Chapter Summaries

Dantai Feng defeated Vikram with Mind-Micro-Perception and Flowing Light Artistic Conception, then faced Li Yuan in the tournament final. As Dantai Feng’s attacks pushed Li Yuan toward defeat, Li Yuan broke through to Mind-Micro-Perception and began matching his saber techniques.

• Instructors and top students recognized Dantai Feng’s Mind-Micro-Perception and Flowing Light Artistic Conception after he swiftly defeated Vikram.
• Li Yuan realized Dantai Feng was far stronger than expected and entered the final determined to fight without worrying about the outcome.
• Dantai Feng chose a blade and shield, explaining that his cautious approach would protect his reputation, and claimed to be the world’s strongest among their generation.
• Dantai Feng overwhelmed Li Yuan with rapid saber attacks while Li Yuan defended with his spear, and Li Yuan recognized that his opponent’s skill surpassed his own.
• As Dantai Feng continued pressing him, Li Yuan drew on what he had learned from watching the experts’ battle and broke through to Mind-Micro-Perception.
• Li Yuan’s spear techniques changed, allowing him to block Dantai Feng’s attacks as Dantai Feng welcomed the breakthrough.

Li Yuan broke through to the Starry Sky Artistic Conception and Mind-Micro-Perception during his fierce final against Dantai Feng, briefly gaining the upper hand. Dantai Feng then unleashed his blade-and-shield techniques and defeated Li Yuan, securing the global number-one title.

• Li Yuan comprehended the Starry Sky Artistic Conception and achieved Mind-Micro-Perception under Dantai Feng's pressure, turning the fight around with his spear.
• Dantai Feng stopped to explain that he had pushed Li Yuan because he knew Li Yuan had helped his friend Tian Dazhuang, then promised to fight without holding back.
• Dantai Feng combined his blade, shield, and movement techniques to suppress Li Yuan, whose newly acquired skill could not make up for his lack of practice time.
• Dantai Feng threw his shield at close range, knocked Li Yuan off balance, and struck him down to win the final.
• Li Yuan accepted the loss and valued the gains from the battle, while Dantai Feng celebrated as the crowd cheered his victory.

After losing to Dantai Feng in the Ten-School Freshman Tournament final, Li Yuan reflected on the defeat and trained to improve his spear technique. His performance made him famous among students worldwide, and the chapter ended with Yang Xian agreeing to upgrade his Martial Hall contract to S-level and deliver ten units of Starry Sky Earth Marrow Crystal.

• Dantai Feng defeated Li Yuan to win the tournament, while Li Yuan accepted second place calmly and was congratulated by Jin Huguo for achieving Mind-Micro-Perception.
• The tournament concluded, and teachers and students across several universities watched the final and recognized the strength of Li Yuan and Dantai Feng.
• Li Yuan reviewed his weaknesses, trained for hours, and raised his spear technique from Fourth Stage 85% to 88%.
• Li Yang visited Li Yuan, praised his performance, and took him to choose a Heavenly Treasure as one of the final four contestants.
• Dean Hai discussed Li Yuan with Yang Xian, who agreed to upgrade his Martial Hall contract to S-level and provide ten units of Starry Sky Earth Marrow Crystal.

After placing second in the Ten-School Freshman Tournament, Li Yuan chose Starry Sky Earth Marrow Crystal as his reward and learned how he might save his uncle from the lasting damage of Flame Bone-Eroding Poison. He then reached Mind-Micro-Perception, improved his techniques, and tested his punch strength at 15,224 kilograms.

• Dean Hai explained Heavenly Treasures and recommended Starry Sky Earth Marrow Crystal, awarding Li Yuan eight units to use in a secure school facility.
• Dean Hai told Li Yuan that Dragon Spirit Heart Fruit could restore his uncle's health and extend his lifespan, but it cost at least one billion Blue Star Coins.
• Li Yuan received confirmation of his eight units of Starry Sky Earth Marrow Crystal and a twenty-million-Blue-Star-Coin tournament reward.
• Li Yuan practiced until his spear and fist techniques reached Fourth Stage 91%, completing his breakthrough into Mind-Micro-Perception.
• Li Yuan mobilized his strength in the testing ground and recorded a punch of 15,224 kilograms.

After Li Yuan discovered that Micro-Control let him unleash strength and speed comparable to a Level 15.5 martialist, Fei Gan and Wan Qinghe informed him that the Xinghuo Martial Hall had upgraded his contract to S-level. They also revealed plans to provide him with a customized Source Power Battle Suit before his upcoming life-and-death trials.

