Chapter Summaries

After Li Qiuchuan brought Jiang Changkong a map to a Star Qi Peak Star Demon with an invisible force field, Jiang Changkong prepared to hunt it as a possible special Star Demon. He also agreed to let the martial arts school manage his business plans, then set out with weapons, water, and an enormous supply of jerky.

• Jiang Changkong woke from three days of drinking and learned from Ji Ziling that his role in the arms-smuggling case had earned him great standing in Jiangcheng.
• Li Qiuchuan visited Jiang Changkong with Star Stones and a map marking a strange Star Demon in the Star Wilderness Grassland.
• Li Qiuchuan told Jiang Changkong the Star Qi Peak Star Demon repelled anyone who tried to approach it with invisible Star Power, and Jiang Changkong accepted the map.
• Ji Ziling offered to have the martial arts school manage Jiang Changkong's future business for a share of the profits, and he accepted the arrangement.
• Ji Ziling and Ying Yanxue loaded Jiang Changkong's backpack with jerky, and Jiang Changkong set off to find the Star Demon.

Jiang Changkong searched the Star Wilderness Grassland for the special Star Demon but failed to find it, then focused on refining his martial arts. He ran into Liu Feng and Zhang Mo, who told him that Huzi had died for the Federation.

• Jiang Changkong used his new military-retainer credentials to travel into the Star Wilderness Grassland and search the places where Li Qiuchuan had seen the special Star Demon.
• Jiang Changkong spent five days killing Star Demons without finding the special one, then decided to give up the search and cultivate in the grassland.
• Jiang Changkong practiced combining Traceless Three Blades with the Blazing Fire Art, learning to burn Star Demons from within with fiery saber aura.
• Jiang Changkong encountered Liu Feng and Zhang Mo hiding in the weeds and asked what had happened to Huzi.
• Liu Feng told Jiang Changkong that Huzi had died for the Federation.

Jiang Changkong reunited with Liu Feng and Zhang Mo and learned that Xiao Hu had died while pursuing a special Star Demon under Commander Zhao Qianjun’s orders. He decided not to abandon the hunt, while the two survivors warned him that Zhao Qianjun knew the special Star Demon’s range and had summoned an outside retainer.

• Jiang Changkong met Liu Feng and Zhang Mo and learned that Xiao Hu had died in battle against a Star Sea Peak Star Demon.
• Liu Feng and Zhang Mo explained that Zhao Qianjun had sent their group into danger while he tried to capture the special Star Demon, and that Jiang Changkong’s blood aura had drawn it away.
• Jiang Changkong realized that the Star Sea Peak Star Demon and the special Star Demon had both come from the depths, and questioned whether Zhao Qianjun had previously held the special Star Demon.
• Liu Feng and Zhang Mo said Zhao Qianjun had taken away their means of contacting others and had invited an outside retainer to arrive that night.
• Jiang Changkong said he would not give up on the special Star Demon, while Liu Feng explained that contacting Cheng Huai was their last resort to get them transferred out safely.

Jiang Changkong joined Liu Feng and Zhang Mo in a plan to gather evidence against Zhao Qianjun, then slaughtered Star Demons to draw attention to himself. Zhao Qianjun and Advisor Chu found him, and after Chu attacked, Jiang Changkong brushed off the confrontation by blaming his ringing alarm.

• Jiang Changkong gave Liu Feng and Zhang Mo two phones so they could secretly record Zhao Qianjun's guards, and they agreed to use a flame pattern as their signal.
• Jiang Changkong left to search for the special Star Demon and began killing Star Demons, creating a blood-soaked disturbance that drew a horde.
• Liu Feng and Zhang Mo buried the phones and withdrew as Zhao Qianjun and Advisor Chu learned of the disturbance and headed toward it.
• Zhao Qianjun and Advisor Chu found Jiang Changkong, and Chu struck at him before Zhao intervened and identified Jiang as one of their own.
• Jiang Changkong claimed his ringing phone was an alarm clock, leaving Zhao Qianjun and Advisor Chu speechless.

