Recaps

Jiang Changkong traveled to Watercloud Mountain, confronted the Azure Cloud Demon Hunting Team and Chu Tianyun’s allies, then secured Jiangcheng’s place in the Starlight Distortion Zone exchange. After selling three slots to Nan Tianwang, he fought Lin Jie in a life-and-death duel over the remaining quotas and killed him despite being pierced through the shoulder.

• Jiang Changkong became president of the Jiangcheng Martial Arts Association, recruited allies for missions, and set out for Watercloud Mountain with Tang Ruoxi’s new blade.
• Jiang Changkong killed Chu Ming and defeated Zhang Kaiyun’s group, then hunted Star Demons across Watercloud Mountain and the Jiangshui River.
• Jiang Changkong destroyed the Azure Cloud Demon Hunting Team’s lair, defeated Nan Tianwang in a clash, and joined Nan Tianwang and Yao Meng to retrieve a Moon Blue Flower and Moon Stone from an underground cave.
• Jiang Changkong returned to Jiangshui City, where Chu Tianyun conceded to him before their bout, and he defeated Jin Feng before sparing both men in exchange for resources and school income.
• Chu Yunhe challenged Jiang Changkong to a life-and-death battle over the Starlight Distortion Zone quotas, while Jiang Changkong sold Nan Tianwang three slots for one thousand fifth-grade lower-rank Star Stones.
• Chu Yunhe brought in Lin Jie, a mid-stage Star Treasury expert, to fight Jiang Changkong, who signed the life-and-death contract and faced him in the school’s martial arts ground.
• Jiang Changkong countered Lin Jie’s evasive attacks, feigned weakness, then let Lin Jie’s sword pierce his shoulder as he drove his saber through Lin Jie’s heart.

Jiang Changkong claimed the treasures in the Starlight Distortion Zone, then defeated the forces that tried to take them and destroyed the Chu Family. He left for Stability Province, obtained a Star Guiding Stone for Tang Ruoxi’s research institute, and prepared to enter the Abyss.

• Jiang Changkong defeated Lin Jie, collected his winnings, sold entry slots to the Starlight Distortion Zone, and received a fifth-grade saber from Mu Jinhong.
• Jiang Changkong explored the zone, found Lunar Sword fragments and Blazing Sun Blood, and killed a powerful Star Demon to claim the Mystic Sun Art Star Stone.
• Jiang Changkong mastered the Cold Moon Art, found the Lunar Star Stele, and claimed the Sun Stones and Blazing Sun Stele from Nan Tianwang and the other martial artists.
• Jiang Changkong returned to the zone when intruders tried to take the Star Stele, defeated them, recovered the stele, and negotiated a sixth-rank weapon from Nan Tianwang.
• Jiang Changkong rejected recruitment offers, then killed Chu Yunhe and destroyed the Chu Family after learning they planned to kill him and threaten Ji Ziling.
• Jiang Changkong left for Stability Province, subdued the Star Demons guarding the Star Guiding Stone, and knocked out the Martial Arts Association president who challenged him for it.
• Jiang Changkong gave the Star Guiding Stone to Professor Yun for Tang Ruoxi’s research institute and planned to enter the Abyss after learning about its gravity zones.

Jiang Changkong hunted in the Abyss, pursued the secrets of the cold pool, and clashed with the Lin and Heng families. After winning a Star Demon hunting wager and helping Heng Yongxing’s group survive a powerful demon, he prepared to investigate the contested mineral vein.

• Jiang Changkong entered the cold pool, discovered Lunar materials, and recovered cassia leaves and a stone bench before asking Professor Yun to forge a saber and sword.
• Jiang Changkong fought Star Demons alongside the researchers and met Heng Yongxing, Li Changtian, and An Dingbang, who sought a meeting with his supposed Lunar cultivator friend.
• Jiang Changkong accepted Lin Yunwang’s challenge, won their duel, and killed Lin after declaring it a fight to the death.
• After Yun Tianshan’s poisoned Star Stones harmed him, Jiang Changkong recovered, tracked Yun down, and killed him, then denied responsibility when questioned by An Shou.
• Jiang Changkong wagered the Moon Laurel Leaf and Jiang Changyue’s help against Heng Yongxing’s six thousand Star Stones, then drew large numbers of Star Demons into his hunting grounds.
• Heng Yongxing’s group was overwhelmed by a late-stage Star Spirit Star Demon, and Jiang Changkong intervened long enough for them to escape and concede the wager.
• Jiang Changkong took the Star Stones, helped clear the area, and learned that major-province forces had already claimed another mineral vein while preparing to investigate the local one.

Jiang Changkong battled the families and alliances competing for the mineral vein while pursuing the truth about the Sin Domain and Heng Xueyue’s attack. After defeating several challengers and taking their Star Stones, he returned to the research institute as Professor Yun hinted that Heng Xuanqing had a private illness.

• Professor Yun discovered a large mineral vein, and Jiang Changkong offered to protect An Dingbang’s weak Martial Arts Association for Star Stones.
• Jiang Changkong saved martial artists from Star Demons at Lunar Lake, then fought the Yun Family man as Jiang Changyue and killed him with the Moon Laurel Leaves’ Lunar Cold Qi.
• Jiang Changkong rescued injured fighters around the Abyss, challenged the three families at their base, and killed their peak Star Spirit elder with his black-robed puppet.
• Jiang Changkong claimed the mineral vein, learned from Xu Xinghe that his father Xu Hengzhi was trapped in the Sin Domain, and promised to do his utmost to protect him.
• Jiang Changkong fought Heng Xueyue, agreed to compete for the mineral vein alongside her, and later defeated her in a dispute over Jiang Changyue before Yao Meng mediated.
• Jiang Changkong confronted the alliances at their meeting and declared that the mineral vein would belong to him, then defeated Heng Xueyue and five peak Star Spirits and took their Star Stones.
• Jiang Changkong killed five Gold Alliance members, used his gains to max out the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art and Taiji Mystic Art, and defeated Heng Xuanqing in a challenge.
• Jiang Changkong took Heng Xuanqing’s Star Stones and returned to the research institute, where Professor Yun said Heng Xuanqing was sick without explaining further.