Chapter Summaries

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.

Jiang Changkong negotiated the transfer of Star Stones while Commander Cheng secretly arranged to trap the five big shots. At the meeting place, the golden barrier sealed the five big shots inside with Jiang Changkong, while Commander Cheng and the others withdrew.

• Commander Cheng agreed to let the mysterious man take Tier 3 Star Stones but keep the lower-tier ones, and Jiang Changkong set the exchange for that night.
• Jiang Changkong used two phones to confirm the deal and waited for nightfall, while Commander Cheng summoned the five big shots and made preparations to preserve his own life.
• Commander Cheng led the five big shots to the agreed location, where Jiang Changkong displayed He Long's head and revealed his peak Star Sea Level cultivation.
• Soldiers formed a golden barrier around Jiang Changkong and the five big shots, while Commander Cheng, Chu Jun, Captain Wang, and the others retreated outside it.
• Jiang Changkong told the trapped big shots that they were the ones who could not escape calamity and challenged them to join He Long.

Jiang Changkong defeated the five martial bosses, escaped the military barrier, and returned to the Martial Market. After Chu Jun explained how martial arts and attribute power could be coordinated, Jiang Changkong began considering how to combine his own techniques.

• Jiang Changkong killed Nie Shan, crippled Ma Jinwu and Qin Hai, and forced Liang Zhe and Shen Jiangxing to promise him Star Stones in exchange for their lives.
• Jiang Changkong cleaved through the barrier and left, while Cheng Huai ordered his soldiers to take the defeated bosses away and not pursue him.
• Jiang Changkong returned to the Martial Market and gave Chu Jun information about He Long's hidden Star Stones to forward to Cheng Huai.
• Chu Jun offered the school's price for the special Star Stones and showed Jiang Changkong a video of the black-clad fighter's battle.
• Chu Jun explained that martial arts could be strengthened by coordinating them with internal arts and attribute power, prompting Jiang Changkong to consider combining the Blazing Fire Art with his techniques.

Jiang Changkong collected the confiscated Star Stones, completed the Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique and Taiji Fist Classic, and tested how Blazing Fire Art worked with other martial arts. A message revealed that Zhang Hua had met Lu Wuhai, giving Jiang Changkong a lead to settle matters.

• Chu Jun explained how martial arts could be combined, and Jiang Changkong injured himself trying to use Blazing Fire Art with the Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique.
• Cheng Huai delivered the Star Stones and warned Jiang Changkong that Lu Wuhai could not be found.
• After dark, Jiang Changkong carried away the Star Stones and used his Essence, Qi, and Spirit to complete the Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique and Taiji Fist Classic.
• Jiang Changkong successfully used Blazing Star Power with the Traceless Three Blades, but his attempt to combine it with Taiji Fist disrupted the balance of the Taiji diagram.
• Zhou Wen messaged Jiang Changkong that Zhang Hua had taken bombs and met with Lu Wuhai.

Jiang Changkong intercepted Lu Wuhai and Zhang Hua as they tried to flee Jiangcheng with a bag of Star Power Bombs. He killed Zhang Hua, captured the wounded Lu Wuhai, and pressed him for information about the Azure Cloud Demon Hunting Team before approaching footsteps interrupted them.

• Lu Wuhai and Zhang Hua tried to leave Jiangcheng with Star Power Bombs, but Jiang Changkong blocked their path.
• Jiang Changkong severed both of Lu Wuhai’s arms and took the backpack, then demanded Zhang Hua surrender.
• Zhang Hua considered detonating the bombs, but Jiang Changkong killed him before he could act.
• Jiang Changkong stopped Lu Wuhai’s bleeding and questioned him about the Azure Cloud Demon Hunting Team and his military contact, but Lu Wuhai refused to identify the person.
• Lu Wuhai claimed he had no Star Stones left, and Jiang Changkong sensed approaching footsteps.

Jiang Changkong convinced Vice Principal Chen Hua that the Iron Cloth Shirt only worked for Jiang Family blood, then joined a dinner where officials divided the assets and rewards seized from the four big shots. He left with a Martial Market plot, an honorary military advisor post, and shares in Jinda Company.

• Chu Jun, Captain Wang, and Cheng Huai took Lu Wuhai away, while Cheng Huai and Captain Wang promised Jiang Changkong major credit for Zhang Hua's death.
• Chen Hua questioned Jiang Changkong about the Iron Cloth Shirt's weakness, and Jiang claimed that only people with Jiang Family blood could bring out its full power.
• Chen Hua used a body scanner and confirmed that the technique's circulation route fit Jiang Changkong's body, then asked him to return some of the school's Star Stones; Jiang refused and left.
• Cheng Huai hosted a dinner where the group discussed merit, the Martial Market, and the assets left behind by the four big shots.
• The group awarded Jiang Changkong a Martial Market plot and an honorary military external advisor post, while Tang Ruoxi, Ying Yanxue, and Ji Ziling also received plots.
• Shen Jiangxing agreed to manage Jinda Company with the others as shareholders, and the group finished dividing the seized industries before dispersing late at night.