Jiang Changkong continued hunting Star Demons while Zhao Qianjun and Consecrated Chu schemed to secure the special Star Demon. After two Azure Cloud Demon Hunting Team members attacked him, Jiang Changkong subdued them and learned that Chu Tianxing had ordered his assassination.

• Jiang Changkong left Zhao Qianjun and Consecrated Chu after they discussed the special Star Demon, then kept watch nearby without seeing it appear.
• Jiang Changkong hunted Star Demons through the day, while Zhao Qianjun and Consecrated Chu waited in vain for the special Star Demon.
• Two late Star Sea Level men from the Azure Cloud Demon Hunting Team approached Jiang Changkong at night and recognized Third Brother's Hidden Star Ring.
• Jiang Changkong defeated the two men, pinned them down, and tortured them until the long-haired man agreed to talk.
• The long-haired man revealed that Chu Tianxing had ordered them to kill Jiang Changkong because he had killed Lu Wuhai, cut off the arms supply line, and might interfere with their plans for the special Star Demon.

Jiang Changkong learned how Zhao Qianjun and the Chu Family were involved with the escaped special Star Demon, then killed two members of the Azure Cloud Demon Hunting Team. He joined Liu Feng and Zhang Mo in plotting to plant bombs, expose Zhao Qianjun, and take down him and Chu Tianxing.

• A long-haired man explained that the Chu Family had ordered Zhao Qianjun to shelter Lu Wuhai and that the special Star Demon had escaped after a peak Star Sea-level Star Demon smashed its cage.
• The short-haired man revealed that the Azure Cloud Demon Hunting Team served the Chu Family under coercion, and Jiang Changkong killed him after deciding he had no more useful information.
• Jiang Changkong caught up with and killed the long-haired man, then extracted Essence, Qi, and Spirit from both men and carried their heads away.
• Jiang Changkong told Liu Feng and Zhang Mo what he had learned, and they agreed to use bombs and a Star Demon ambush to expose Zhao Qianjun and eliminate him and Chu Tianxing.
• Liu Feng promised that the soldiers would keep the special Star Demon secret, while Jiang Changkong planned to use the two severed heads as a gift for Chu Tianxing.

Jiang Changkong confronted Zhao Qianjun and Chu Tianxing with the heads of their failed assassins and extorted ten third-rank Star Stones from them. He then used Star Demons and sealed wounds to build a massive blood-and-Qi lure, leaving Zhao Qianjun's approaching troops surrounded by an advancing horde.

• Jiang Changkong presented the heads of Chu Tianxing and Zhao Qianjun's assassins, claiming a peak Star Sea Level Star Demon had killed them.
• Jiang Changkong demanded payment for the supposed merit, and Chu Tianxing gave him ten low-grade third-rank Star Stones to keep him from seeking Commander Cheng.
• Chu Tianxing planned to leave the next day and kill Jiang Changkong, while Jiang Changkong set out to lure Star Demons toward Zhao Qianjun's troops.
• Jiang Changkong killed Star Demons, sealed their wounds to delay the release of blood and Qi, and piled their bodies into a trap.
• Zhao Qianjun led his troops toward Jiang Changkong's location, noticed the growing blood and Qi, and realized Jiang Changkong had slaughtered Star Demons nearby.
• Star Demons roared in from every direction as Zhao Qianjun's troops found themselves surrounded.

Jiang Changkong disguised himself as a powerful Star Demon to expose Zhao Qianjun abandoning his guards, then rescued Liu Feng and the other soldiers. After they asked him for help against Zhao Qianjun, Jiang Changkong prepared to fabricate evidence and kill Zhao Qianjun and Chu Tianxing.

