Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan received a provincial rank of 77 on the college entrance exam, celebrated with his family, and chose Kunlun Martial Arts University as his first choice. At Kunlun, Dean Li learned that Li Yuan had ranked first in Jiangbei Province in raw martial arts scores and tenth nationwide.

• Li Yuan checked his exam results with Li Changzhou and Chen Hui, earning 1006 points and provincial rank 77.
• Li Yuan reported his score to his teachers and seniors, then decided to spend more time at home before reporting to Kunlun Martial Arts University on July 2nd.
• Li Yuan celebrated with his family and selected Kunlun Martial Arts University as his first choice in the preference application system.
• Li Yuan practiced in his villa's Martial Arts Room and considered his cultivation progress, the upcoming Combat Assessment, and his goal of reaching the Bright Moon Rank.
• Dean Li reviewed the early-contract students' scores and learned that Li Yuan had ranked first in Jiangbei Province in raw martial arts scores and tenth nationwide.

Li Yuan chose the Six Academies at Kunlun Martial University, spent his final weeks at home with his family and classmates, and made a breakthrough in his spear technique. He left home on July 2 to begin university.

• Li Yuan received his admission notice, followed Li Changzhou's advice, and applied to the Six Academies after speaking with Dean Li.
• Li Yuan and Wan Qinghe discussed his choice, and Dean Zhao told him he could attend his lectures despite joining a different academy.
• Li Yuan attended his graduation dinner, thanked Li Tianyou for his determination, and left after reflecting that he would not see many classmates again.
• Li Yuan relaxed with his family during the holiday and improved his spear technique, fully executing Dawn Piercing Clouds and raising his spear and fist technique realms.
• Li Yuan said goodbye to Li Changzhou and Chen Hui on July 2 and flew toward Kunlun Martial University.

Li Yuan traveled to Kunlun Martial University after exchanging messages with Lin Lanyue, who had chosen not to meet him before leaving for Lantis Continent. At the university, he reunited with Gu Qianghan, Dong Haifeng, and other Jiang City students, who explained that he had become the Sixth Academy’s freshman senior brother and was expected to help improve its competition ranking.

• Lin Lanyue messaged Li Yuan to congratulate him and explain that her help saving Li Changzhou had been a coincidence, and Li Yuan replied with thanks and good wishes for her at Starry Sky University.
• Lin Lanyue told her second brother that she believed she and Li Yuan would meet again when he could face her calmly, then left with him for Lantis Continent on the final day of registration.
• Instructor Xing saw Li Yuan off at the airport and promised to arrange Martial Hall personnel to watch over his family.
• Li Yuan arrived at Kunlun Martial University, where Gu Qianghan, Dong Haifeng, and dozens of Jiang City acquaintances welcomed him and took him toward Xuanwu Building.
• Gu Qianghan explained that the Eight Academies Competition rankings would close at eight that night and said Jiang City students had joined the Sixth Academy because they expected Li Yuan to lead them.

Li Yuan arrived at Kunlun Martial University’s Xuanwu Building with the Jiang City freshmen, who recognized him as Sixth Academy’s freshman Senior Brother and hoped he could improve their entrance competition standing. After seeing the rankings and learning Sixth Academy trailed the leaders, Li Yuan headed for a Virtual Network Pod to challenge the Kunlun Nine Mountains.

• Gu Qianghan and the Jiang City freshmen welcomed Li Yuan as Sixth Academy’s freshman Senior Brother, and Li Yuan reflected on his ambition to prove himself at Kunlun Martial University.
• Dong Haifeng explained that Sixth Academy ranked fourth in the Eight-Academy Entrance Competition, and Gu Qianghan urged Li Yuan to try for 800 points.
• Gu Qianghan told Li Yuan that Xuanwu Building commemorated the Xuanwu shell left behind after Dongfang Ji killed a creature beyond the Feitian level.
• Li Yuan’s arrival at Xuanwu Building alarmed freshmen from other academies, who feared he could cost Third Academy its lead.
• Li Yuan checked the individual and academy rankings, then went to a Virtual Network Pod to challenge the Kunlun Nine Mountains.

