Chapter Summaries

Li Changzhou urged Li Yuan to face the world’s darkness without losing faith in the good, and Li Yuan began to understand the conviction behind his uncle’s choices. Inspired by his uncle, Dongfang Ji, and fallen heroes, Li Yuan found new purpose in his martial path and advanced his spear and fist techniques.

• Li Changzhou refused to accept Li Yuan’s costly treatment plan, explaining that the country’s rewards should help Li Yuan grow stronger and that he was satisfied with his life.
• Li Yuan admitted he resented the privilege that had delayed Li Changzhou’s return from Base No. 3, and Li Changzhou acknowledged the injustice while warning him not to become consumed by darkness.
• Li Changzhou told Li Yuan to walk beneath the sun and work to bring light where he found darkness, prompting Li Yuan to reflect on his uncle’s faith and his own values.
• Li Yuan connected Li Changzhou’s conviction with Dongfang Ji and the sacrifices of heroes, resolving to wield his spear to protect humanity and restore peace.
• Li Yuan trained with renewed purpose, unleashed the fourth move of the Starry Sky Spear Technique, Meteor Falling from the Sky, and raised his spear and fist technique realms.

Li Yuan’s spear practice brought a major breakthrough, and Wan Qinghe reassured him that he could seek better ways to restore Li Changzhou’s health in the future. Li Yuan then fought on the Starry Sky Fighting Net, nearing the Bright Moon Rank promotion tournament before being matched against Tian Dazhuang.

• Li Yuan practiced spear techniques for nearly five hours, raising his spear realm to Fourth Stage 65% and improving his physical fitness, spiritual power, and movement technique.
• Li Yuan learned from Wan Qinghe that Li Changzhou’s condition could withstand a delay and that rare Star Realm treasures might restore him more effectively than the rehabilitation plan.
• Li Yuan resolved to focus his reward money on cultivation, reach Level 14, and challenge the Bright Moon Rank for its reward.
• Li Yuan won most of thirty-seven Starry Sky Fighting Net matches, bringing his Meteor Rank score to 994 points and leaving him six points short of the promotion tournament.
• Li Yuan entered a new match and recognized his opponent as Tian Dazhuang.

Li Yuan defeated Tian Dazhuang in a Starry Sky Fighting Net duel, helping Tian break through in saber technique before finishing him and reaching 1,000 Meteor Rank points. He entered the Bright Moon Promotion Tournament, won it decisively, and became Xia Country’s first person that year to reach Bright Moon Rank before turning eighteen.

• Li Yuan and Tian Dazhuang matched in a virtual duel and compared their progress since the Jiangbei Martial Arts University Invitation Event.
• Li Yuan gained the upper hand with his spear technique, while Tian Dazhuang relied on footwork to prolong the fight and temper his saber technique.
• Tian Dazhuang broke through to Fourth Stage Advanced Rank under Li Yuan’s pressure, and Li Yuan then unleashed his strongest attacks and defeated him.
• Li Yuan’s victory raised his score to 1,000, and he replied to Tian Dazhuang’s message of thanks before entering the Bright Moon Promotion Tournament.
• Li Yuan won the promotion tournament, becoming Xia Country’s first person that year to reach Bright Moon Rank before turning eighteen, and the observers prepared to notify Starfire Martial Hall and Kunlun Martial University.

Li Yuan reached the Bright Moon Rank and climbed to seventeenth on the Blue Star Young Prodigy Ranking, astonishing observers across Xia Country and Kunlun Martial University. The chapter left Fei Gan arranging greater protection for Li Yuan’s family while Dean Xu anticipated Dean Hai’s return.