• Jiang Changkong used a Star Demon hide to attack Zhao Qianjun, who knocked his five personal guards into danger before fleeing.
• Jiang Changkong spared the five guards and pursued Zhao Qianjun, then turned back to rescue Liu Feng and the other soldiers.
• Jiang Changkong led the soldiers through the Star Demon horde under the protection of his Taiji diagram.
• Liu Feng and the others recounted Zhao Qianjun's betrayal, and Jiang Changkong said he could not intervene without cause.
• The soldiers and Zhao Qianjun's personal guards pleaded with Jiang Changkong for help, and he decided to fabricate evidence and kill Zhao Qianjun and Chu Tianxing.

Jiang Changkong escaped the Star Demon horde with the soldiers and learned that Zhao Qianjun and Chu Tianxing were tied to a conspiracy against him. He confronted them at night, overwhelmed them with his power, and was left facing Chu Tianxing’s apparently useless Star Power Bombs.

• Jiang Changkong led the soldiers through the Star Demon horde and heard that Chu Tianxing had ordered attempts on his life to hide the special Star Demon’s connection to the Chu Family.
• The soldiers revealed that Zhao Qianjun was implicated in the arms case and devised a plan to frame him with bombs and forged documents.
• Jiang Changkong waited for the soldiers’ signal, then went to Zhao Qianjun’s tent, where he found Zhao Qianjun and Chu Tianxing discussing the planted bombs.
• Chu Tianxing and Zhao Qianjun attacked Jiang Changkong, but he blasted them away with a sphere of concentrated star power.
• Chu Tianxing threw several Star Power Bombs at Jiang Changkong, but they landed without exploding.

Jiang Changkong killed Chu Tianxing and Zhao Qianjun, then used a tracking device to hunt the special Star Demon. After finally killing it, he gained the Telekinesis Art and tested its ability to control his blade.

• Jiang Changkong killed Chu Tianxing, searched his dragon-patterned jade pendant, and finished off the wounded Zhao Qianjun.
• Jiang Changkong met Liu Feng's group, accepted a device for tracking the special Star Demon, and left them to handle the aftermath.
• Jiang Changkong followed the device for five days, slaughtering Star Demons until he encountered the special Star Demon beside a Star Sea Peak Star Demon.
• Jiang Changkong killed both Star Demons and extracted a special Star Stone that granted him the Telekinesis Art.
• Jiang Changkong upgraded the Telekinesis Art and used it to make his blade fly through the air, though he could not yet control it in complete silence.

Jiang Changkong joined Liang Zhe’s group on their journey to the army camp, then set out alone into the Star Wilderness Grassland to hunt stronger Star Demons. By dusk, he finally found a group led by a Star Sea Level Star Demon and attacked with his Telekinesis Art.

• Jiang Changkong met Liang Zhe’s team while resting and agreed to travel with them toward the army camp.
• After two days on the road, Jiang Changkong and Liang Zhe’s group reached the army encampment and met Centurion Zhang.
• Jiang Changkong ate with the group, collected supplies and information, and left the camp alone to hunt Star Sea Level Star Demons.
• Jiang Changkong traveled deeper into the grassland, killing weaker Star Demons until he found a Star Sea Level leader with several Nebula Level followers.
• Jiang Changkong used the Telekinesis Art to send his longsword through the Star Demon group.

Jiang Changkong spent twelve days hunting Star Demons in the Star Wilderness Grassland and perfected his Telekinesis Art. After learning that a group from Jiangshui City had come to retrieve Golden Star Qi, he dismissed the treasure and continued on his own path.

• Jiang Changkong used his blood qi to lure Star Demons and hunted them for twelve days, gaining enough Essence, Qi, and Spirit to perfect the Telekinesis Art.
• Jiang Changkong tested the perfected art with his Traceless Three Blades and Taiji Diagram, finding that both still had slight flaws under its control.
• Jiang Changkong encountered four young Star Sea martial artists discussing Golden Star Qi and learned that Lu Wuhai had died after his junior schoolmate exposed his military-weapons smuggling.
• Jiang Changkong asked the female comrade senior about Golden Star Qi and learned that it belonged to Jiangshui City Martial Arts School and could enhance weapons or metal-element cultivation.
• Jiang Changkong lost interest in the Golden Star Qi and set off to hunt more Star Demons.

