Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changkong and his three escorts encountered four peak Star Qi Star Demons while traveling through the weeds. He killed all four with his fists, impressed the escorts with his strength and defense, and the group continued toward their destination with plans to move faster.

• Liu Feng warned that stronger Star Demons might lie ahead, and the group agreed to conserve stamina and proceed carefully.
• The four travelers found fresh tracks and warm feces, then encountered four nearby Star Demons blocking their route.
• Jiang Changkong charged the barbed Star Demon while Liu Feng, Zhang Mo, and Xiao Hu intercepted the other three.
• Jiang Changkong's defense withstood the barbs, and he killed the barbed Star Demon before punching down the other three Star Demons.
• Jiang Changkong accepted all four Star Stones after the escorts insisted he deserved them, then explained that even top-tier first-rank weapons could not pierce his defense.
• Liu Feng suggested they pick up the pace, and Jiang Changkong said they could defeat small groups of Star Demons below Nebula Level and split the Star Stones.

Jiang Changkong reached the besieged group with three Star Qi Peak companions, but Ji Ziling had arrived alone and Ying Yanxue was already injured. When the Star Demons attacked, Jiang Changkong joined the fight while his companions withdrew, and he was left battered but still fighting.

• Jiang Changkong messaged Zhou Wen and learned that Ji Ziling was still on her way, while Ying Yanxue was injured and powerful Nebula-level Star Demons surrounded them.
• Jiang Changkong told Liu Feng, Zhang Mo, and Xiao Hu to return because Ji Ziling had brought no reinforcements.
• Someone inside the rocks shouted that soldiers had arrived, prompting the Star Demons to charge, and Jiang Changkong rushed into the battle as the three companions fled.
• Jiang Changkong killed a Star Qi Peak Star Demon with one punch and joined Zhou Wen and Ying Yanxue against the encircling Star Demons.
• Several Star Demons battered Jiang Changkong despite his Taiji defense and toughened body, but he punched through another demon before their attacks sent him tumbling across the ground.

Jiang Changkong helped draw Star Demons away from Ying Yanxue and Zhou Wen’s group, then learned Wu Jun had deliberately endangered them as part of a setup. He chose to stay in the wilderness to hunt Star Demons and grow stronger, while Ying Yanxue and the others’ fate remained uncertain.

• Ying Yanxue ordered the group to escape after the peak Nebula Star Demon broke the barrier, but she, Wu Jun, and Zhou Wen stayed to fight while Zhou Wen kicked Jiang Changkong to safety.
• Jiang Changkong used Liu Feng’s phone to lure away the pursuing Star Qi Star Demons, then reunited with Liu Feng, Zhang Mo, and Xiao Hu.
• Liu Feng and the others told Jiang Changkong that Wu Jun had alerted the Star Demons and that a group of powerful fighters had been lying in ambush nearby.
• Jiang Changkong said he would remain outside the city to hunt Star Demons and train, and Liu Feng’s group gave him notes and their remaining food before leaving.

Jiang Changkong reunited with Ji Ziling, and the two followed Yanxue’s trail while gathering Star Demon resources. After Ji Ziling revealed that their secret was exposed, Jiang Changkong teased her about soon graduating and leaving the girls to him.

• Jiang Changkong found Ji Ziling beside the Star Demon corpses and told her how Wu Jun’s ambush had led to the barrier breaking and the group’s disappearance.
• Jiang Changkong collected essence, energy, and spirit from the corpses while Ji Ziling searched nearby and found Yanxue’s snowflake contact mark.
• Ji Ziling used a sword stored in a token to kill three Star Demons and gave Jiang Changkong their Star Stones.
• Ji Ziling told Jiang Changkong that their matter had been exposed and urged him to join Kexiang so they could pursue girls together.
• Jiang Changkong reminded Ji Ziling that she would soon finish her fifth year and be assigned a job, then declared that he would handle the senior and junior girls.