Li Yuan entered the Kunlun Nine Mountains virtual competition as students from Six Academies rallied behind him, and he rapidly climbed the rankings. As he battled a powerful Silver Wolf King on Fourth Mountain, Six Academies rose to second place, leaving the gathered students wondering whether he could lead them to first.

• An Nong rallied more than thirty Six Academies students to call Li Yuan their Senior Brother, drawing the attention of hundreds of freshmen.
• Li Yuan entered the Virtual Network and began fighting through Kunlun Nine Mountains, while news of his challenge spread through the academy groups.
• Yang Hong told Wu Luo that Li Yuan had surpassed their scores, and Wu Luo watched Li Yuan's points rapidly climb past six hundred.
• On Fourth Mountain, Li Yuan fought a Silver Wolf King whose technique matched Body-Mind Unity, and he unleashed his full strength against it.
• Li Yuan reached 700 points, pushing Six Academies into second place as more than nine hundred students watched and wondered whether he could take first.

Li Yuan defeated Fourth Mountain’s guardian and reached Fifth Mountain, scoring 1,300 points and setting a new Freshman Entrance Competition record. He returned to a roaring arena as students and teachers reacted to his unprecedented result.

• The venue’s students worried when Li Yuan’s score stalled at 700 points, while Gu Qianghan and An Nong defended him.
• Li Yuan’s score jumped to 1,000 points, putting him first in the competition and moving Sixth Academy into first place among the academies.
• On Fifth Mountain, Li Yuan fought a group of Fourth Stage opponents, killed one, and was defeated by their combined attacks.
• The system announced that Li Yuan had earned 1,300 points, reached Fifth Mountain on his first attempt, and set a new Freshman Entrance Competition record.
• Li Yuan checked the historical rankings, saw that Jin Huguo remained at the school, and looked forward to facing its other geniuses.
• Students across the arena hailed Li Yuan as their senior brother, while Wu Luo, Yang Hong, and Dean Li reacted to his score.

After Li Yuan’s record-setting performance at Kunlun Martial University’s freshman competition, Dean Li studied his spear technique and decided to move up his plans for Li Yuan’s competition career. Li Yuan settled into his new villa, celebrated with his fellow freshmen, and began training, still focused on the greatest geniuses across Human Civilization.

• Dean Li watched Li Yuan kill three Fifth Mountain guardians with the Starry Sky Spear Technique and considered entering him in the Global University Martial Arts Tournament a year early.
• Dean Zhao and the other vice deans of Eight Academies lamented losing Li Yuan to Six Academies, then agreed to join the woman in black and Corea on a dangerous Thunder Cloud Flying Dragon hunt.
• Six Academies freshmen celebrated taking first place after Li Yuan’s late surge established a new Freshman Entrance Competition record and made him the class’s leading freshman.
• An Nong promised to organize support for Li Yuan’s election as Eldest Senior Brother, while Gu Qianghan explained the title’s benefits and helped him set up his villa.
• Li Yuan reassured his uncle and aunt over a video call, then began training and set his sights on the top geniuses of the Three Top Martial Schools and the Seven Great Planets.

Li Yuan began his first day at Kunlun Martial University’s Sixth Academy, where the freshmen unanimously chose him as their Senior Brother. Dean Li then explained the university’s top students and the competitions open to martial arts students, leaving Li Yuan learning about the Human Martial Arts Elite Tournament.

• After cultivating, Li Yuan reviewed his improving attributes and wondered how he could become a Source Martialist within two years.
• Li Yuan received his Kunlun Martial University contract payment and began a demanding day of cultivation.
• At the Black Dragon Building, Li Yuan met Gu Qianghan and An Nong, who had organized the freshmen’s support for him.
• The Sixth Academy freshmen unanimously chose Li Yuan as their first-year Senior Brother at the entrance ceremony.
• Dean Li told Li Yuan about Yan Jing and Jin Huguo and explained the Global University Martial Arts Tournament and the Human Martial Arts Elite Tournament.