• Tian Dazhuang reflected on losing to Li Yuan, admired his rapid progress, and returned to practicing his saber.
• Li Yuan defeated eighteen Rock Desert Race warriors, reached the Bright Moon Rank, and learned he ranked seventeenth globally and fifth in Xia Country.
• Li Yuan ended his Starry Sky Fighting Net session and began his midnight cultivation routine.
• Fei Gan learned of Li Yuan’s rank and instructed Wan Qinghe to transfer Li Yuan’s siblings to the Martial Hall Affiliated Middle School and increase the family’s security.
• Li Yang told Dean Xu that Li Yuan had reached late Fourth Stage before turning eighteen, and Dean Xu planned for Dean Hai to meet him.

After honoring the eleven teachers killed in battle, Li Yuan was summoned to meet Hai Yi, dean of the Six Academies. Hai Yi praised Li Yuan’s character and spiritual talent, then revealed that a strand of Higher Spirituality might be dormant within him.

• Li Yuan sensed the subtle forces throughout his body and realized that Fourth Stage Perfected Rank training meant controlling each strand through Mind-Micro-Perception.
• Li Yuan led the Sixth Academy freshmen in the memorial service for eleven fallen teachers and paid tribute to Teacher Fan Jin and the other martyrs.
• Dean Hai watched Li Yuan during the service and judged his conduct and character favorably, then asked Dean Xu to arrange a meeting.
• Li Yang took Li Yuan to Black Dragon Building, where Hai Yi tested Li Yuan’s mental consciousness and praised him for breaking free of its influence before reaching level 13.
• Hai Yi told Li Yuan that not awakening Martial Arts Spirituality might not be a disadvantage and that Higher Spirituality could be dormant within him.

Li Yuan learned from Dean Hai that he likely possessed inherited Higher Spirituality, which gave him exceptional Source Power compatibility and could help him create a cultivation method. Dean Hai prepared a painful Heavenly Treasure to accelerate Li Yuan’s growth, leaving him with a way to improve before attempting the dangerous task of creating his own method.

• Li Yuan asked Dean Hai about Higher Spirituality, and Dean Hai inferred that Li Yuan had it because of his unusual Source Power absorption, mental strength, and rapid growth.
• Dean Hai explained that Higher Spirituality could be inherited through bloodlines, citing the Flame Clan and its Nirvana Divine Canon as an example.
• Dean Hai described how Advanced Cultivation Methods sensed and linked Life Stars in the body, and estimated that Li Yuan had an 80% chance of creating a method because of his abilities and the knowledge available to him.
• Dean Hai said Li Yuan should first improve his physical fitness and skill before attempting to create a method as a Source Martialist.
• Dean Hai gave Li Yuan twenty units of Hundred Marrow Spirit Wither, which could more than double his cultivation speed for two years but would cause several times the pain of Body-Cleansing Spirit Marrow.

Dean Hai prepared Hundred Marrow Spirit Wither to accelerate Li Yuan’s cultivation, and Li Yuan agreed to endure its extreme pain. During his first treatment, the pain overwhelmed him, and Li Yang had to stop him from striking his own head; Li Yuan lost consciousness after half an hour.

• Li Yuan agreed to use Hundred Marrow Spirit Wither after Dean Hai warned that it was several times more painful than Body-Cleansing Spirit Marrow.
• Dean Hai gave Li Yang twenty units of the medicine for Li Yuan and raised Li Yuan’s contract to SS-level with a larger monthly resource allowance.
• Li Yang and Dean Xu discussed the medicine’s danger, and Li Yang told a story about Dean Hai hunting down a Black Dragon.
• On August 8, Li Yuan swallowed all ten pills in a unit of Hundred Marrow Spirit Wither under Li Yang’s supervision.
• The medicine caused Li Yuan unbearable pain, and Li Yang restrained him when he tried to hit his own head.
• After half an hour, the pain subsided, impurities surfaced on Li Yuan’s body, and he lost consciousness.

After enduring Hundred Marrow Spirit Wither for the second time, Li Yuan held on through the pain without losing consciousness, showing a dramatic improvement in willpower. He continued pushing himself in cultivation and training, and Li Yang became convinced that Li Yuan would surpass him.