Jiang Changkong traveled with Ji Ziling through the Star Wilderness Grassland, collecting Star Stones as they followed signs toward Ying Yanxue and the others. After Ji Ziling reunited with them, Jiang perfected the Taiji Fist Classic, and someone asked where he was.

• Ji Ziling and Jiang Changkong found evidence that someone had lured Star Demons onto their route to delay Ji Ziling, but they continued following the marks.
• While resting, Ji Ziling learned that Zhang Hua had rescued Ying Yanxue and taken the group's phones under orders to keep information about a special Star Demon from spreading.
• Ji Ziling told Jiang Changkong to return to the city once they found the group, while he planned to keep improving his martial arts.
• On the third day, Ji Ziling and Jiang Changkong found Ying Yanxue and more than ten others roasting a Star Demon, and Ji Ziling went to join them.
• Jiang Changkong used his accumulated essence, qi, and spirit to perfect the Taiji Fist Classic, then heard someone ask Ji Ziling where he was.

Jiang Changkong watched Zhang Hua try to blame him for the disaster caused by Wu Jun, then secretly followed the group while hunting Star Demons to gather power. He stayed near the group as Ying Yanxue recovered and continued building strength in the Star Demon-infested area.

• Zhang Hua accused Jiang Changkong of misleading the group and tried to keep Ji Ziling and the injured Ying Yanxue from leaving, while Ji Ziling defended her brother.
• Jiang Changkong withdrew into the shadows but decided to follow Zhang Hua's group and hunt Star Demons nearby.
• Jiang Changkong killed Star Qi-level Star Demons, discovering that their attacks could no longer injure him and gaining thousands of essence, qi, and spirit.
• Jiang Changkong continued hunting as Zhang Hua's group traveled, then stayed nearby when they paused for Ying Yanxue to recover.
• Jiang Changkong hunted through the day, bringing his essence, qi, and spirit to 31,830 and nearing the amount needed to perfect Three Water-Cutting Blades.

Jiang Changkong upgraded his three martial arts and reached the Early Nebula Level, then traveled to a river and slaughtered a squad of Star Demons. He overheard Wu Jun agreeing to murder Zhou Wen before four o’clock, and planned to withdraw quietly after learning of the plot.

• Jiang Changkong perfected the Three Water-Cutting Blades, upgraded all three martial arts, and advanced to the Early Nebula Level.
• Jiang Changkong traveled to a nearby river, where he filled his water bottles and defeated eight Star Demons, including an Early Nebula Level leader.
• Jiang Changkong continued hunting Star Demons until noon, then noticed Wu Jun and another young man sneaking away from the group.
• Li Yuantong ordered Wu Jun to ambush and kill Zhou Wen before four o’clock, saying it was what the senior wanted.
• Wu Jun agreed to kill Zhou Wen and then Jiang Changkong, while Jiang Changkong listened and quietly withdrew.

Jiang Changkong advanced to Mid Nebula Level by strengthening his Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique, then followed Wu Jun and recorded evidence as Li Yuantong tried to persuade Zhou Wen to frame him. When Li Yuantong and Wu Jun attacked Zhou Wen, Jiang Changkong intervened and overwhelmed them both, leaving Li Yuantong badly injured.

• Jiang Changkong spent the day killing Star Demons, used one thousand Essence, Qi, and Spirit to raise the Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique to minor mastery, and broke through to Mid Nebula Level.
• Jiang Changkong followed Wu Jun and secretly turned on his phone to record evidence.
• Li Yuantong urged Zhou Wen to blame Jiang Changkong for the deaths, but Zhou Wen refused and threatened to report the matter to the principal.
• Li Yuantong attacked Zhou Wen, and Wu Jun emerged to strike him from behind, but Jiang Changkong intercepted Wu Jun's sword with his bare hand.
• Jiang Changkong defeated and killed Wu Jun, then attacked Li Yuantong while Zhou Wen kept him from escaping.
• After Zhou Wen told him to kill Li Yuantong, Jiang Changkong continued beating the badly injured man.

