Recaps

Jiang Fan reunited with Zhan En and the Chen siblings, revealed that he had become a Level 14 powerhouse, and recounted his exploits since leaving Tulip Star. Zhan En explained how Jiang Fan's past actions helped him establish Enda Group and offered Jiang Fan half its shares, leaving Jiang Fan surprised.

• Zhan En and the Chen siblings were stunned when they learned Jiang Fan had reached Level 14, and Jiang Fan said even he could not fathom his master Huai Zhen's power.
• Jiang Fan described recovering on Tulip Star, killing Roger, joining the Federal Arbitration Office, and helping destroy the Blood Butcher Organization and expose traitors.
• Zhan En and the Chen siblings admired Jiang Fan's achievements, then Jiang Fan asked Zhan En how he had built Enda Group.
• Zhan En explained that funds and resources gained after Jiang Fan's conflict with Cost Group helped him establish Enda Group.
• Zhan En offered Jiang Fan half the shares in Enda Group and invited him to complete the paperwork the next day, surprising Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan rejected Zhan En’s offer of Enda Group shares and agreed that Chen Yang and Yan Yan should pursue a systematic Martial Dao education at Vermilion Bird Academy. After learning that Zhan En’s arranged admission might be a costly scam, Jiang Fan asked Ace for a legitimate way to get them into the academy.

• Zhan En offered Jiang Fan a larger share of Enda Group, but Jiang Fan refused and told him to keep the shares.
• Zhan En said he planned to use Enda Group’s earnings to nurture Chen Yang and Yan Yan and send them to one of the Four Great Academies.
• Jiang Fan agreed that the siblings should study at an academy, and Zhan En revealed he had arranged for them to audit classes at Vermilion Bird Academy through an instructor for a large fee.
• Jiang Fan suspected the fee might be pocketed without securing their admission and told Zhan En he would find another channel.
• Jiang Fan messaged Ace to ask about getting Chen Yang and Yan Yan into Vermilion Bird Academy, and Ace requested a call.

Jiang Fan arranged for Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu to enroll at Vermilion Bird Academy and traveled with them to Qiyuan Star. After a month and a half of cultivating during the journey, he arrived having advanced to the high stage of Level 14.

• Jiang Fan called Ace and explained how Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu had saved his life, and Ace arranged for them to report to Vermilion Bird Academy.
• Three days later, Jiang Fan departed with Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu, while Zhan En stayed behind to handle the Enda Group's new products and Ji Ning case.
• During the journey, Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu devoted themselves to cultivation, and Jiang Fan eventually joined them in training.
• A month and a half later, the craft reached the outskirts of Qiyuan Star, and Jiang Fan found his qi and blood had risen from 156 million to 168 million, putting him into the high stage of Level 14.

Jiang Fan brought Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu to Qiyuan Star and the Vermilion Bird Academy to arrange their enrollment. Ace accompanied them, but when they reached the Admissions Office, Director Xu was away, and an unfamiliar staff member challenged them.

• Jiang Fan reassured Chen Yang that his cultivation was progressing normally despite not reaching Level 5, then announced that they were nearing Qiyuan Star.
• Ace welcomed Jiang Fan at the landing zone and offered to host the group before taking Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu to the Vermilion Bird Academy.
• Jiang Fan stabilized Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu's vital energy as they entered the academy, where Ace said Director Xu would handle their enrollment formalities.
• Director Xu received an urgent call, left Xiao Zheng to greet the visitors, and went to deal with the matter.
• Ace entered the Admissions Office with Jiang Fan and the two juniors, and a dark-complexioned middle-aged man looked up and asked whom they were seeking.

Jiang Fan and Ace tried to enroll Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu at Vermilion Bird Academy, but an Admissions Office worker obstructed them and revealed that he had expected to profit from bringing the siblings in through a private deal. The chapter left the worker blaming Xu Zhaoyang and directing his anger at Jiang Fan's group.

• Ace demanded to know whether Xu Zhaoyang was in the office, and Jiang Fan urged him to stay calm while asking the Dark Man about enrolling Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu.
• The Dark Man claimed enrollment had ended and tried to send the group away, then pretended to check the records and said the siblings were listed but it was too late to enroll them.
• Jiang Fan realized that Ace had never told Xu Zhaoyang the siblings' names and suspected the Dark Man was using the records to mislead them.
• After Jiang Fan said the group had come from Gereke Territory, the Dark Man recognized Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu as the siblings from Enda Group and angrily rejected their qualifications.
• The Dark Man concluded that Xu Zhaoyang had taken the enrollment deal he had expected to profit from and insulted Jiang Fan's group.