• Li Yuan awoke after his first Hundred Marrow Spirit Wither treatment, reflected on his loss of control, and resolved to try again in a month.
• Li Yang increased Li Yuan’s monthly resource allowance from two million to four million Blue Star Coins, and Li Yuan used High Source Spirit Spring to raise his physical fitness to level 12.9.
• Li Yuan began deliberately intensifying his Visualization Method training and sought harsher combat practice, while Gu Qianghan and An Nong noticed his sharper bearing.
• A month passed, and Li Yuan’s final ranking on the Blue Star Youth Prodigy Ranking was sixteenth worldwide and fourth in Xia Country.
• On September 8, Li Yuan endured the pain of Hundred Marrow Spirit Wither without losing consciousness, astonishing Li Yang, who believed Li Yuan’s future achievements would surpass his own.

Dean Hai decided that Li Yuan would begin a life-and-death expedition in the Mingxu Star Realm once he reached Level 15, believing danger was necessary to develop his skills and potential. After comprehending the fifth form of the Starry Sky Spear Technique and reaching Level 13.8, Li Yuan received an invitation to compete as a seeded contestant in the Ten-School Freshman Tournament.

• Dean Hai told Li Yang that Li Yuan would enter the Mingxu Star Realm in January or March after reaching Level 15, despite Li Yang's concerns about the danger.
• Li Yuan kept cultivating, consumed more High Source Spirit Spring, and learned that Lin Lanyue had reached nearly Level 13 physical fitness and Mid Fourth Stage skill.
• Li Yang ordered Jiang Lun and the other instructors to keep Li Yuan's rapid physical progress secret.
• Li Yuan practiced the Starry Sky Spear Technique on October 2, unleashed Star War in the Wild, and raised his spear technique realm to Fourth Stage 78%.
• Li Yuan received a school invitation to the Ten-School Freshman Tournament as a Kunlun Martial University seed contestant, entering directly in the second round.

Li Yuan studied the Ten-School Freshman Tournament rules and resolved to win first place for its cash prize and Heavenly Treasure. As the tournament approached, Kunlun Martial University reviewed its rivals, including three Bright Moon Rank wildcards from Spark University, while Spark University identified Li Yuan and Garava as its greatest threats.

• Li Yuan read the tournament format and schedule, set his sights on first place, and planned to keep training before the October 4 opening round.
• First-year students at the participating schools received tournament notices, and Dean Li Yang encouraged Kunlun Martial University students to aim for the second round.
• A Kunlun Martial University teacher warned the assembled contestants about the three Spark University wildcards—Dantai Feng, Yu Ming, and Guan Ying—and advised them to avoid those fighters in the Cage Melee.
• A teacher in Tianzhu Country urged Garava to reach the top four and win a Heavenly Treasure.
• A Black-Robed Elder told Dantai Feng, Yu Ming, and Guan Ying to win the tournament for Spark University, naming Garava and Li Yuan as their greatest competitors.

Li Yuan learned about the powerful wildcard contestants in the Ten-School Freshman Tournament and focused on preparing for Dantai Feng, his most formidable rival. After Lin Lanyue sent him simulated match footage, he continued training, and by October 5 he was about to enter his first Cage Melee.

• A Black-Robed Elder briefed Dantai Feng, Yu Ming, and Guan Ying on Bright Moon Rank rivals from other schools, including Garava and Li Yuan.
• Dantai Feng warned Yu Ming and Guan Ying not to underestimate Li Yuan or Garava, then left as the two discussed the threat to Spark University.
• Li Yuan studied the rivals’ files and battle footage, then learned from Tian Dazhuang that Dantai Feng was near Mind-Micro-Perception and used the Streamer Blade Technique.
• Li Yuan watched Streamer Blade Technique footage and returned to training, accepting that he would keep improving even if he lost.
• Lin Lanyue sent Li Yuan nine simulated battles showing clashes between Starry Sky Spear Technique and Streamer Blade Technique users at different skill levels, and he thanked her for helping his uncle.
• Li Yuan sat out the October 4 first-round battles and continued cultivating; on October 5, he prepared for his first Cage Melee.