Jiang Changkong saved Zhou Wen from Wu Jun and Li Yuantong, then killed them and concealed the evidence by recording their attempted attack. After leaving Zhou Wen to pursue Zhang Hua, he hunted Star Demons and upgraded the Taiji Fist Classic; the chapter ended with Zhou Wen reporting that Zhang Hua had found the bodies but no evidence.

• Jiang Changkong recorded Wu Jun and Li Yuantong's attempt to kill him and Zhou Wen, then killed both men and extracted their essence, energy, and spirit.
• Zhou Wen thanked Jiang Changkong for saving him, and Jiang Changkong explained that he had followed Wu Jun's group after Wu Jun nearly got him killed.
• Zhou Wen said he and the others planned to follow Zhang Hua and gather evidence that could damage his chances of becoming a professional martial artist.
• Jiang Changkong left Zhou Wen with his phone and supplies, hunted Star Demons, and used a thousand points to upgrade the Taiji Fist Classic.
• Jiang Changkong returned at night, and Zhou Wen told him Zhang Hua had found the bodies but that searches had uncovered no evidence.

Jiang Changkong hunted Star Demons by the river and used their blood and corpses to lure in more prey. After extracting a huge amount of essence, energy, and spirit, he found himself surrounded by a horde and fought his way forward, upgrading his Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique to survive.

• Jiang Changkong learned from Zhou Wen that Star Demons could absorb Star Power, then spent the day hunting while Zhou Wen kept watch.
• Jiang Changkong killed four Star Demons by the river, including one at Mid Nebula Level, and upgraded Traceless Three Blades.
• Jiang Changkong bled Star Demons and piled up their corpses to lure more of them to the riverbank, killing each wave as it arrived.
• When the gathered essence, energy, and spirit reached 1,380, Jiang Changkong extracted it, releasing a foul stench that drew a horde of Star Demons.
• Surrounded by Star Demons, Jiang Changkong fought forward and poured his essence, energy, and spirit into Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique to restore his strength and survive.

Jiang Changkong exhausted himself fighting Star Demons, but his Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique left him too tough for them to bite through. After the Star Demons dragged him to a shield shelter occupied by four Kexiang students, he tried to persuade them to let him inside before a Late Nebula Level Star Demon arrived.

• Jiang Changkong fought Star Demons from noon until sunset, then collapsed after exhausting his strength and Star Power.
• The Star Demons shattered their teeth and claws against Jiang Changkong's hardened body, then dragged him through the weeds when they could not eat him.
• The Star Demons dragged Jiang Changkong to a silver energy shield sheltering two men and two women, who feared he had been dismembered when the creatures attacked him.
• Jiang Changkong told the four Kexiang students that he could fight the Star Demons and asked them to let him inside so he could recover.
• A Late Nebula Level Star Demon approached as Jiang Changkong urged the Kexiang students to save him.

Jiang Changkong took refuge with four Kexiang School students after escaping a Star Demon horde, then recovered inside their barrier. He agreed to face the demons at dawn so the students could save their remaining resources to find their upperclasswoman.

• Jiang Changkong slipped through the silver shield as the four students’ golden sword light drove back the Late Nebula Level Star Demon.
• Zhang Xiaoyu, Liu Ya, Lu Hong, and Liu Jun gave Jiang Changkong food, water, and clothes, then told him they were Kexiang School students seeking their separated upperclasswoman.
• Jiang Changkong claimed he was an ordinary student and said his strong defense came from training Iron Cloth Shirt; he checked his progress and found Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique near Great Achievement.
• Jiang Changkong recovered through the night while the Star Demons waited outside the barrier, then accepted another flatbread from Zhang Xiaoyu.
• Lu Hong proposed acting at dawn, and Liu Jun warned that fighting the Late Nebula Level Star Demon would use up their remaining means.
• Jiang Changkong insisted he would rush out at dawn and kill the Star Demons while the four students waited inside the shield.

