen had vanished after stealing a special Star Stone.
• Jiang Changkong extracted 362 Star Stones at home, mastered the Blazing Fire Art, and upgraded four martial arts, transforming his Star Power into a sea and reaching Star Sea Level.
• Jiang Changkong upgraded Traceless Three Blades, changed clothes, stole a peak second-order blade, and traveled to the Martial Market.
• Jiang Changkong entered the underground Life-and-Death Arena and learned its rules and rewards for consecutive victories.
• Jiang Changkong announced he would fight five battles, faced a mid Star Sea Level swordsman, and clashed blades while concealing his strength.

Jiang Changkong fought through a ten-win arena streak, sparing most opponents but killing one who tried to ambush him. He defeated a swordsman using the school's Sea Overturning Art, collected his winnings, and stayed to watch the fights.

• Jiang Changkong defeated two middle Star Sea Level challengers and spared them, taking their weapons as trophies.
• After winning a fifth match, Jiang Changkong killed an opponent who attacked him after pretending to surrender, then received his Star Stone reward.
• Jiang Changkong bet all fifteen of his Star Stones on reaching ten consecutive wins and pretended to be exhausted as he defeated challengers six through eight.
• When the arena overseer sent four men to fight him, Jiang Changkong defeated the first three challengers, including two in single strikes.
• The final opponent used the school's Sea Overturning Art, but Jiang Changkong strengthened himself and blasted through seven layers of Sword Qi to win his tenth match.
• Jiang Changkong collected his winnings and remained to watch the other fights.

Jiang Changkong discovered that Lu Wuhai and Cao Ye were plotting to obtain his martial arts and kill him, then followed Cao Ye back to Jiangcheng. When the school’s vice principal and teachers approached him about buying his techniques, Jiang Changkong claimed they were the treasured legacy of generations of his family, leaving them speechless rather than making an offer.

• Jiang Changkong followed the black-clad man out of the underground arena and discovered he was Lu Wuhai, meeting Cao Ye in the Star Wilderness Grassland.
• Cao Ye gave Lu Wuhai information about Jiang Changkong, and Lu Wuhai ordered him to obtain Jiang Changkong’s martial arts and arrange his death.
• Lu Wuhai told Cao Ye that an unknown swordsman had defeated him at the arena, and they connected the swordsman’s bloodless attacks to Zhang Hua’s injury.
• Jiang Changkong decided to improve his martial arts, sell his collected weapons, and return to Jiangcheng the next morning.
• Chu Jun called Jiang Changkong to the martial arts school, where Chen Hua and the teachers hinted that they wanted to buy his techniques.
• Jiang Changkong described his martial arts as a hard-won family inheritance, and Chen Hua abandoned the purchase discussion.

Jiang Changkong negotiated with Chen Hua, Fang Chenggong, and the teachers to sell the Iron Cloth Shirt technique to the school, then used the Star Stones he received to advance his four martial arts. He left with his cultivation strengthened and planned to visit the Martial Market to see how Lu Wuhai intended to deal with him.

• Jiang Changkong claimed his ancestors had created the Iron Cloth Shirt to help humanity and demanded Star Stones rather than giving the technique away for free.
• Jiang Changkong negotiated with Chen Hua, Fang Chenggong, and the teachers, eventually accepting one hundred mid-grade third-grade Star Stones from the school and fifty from Fang Chenggong.
• Jiang Changkong wrote down the Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique without its Force Patterns and handed it to Chen Hua.
• Jiang Changkong returned home with the Star Stones, advanced all four martial arts to minor accomplishment, and assessed the strength and vulnerabilities of his mid Star Sea Level cultivation.
• Jiang Changkong decided to save his remaining Essence, Qi, and Spirit for now and headed to the Martial Market to see how Lu Wuhai would deal with him.

Jiang Changkong returned to the Martial Market seeking a ten-fight streak, but Lu Wuhai redirected him toward a large Star Stone shipment. After discovering the shipment belonged to the military, Jiang Changkong ambushed its escort and claimed he was Lu Wuhai.

• Jiang Changkong demanded ten consecutive fights, but the arena host recognized him from the previous day and led him to Lu Wuhai.
• Lu Wuhai offered Jiang Changkong a job and revealed the location of a shipment carrying thousands of Star Stones.
• Jiang Changkong went to the location, waited, and spotted a thirteen-person military escort that included Liu Feng.
• Jiang Changkong attacked the escort, knocked its leader and soldiers unconscious, and identified himself as Lu Wuhai.

Jiang Changkong stopped Lu Wuhai from killing a soldier after they stole Star Stones, then investigated possible threats at the Martial Arts School and prepared to monitor Cao Ye’s associates. He learned that a Martial Market expert would be pursued the next night and headed to the Martial Market after setting his surveillance plans in motion.