Li Yuan entered the Ten-School Freshman Tournament’s Cage Melee before a vast virtual audience, where Garava dominated the first match and Kimura Tatsuo stood out in the second. As Li Yuan’s third match began, he and other Kunlun Martial University contestants wore masks to conceal their identities.

• Li Yuan joined Gu Qianghan, An Nong, and other students in the Battle Space as the audience grew beyond five hundred thousand.
• The host announced the Cage Melee rules and began the tournament’s second round.
• Garava overwhelmed his opponents, defeated Yang Hong, and finished the first match with 52 points to take the overall lead.
• Kimura Tatsuo scored 31 points in the second match and temporarily ranked second overall.
• Before Li Yuan’s third match, An Nong arranged for Kunlun Martial University contestants to wear masks, making them difficult for spectators to identify.

Li Yuan hid among masked competitors in the third Cage Melee, then used his spear to eliminate opponents and confront Fang Kui. He killed Fang Kui in three strikes, leaving Li Yuan’s dominance clear as the melee continued.

• Dean Li Yang dismissed Morita Daiku’s taunts and learned that Kimura Tatsuo would face Li Yuan in the afternoon’s second Cage Melee.
• Li Yuan entered the third Cage Melee disguised as one of several masked spear-wielders and quickly killed two competitors.
• Li Yuan continued eliminating opponents with his spear, rapidly accumulating points while avoiding use of the Starry Sky Spear Technique.
• Li Yuan rushed to save two Kunlun Martial University students when Fang Kui attacked them.
• Li Yuan unleashed his full strength against Fang Kui, broke his arm, and killed him with three spear strikes.

Li Yuan dominated the third Cage Melee, scoring 74 points and taking first place before Dantai Feng entered the tenth match and surpassed him with 76 points. Dantai Feng left the arena believing he had scored enough to skip the afternoon melee.

• Li Yuan defeated Fang Kui, then fought through the arena and tricked seven Kunlun Martial University students into charging him together, finishing first with 74 points.
• Spectators and rival students reacted to Li Yuan's strength, while Morita Daiku worried that Li Yuan might target Kimura Tatsuo in the afternoon.
• Li Yuan returned to the viewing stands as the morning Cage Melees continued, with Yu Ming scoring 51 points and Guan Ying scoring 47.
• Dantai Feng entered the tenth Cage Melee with twin blades and swiftly defeated everyone on the arena, earning 76 points and taking first place.
• Dantai Feng declared that his score should secure a place in the top eight and left, deciding he would not participate in the afternoon melee.

Dantai Feng dominated the first Cage Melee with 76 points, then withdrew from the second, leaving the other contenders to fight for the total-score lead. Li Yuan trained, received instructions from Li Yang to keep Kimura Tatsuo from scoring, and confronted Kimura at the start of Match 17.

• Dantai Feng scored 76 points with his twin blades, alarming the other top contenders and earning praise from the teachers.
• Li Yuan analyzed Dantai Feng's techniques, then spent more than three hours training until his spear technique reached Fourth Stage 80%.
• Li Yang told Li Yuan not to let Kimura Tatsuo score in the afternoon match, and Li Yuan agreed.
• Dantai Feng withdrew from Match Twelve, prompting Li Yuan to regret losing the chance to study him in battle.
• At the start of Match 17, Li Yuan blocked Kimura Tatsuo from joining the melee and launched a spear attack at him.

Li Yuan fought Kimura Tatsuo in the second-round Cage Melee, using their duel to gain insight into his spear technique before defeating him. He then resumed eliminating combatants, with his points rising as the arena dwindled to just over seventy fighters.