After the Dark Man drove Jiang Fan, Ace, Chen Yang, and Chen Yanchu out of Vermilion Bird Academy, Ace offered to enroll the two children at Azure Dragon Academy instead. The group headed there, while Xiao Zheng realized the Dark Man had turned away Director Xu's guests; Ace revealed that he was an Azure Dragon Academy alumnus.

• Ace failed to reach Xu Zhaoyang and grew angry, but Jiang Fan persuaded him to consider other schools for Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu.
• Ace offered to guarantee Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu admission to Azure Dragon Academy, and the children eagerly agreed.
• After the group left, the Dark Man admitted to Xiao Zheng that he had mistaken Director Xu's guests for con artists and driven them away.
• Xiao Zheng rushed after Jiang Fan and the others but could not find them on the campus.
• Ace led Jiang Fan and the others to Azure Dragon Academy and revealed that he had graduated from there.

Ace brought Jiang Fan, Chen Yang, and Chen Yanchu to Azure Dragon Academy and showed how influential he was there. Director Zuo welcomed them and arranged top classes and extra tutoring for the Chen siblings.

• Ace boasted to Jiang Fan and the Chen siblings about his connections at Azure Dragon Academy.
• Several staff members welcomed Ace at the academy entrance and escorted the group to the Admissions Building.
• Staff and visitors in the Admissions Building praised Ace’s reputation and status.
• Director Zuo greeted Ace and learned that Jiang Fan was their master’s recently accepted disciple.
• Director Zuo arranged the best majors and classes for Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu, along with extra tutoring from a Special Grade Teacher.

Jiang Fan and Ace settled Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu’s admission to Azure Dragon Academy, then discussed Jiang Fan’s plan to travel to the Star Domain Frontier. Outside the academy, Director Xu apologized for the trouble at Vermilion Bird Academy, but Ace rejected his offer to help and left with the group.

• Director Zuo swiftly arranged Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu’s admission to Azure Dragon Academy after learning Jiang Fan was Huai Zhen’s disciple.
• Ace invited the group to stay at his home and learned Jiang Fan planned to leave for the Star Domain Frontier after meeting his master.
• Ace warned Jiang Fan about the frontier’s dangers and told him that Senior Sister Chi Ling was stationed there.
• Director Xu chased after Ace with the Dark Man and explained that the man had acted out of resentment after his schemes to arrange admissions failed.
• Ace declined Director Xu’s offer to help Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu, thanked him, and left with Jiang Fan and the others.

Jiang Fan traveled by spacecraft to the Star Domain Frontier, cultivating along the way until he reached Level 15 and expanded his Mental World perception. He arrived at the Frontier’s enormous barrier and floating structures, where the spacecraft was suddenly locked on by an unidentified energy field.

• After sending the Chen Yang Siblings to school and visiting his master, Jiang Fan set out for the Star Domain Frontier by spacecraft, choosing the slower route to conserve his strength and keep spatial shifting secret.
• Jiang Fan cultivated alone during the journey and raised his vitality from 168 million to 200 million, officially reaching Level 15.
• Jiang Fan tested his Mental World perception and found it extended 23 light-years, then continued cultivating as the spacecraft approached its destination.
• Jiang Fan increased his vitality to 216 million and passed through a milky-white Energy Barrier that he identified as the Frontier’s second barrier.
• Jiang Fan arrived at the Frontier’s floating complex and saw the enormous First Energy Barrier behind it.
• As Jiang Fan’s spacecraft entered the Star Clouds among the buildings, its alarms warned that an unidentified energy field had locked onto it and ordered it to leave.

Jiang Fan arrived at the Heavenly Palace to join the Star Domain Frontier troops and was escorted to meet the Grand Marshal. As he entered the marshal’s hall, he witnessed an officer being tried for disobeying orders and causing heavy losses.

• Jiang Fan identified himself to the Heavenly Palace guards, who verified his identity and routed his spacecraft to South Heaven Gate.
• Captain Chao Feng checked Jiang Fan’s token and escorted him through the Heavenly Palace toward the Grand Marshal.
• Chao Feng wondered about Jiang Fan’s influential background and lamented that he had never met the Grand Marshal himself.
• Jiang Fan reached the Grand Marshal’s hall and saw soldiers pinning down an officer named Huang Yanqing.
• The Grand Marshal accused Huang Yanqing of disobeying orders, retreating from the enemy, and causing heavy losses, then declared he would send him before a military court.

