Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan met Star Lord Baishan, who explained that Li Yuan’s unusual Star Pulse talent could let him build a stronger foundation by awakening more Star Pulses before entering the Feitian Realm. He learned that exceptional Feitian martialists might approach Demigod strength, but no one in Seven Star Human Civilization had yet killed a Demigod across realms.

• Li Yuan thanked Principal Fang Hai and Star Lord Baishan for confirming him as Xia Country’s second-class Martial God Inheritance candidate and recognized his role in killing the infiltrating Feitian-tier assassin.
• Star Lord Baishan revealed that he had come to meet Li Yuan and discussed Li Yuan’s Starry Sky Spear Technique and Starry Sky Intent, which Baishan had founded.
• Baishan advised Li Yuan not to rush into the Feitian Realm because his Higher Spirituality suggested unusually high Star Pulse talent, and Fang Hai urged him to awaken as many Star Pulses as possible.
• Baishan and Fang Hai explained that six or seven Star Pulses could raise a Feitian martialist’s limits and potentially allow one to challenge a Demigod.
• Li Yuan asked whether anyone in Seven Star Human Civilization had killed a Demigod while still Feitian, and Fang Hai answered that no one had.

Li Yuan learned how Star Pulses and Star Arts determined a martial artist’s strength and why he should awaken more Star Pulses before advancing to the Feitian Tier. Star Lord Baishan then passed him the introductory portion of True Explanation of Earth Star Pulse and gave him the Earth God Crystal needed to begin cultivating it.

• Fang Hai and Star Lord Baishan explained that Feitian warriors needed powerful Star Pulses and Star Arts to challenge Demigods, and described how Star Pulse folds affected cultivation.
• Li Yuan learned that awakening more Star Pulses was especially important before reaching the Feitian Tier, and that his goal was to awaken at least five.
• Star Lord Baishan revealed that Yu Jinghe was trying to awaken a sixth Star Pulse and urged Li Yuan to be patient and endure the wait.
• Star Lord Baishan transmitted the introductory section of True Explanation of Earth Star Pulse directly into Li Yuan’s mind.
• Star Lord Baishan gave Li Yuan an Earth God Crystal so he could begin cultivating the Star Art after becoming a Source Martialist.

Li Yuan learned about the True Explanation of Earth Star Pulse and received the Earth God Crystal from Star Lord Baishan. He chose to cultivate the Star Art using his Perfect Star Pulse and succeeded in forming a Star Mark almost immediately.

• Fang Hai and Star Lord Baishan explained that the True Explanation of Earth Star Pulse could aid Li Yuan’s comprehension and that his talents suggested a strong affinity with the Earth Path.
• Fang Hai explained that laws lay beyond Sixth-Stage True Meaning of Heaven and Earth, and Baishan gave Li Yuan the Earth God Crystal to help him cultivate the Star Art.
• After returning home, Li Yuan decided to use his Perfect Star Pulse for cultivation, despite the risk of permanently marking it with the Star Art.
• Li Yuan began cultivating with the Earth God Crystal, whose power made the Life Stars in his Perfect Star Pulse sharply clear and vigorous.
• Li Yuan formed a Star Mark with ease and was surprised that he had succeeded on his first attempt.

Li Yuan exhausted the Earth God Crystal while cultivating the True Explanation of Earth Star Pulse, and his Divine Palace Panel revealed it to be a Nine-Layer Star Art. The improved perception helped him create the spear technique Star River Vortex, and the chapter ended as the Virtual War finals were about to begin.

• Li Yuan etched more than eighty thousand Life Stars before the Earth God Crystal ran out, then discovered that the Divine Palace Panel classified the True Explanation of Earth Star Pulse as a Nine-Layer Star Art.
• Li Yuan cultivated the Heavens of Stars Visualization Method and practiced spear technique, finding that his perception of heaven and earth had improved.
• Li Yuan created the defensive spear move Star River Vortex and saw his spear technique rise to Fifth Stage 36%.
• Students across Blue Star debated who would win as the Virtual War finals approached at eight in the evening on February 18.

Li Yuan drew worldwide attention before the finals and dominated Kunale to secure a place in the top ten, while Yin Man, Nevsky, Dantai Feng, and Jin Huguo also advanced. After the next round’s matchups were announced, Li Yuan faced Baichuan Ming, whose exceptionally fast sword had made him a contender for the top five.