• Li Yuan intercepted Kimura Tatsuo, and the two began a spear duel as spectators and teachers watched.
• Li Yuan studied Kimura Tatsuo’s entangling spear technique while defending with Starry Sky Enlightenment, and Kimura realized Li Yuan was using him as a whetstone.
• Kimura Tatsuo attacked with all his strength, but Li Yuan suddenly countered and sent him flying, then defeated him with Meteor Falling from the Sky.
• Li Yuan decided to end the battle early and charged at the remaining combatants, rapidly increasing his points.
• Spectators cheered Li Yuan’s victory, while many Sakura Country students acknowledged his strength.

Li Yuan finished the second round in first place with 105 points and, after his fight with Kimura Tatsuo, gained a new insight into the Starry Sky Spear Technique. Li Yang warned him that Dantai Feng was currently stronger and urged him to reach the final, but Li Yuan kept training as the tournament advanced toward the championship round.

• Li Yuan won the seventeenth Cage Melee, bringing his second-round total to 105 points and securing first place in the rankings.
• After logging out, Li Yuan practiced his spear and reconsidered the balance between the Twelve-Strike Combo’s building momentum and Kimura Tatsuo’s enduring entanglement.
• The tournament organizers advanced Li Yuan and seven other top scorers directly to the fourth round, while Kimura Tatsuo and 128 others qualified for the third round.
• Li Yang told Li Yuan that Dantai Feng was near Mind-Micro-Perception and expected Li Yuan to reach the final, where the two might face each other.
• Li Yuan continued training instead of dwelling on second place, and the remaining top-sixteen spots were decided on October 6.
• The fourth round began on October 7, when the tournament’s ultimate champion would be decided.

Li Yuan prepared to face Dantai Feng in the Ten-School Freshman Tournament, then watched Dantai Feng defeat Ohno Satoshi in a single exchange. The chapter ended as Li Yuan was announced for his top-sixteen match against Garava.

• Li Yuan told Lin Lanyue he had a thirty percent chance of beating Dantai Feng and reviewed his progress before entering the Starry Sky Fighting Net.
• Li Yuan arrived at the tournament and greeted Yang Hong and Wu Luo while students, teachers, and other experts gathered to watch.
• Dantai Feng appeared as the crowd cheered, then faced Ohno Satoshi in the first top-sixteen match.
• Dantai Feng defeated Ohno Satoshi with a swift blade strike after only one exchange.
• The host announced Garava and Li Yuan as the contestants for the second match.

Li Yuan faced Garava in the top-sixteen-to-top-eight round and used his spear technique to withstand Garava’s fierce attacks before defeating him with a sudden thrust. The victory advanced Li Yuan to the top eight and deepened his understanding of the Starry Sky Artistic Conception, bringing a potential showdown with Dantai Feng closer.

• The tournament schedule paired Li Yuan and Garava early, drawing intense support from Xia Country and Tianzhu Country spectators.
• Garava launched a relentless assault, but Li Yuan blocked every attack with his circular defensive spear technique.
• Li Yuan’s defense grew stronger as Garava’s stamina faded, and teachers and contestants recognized that Garava was likely to lose.
• Li Yuan turned a defense into a powerful thrust and defeated Garava with one spear strike.
• Li Yuan advanced to the top eight, and his comprehension of the Starry Sky Artistic Conception improved.

Li Yuan defeated Kimura Tatsuo and Yu Ming to reach the finals, while Dantai Feng beat Vikram in the other semifinal. Dantai Feng revealed astonishing speed and blade skill, setting up a final between him and Li Yuan.

• Li Yuan defeated Garava with a single spear strike, and the Round of 16 concluded with six Xia Country competitors among the top eight.
• Dantai Feng defeated Wu Luo, Yu Ming beat Li Mingyue, and Li Yuan eliminated Kimura Tatsuo with six rapid spear strikes.
• Vikram upset Guan Ying with his hidden strength and advanced to the semifinals, where he was scheduled to face Dantai Feng.
• Li Yuan defeated Yu Ming after a prolonged battle, securing his place in the finals.
• Dantai Feng defeated Vikram with dual blades, and the watching teachers recognized his Flowing Light Artistic Conception and Mind-Micro-Perception.