Dean Li explained the martial arts tournaments and set Li Yuan goals for the coming year, including clearing the Fifth Mountain and placing among the top four in the Ten-School Freshman Tournament. He took Li Yuan on as a spear technique student and introduced him to the other students before beginning a Starry Sky Spear Technique lesson.

• Dean Li explained the age limits and history of the Human Martial Arts Elite Tournament, including Fang Hai’s early championship and stalled progress at the Flying level.
• Dean Li told Li Yuan to clear the Fifth Mountain before next February to qualify for the Global University Martial Arts Tournament, and to aim for first place or at least the top four in October’s Ten-School Freshman Tournament.
• Dean Li offered to personally teach Li Yuan spear technique, and Li Yuan respectfully accepted him as his teacher.
• Dean Li brought Li Yuan to a Martial Arts Room and introduced him to eighteen students, describing Li Yuan’s physical fitness and Mid Fourth Stage technique.
• Dean Li began the lesson by announcing that he would teach the Starry Sky Spear Technique.

Li Yuan learned about the Pillar of Spirit after meeting his senior brothers and receiving a special training arrangement at Kunlun Martial University. The chapter ended with him enduring the pillar’s spiritual pressure as Li Yang explained how it strengthened spiritual power.

• Li Yang taught the Starry Sky Spear Technique, and Li Yuan met Yan He and other senior students, who invited him to a welcoming banquet.
• Li Yang introduced Jiang Lun, a level 27 Source Martialist, as Li Yuan’s practical combat teacher and arranged additional daily sparring.
• Li Yang took Li Yuan to the Vermilion Bird Building and explained that its giant creature skeleton had been killed by Dongfang Ji.
• Li Yang brought Li Yuan to the Pillar of Spirit, where Li Yuan endured its escalating spiritual pressure.
• Li Yang explained that the Pillar of Spirit exhausted a Martialist’s spirit so it could recover stronger.

Li Yang explained the Pillar of Spirit and mental cultivation to Li Yuan, who reached its fifth area through exceptional willpower. After negotiating for more High Source Spirit Spring and agreeing to try repeated Body-Cleansing Spirit Marrow treatments, Li Yuan turned to the Martial Arts Knowledge Network to study spear techniques.

• Li Yang described methods of improving mental power and explained that Kunlun Martial University's Pillar of Spirit tempered students within its range.
• Li Yuan advanced through the Pillar of Spirit to the fifth area, astonishing Li Yang and the students watching.
• Li Yang explained the Pillar of Spirit's recovery demands and the resources provided by Li Yuan's S-level Special Training Contract.
• Li Yuan asked to exchange his monthly Spirit-Nurturing Spirit Spring for physical cultivation resources, and Li Yang proposed using Body-Cleansing Spirit Marrow more often.
• Li Yuan agreed to try two portions of High Source Spirit Spring each month for one month, with a different resource plan if he could not keep up.
• That night, Li Yuan logged into Kunlun Space and found his S-level privileges included free access to Second Order and Third Order martial arts manuals.

Li Yuan trained intensively at Kunlun Martial Arts University, improving his techniques, combat skills, and physical strength while learning more about Human Civilization’s martial history. At the end of July, he learned that his upcoming Combat Assessment would take place at Base No. 4, where he would face Star Realm Creatures as high as level 14.

• Li Yuan selected four Second Order spear manuals and began studying them to deepen his Mid Fourth Stage technique.
• Jin Huguo heard that Li Yuan had reached the fifth region of the Pillar of Spirit and welcomed the prospect of another talented student at Kunlun Martial Arts University.
• Li Yuan attended a welcoming banquet, general studies lessons, and demanding training with Jiang Lun and Li Yang while enduring Body-Cleansing Spirit Marrow treatments.
• By late July, Li Yuan’s rapid improvement convinced Li Yang to assign him to the Fourth Base for his Combat Assessment.
• On July 29, Li Yuan received notice that he would take the assessment at Base No. 4, where most Star Realm Creatures were level 13 and the strongest were level 14.