• Li Yuan logged in to cheers from millions of spectators, then spoke with Jin Huguo about Kunlun Martial University’s chance to break the Three Top Martial Schools’ championship streak.
• Yin Man defeated Hades with a single sword, Nevsky crushed Hoffman, and Dantai Feng won a brutal match against Yu Mingwei to reach the top ten.
• Li Yuan overwhelmed Kunale with a dozen or so spear exchanges and claimed a top-ten spot; Baichuan Ming defeated Zhu Tong, and Jin Huguo narrowly beat Alvis.
• The first round ended with four Xia Country contestants and two Kunlun Martial University students among the top ten.
• After a short rest, the system matched Li Yuan against Baichuan Ming in the top-ten-into-top-five round, and they prepared to fight.

Li Yuan defeated Baichuan Ming and entered the final five, where Yin Man, Nevsky, Hamon, and Alicia joined him. As the round-robin showdown narrowed the championship race to Li Yuan, Yin Man, and Nevsky, Li Yuan revealed a True Intent Ultimate Move against Nevsky, shocking the spectators.

• Li Yuan overwhelmed Baichuan Ming after more than two hundred exchanges and won their duel.
• Yin Man defeated Raja, Nevsky defeated Jin Huguo, Hamon defeated Dantai Feng, and Alicia narrowly defeated Amos to complete the top five.
• Yin Man defeated Hamon and Nevsky, while Li Yuan defeated Alicia; Nevsky defeated Hamon, and the remaining results secured Alicia fifth place.
• Li Yuan defeated Hamon, effectively confirming that Yin Man, Li Yuan, and Nevsky would take the top three places and qualify for Feixing.
• Li Yuan met Nevsky in the ninth match and blasted him backward with a spear technique that the Flying Martialists recognized as a True Intent Ultimate Move.

Li Yuan defeated Nevsky and then Yin Man in the Virtual War finals, using his newly created True Intent Killing Move, Star River Vortex, to overcome both opponents. He became the tournament champion, making history as the first freshman and the first student outside the Three Top Martial Schools to win.

• Li Yuan used Star River Vortex to overpower Nevsky, whose full-force axe strike injured him while Li Yuan emerged nearly unharmed.
• Nevsky accepted defeat, and Li Yuan defeated him after more than a hundred clashes, securing his third consecutive victory.
• Flying Martialists and other observers recognized Star River Vortex as a True Intent Ultimate Move, while spectators anticipated the final battle between Li Yuan and Yin Man.
• Yin Man fought Li Yuan with her twin swords, but Star River Vortex dissolved her attacks and Li Yuan eventually defeated her.
• Li Yuan won the Virtual War championship, and the tournament host announced his historic victory as a freshman from outside the Three Top Martial Schools.

Li Yuan won the Global University Martial Arts Tournament's Virtual War as a freshman, then returned to cultivation while his victory drew attention across Blue Star and beyond. On February 21, Yang Xian delivered his prize money and a mysterious gift from Star Lord Dantai Lie, which Li Yuan sensed was a legendary storage treasure.

• Li Yuan's championship made him the first freshman in over thirty years to win the Virtual War, and students and school leaders celebrated his achievement.
• Fang Hai learned that Li Yuan had defeated Yin Man and, after reviewing the finals, discovered that Li Yuan had used a True Intent Ultimate Move.
• Li Yuan put aside his excitement and trained through the night, resolving to strengthen Star River Vortex and develop an offensive ultimate move.
• Dantai Lie invited Dantai Feng to go to Feixing and told him to build a good relationship with Li Yuan, while Tianliang Race leaders ordered their infiltrators to lie low and passed Li Yuan's intelligence to the Cloud Beast Civilization.
• On February 21, Yang Xian confirmed that Li Yuan had received his two-billion-Blue-Star-Coin prize and presented him with a silver sliver from Dantai Lie.
• Li Yuan used his spiritual perception on the sliver and sensed that it contained an illusory space, identifying it as a legendary storage treasure.

