Madman!

"We won! Li Qingshan really won!"

"Senior Boyong, who held the top spot for a thousand years, actually lost to Li Qingshan?"

"A legend! A new legend of Ziying Academy has been born!"

Amid wave after wave of cheers, the login room door silently opened.

Li Qingshan stepped out and looked around, only to find everyone cheering for him.

Yet strangely, not a single person noticed the protagonist himself coming out.

"Congratulations. The new Initiation Stele First, and the one who has opened a new chapter for Ziying Academy!"

A faintly amused voice came from beside him.

Li Qingshan abruptly turned to look at the silver-haired youth.

"You flatter me, Dean."

"This isn't flattery." Ye Yukong shook his head with a laugh.

"How did today's battle feel?"

Li Qingshan thought for a moment, then nodded.

"The Dean was vigorous and heroic, your bearing even greater than before."

Pfft!

Lu Qing, standing beside them, could no longer hold back her laughter.

Even with Ye Yukong's years of cultivation, the corner of his mouth twitched. He said irritably,

"I'm asking how your battle with Senior Boyong felt!"

"Senior Boyong..." Li Qingshan pondered briefly before speaking.

"Very strong! Three A-rank saber arts at major mastery—Senior Boyong far surpasses ordinary people in the way of martial techniques!"

"Saber arts?" Ye Yukong gently shook his head.

"Actually, Senior Boyong's strongest art was swordsmanship. And by then, he had already mastered an A-rank sword art to perfection!"

Li Qingshan's expression froze. Remembering the longsword that had never left its sheath, he seemed to understand.

"You mean that his previous opponents weren't worthy of making him draw his sword, so the battle space never recorded Senior Boyong's swordsmanship?"

"That's right." Ye Yukong nodded and said earnestly,

"True Dragon Chosen advance very quickly on the Path to Breaking Limits because of their talent in the path of blood and vitality."

"But the Path to Breaking Limits merely lays one's foundation. True talent in martial arts lies in comprehension!"

"Back then, Senior Boyong had no talent in the path of blood and vitality. He started later than several True Dragon Chosen of his generation, yet in the end, he was the one who went the farthest."

"Mastering an A-rank martial art to perfection concerns the future cultivation of Starry Sky Martial Arts. Its difficulty is beyond compare. So while breaking your limits, do not slacken in your comprehension of martial techniques."

Li Qingshan seemed to gain some insight.

For Ye Yukong to emphasize it so solemnly, it was clearly truly important.

However, he had never relaxed his training in martial techniques.

During his fifty days of seclusion, apart from ten hours in reality spent cultivating to break his limits, he had used all the rest of his time to train martial techniques in Martial Dao Space.

By now, both of his A-rank martial arts were close to ten thousand proficiency.

His gaze swept over the panel, and Li Qingshan nodded seriously.

"Rest assured, Dean. I'll work hard."

Beneath the Initiation Stele, the bustle continued.

Li Qingshan followed Ye Yukong and quietly left.

A moment later,

"Something's wrong. Why is the login room door open?"

"Li Qingshan left?"

"No way, right? We clearly didn't see him come out!"

The students surged toward the stone stele's base. When they saw the empty login room, they could only disperse in disappointment.

At the same time,

The news of Initiation Stele First changing hands was like a boulder smashing through a calm lake, raising monstrous waves.

The entire academy instantly boiled over. Posts on the forum changed one after another, and the excitement was extraordinary.

Not only the academy, and not only Ziying Star.

The teachers and students of Crimson Yellow Star quickly sent the news back to their home planet, and several neighboring planets soon received it as well.

Feng Boyong—a great figure who had left Ziying Star a thousand years ago and now set foot in the Azure Dragon Star System.

The data body he left behind had actually been defeated by Li Qingshan!

Amid countless exclamations, the news quietly spread toward the Hundred Stars...

Ziying Academy, southeast corner.

In the student dormitory district of the Martial Dao Third Academy, villas stood in orderly rows.

Li Qingshan tapped the projection screen with his finger and opened the academy forum.

The first pinned post that met his eyes had an eye-catching title.

Ziying Academy, a new legend is born!

A smile surfaced on his lips as he unconsciously opened the post.

Messages refreshed at high speed, with not only all the new students but also the vast majority of old students joining in.

Aside from discussing the change on the Initiation Stele, there was no lack of praise.

Still smiling, Li Qingshan read several dozen messages, silently left a like, and closed the forum.

"Still, it probably won't be easy to go out these next two days?"

The Hundred Star Newcomer Tournament would depart on October 1st. There were still four days left.

After thinking it over, Li Qingshan directly wrote a leave request and sent it to his class instructor, Lu Qing. Then his gaze flicked over the cultivation technique section.

Cultivation Technique: "Blazing Sun Nine Revolutions" 1/(Five Revolutions)

At thirty-six proficiency points per day, it would take roughly fourteen hundred days.

"Fourteen days? Then I'll enter seclusion for four days first!"

Li Qingshan calmly closed his eyes, entered Martial Dao Space, and began a new round of blood-and-vitality sensing.

The Crimson Rainbow Star Region spanned more than two thousand light-years in diameter and encompassed over a hundred thousand star systems, more than ten thousand of which contained life-bearing planets.

Within the star region, stars glittered, their radiance dazzling.