Jiang Fan met the Grand Marshal, who staged an officer’s disciplinary hearing before questioning him about the Red Talisman and his desired post. The Grand Marshal brought Jiang Fan to an Ancient Ruined Tablet to test his strength, leaving Jiang Fan poised to take the test.

• The Grand Marshal exposed an officer’s falsified promotion and ordered him taken away, while Jiang Fan realized the hearing was meant to warn him.
• The Grand Marshal asked Jiang Fan what position he wanted, and Jiang Fan said he only cared about hunting Star Beasts, even if he were assigned as an ordinary soldier.
• The Grand Marshal invited Jiang Fan to observe the strength-testing Ruined Tablet, and Jiang Fan accepted.
• At the tablet, Jiang Fan watched a soldier produce Orange Light, and the Grand Marshal explained how its colors indicated different strength levels.

The Grand Marshal brought Jiang Fan to a public Stone Tablet so he could test his strength, but Jiang Fan’s carefully controlled punch apparently damaged it without producing a color reading. The chapter ended with everyone staring at Jiang Fan as if he were trash.

• The Grand Marshal invited Jiang Fan to try the Stone Tablet, and an officer explained that it could roughly withstand force up to Level 14.
• Jiang Fan decided to conceal his Level 15 strength and control his punch so he would reveal only a little of his power.
• Jiang Fan punched the Stone Tablet, felt something inside crack, and saw that no color appeared.
• Jiang Fan realized his Level 14-controlled punch had likely exceeded the Stone Tablet’s true limit and prepared to admit he was Level 15.
• Jiang Fan looked up and saw the Grand Marshal, the officers, and the soldiers staring at him as if he were trash.

Jiang Fan insisted that the Stone Tablet was broken, and a second test confirmed that it no longer reacted. Back at the Heavenly Palace Main Hall, he agreed to rotate through the Ten Great Garrison Areas and fight Star Beasts on the front lines.

• Jiang Fan told the Grand Marshal and the onlookers that the Stone Tablet was broken, but they suspected he lacked martial strength and had received special treatment.
• The Grand Marshal asked Yu Haochuan to test the Stone Tablet again; Yu Haochuan's punch produced no light, and repeated attempts had the same result.
• The Grand Marshal accepted that the Stone Tablet was damaged and ordered an officer to arrange an examination before leading the group back to the Heavenly Palace Main Hall.
• The Grand Marshal proposed that Jiang Fan spend a month rotating through the Ten Great Garrison Areas before receiving a permanent post, assuring him that he would encounter Star Beasts there.
• Jiang Fan agreed without conditions to serve in the Ten Great Garrison Areas, fight on the front lines, and hunt Star Beasts, surprising the Grand Marshal.

Jiang Fan began a thirty-day rotation through the Star Domain Frontier Army’s ten Garrison Areas, while Tang Xi explained the defenses and their commanders. The rotation was set to begin at the Jade Bug Nest, commanded by Jiang Fan’s Senior Sister Chi Ling.

• The Grand Marshal ordered an officer to create a rotation plan for Jiang Fan and arrange meetings with the Garrison Area commanders.
• Tang Xi told Jiang Fan that the rotation would last thirty days across ten areas and that his performance would affect his future post.
• Jiang Fan revealed that he had served as a soldier on his Barbaric Planet, and Tang Xi admired his rise from that origin.
• Tang Xi described the ten Garrison Areas and praised their Level 14 commanders, including Duan Zhuo and Shen Liao.
• Tang Xi explained that Chi Ling had risen to become the Jade Bug Nest’s commander and had prevented large-scale insect-beast breaches.
• Tang Xi told Jiang Fan that his first rotation would be at the Jade Bug Nest.

Jiang Fan and Tang Xi traveled to the Jade Bug Nest garrison area, where Tang Xi explained the threat posed by the rapidly reproducing Bug Race. They arrived at Chi Ling’s restricted camp, but after waiting more than half an hour, they still had not met her.

• Tang Xi explained that Teleportation Formations connected the Frontier Army’s distant garrison areas and took Jiang Fan to the Jade Bug Nest.
• Jiang Fan saw the Bug Race’s countless nests beyond the Energy Barrier, and Tang Xi described the troops’ struggle to contain them.
• Tang Xi brought Jiang Fan to Chi Ling’s camp, where a guard required the commander’s approval before admitting them.
• Tang Xi warned Jiang Fan that Chi Ling was cold and strict, while Jiang Fan privately recalled that she was his Senior Sister.
• Jiang Fan and Tang Xi waited more than half an hour outside the camp as Tang Xi guessed Chi Ling was occupied with military affairs.