• Jiang Changkong took a backpack of third-tier Star Stones, stopped Lu Wuhai from killing a soldier, and agreed to contact him about future goods.
• Jiang Changkong returned to the Martial Arts School, reviewed Lu Wuhai’s record, and asked Zhou Wen to watch Li He and Zhang Tao.
• Jiang Changkong told Zhou Wen he had reached Star Sea Level and considered how Cao Ye and his associates might try to lure him outside the city.
• Teacher Chu Jun told Jiang Changkong that Teacher Fang would take him to pursue a mid-Star Sea expert at the Martial Market the following night, and promised him a fourth-tier weapon if he surpassed Star Sea Level soon.
• Jiang Changkong borrowed two Starlight Surveillance Devices from Tang Ruoxi, gave one to Zhou Wen, and went to the Martial Market.

Jiang Changkong and Zhou Wen discovered that Cao Ye and his associates were burying bombs beneath discarded Star Stones, then Jiang Changkong joined them on a trip to the Martial Market. Fang Chenggong lured Jiang Changkong toward the hidden explosives and detonated them, leaving his fate unknown.

• Jiang Changkong evaded men following him from the Life-Death Arena and used surveillance equipment to monitor the Martial Market.
• Zhou Wen sent Jiang Changkong footage of Cao Ye, Zhang Tao, Li He, Zhuang Xuanqing, and Song Jun transporting discarded Star Stones, then reported bombs hidden beneath them.
• Jiang Changkong urged Zhou Wen to keep gathering evidence privately, saying they could earn merit by exposing the group.
• After sleeping through the day, Jiang Changkong met Chu Jun, Fang Chenggong, Cao Ye, and the others at the school gates and traveled with them toward the Martial Market.
• Fang Chenggong told Jiang Changkong to go ahead and find a gift, then pressed a remote control as Jiang Changkong asked where it was.

Jiang Changkong survived the bomb planted by Fang Chenggong and defeated the group responsible, killing those who refused to talk. He learned that Lu Wuhai was tied to an arms-smuggling network and kept Cao Ye alive as a spy, sending him to lure someone to a designated location.

• Fang Chenggong, Cao Ye, and the others found Jiang Changkong alive after their bomb failed to kill him.
• Jiang Changkong defeated Fang Chenggong, crippled the fleeing men, and killed Fang Chenggong, Zhang Tao, Li He, and Song Jun when they refused to cooperate.
• Cao Ye and Zhuang Xuanqing revealed that Lu Wuhai worked with He Long and Ma Jinwu and arranged Star Power Bomb sales through Li Mingde.
• Jiang Changkong decided he needed only one spy, and Cao Ye killed Zhuang Xuanqing to prove his loyalty.
• Jiang Changkong ordered Cao Ye to lure one of Lu Wuhai's associates to an address and warned him that a surveillance fly would monitor him.

Jiang Changkong used Cao Ye to draw out the man holding the stolen Star Stones, then killed Cao Ye to conceal his role. He watched as Commander Cheng confronted He Long and shut down the underground Life-Death Arena until He Long produced the culprit.

• Jiang Changkong lured Liu Feng with a false lead about one hundred Star Stones and followed Cao Ye to the place where the stones were buried.
• Cao Ye slipped away from the black-clad man, but Jiang Changkong caught him and watched military personnel arrest the man and recover the stolen Star Stones.
• Cao Ye realized Jiang Changkong was the thief, so Jiang Changkong killed him and burned his body before heading to the Life-Death Arena.
• Jiang Changkong watched the arena grow increasingly crowded and deserted over several days while avoiding calls from Chu Jun, the vice principal, and his two senior sisters.
• Commander Cheng accused He Long of stealing the military's Star Stones, demanded the culprit, and ordered the Life-Death Arena closed for three days.
• Jiang Changkong left with the crowd as people speculated that all six big shots of Jiangcheng might be involved.

Jiang Changkong reunited with his teachers and senior sisters, showed them evidence linking Cao Ye, Lu Wuhai, and Li Mingde to the Star Power Bomb, then tracked Lu Wuhai to He Long’s hideout. After defeating the guards and confronting He Long, he accused him of using Jiang Changkong to rob the military’s Star Stones and lead them into a trap.

• Jiang Changkong met Chu Jun, Ji Ziling, Ying Yanxue, and Xiao Jiang in the Martial Market and showed them a video of the bomb plot.
• Jiang Changkong told his companions that Cao Ye had mentioned Lu Wuhai and bombs supplied by Li Mingde, then left to investigate.
• Jiang Changkong watched He Long and other prominent figures gather, then waited until the military and Law Enforcement Bureau had left the Martial Market.
• Jiang Changkong killed the guards outside He Long’s stone house and discovered Lu Wuhai inside with He Long.
• Jiang Changkong fought He Long, survived their clash, and accused him of using Jiang Changkong to rob the military’s Star Stones and mislead its forces.