Jiang Changkong defeated thirteen Star Demons, including a Late Nebula Level opponent, then accepted a phone and Primordial Martial Compass from the Kexiang students. After they left, he absorbed the defeated Star Demon's essence, energy, and spirit, advanced his Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique, and set out to find Brother Wen.

• Jiang Changkong charged the Late Nebula Level Star Demon while Liu Jun and the others fought off the remaining Nebula Level enemies.
• Jiang Changkong beat the Late Nebula Level Star Demon to death with his fists, then used the Taiji diagram to kill the other twelve Star Demons.
• Jiang Changkong refused Lu Hong's offer to travel together and accepted Zhang Xiaoyu's phone and Primordial Martial Compass so they could contact each other later.
• After Liu Jun and the others collected the Star Stones and left, Jiang Changkong returned to absorb the corpse's essence, energy, and spirit.
• Jiang Changkong upgraded his Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique to Greater Mastery and sent Brother Wen a TechNet friend request.

Jiang Changkong used the Primordial Martial Compass to hunt Star Demons while traveling to meet Zhou Wen, but discovered that someone had altered Zhou Wen’s trail markers. After they reunited, a powerful attacker ambushed them, and Zhou Wen identified him as Super scholar Chen Sanyan.

• Jiang Changkong followed Zhou Wen’s location and the Primordial Martial Compass, killing Star Demons along the way while chatting with Liu Ya and the others.
• Jiang Changkong found a taiji-marked rock with an unfamiliar arrow, and Zhou Wen realized someone had changed the marker to mislead him.
• Jiang Changkong rushed toward Zhou Wen as they changed course and closed to within a hundred meters of each other.
• Jiang Changkong’s Primordial Martial Compass detected a Peak Nebula Level presence, and Zhou Wen joined him as the threat approached.
• A red saber strike targeted Zhou Wen, but Jiang Changkong shoved him aside and blocked the attack with Taiji diagrams.
• A blade-wielding figure emerged from the weeds, and Zhou Wen recognized him as Super scholar Chen Sanyan.

Jiang Changkong fought Chen Sanyan to keep him from killing Zhou Wen, despite Chen’s Peak Nebula strength and powerful saber. The fight left both men badly wounded, and Jiang ended the chapter standing with Chen’s saber after knocking him to the ground.

• Chen Sanyan attacked Zhou Wen, but Jiang Changkong sent Zhou flying to safety and blocked Chen’s saber strike.
• Jiang Changkong and Chen Sanyan exchanged blows, each injuring the other, while Zhou Wen escaped.
• Chen Sanyan refused to stop fighting and unleashed his Mystic Fire Saber, piercing Jiang Changkong’s shoulder with its saber energy.
• Jiang Changkong struck Chen Sanyan at close range, broke his bones, and forced him to release his saber.
• Jiang Changkong pulled the saber from his wound and used it to support himself as blood poured from his body.

Jiang Changkong killed Chen Sanyan despite his injuries and the Profound Fire Saber Qi, then regrouped with Zhou Wen. After sending Zhou Wen back toward the city, Jiang Changkong continued alone to follow Ji Ziling and the others and protect Yanxue.

• Chen Sanyan stood after suffering devastating injuries and believed Jiang Changkong had exhausted his strength, but Jiang Changkong killed him with a single saber strike.
• Jiang Changkong extracted Chen Sanyan's essence, energy, and spirit, strengthened the Taiji Fist Classic, and left to recover while avoiding detected power fluctuations.
• After stabilizing his injuries, Jiang Changkong contacted Zhou Wen and rushed to meet him, killing a Star Demon along the way.
• Jiang Changkong told Zhou Wen that Chen Sanyan had discovered him and urged him to return to the city; Zhou Wen agreed and asked Jiang Changkong to protect Yanxue.
• Zhou Wen gave Jiang Changkong his backpack and the Star Stone from a Star Demon he killed, then left the next day while Jiang Changkong continued alone.