Li Yuan entered Kunlun Martial Arts University's Fourth Combat Assessment Base despite his low physical fitness, while Li Yang secretly arranged protection for him. After the assessment began, Li Yuan killed a level 12.1 Star Realm Creature and gained a major boost to his Spiritual Awakening Level.

• An Nong rallied the Six Academies freshmen around Li Yuan's assignment to the Fourth Base, explaining that his score would still count toward their first-year team total.
• Li Yuan boarded the Fourth Base train, learned that its two-day assessment offered higher points for stronger creatures, and prepared for the dangers of its vast area.
• Vice Dean Xu angrily challenged Li Yang for sending Li Yuan, whose physical fitness was only slightly above level 11, to the Fourth Base, but Li Yang said he had arranged secret protection.
• After arriving in the Star Realm, Li Yuan was dropped into the dense forest and headed deeper into the assessment grounds.
• Li Yuan anticipated an ambush, killed a level 12.1 creature with his spear, and raised his Spiritual Awakening Level to 14.0%.

Li Yuan fought through the Fourth Combat Assessment, reached the 20% Spiritual Awakening limit, and unlocked a second Source Power Infusion. He hid in a cave to guide the infusion as it began transforming his body, with his life level continuing to rise.

• Li Yuan killed four adult beasts and several cubs, raising his Spiritual Awakening Level to 19.2% and climbing to first place in his year ranking.
• Kunlun Martial University teachers observed Li Yuan's performance and praised his composure, combat skill, and extraordinary willpower.
• A group of Rock Desert Race warriors chased Li Yuan until Qiu Jing intervened, killed several attackers, and warned him to avoid their nearby tribe.
• Li Yuan killed another lynx-like beast, reached 20% Spiritual Awakening, and unlocked a second Source Power Infusion.
• Li Yuan hurried to a cave, blocked its entrance, and guided the infusion as his body transformed and his life level rose from 11.3 to 11.9.

Li Yuan emerged from a cave after a night of Source Power Infusion, finding his life level and mental strength greatly increased and his Spiritual Awakening limit raised. He rushed toward the Rock Desert Race Tribe to reach 25% Spiritual Awakening, and his sudden score surge put Six Academies in first place.

• Li Yuan’s golden mist infusion raised his life level to 12.7, his mental strength to Level 20.0, and his Spiritual Awakening limit to 25%.
• Dean Li and Dean Xu waited anxiously while Li Yuan remained hidden in the cave through the night.
• After emerging, Li Yuan killed two Star Realm Creatures but gained only 0.1% Spiritual Awakening, so he decided to attack the Rock Desert Race Tribe.
• Li Yuan rushed toward the tribe, accepting that he might have to reveal his full strength to reach 25% Spiritual Awakening.
• The freshmen on the train learned that Li Yuan’s score had passed 200 and Six Academies had taken first place in the freshman team rankings.

Li Yuan slaughtered the Rock Desert Race warriors in their tribe, drawing the attention of teachers at Fourth Base as his score and strength surged. After the tribe’s three leaders attacked, Li Yuan killed their chief, and the other two leaders faced him in terror.

• Li Yuan attacked a Rock Desert Race tribe and killed its warriors, raising his score and Spiritual Awakening level.
• The three tribal leaders charged at Li Yuan as teachers watched the fight through a light screen at Fourth Base.
• Li Yuan used Star River Falling Waterfall to fend off the chief and build momentum for his strongest attack.
• Li Yuan killed the level 14.1 chief with Dawn Piercing Clouds, earning 200 points and reaching 25% Spiritual Awakening.
• Li Yuan turned toward the second and third leaders as they recoiled in terror.