Yet at the center of the star region lay a special area shrouded in shadow.

The shadow was hazy, situated at the heart of a vast nebula, and particularly conspicuous.

At the edge of the shadow,

Seven giant planets comparable to stars floated alone within the nebula in a manner that utterly defied the laws of physics.

On one of those planets, morning glow filled the sky.

This was not a figure of speech. It truly filled the sky!

The entire sky of the planet was blanketed in rosy clouds, brilliant and dazzling.

"Dawn Colossus Star truly lives up to its name!"

The hall masters of Spirit Ape Martial Hall and Purple Crane Martial Hall stood at the entrance to a small courtyard, looking up in admiration.

Beside them stood a woman in fitted black clothes, who appeared to be only in her twenties.

The Young Hall Master of Polar Star Martial Hall, Dai Lan.

"Thank you both for bringing this news." Dai Lan smiled faintly, her words carrying another meaning.

"I believe we will soon stand beneath this same rosy glow."

"Then sorry for the trouble, Young Hall Master."

The two hall masters smiled in satisfaction, cupped their hands, and took their leave.

Just then,

Bzzzz!

The Communicators of all three people rang at once.

Three messages popped up, their contents almost identical.

"Ziying Star: Li Qingshan defeated Feng Boyong's data body and claimed the top of the Initiation Stele."

This...

The two hall masters' pupils contracted as regret spread through their hearts.

This deal seemed to have been a loss.

Dai Lan saw it all and spoke calmly.

"Gentlemen, I won't see you off.

I believe Polar Star Martial Hall is not the only one among the Martial Dao Seven Stars to receive this news. There will be quite a few arrangements to make next."

"Please stay, Young Hall Master!"

The two forced smiles and turned to board their spaceship. The hatch closed.

"We lost out!" The Spirit Ape Hall Master slapped his thigh fiercely, filled with regret.

"For Li Qingshan to defeat Feng Boyong—even if it was only a data body, that was still Feng Boyong!"

"It wasn't a loss. On the contrary, it was fortunate that we sold the news one step ahead of time."

The Purple Crane Hall Master gently shook his head and reminded him,

"Don't forget Dai Lan's final words. The news that Li Qingshan defeated Feng Boyong has already spread. It simply can't be contained."

"Our earlier information is now worthless."

The Spirit Ape Hall Master immediately understood and felt lingering fear.

"Fortunately, we got to Dawn Colossus Star one step earlier. Otherwise, we really would have worked for nothing."

The Purple Crane Hall Master nodded but did not reply.

Instead, he looked beyond the porthole, his brow slightly furrowed.

The Spirit Ape Hall Master waved with a smile.

"Stop looking. Since Dai Lan has already agreed, our two martial halls will naturally be able to establish ourselves on Dawn Colossus Star after some time."

"I'm thinking about something else." The Purple Crane Hall Master shook his head and mused,

"Polar Star Martial Hall sent Dai Lan to receive us this time, but the news about Li Qingshan can hardly be good news for Dai Lan!"

"True Dragon Chosen break their limits extremely quickly. Her position as Young Hall Master may well..."

"No need to think so much!" The Spirit Ape Hall Master cut him off with a sneer.

"We are both Ancient Martial Halls, yet Polar Star sent only a Young Hall Master to receive us. They truly live up to the arrogance of a great martial hall."

"Since it was their own decision, Polar Star Martial Hall will naturally have to bear the consequences themselves."

"As for Li Qingshan..." The smile on the Spirit Ape Hall Master's face deepened.

"Now that news of him has spread, there will be even more variables. It's none of our concern."

"But no matter what, absolutely nothing will happen to him!"

"Don't forget, the true authorities of the Martial Dao Seven Stars are the Federation's seven Star Academies!"

Purple Crane silently nodded, gazing through the porthole toward the depths of the rosy clouds.

"Dawn Star Academy..."

The spaceship rapidly ascended and vanished beyond the horizon.

Dai Lan stood with her hands behind her back, looking up at the sky as she murmured,

"Ziying Star again. What a coincidence."

Beside her, a female disciple asked curiously.

"Martial Aunt, are you talking about Senior Boyong?"

"Senior Boyong left the Crimson Rainbow Star Region a hundred years ago. I hadn't even been born then."

Dai Lan gently shook her head, remembrance in her eyes.

"However, a Madman I knew back then also came from Ziying Star."

"Madman?" The female disciple froze.

Dai Lan said no more. She turned toward her disciple, and her gaze became calm once more.

"Have you investigated Li Qingshan's background?"

"Yes, it's all here."

The female disciple hurriedly tapped on her Communicator, and a projection screen appeared.

A great mass of detailed text recorded every trace of Li Qingshan's life since birth.

The screen flashed rapidly as line after line of information jumped past.

"Stop!"

The voice suddenly rang out. The female disciple immediately pressed pause and turned her head in confusion.

Dai Lan had unconsciously leaned close to the screen, her brows and eyes trembling as she stared fixedly at one line of information.

Following her gaze, the female disciple saw only a very ordinary line.

Li Qingshan joined the senior-year Martial Arts Class. The martial arts teacher at the time: Wan Keshan.

"Martial Aunt?"

"It's nothing. Continue!"

Dai Lan took a deep breath and silently watched as the information continued scrolling across the screen...