Jiang Changkong continued hunting Star Demons while his senior sisters searched for a chance to fight. When Pang Yun appeared and challenged him, Jiang Changkong let the battle-hungry man help slaughter a horde, leaving Pang Yun exhausted and still eager to spar.

• Jiang Changkong spent thirteen more days hunting Star Demons and mastered the Telekinesis Art.
• Ji Ziling called Jiang Changkong with Ying Yanxue nearby and asked where she could find Star Demons to fight, but Jiang Changkong told her he had found none.
• Pang Yun arrived, killed the Star Demons Jiang Changkong had attracted, and repeatedly challenged him to a spar.
• A Star Demon horde charged, and Jiang Changkong and Pang Yun fought the demons side by side for three hours.
• Pang Yun drank a recovery potion, accused Jiang Changkong of taking one in advance, and remained determined to fight him.

Jiang Changkong fought Star Demons for hours alongside Pang Yun, then defeated him effortlessly in a saber challenge. After Pang Yun explained the River Sea Martial Arts Association and its resources, Jiang Changkong left to kill more Star Demons.

• Pang Yun repeatedly exhausted himself fighting Star Demons while Jiang Changkong kept battling without using recovery potions.
• Jiang Changkong promised Pang Yun a challenge the next morning in exchange for an explanation of the Martial Arts Association.
• Pang Yun attacked Jiang Changkong with his Desolate Fire Exhausting Saber, but Jiang Changkong caught the saber tip between two fingers and declared himself the winner.
• Pang Yun explained that the River Sea Martial Arts Association gathered provincial geniuses and offered access to resources and missions, including five spots in the Starlight Distortion Zone.
• Jiang Changkong dismissed the need to transfer schools to join the association and left to kill Star Demons as Pang Yun asked to come along.

Jiang Changkong made Pang Yun spend a day killing Star Demons before accepting another challenge, then defeated him again with one finger. Pang Yun accepted a third test of killing Star Demons for three days, while Jiang Changkong expected to grow stronger alongside him.

• Jiang Changkong challenged Pang Yun to kill Star Demons with him for a full day before earning another fight, and Pang Yun accepted.
• Jiang Changkong slaughtered Star Demons throughout the day while Pang Yun fought beside him and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Pang Yun told Fang Lin, Yang Chengan, and Ji Ziling that Jiang Changkong had stopped his full-power slash with two fingers, and Ji Ziling offered him the Sunflower Manual.
• The next morning, Pang Yun unleashed a stronger Desolate Fire Exhausting Saber and used a palm strike to disrupt Jiang Changkong's redirected Star Power, but Jiang Changkong remained unmoved and defeated him.
• Pang Yun accepted Jiang Changkong's third challenge: killing Star Demons for three days.

Jiang Changkong perfected the Traceless Three Blades and then advanced to the Star Gate realm after Pang Yun asked him to help defend his companions from Wang Peng. The chapter ended with Jiang Changkong’s body and Star Power transforming as he opened his Star Gate.

• Jiang Changkong perfected the Blazing Fire Art and continued using Pang Yun’s help to kill Star Demons while collecting Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Fang Lin warned Pang Yun that Wang Peng had entered the Star Wilderness Grassland, and later returned to the outpost severely injured as Wang Peng drew near.
• Pang Yun told Jiang Changkong that Wang Peng was pursuing Yang Chengan and the others over a treasure, and asked him to help; Jiang Changkong agreed to go after Wang Peng once they learned his location.
• After Pang Yun left, Jiang Changkong perfected the Traceless Three Blades, stored more Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and chose to upgrade after restoring his Star Power.
• Jiang Changkong advanced to the Star Gate realm as his body turned gold and a golden gate rose above his Star Power.