Li Yuan received a concealed Storage Treasure, a five-billion-Blue-Star-Coin reward, and L9 authority in Starfire Martial Hall, gaining access to its treasury and auction. After reviewing his new benefits and cultivation resources, he planned to become a Source Martialist and venture into a Level 2 Star Realm before leaving for Feixing.

• Yang Xian gave Li Yuan a Storage Treasure from Dantai Lie, and Li Yuan discovered that its six-cubic-meter space was larger than standard versions.
• Yang Xian offered Li Yuan a choice between ten billion Blue Star Coins paid over twenty years or five billion at once, and Li Yuan chose the immediate payment.
• Yang Xian told Li Yuan that Feixing Headquarters had raised his Martial Hall rank to L9, granting him Feitian Tier authority and direct jurisdiction under Fang Hai.
• Li Yuan signed the new agreement in Starfire Space and explored the Starfire Treasury, its contribution limits, and its available Star Arts.
• Dean Hai asked about Li Yuan’s plans for the six months before he left for Feixing, and Li Yuan said he would first become a Source Martialist and then enter a Level 2 Star Realm.

Li Yuan weighed Dean Hai’s warning about alien threats against his need to grow stronger, then quietly committed to a short life-and-death venture after becoming a Source Martialist. As he continued cultivating, he awakened a third Star Pulse, while a report from Feixing revealed that the Lieyan Family had suffered heavy losses and its young man’s sister was missing.

• Dean Hai warned Li Yuan that alien factions and human traitors could track him outside school, and advised him to cultivate in seclusion until he went to Feixing.
• Li Yuan decided to enter a Star Realm quietly after becoming a Source Martialist, aiming to raise his Spiritual Awakening Level to 40% before returning to school.
• Li Yuan trained with Li Yang and improved his physical fitness and spear and movement techniques, reaching Level 19.9 and a Spiritual Awakening Level of 37.9%.
• Li Yuan awakened a third Star Pulse during his nightly cultivation.
• On Feixing, a Lieyan Family report told a young man that sixteen fighters had died in a World within a World, while his sister remained alive but out of contact.

The Flame Clan voted to seek the Seven Star Alliance’s help after the Guyue Divine Kingdom invaded its World within a World and left two juniors missing. On Blue Star, Dean Hai told Li Yuan that the Alliance was assembling First-Order Martialists for a rescue and asked him to join.

• Lin Lanyue’s brothers discussed her lost contact, and the younger one agreed to report the situation to their father.
• The Flame Clan’s Feitian Tier leaders learned that the Guyue Divine Kingdom had attacked the World within a World, killing fourteen of sixteen juniors and cutting off contact with the two survivors.
• The Flame Clan voted to reveal the crisis to the Alliance and organize a rescue, assigning elders to contact the Starfire Martial Hall, Starry Sky Martial Hall, and Black Stone Martial Hall.
• Li Yuan demonstrated that his Star River Vortex True Intent Ultimate Move could draw upon the Power of Heaven and Earth, and Li Yang reflected on his own impatience.
• Dean Hai secretly told Li Yuan that the Alliance was recruiting First-Order Martialists for a rescue mission and asked whether he would go.

Dean Hai explained the dangers and rewards of exploring a World within a World in the Lieyu Star Realm, which might be a god’s relic, and asked Li Yuan to decide whether to go. Realizing Lin Lanyue might be connected to the Flame Clan, Li Yuan sought information about her family and contacted her eldest brother, Lin Quan.

• Dean Hai told Li Yuan that the artificial relic world allowed First-Order Lifeforms to enter, threatened Second-Order Lifeforms who stayed over a year, and might contain treasures left by a god.
• Dean Hai offered Li Yuan the relic’s treasures and Alliance rewards for his contributions, then gave him until six that afternoon to decide whether to enter the Lieyu Star Realm.
• Li Yuan connected the Lieyu Star Realm to Lin Lanyue’s expedition and asked Gu Qianghan whether her family belonged to the Lieyan Family.
• Gu Qianghan explained that Lin Lanyue’s mother was a Flying Martialist of the Yan Clan and gave Li Yuan her brothers’ communication numbers.
• After the calls failed because Lin Lanyue’s brothers were off Blue Star, Li Yuan used his Feitian Authority to contact Lin Quan, introduced himself, and received a connection.

