Chapter Summaries

Jiang Changkong harvested essence, energy, and spirit from the battlefield and advanced his martial arts, while Ji Ziling planned to use Peak Nebula-level Star Demon Blood to lure out the special Star Demon the next night. The chapter ended with Jiang Changkong changing camps and heading out to hunt more Star Demons.

• Zhang Hua's group argued over the Star Demon swarm, and Zhang Hua planned to use Star Smoke Balls, corpses, and fresh blood to lure the special Star Demon the next day.
• A Kexiang scout reported that the martial arts students had fought the Star Demon horde, while the Kexiang students mocked them and envied Jiang Changkong's toughness.
• Jiang Changkong harvested essence, energy, and spirit from the battlefield, raising Traceless Three Blades to Greater Mastery and spending his resources.
• Ji Ziling visited Jiang Changkong with Peak Nebula-level Star Demon Blood and planned to make Zhang Hua's group lose their Star Stones during the next day's operation.
• Jiang Changkong changed his camp for safety and went out to kill more Star Demons.

Zhang Hua and his allies lured out a special Star Demon, but it escaped during their attack as Jiang Changkong secretly stole their Star Stones. After the group discovered the theft and confronted Zhang Hua, he offered to compensate them with the special Star Stone if he obtained it.

• Zhang Hua and the others lured Star Demons with a blood-scented Star Smoke Ball and attacked when Ji Ziling spotted the special Star Demon.
• The special Star Demon wounded Ji Ziling with its rebound ability, then escaped as the Star Demon horde arrived.
• While Zhang Hua and the others fought the horde, Jiang Changkong circled back, stole Star Stones from their backpacks, and carried them away.
• That night, the group discovered their Star Stones were missing, and Ji Ziling scolded Zhang Hua for his carelessness.
• Zhang Hua offered to donate or sell the special Star Stone to compensate everyone if he obtained it.

Zhang Hua pressured Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue to make up for the Star Stone losses, while Jiang Changkong collected the Star Stones and used their essence, energy, and spirit to perfect Traceless Three Blades. He rejected Ji Ziling’s advice to leave and decided to stay hidden, hunt more Star Demons, and pursue the special Star Demon.

• Zhang Hua asked Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue to hunt Star Demons on the way back to make up for the losses, and Ying Yanxue agreed to settle accounts later.
• Jiang Changkong extracted essence, energy, and spirit from the Star Demon corpses, then hunted more Star Demons before meeting Ji Ziling.
• Ji Ziling gave Jiang Changkong three backpacks of Star Stones and urged him to leave, explaining that Zhang Hua would keep pursuing the special Star Demon.
• Jiang Changkong extracted the power from many Star Stones, perfected Traceless Three Blades, and strengthened Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique.
• Jiang Changkong decided to stay hidden and continue hunting Star Demons, hoping to improve his martial arts and obtain the special Star Stone.

Jiang Changkong watched Zhang Hua and the others try to lure out the special Star Demon while secretly hunting the scattered Star Demons and improving his strength. After the group finally found the special Star Demon and followed it to its lair, Zhang Hua decided they would attack that night.

• Jiang Changkong followed the Star Demons after Zhang Hua and the others stopped their search, killing small groups and collecting Star Stones.
• Jiang Changkong discovered the humanoid special Star Demon among a horde guarded by Nebula Level Star Demons, then retreated and used 4,534 essence, qi, and spirit to perfect his Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique and advance to Peak Nebula Level.
• For three days, Jiang Changkong continued hunting Star Demons while Zhang Hua, Ji Ziling, Ying Yanxue, and Cao Ye repeatedly used Star Smoke Balls to draw out the special Star Demon.
• On the fourth day, the special Star Demon appeared with two Peak Nebula Level guards, seized a Star Smoke Ball, and led a horde away as the four students retreated.
• Jiang Changkong watched as the four students followed the special Star Demon to its lair, where it fed on golden mist from the Star Smoke Ball.
• Zhang Hua rejected Ying Yanxue’s suggestion to wait and decided that the group would attack the special Star Demon that night.

Zhang Hua and Cao Ye led the martial arts school students in an attack on the special Star Demon, but its unexpected power left them badly wounded. Kexiang fighters arrived just in time to stop it and claim the special Star Demon for themselves.

• Zhang Hua insisted the group attack immediately, and Cao Ye gathered the other martial arts school students while Jiang Changkong watched from hiding.
• Zhang Hua, Cao Ye, Ji Ziling, and Ying Yanxue attacked the special Star Demon and its guards as the other students held back the surrounding Star Demons.
• The special Star Demon unleashed a powerful attack after Zhang Hua and Cao Ye mistook its skill for a recoil technique, leaving both men badly injured.
• The special Star Demon charged at Zhang Hua and Cao Ye, but a golden streak struck it and blocked its escape.
• A dozen golden-armored Kexiang fighters arrived, and their leader declared the special Star Demon hers before charging toward it.