Jiang Changkong advanced to the early Star Gate realm, gained upgraded martial arts, and rushed to the school outpost after Pang Yun warned him of trouble. He arrived just in time to block Wang Peng’s attack and confronted him for injuring his senior sisters and friends.

• Jiang Changkong’s Star Gates formed, his Star Sea grew stronger, and his martial arts upgraded into five new techniques.
• Jiang Changkong tested his powers, discovered his enhanced senses, and headed toward the school outpost after Pang Yun messaged him.
• Wang Peng demanded that Yang Chengan hand over an item and attacked the group when they refused.
• Wang Peng’s sword qi injured Ji Ziling, Ying Yanxue, Fang Lin, Yang Chengan, and others, leaving them unable to resist his next strike.
• Jiang Changkong blocked Wang Peng’s sword qi with his saber and arrived to challenge him as Pang Yun welcomed his big brother.

Jiang Changkong defeated Wang Peng, tested how his improved martial arts could redirect attacks, and crippled him before leaving with Ji Ziling and the others. He secretly killed Wang Peng to prevent future trouble, then asked how he could become president of the Martial Arts Association.

• Jiang Changkong used his enhanced senses and Great Shift of Heaven and Earth to turn Wang Peng’s sword qi against him and defeat him with the Vajra Fire Step.
• Jiang Changkong crippled Wang Peng despite Ji Ziling’s warning, and Fang Lin explained the Martial Arts Association president’s authority over executions.
• Yang Chengan gave Jiang Changkong Wang Peng’s spatial jade pendant, and Jiang Changkong joined the injured group as they prepared to return to the city.
• Jiang Changkong drove Wang Peng away from the group, then secretly killed him with a grass blade and golden flames.
• Pang Yun told Ji Ziling how Jiang Changkong had guided him, while Jiang Changkong learned about the Martial Arts Association and asked how to become its president.

Jiang Changkong returned to Jiangcheng Martial Arts School and learned the details of his rewards for the arms case. He rejected the military and provincial opportunities, asking instead to become the president of a Martial Arts Association.

• Ji Ziling and Jiang Changkong visited Principal Yu Beilin to collect their rewards for the arms case.
• Yu Beilin explained that the official account of the case had been revised, while Jiang Changkong’s rewards included a military position, a future junior commander post, and a recommendation to a provincial Martial Arts Association.
• Jiang Changkong said he had no interest in joining the military and wanted to become the president of a Martial Arts Association.
• Yu Beilin explained that a president needed peak Star Gate realm strength, members’ support, and responsibility for the association’s annual quota.
• Jiang Changkong offered to give up his military merit rewards in exchange for becoming a president, insisting that he could reach peak Star Gate realm and lead his own team.

Jiang Changkong revealed that he had reached the early Star Gate Level and asked Principal Yu Beilin to help establish a Jiangcheng Martial Arts Association, gaining several prospective members. After training with Pang Yun, Jiang Changkong received a medicinal agent made from diluted blood and learned it came from the Starlight Distortion Zone.

• Jiang Changkong showed Yu Beilin and Chen Hua his early Star Gate Level strength, and Yu promised to work on establishing the association within five days.
• Jiang Changkong invited Ji Ziling, Yang Chengan, Ying Yanxue, and Pang Yun to join the association if it was established; Fang Lin and Li Xueyun said they would consider it.
• Jiang Changkong used his sharpened senses to anticipate Pang Yun’s saber attacks and repeatedly defeated him in practice.
• Yang Chengan gave Jiang Changkong a medicinal agent containing a single drop of diluted blood, which Jiang Changkong identified as a rich source of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
• Yang Chengan said he had fought Wang Peng’s younger brother over the agent and that it belonged to the Martial Arts Association, with its origin in the Starlight Distortion Zone.