• Li Yuan tested his Micro-Control burst, recording fist force above 15,000 kilograms and speed of 53 meters per second, then considered the strain this power placed on his body.
• Wan Qinghe and Fei Gan contacted Li Yuan and announced that the Xinghuo Martial Hall had upgraded his contract from A-grade to S-level.
• Li Yuan read the new contract, which granted him 24 million in annual cash, 24 million Martial Hall Points, L6-level status, and additional privileges.
• Fei Gan explained that Yang had arranged for Li Yuan's Starry Sky Earth Marrow Crystal to be held at Kunlun Martial University until he applied to use it.
• Wan Qinghe told Li Yuan that the Martial Hall had requested a customized Source Power Battle Suit for his expected life-and-death trials early next year, despite its cost of over 500 million Blue Star Coins.

Li Yuan received his S-level Martial Hall contract benefits and used a Starry Sky Earth Marrow Crystal, which raised his life level to 14.0 and made him eligible for Spirit Guidance. He entered the Mind World and found the White Jade Staircase had appeared again.

• Fei Gan told Li Yuan the Martial Hall would secretly provide him a special Source Power Battle Suit once he reached Level 15, and that he would have to return it when he became a Source Martialist.
• Wan Qinghe congratulated Li Yuan on his S-level Contract, discussed the Fish Spirit Race’s activity in Jiangbei, and privately planned to use Li Yuan’s appeal privilege against Gu Zheng.
• Li Yuan received his contract payments and Martial Hall points, then used the Hundred Marrow Spirit Wither under Li Yang’s supervision and bought High Source Spirit Spring for his cultivation.
• Li Yuan used eighteen units of Starry Sky Earth Marrow Crystal in a sealed room at Kunlun Martial University, and the Divine Palace reported that his life level had reached 14.0.
• Li Yuan entered the Mind World and saw the White Jade Staircase appear again, sensing that he should climb it.

Li Yuan endured the White Jade Staircase’s stronger consciousness assault and reached the second floor of the Mind Divine Palace, where its Jade Platform sent him into the Dark Space. Guided by an ancient voice and purple airflow, he lit countless Life Stars and formed the rudiments of a cultivation method that began circulating Source Power through his body, breaking a centuries-old rule.

• Li Yuan climbed the White Jade Staircase despite its crushing pressure and reached the second floor of the Mind Divine Palace.
• Li Yuan gathered his consciousness on the black-and-gold Jade Platform and entered the Dark Space, where he could see countless stars after purple airflow merged into him.
• An ancient voice guided Li Yuan to send countless strands of consciousness toward faintly glowing stars, lighting tens of thousands and setting connected Starry Orbits in motion.
• Li Yuan’s illuminated Life Stars formed a cycle through his body, drawing in and circulating pure Source Power to transform him.
• Li Yuan unknowingly formed the rudiments of a high-level cultivation method before reaching Level 20, shattering a centuries-old iron law.

After Spirit Guidance, Li Yuan discovered that he had formed an embryonic cultivation method and advanced his Life Level. He learned that his single Star Pulse was fully awakened, then decided to keep his breakthrough secret and cultivate toward Level 15.

• Li Yuan examined his Divine Palace Panel and found his Life Level had risen to 14.2, with new entries for Willpower and Star Pulse.
• He read Dongfang Ji’s Brief Introduction to Life Star Awakening and learned how Life Stars form Star Pulses and enable cultivation methods.
• Li Yuan realized the Dark Space he had entered was the Life Star Space, and Spirit Guidance had helped him imprint Life Stars.
• He sensed that his one Star Pulse contained all 129,600 Life Stars, making it fully awakened.
• Li Yuan decided to conceal his Spiritual Awakening and completed Star Pulse, and to cultivate toward Level 15 so he could enter the Star Realm.

Li Yuan studied the Seven Great Advanced Cultivation Methods, realized he had a Perfect Star Pulse, and named his own cultivation method Heavens of Stars. As his training progressed, Li Yang reported that Li Yuan had reached the minimum threshold to enter the Mingxu Star Realm.

• Li Yuan learned that his Star Pulse held 129,600 Life Stars and concluded that the Mind Divine Palace had helped him awaken it, while his rare talent was likely his own.
• Li Yuan sensed that his Star Pulse produced unusually pale Earth-like Source Power, kept the discovery secret, and named his method Heavens of Stars.
• Li Yuan continued training his spiritual power, combat skills, spear technique, and physical fitness while secretly circulating his Star Pulse each night.
• Shi Xiao used Li Yuan to discourage Ou Xie, but Li Yuan made clear that he and Shi Xiao had no relationship, prompting Shi Xiao and Qiu Jing to trade barbs over their interest in him.
• Li Yang told Dean Hai that Li Yuan's physical fitness had reached Level 15 and his combat skills were at the Fourth Stage limit, meeting the minimum threshold for the Mingxu Star Realm.

Dean Hai summoned Li Yuan, confirmed his rapid improvement, and prepared him to venture into the Star Realm after further training. He explained the path to Fifth Stage skill mastery and told Li Yuan to study Starry Sky Intent.