Li Yuan learned that Lin Lanyue was trapped in the World within a World and resolved to join the rescue mission. After preparing for the dangerous expedition and traveling to Feixing, he arrived at the War Fortress, where he spotted Alicia.

• Li Yuan confirmed with Lin Quan that Lin Lanyue had entered the World within a World and lost contact, then decided to go after her.
• Li Yuan accepted Dean Hai's offer to join the mission, received an unrestricted 20 billion Blue Star Coin loan, and bought survival supplies and weapons.
• Li Yuan drafted a will leaving money to his uncle and aunt and donating his remaining assets to the Seven Star Alliance if he died.
• Dean Hai took Li Yuan from Kunlun Martial University to Feixing, explaining the Alliance's Star Realms and the mission's competition for the Wansheng Prolonging Fruit.
• Li Yuan and the other Kunlun Martial University students arrived at the War Fortress in Lieyu City, where he recognized Alicia.

Li Yuan and Alicia arrived at the War Fortress as members of the Seven Star Alliance’s vanguard for the World within a World operation. After cultivating and receiving his supplies, Li Yuan claimed the Wansheng Prolonging Fruit by defeating Kross in one strike, and the group prepared to enter the Star Realm.

• Dean Hai escorted Li Yuan to the War Fortress, where Li Yuan cultivated until his base punching force reached seventy thousand kilograms and reflected that he could soon become a Source Martialist.
• Alicia arrived with her teacher, while Xiaoxing warned her that Li Yuan and Dean Hai had powerful spiritual strength.
• Li Yuan received his storage treasure and met Alicia, Si Feng, and the other elite geniuses summoned to compete for the Wansheng Prolonging Fruit.
• Wuma Nong explained the fruit’s healing and physical enhancement properties, named Li Yuan the champion, and invited the others to challenge him.
• Kross challenged Li Yuan, but Li Yuan’s mental shock left Kross unable to move, and a single spear strike defeated him.
• Wuma Nong awarded the Wansheng Prolonging Fruit to Li Yuan and ordered the group to prepare to enter the Star Realm.

Li Yuan entered the World within a World, killed two Guyue Divine Kingdom Source Martialists, and planned to break through before seeking Lin Lanyue. The Guyue forces learned that a powerful Seven Star Civilization genius had arrived and prepared for trouble.

• Wuma Nong briefed Li Yuan, Alicia, and the other geniuses on their mission, gave them Hundred Star Fruits, and warned that technological weapons were forbidden inside the World within a World.
• Li Yuan and the other six geniuses entered the World within a World, where Li Yuan found several slain Seven Star Alliance martialists and was ambushed by two Guyue Divine Kingdom Source Martialists.
• Li Yuan used his mental secret technique and spear to kill both attackers, then collected their equipment and left the passage to seek a safe place to break through.
• Wuma Nong told Yu Jinghe that Li Yuan had killed the two Source Martialists, while the Guyue commanders realized that a top Seven Star Civilization genius had entered their territory.
• Five Guyue elites gathered outside the Divine Palace, where they discussed their missing forces and the deaths of two Source Martialists, then recognized that trouble had arrived.

Li Yuan safely broke through to become a Source Martialist, and his Perfect Star Pulse propelled him to Level 22.2. When he learned that Kross and Alicia were facing three powerful enemies, he rushed to help them.

• Leiwu led Maika and Dongming toward Passage No. 38 and ordered the Guyue Divine Kingdom forces to regroup and hunt the Seven Star Civilization's geniuses.
• Li Yuan hid in a remote crevice and opened his Sea of Source Power, completing his breakthrough as his body transformed.
• Li Yuan's Perfect Star Pulse drove his life level up to 22.2, raising his punching force to 194,000 kilograms and his speed to 184 meters per second.
• At the War Fortress, Wuma Nong reported the battle's progress and clashed with Yan Yunhu over Li Yuan's absence.
• Abbott received distress signals from Kross and Alicia, who had encountered three Source Martialists with Fifth Stage skill, including one suspected to be Level 22.
• Li Yuan saw the distress signals and sped toward Kross and Alicia, who were twenty-three kilometers away.