Jiang Changkong confronted He Long and Lu Wuhai over the military’s stolen Star Stones and forced them to compensate him. After agreeing to meet He Long about an incoming shipment, he returned to the Martial Market, where Ji Ziling gave him a top-grade third-rank weapon.

• Jiang Changkong accused He Long and Lu Wuhai of selling him out and demanded Star Stones as compensation, threatening to expose them to the military.
• He Long had Lu Wuhai give Jiang Changkong one hundred low-grade and twenty mid-grade third-rank Star Stones, then invited him to meet about a shipment the next night.
• He Long and Lu Wuhai discussed their past influence over the military and considered killing Jiang Changkong because of his strength.
• Jiang Changkong left the Martial Market, assessed how much the Star Stones could help his martial arts, and waited until dawn.
• Jiang Changkong visited Ji Ziling and told her he had seen Lu Wuhai with He Long; she explained the investigation and passed him a weapon from Chu Jun.
• Jiang Changkong poured Star Power into the weapon and realized it was top-grade third-rank.

Jiang Changkong joined Lu Wuhai’s group to intercept a shipment, then followed the haul’s owners and learned He Long was preparing a major operation. When he broke into He Long’s stone house to search for Star Stones, he found He Long and a peak Star Sea Level masked man waiting inside and prepared to fight them.

• Chu Jun gave Jiang Changkong a Martial Arts School token and a top-tier third-grade weapon, and Jiang Changkong used the token to leave the Martial Market without trouble.
• Jiang Changkong met Lu Wuhai and three other men in black, incapacitated seven people carrying backpacks, and took his share of their Star Stones.
• Jiang Changkong tracked the seven to Liang Zhe’s residence and learned from Zhou Wen that Zhang Hua had delivered bombs to He Long’s people.
• Lu Wuhai offered Jiang Changkong a larger shipment for the following night, while Chu Jun warned him that He Long had gathered the major forces to deal with a martial artist.
• Jiang Changkong went to search He Long’s unguarded stone house but found He Long and a masked peak Star Sea Level man inside, and he began allocating power to his techniques for the fight.

Jiang Changkong defeated He Long and the masked man, then discovered that the black iron ring was a spatial ring containing Star Power Bombs and Star Stones. He left with the ring and its remaining contents, having uncovered a dangerous connection to the men’s weapons business.

• Jiang Changkong revealed his peak Star Sea Level strength and wounded He Long and the masked man, crippling their limbs.
• Jiang Changkong subdued the men in black who tried to stop him, then escaped the Martial Market with He Long and the masked man.
• After questioning the captives about their weapons business, Jiang Changkong saw the masked man produce two Star Power Bombs.
• Jiang Changkong used Taiji diagrams to deflect the explosions, leaving himself wounded and the two captives badly injured.
• Jiang Changkong killed the masked man, took his black iron ring, and found that it held Star Power Bombs and fifty-five top-grade third-tier Star Stones.

Jiang Changkong interrogated He Long about the arms trade and learned how Lu Wuhai arranged it, then killed He Long and took his hidden Star Stones. The revelation pointed Jiang Changkong toward the Azure Cloud Demon Hunting Team in Jiangshui City and a military accomplice whose identity remained unknown.

• Jiang Changkong confronted He Long with evidence of his arms deals and pressured him to explain how the scheme began.
• He Long revealed that Lu Wuhai had recruited Jiangcheng’s big shots after meeting a powerful supporter at the Martial Arts School Exchange Meeting, promising them resources that never arrived.
• He Long identified the Azure Cloud Demon Hunting Team as Lu Wuhai’s backers and said Lu had also recruited an unnamed high-ranking military contact, but not Commander Cheng Huai.
• He Long disclosed where he had hidden his Star Stones and asked Jiang Changkong to spare his family.
• Jiang Changkong helped He Long sit upright, cut off his head with the Traceless Blade, and left carrying it.

Jiang Changkong advanced his martial arts, concealed his strength with the Hidden Star Ring, and brought He Long’s head and evidence to Chu Jun, Ji Ziling, and Ying Yanxue. He offered to help the military deal with Ma Jinwu and the others in exchange for their Star Stones, while Chu Jun arranged for Cheng Huai to meet them without learning about the special Star Stone.

• Jiang Changkong raised the Taiji Fist Classic and Blazing Fire Art, perceived his third Force Pattern, and used the Hidden Star Ring to conceal his star power.
• Jiang Changkong reached the Martial Market and called Chu Jun, who arrived with Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue as authorities searched for He Long and the man in black after a bombing ambush.
• Jiang Changkong revealed He Long’s head, contracts, and a recording that implicated He Long and others in selling bombs.
• Jiang Changkong told the group he had paid Star Stones for the evidence and had agreed to sell the special Star Stone, giving priority to Ying Yanxue and the Martial Arts School.
• Jiang Changkong said the man in black would cooperate with the military against Ma Jinwu and the others in exchange for their Star Stones, and Chu Jun offered to arrange a meeting with Cheng Huai.