Jiang Fan arrived at the Jade Bug Nest Garrison Area for a three-day rotation and met Commander Chi Ling, his senior sister. After Chi Ling accused him of relying on connections and insisted he follow ordinary frontline rules, Jiang Fan rejected her assumptions and was assigned to Reserve Team Three.

• A soldier told Jiang Fan and Tang Xi that Chi Ling had been cultivating while they waited, then led them to the command tent.
• Tang Xi explained that Jiang Fan would spend three days learning frontline affairs and left him with Chi Ling.
• Chi Ling demanded that Jiang Fan address her by her military position and accused him of gaining the master's favor through family connections.
• Jiang Fan said he would follow the rules but needed no special care, and Chi Ling assigned him to Reserve Team Three as a new recruit.
• After Jiang Fan left, Chi Ling wondered whether his confidence and Red Talisman meant his talent surpassed hers, then dismissed the possibility.

Jiang Fan completed his rotation through the Frontier Army’s garrison areas, where commanders treated him politely but kept him away from dangerous duties because he held the Red Talisman. Frustrated by the empty evaluations, the Grand Marshal waited to see whether Jiang Fan would face Star Beasts at his final stop, the Boneyard, before assigning him a post.

• Jiang Fan spent three days at Jade Bug Nest without seeing Chi Ling again, then left after completing his rotation there.
• Tang Xi escorted Jiang Fan through Vortex Dark Current, Blazing Furnace, and Crystal Maze, where commanders kept him safe and treated his rotation like a sightseeing tour.
• Jiang Fan used his free time to cultivate and quietly gather information about the Star Domain Frontier and the Frontier Army.
• More than twenty days later, the Grand Marshal read Tang Xi’s evaluations of Jiang Fan and angrily found them too vague to assess his abilities.
• Tang Xi told the Grand Marshal that Jiang Fan was headed to the Boneyard under Shen Liao’s command.
• The Grand Marshal ordered that Jiang Fan be assessed if Void Hunters or Rippers appeared during his final three days, and otherwise given an idle rear post after the month ended.

Jiang Fan learned that Boneyard was threatened by Rippers and Void Hunters, then a sudden attack broke through the First Energy Barrier. As soldiers rushed to defend the breach, Jiang Fan insisted on going with Feng Jingshi.

• Feng Jingshi showed Jiang Fan the wreckage where he had lost half his body while fighting Rippers.
• Feng Jingshi explained how Rippers hunted in Boneyard and how Void Hunters used Spatial Blink and drained their victims' vitality.
• A piercing alarm sounded, and Rippers and Void Hunters poured through a breach in the First Energy Barrier.
• Feng Jingshi headed toward the battle, but Jiang Fan stopped him and said he would go with him.

Jiang Fan was ordered to stay behind during a Star Beast attack because he carried the Red Talisman, but he found a way around the camp’s defenses. He left the camp by slipping through a breach in the Giant Energy Barrier and entered Deep Space.

• Lao Feng locked Jiang Fan in the barracks and warned him not to enter the battlefield.
• Jiang Fan saw the camp preparing its defenses and realized guards would block the passage to the front line.
• Jiang Fan tried to open a Space Channel beyond the Giant Energy Barrier, but the barrier repelled him and severed the channel.
• Jiang Fan redirected his Space Channel to the barrier’s breach and successfully passed through.
• Jiang Fan entered Deep Space and was met by a cold, silent, savage atmosphere.

Jiang Fan discovered that plundering Life Energy strengthened his qi and blood, then searched the battlefield for Feng Jingshi and found him fighting alongside his old comrades. Just as Feng Jingshi faced death, Jiang Fan appeared and wiped out the surrounding Star Beasts.

• Jiang Fan refined a drop of Life Energy and realized hunting Star Beasts made his qi and blood more vigorous than absorbing Spirit Liquid.
• Jiang Fan scanned the battlefield, found Feng Jingshi fighting outside the barrier, and hurried to save him.
• Feng Jingshi and Li Quezi refused to abandon one another as they and their wounded comrades fought dozens of Rippers and Void Hunters.
• The Star Beasts overwhelmed the group, and Feng Jingshi fell, unable to lift his blade as a Ripper prepared to kill him.
• Jiang Fan appeared and wiped out dozens of Star Beasts with a wave of his hand, stunning Feng Jingshi.

Jiang Fan arrived on the battlefield and revealed overwhelming strength while slaughtering the Star Beasts. Lao Feng and the other soldiers reconsidered their assumptions about the Red Talisman Holder, but Lao Feng still decided Jiang Fan had to be evacuated from the dangerous frontline.