Li Yuan slaughtered the Rock Desert Race tribe and climbed to second in the Fourth Base rankings, then chased first place during the final hours of the Combat Assessment. After killing a hidden Level 14.2 Blood-Winged Snake, he overtook Gu Zhen, who saw the updated rankings just before the assessment ended.

• Li Yuan killed the Rock Desert Race chief, routed the surviving warriors, and raised his score to 1352 points, placing second in the base rankings.
• Teachers praised Li Yuan’s strength, Yang Hong gave up competing with him, and Wu Luo and the Six Academies freshmen celebrated his rising scores and team success.
• As the Combat Assessment neared its end, Gu Zhen led Li Yuan by more than 120 points, with only a short time left to catch up.
• Li Yuan found and fought a concealed Level 14.2 Blood-Winged Snake in a rocky slope.
• Gu Zhen checked his Positioning Ring Watch and saw that Li Yuan had reached 2065 points, surpassing his 1989.

Li Yuan took first place in the Combat Assessment, then spoke with Qiu Jing about the deaths and was summoned by Li Yang, who told him Dean Hai wanted to meet him. At the university, Dean Li and Dean Xu prepared an SS-level resource application for Li Yuan.

• The Combat Assessment ended with Li Yuan in first place after he found and killed a hidden Blood-Winged Snake Race member, while Gu Zhen lost the lead.
• Dean Li explained that Li Yuan’s powerful mental strength let him detect the creature, then agreed with Dean Xu to submit an SS-level resource application for him to Dean Hai.
• Li Yuan returned to Fourth Base and saw the stretchers of students killed during the assessment; Qiu Jing told him her best friend had died in a previous assessment and urged him to keep getting stronger.
• Li Yang summoned Li Yuan to a conference room, asked about his rapid physical improvement, and said Dean Hai wanted to see him after they returned.

Li Yuan earned substantial rewards for his performance and arranged the first phase of his uncle’s rehabilitation, while Kunlun Martial University mobilized to rescue a besieged Star Realm outpost. The chapter ended with Li Yuan learning that eleven teachers, including Fan Jin, had died during the mission.

• Li Yang told Li Yuan that Dean Hai had summoned him, and Li Yuan learned he would receive more than 9 million Blue Star Coins in rewards.
• Dean Li received an urgent message and sent Li Yuan to board the train before rushing with other teachers to support Observation Point No. 6 in the Kunlun Star Realm, where alien forces had discovered a Marrow Crystal Vein.
• On the train, Li Yuan decided to use his earnings to begin the first phase of his uncle Li Changzhou’s rehabilitation, and he later transferred 16 million Blue Star Coins to Wan Qinghe to arrange the treatment.
• After returning to Kunlun Martial University, Li Yuan celebrated with the freshmen, trained, and asked Wan Qinghe to oversee his uncle’s rehabilitation without revealing the full cost to his uncle.
• On August 2, Li Yuan read a school obituary stating that eleven teachers, including Fan Jin, had died during a Star Realm rescue mission.

After learning that Teacher Fan Jin and ten other teachers had died in a Star Realm rescue operation, Li Yuan continued training while Kunlun Martial University suspended first-year classes. His uncle Li Changzhou confronted him for spending 74 million Blue Star Coins on his recovery, arguing that the resources entrusted to Li Yuan belonged to Human Civilization and should not be used so lavishly on him.

• Li Yuan confirmed that Teacher Fan Jin had died alongside ten other teachers and resumed spear practice, resolving to grow stronger.
• Kunlun Martial University announced that all first-year courses were suspended because many teachers were away on war assignments.
• Wan Qinghe returned 16 million Blue Star Coins to Li Yuan and said Li Changzhou had found out about the treatment costs.
• Li Changzhou told Li Yuan that the 74-million-coin treatment plan was unnecessary and that the funds invested in Li Yuan represented the sacrifices of taxpayers and fallen martial artists.
• Li Changzhou argued that many greater heroes had died or been disabled without receiving comparable care, leaving Li Yuan unable to refute him.