Li Yuan arrived to save Alicia and Kross from Leiwu, Dongming, and Maika, then killed Dongming and Maika in battle. Leiwu escaped, and Li Yuan chose to strengthen himself before pursuing him.

• Alicia and Kross fought while retreating from Leiwu, Dongming, and Maika, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
• Li Yuan reached the battlefield after completing his breakthrough, and Dongming charged out to stop him.
• Li Yuan stunned Dongming with a mental attack and killed him with two spear strikes.
• Leiwu and Maika fled in different directions; Li Yuan caught Maika and killed him, while Leiwu escaped.
• Li Yuan collected Maika's spoils and waited for Alicia and Kross to catch up.

Li Yuan defeated the attackers threatening Kross and Alicia, revealed that he had awakened three Star Pulses, and explained that he planned to use his strength to secure the best cultivation resources. He hid to consume the Wansheng Prolonging Fruit while Leiwu regrouped with Tiemuer and learned that Mohu was bringing reinforcements.

• Li Yuan rescued Kross and Alicia, then surprised them by saying he had not used the Wansheng Prolonging Fruit and had awakened three Star Pulses, including one at the Fifth-fold level.
• Alicia's remnant soul, Xiaoxing, judged that Li Yuan might possess the potential to awaken Seven Star Pulses or a Nine-fold Star Pulse and said gods might compete to take him as a disciple.
• Li Yuan divided the defeated enemies' treasures with Kross and Alicia, then chose to avoid the Divine Palace Ruins until he had grown stronger.
• Li Yuan flew to a hidden pit far from the battle and ate the Wansheng Prolonging Fruit, beginning a dramatic increase in his life level.
• Leiwu met Tiemuer and a short, fat man in black, reported that Li Yuan had nearly killed him, and learned that Mohu and many First-Order Martialists were arriving as reinforcements.

The Seven Star Civilization’s leaders learned of Li Yuan’s extraordinary talent while Marquis Mintian’s agents debated retreating from the dangerous conflict. After absorbing the Wansheng Prolonging Fruit for six hours, Li Yuan completed a major transformation and prepared to leave the cave.

• Tiemuer, Leiwu, and the short, stout man in black agreed to pull back until Mohu completed his breakthrough, prioritizing their survival over the mission.
• Wuma Nong and Yu Jinghe learned that Li Yuan had killed two powerful opponents, and Yan Yunhu admitted that he had misjudged Li Yuan.
• Wuma Nong and Yu Jinghe discussed Alicia and Kross’s report that Li Yuan had awakened three Star Pulses and reached Level 22 physical fitness, then decided to report the matter to the highest authorities.
• Demigod Bai Shan and Fang Hai discussed Li Yuan’s potential, while Fang Hai decided to test him after he returned from the God's Relic before reporting to his master.
• Li Yuan absorbed the Wansheng Prolonging Fruit’s effects for six hours, reaching Life Level 23.7 and gaining about 90,000 kilograms of punching force.
• Li Yuan finished his transformation, wondered what the Guyue Divine Kingdom could do to stop him, and walked out of the cave.

After consuming the Wansheng Prolonging Fruit, Li Yuan’s physical strength increased dramatically, and he ordered a search for the missing Guyue Divine Kingdom forces. News of a possible Five Elements God Crystal drew him toward a dangerous mineral vein, while Mohu completed his breakthrough and set out to confront the Seven Star Civilization’s suspected Demigod-level genius.

• Li Yuan assessed his improved strength, decided he had surpassed Wan Qinghe, and headed to find Alicia and Si Feng while aiming to raise his Spiritual Awakening Level to 40%.
• Alicia told Li Yuan that the Guyue Divine Kingdom forces had vanished from the areas they searched, and he ordered his allies to keep searching and monitor every known entrance and exit.
• Alicia reported that her team had located the likely core of a Source Crystal Mineral Vein and a possible Five Elements God Crystal, but one Source Martialist had died to the vein’s dangers.
• Tiemuer and Leiwu met Mohu after he completed his breakthrough and briefed him on the Seven Star Civilization’s experts, including Li Yuan’s strength and suspected Feitian Tier soul.
• Mohu dismissed the threat of Li Yuan’s physical fitness, then led the Guyue Divine Kingdom forces toward the relic site, intending to destroy him if they met.