• Jiang Fan appeared and cut through the Star Beasts with a huge blade of light, stunning Feng Jingshi and the other soldiers.
• Feng Jingshi explained that Jiang Fan was the Red Talisman Holder assigned to serve at the Boneyard, whom the soldiers had believed was an unqualified, connected person.
• Feng Jingshi and Li Quezi urged Jiang Fan to retreat, but Jiang Fan stamped his foot and froze nearby Star Beasts before killing them in large numbers.
• Old Zhao, Li Quezi, and Feng Jingshi marveled at Jiang Fan’s strength, and Feng Jingshi compared him to Town Guardian Chi Ling.
• Feng Jingshi decided the battlefield was still too dangerous and called for Jiang Fan to be taken away to protect the Frontier Army’s valuable talent.

Jiang Fan returned to Lao Feng and the others and learned that Void Hunters were prolonging the Star Beast invasion by ambushing soldiers with Spatial Blink. He used his Spatial Ability to expose and immobilize thousands of Void Hunters across the battlefield, leaving Shen Liao stunned.

• Jiang Fan turned back after Feng Jingshi called out and assured Lao Feng and the other soldiers that he was unharmed.
• Lao Feng explained that the Star Beasts were too numerous to defeat through individual combat and that the large breach could take at least half a month to close.
• Feng Jingshi and Li Quezi explained that Void Hunters' Spatial Blink ability caused ambushes, increased casualties, and slowed the army's advance.
• Jiang Fan pressed down his hand and reinforced space across tens of thousands of meters, disabling the Void Hunters' Spatial Blink and revealing them.
• Shen Liao struggled to protect his Vanguard Team until Jiang Fan's spatial force made tens of thousands of Void Hunters appear and freeze, stopping Shen Liao mid-swing.

Jiang Fan used Spatial Ability to immobilize the Void Hunters across the battlefield, turning the battle in the Frontier Army’s favor. As he rejoined the fight, he absorbed the Star Beasts’ Life Energy at a surprising rate and wondered whether the strength came from his newly comprehended cultivation method or the beasts themselves.

• Shen Liao recognized the battlefield-wide Space Solidification, thanked the unseen helper, and resumed fighting the Star Beasts.
• The immobilized Void Hunters became visible, and the soldiers cheered before charging the Star Beasts with renewed morale.
• Feng Jingshi, Li Quezi, Old Liu, and Old Zhao learned Jiang Fan had restrained the Void Hunters and urged him to let them keep fighting rather than send them back to camp.
• Jiang Fan agreed to let the four injured veterans stay after checking their condition, then returned to the battlefield.
• Jiang Fan killed Rippers and Void Hunters with Spatial Blades and vortices while his newly comprehended cultivation method rapidly absorbed the scattered Life Energy.

Jiang Fan absorbed Star Beast Life Energy during the three-day battle at the Boneyard while refusing to take the energy released by fallen human warriors. After Shen Liao reported the victory to the Grand Marshal, he began describing the powerful expert who had aided the defense.

• Jiang Fan sensed the Golden Life Energy of a dying soldier and chose to absorb only the Red Life Energy released by Star Beasts.
• Jiang Fan realized his new technique let him absorb dispersed Star Beast Life Energy across the battlefield, then continued fighting.
• After three days and three nights, the Boneyard defenders drove the remaining Star Beasts into Deep Space and repaired the First Energy Barrier.
• Shen Liao left his adjutant in charge of cleanup and returned to the Heavenly Palace to report the victory to the Grand Marshal.
• Shen Liao told the Grand Marshal that a Spatial Fluctuation had frozen the attacking Void Hunters, and the Grand Marshal reacted in shock.

The Grand Marshal learned that an unknown expert had frozen the battlefield and wondered whether Jiang Fan was responsible, but dismissed the possibility. Meanwhile, Lao Feng and the other wounded veterans set out to report Jiang Fan’s role and submit an evaluation praising him.

• Shen Liao assured the Grand Marshal that a mysterious spatial power had helped end the battle quickly and save lives.
• The Grand Marshal ruled out the known experts and briefly suspected Jiang Fan before deciding not to investigate the unidentified ally.
• The Grand Marshal asked Shen Liao to send Jiang Fan’s evaluation materials so he could arrange a position for him.
• Lao Feng insisted on reporting Jiang Fan’s deeds to Shen Liao despite his injuries, and the other veterans agreed to go with him.
• Lao Feng filled out Jiang Fan’s evaluation form with praise and planned to ask for Jiang Fan to remain in the Frontier Army, possibly at the Boneyard.