Zhang Hua used a Star Power bomb to devastate the group and seize the wounded special Star Demon, but an unseen attacker cut off his hand before he could escape. The chapter left the attacker unidentified, though Zhang Hua recognized the strike as Chen Sanyan’s.

• Zhang Hua and Cao Ye challenged the Kexiang group, but Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue agreed to help fight the Star Demons in exchange for upgraded weapons.
• The Kexiang fighters refused to sell the special Star Stone, and the group fought the Star Demons as the battle intensified.
• Zhang Hua detonated a third-rank low-grade Star Power bomb, injuring the fighters and killing several people while blasting the Star Demons.
• Zhang Hua grabbed the nearly dead special Star Demon and fought off the Kexiang fighters, then an unseen attacker severed his left hand.
• Zhang Hua screamed Chen Sanyan’s name as blood poured from his wrist.

Chen Sanyan stole the special Star Demon from Zhang Hua, leaving Zhang Hua badly injured and the survivors trapped behind barriers. Kexiang’s Tang Ruoxi ordered Zhang Hua treated and said he would be handed over to the Federation, while the group learned Jiang Changkong had already returned to the city.

• Chen Sanyan attacked Zhang Hua, crippled his sword hand, and escaped with the special Star Demon as the Kexiang students prepared barriers against the gathering Star Demons.
• Ji Ziling healed the wounded survivors, while the injured students argued over whether Zhang Hua should receive treatment for causing the deaths and injuries with his Star Power bomb.
• Zhang Hua begged for forgiveness and promised to compensate the victims’ families, and Cao Ye urged the others to treat him so he could atone.
• Tang Ruoxi ordered Zhang Hua treated and his hand reattached, then announced that Kexiang would report the incident and turn him over to the Federation for using military ordnance.
• The survivors introduced themselves, and Ji Ziling explained that she had sent Jiang Changkong back to the city because the area was too dangerous.

Trapped behind weakening barriers and surrounded by Star Demons, the students discovered Jiang Changkong nearby and argued over whether to summon him for help. Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue drew their swords to stop Tang Ruoxi from contacting him, while the others pointed out that someone in another barrier could still reach him.

• As the Star Demons battered the four barriers, Tang Ruoxi estimated they might hold for less than two hours, and the students blamed Zhang Hua for their predicament.
• The students despaired over their dwindling chances until a monitoring device showed a lone young man nearby.
• Liu Jun recognized the figure as Jiang Changkong, and Liu Ya and Lu Hong argued that his strength could help them break through.
• Tang Ruoxi proposed contacting Jiang Changkong, but Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue refused to risk his life.
• After learning Jiang Changkong had not joined the martial arts school, Tang Ruoxi tried to contact Xiaoyu, and Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue drew their swords to stop her.

Jiang Changkong fought his way through a massive Star Demon horde to reach the four shields protecting Ji Ziling and the others. He arrived unharmed and sat down to catch his breath as the demons’ attacks shattered against him.

• After Tang Ruoxi called for help, Jiang Changkong charged into the Star Demon horde and blasted the attackers into blood mist with his bare hands.
• Students watching through surveillance were stunned as Jiang Changkong killed Star Demons of multiple Nebula ranks and drew many of them away from the shields.
• Jiang Changkong continued toward the shields without calling for anyone to join him, even killing a Late Nebula Level Star Demon with one punch.
• Jiang Changkong reached the four shields, destroyed a Star Demon that attacked him, and reassured the students that he was used to such attacks.
• Jiang Changkong sat down outside the shield to catch his breath while surrounding Star Demons clawed at him and broke their claws against his body.

Jiang Changkong protected the injured students through the night by repeatedly fighting the Star Demon horde, then led the group back toward the city with hundreds of Star Stones. On the journey, Tang Ruoxi tried to recruit him to Kexiang, but he kept his school choice undecided.

• Jiang Changkong recovered behind the shields, checked his martial arts progress, and resumed killing Star Demons in short bursts until dawn.
• After the horde dwindled, the students finished off the remaining Star Demons and collected the Star Stones; Ying Yanxue gave Jiang Changkong the stones they had gathered.
• Jiang Changkong declined to settle his reward with Kexiang until they returned to safety, and the group set out for the city.
• Tang Ruoxi asked Jiang Changkong to join Kexiang, while Ji Ziling urged him to say he had not chosen a school; Jiang Changkong kept his options open.
• The group returned uneventfully toward the city, and Jiang Changkong spoke with Tang Ruoxi about Kexiang and his reward without making a commitment.

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.