Jiang Changkong hunted Star Demons while pursuing Zhang Hua's group, expelled the blade qi trapped in his body, and focused on strengthening Traceless Three Blades. He found Kexiang's people in the area and later saw Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue leave with only one Early Nebula Level student accompanying them, leaving him puzzled about Zhang Hua's decision.

• Jiang Changkong hid Chen Sanyan's death, concealed his injuries and blade, and set out alone with the Primordial Martial Compass to hunt Star Demons.
• Jiang Changkong hunted Star Demons through the night and raised Taiji Fist Classic to mastery, then expelled the remaining blade qi from his body and gained a small increase in strength.
• Jiang Changkong decided to focus on Traceless Three Blades and kept hunting while pursuing Zhang Hua's group, saving several Mid Nebula Level Star Stones for Ji Ziling.
• Jiang Changkong found Zhang Xiaoyu and three other people from Kexiang, avoided their well-equipped group, and spent the night hunting near Zhang Hua's party.
• At dawn, Jiang Changkong saw Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue leave with only one Early Nebula Level student and wondered why Zhang Hua let them go with so little protection.

Jiang Changkong exploited the golden-smoke orbs meant to lure Star Demons, gathering their essence, energy, and spirit while the students mistook him for a humanoid special Star Demon. After upgrading Traceless Three Blades, he returned to Zhang Hua’s group as they planned their next attempt to find the creature.

• Jiang Changkong watched Ji Ziling, Ying Yanxue, and Huang Mingye burn an orb, then left when he realized he could not safely take it.
• Jiang Changkong stole another burning orb from a group of Star Demons, and nearby students mistook his humanoid shape for a special Star Demon.
• Jiang Changkong used the orbs to lure Star Demons, collecting their essence, energy, and spirit and upgrading Traceless Three Blades to major mastery.
• Jiang Changkong decided to leave marks for Ji Ziling and returned to watch Zhang Hua’s group.
• Zhang Hua planned to search another direction with Cao Ye while Ji Ziling and the others stayed at their original location.

Jiang Changkong reunited with Ying Yanxue and Ji Ziling, learned Zhou Wen had safely left, and discovered Zhang Hua was still pursuing a special Star Demon. Ji Ziling treated Jiang Changkong’s wound and proposed stealing the Star Stones from the group’s backpacks when the hunt caused a distraction.

• Jiang Changkong left marked stones for Ying Yanxue and Ji Ziling, and Ying Yanxue followed them to meet him.
• Ying Yanxue asked Jiang Changkong to get help for Zhou Wen, but he showed her Zhou Wen was already on his way back.
• Ying Yanxue decided to keep pursuing the special Star Demon and deny Zhang Hua its special Star Stone.
• Ji Ziling joined Jiang Changkong, healed his knife wound, and learned Chen Sanyan had injured him.
• Ji Ziling told Jiang Changkong she planned to kick the Star Stones backpacks away during the coming chaos so they could take and split the stones.

Jiang Changkong, Ji Ziling, and Ying Yanxue used a Star Smoke Ball and a staged special Star Demon to lure Zhang Hua and his group into a swarm of Star Demons. As Zhang Hua’s team fought the horde, Jiang Changkong stole their backpacks and took the remaining Star Smoke Ball, then slipped away.

• Jiang Changkong told Ji Ziling that he had taken the Star Smoke Ball and posed as the special Star Demon, and they planned to use a swarm to draw Zhang Hua into battle.
• Jiang Changkong disguised himself in Star Demon hide while Ji Ziling killed Star Demons near the Star Smoke Ball to build up the lure.
• A large swarm arrived, and Jiang Changkong rushed past the Star Smoke Ball as the supposed special Star Demon while Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue pretended to pursue him.
• Huang Mingye called Zhang Hua, who arrived with Cao Ye and the others and charged after the supposedly powerful special Star Demon.
• Ji Ziling declared the swarm to be the special Star Demon’s subordinates, and Zhang Hua’s group attacked as Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue withdrew.
• Jiang Changkong slipped into the swarm, stole the group’s backpacks, took the remaining Star Smoke Ball, and left the battlefield.