• Dean Hai confirmed Li Yuan had reached Level 15 and decided he should wait another month before entering the Star Realm, then visit home during the December break.
• Dean Hai asked Li Yang to summon Li Yuan and arrange for Starfire Martial Hall to send his Source Power Battle Suit.
• Li Yuan followed news of deadly Fish Spirit Race attacks in Jiangbei Province and worried about the casualties, though his relatives had been largely spared.
• Dean Hai discussed Li Yuan’s Concentrate Spirit practice and Fourth Stage skills, then explained Unity of Heaven and Man as sensing nature’s laws.
• Dean Hai told Li Yuan to learn the Third Order spear technique secret manual Starry Sky Intent to help him break through to the Fifth Stage.

Li Yuan prepared for his January venture into the Mingxu Star Realm, mastered the first realm of Starry Sky Intent, and returned to Jiang City for a holiday with his family. Meanwhile, Fish Spirit Race Warriors advanced underground toward Jiang City.

• Dean Hai and Dean Li told Li Yuan he would venture into the Mingxu Star Realm in January and hinted that outstanding performance would earn him a major school gift.
• Li Yuan studied Starry Sky Intent and trained with Li Yang and other instructors as he prepared for his life-and-death venture.
• Li Yuan fully comprehended the first realm of Starry Sky Intent, Body as Star, and packed gifts and cultivation supplies for his trip home.
• Fish Spirit Race Warriors traveled through an underground river toward their target, human Jiang City.
• Li Yuan arrived at Tianhe Airport on December 15, where Wan Qinghe welcomed him home.

Li Yuan returned to Jiang City, learned that rising Fish Spirit attacks might signal a new Fish Spirit Tide, and reunited with his family and mentors. The chapter left him spending the holiday at home while maintaining his cultivation and attending a gathering with Wan Qinghe and Xu Bo.

• Wan Qinghe picked Li Yuan up at the airport and told him that Fish Spirit attacks had intensified, prompting speculation that a new Fish Spirit Tide was approaching.
• Li Yuan returned home, gave Wan Qinghe a commemorative Kunlun Martial University gift, and shared lunch with Li Changzhou and Chen Hui.
• Li Yuan learned that Qianqian and Muhua were boarding at school and planned to surprise them by picking them up the next day.
• Song Yi visited Li Yuan with gifts, and he accepted her goodwill without discussing his plans to enter a Star Realm after the holiday.
• Li Yuan cultivated through the night, focusing on his Visualization Method and Source Power absorption.
• At lunch at Wan Qinghe's home on December 16, Li Yuan heard Xu Bo say that he had joined the City Patrol Team.

Li Yuan reunited with his younger siblings, then a massive Fish Spirit Race attack erupted across Jiang City. He fought to protect the people near the school and faced a powerful Advanced Warrior in a fierce clash.

• Li Yuan learned that Xu Bo had once been a renowned Star Realm martialist before injury led him to teach.
• Li Yuan met Li Qianqian and Li Muhua outside their school, but his Smart Ring Watch warned of hundreds of nearby Ranked Creatures.
• Li Yuan rushed his siblings into the school as Fish Spirit Race creatures burst from a crater and attacked the crowd.
• Li Yuan killed more than twenty Fish Spirit Race Warriors while the school’s martial arts teachers and combat units joined the defense.
• A Level 18.9 Fish Spirit Race Advanced Warrior charged Li Yuan, who met it head-on and fought at full strength.

Li Yuan defeated an advanced Fish Spirit Race warrior during the attack on Jiang City, using a hidden Source Power Battle Suit and weapon before drones finished the enemy. He took Li Qianqian and Li Muhua to safety and planned to arm himself and join the City Patrol Team.

• Li Yuan held off the advanced Fish Spirit Race warrior while combat drones protected the fight without firing.
• The warrior discovered Li Yuan's Source Power Battle Suit, but Li Yuan used Source Power to sever one of his arms and gained the advantage.
• The warrior tried to escape toward a crowd, but combat drones opened fire and killed him.
• A drone recorded Li Yuan's merit and offered him a choice to return home or help with rescue efforts.
• Li Yuan reunited with Li Qianqian and Li Muhua, took them aboard a Starfire Martial Hall aircraft, and flew toward the Starfire South Lake Residential Quarter.
• Li Yuan planned to retrieve his weapons and head to the City Patrol Team to help as fighting continued across Jiang City.

After bringing Li Qianqian and Li Muhua home, Li Yuan armed himself and left to join the City Patrol Team fighting the Fish Spirit Tide. News footage made him a celebrated young hero, and he was appointed captain of a temporary ten-person squad.

• Li Yuan brought Li Qianqian and Li Muhua safely to the Nanhu Starfire Residential Complex and told his family he had held back a powerful Fish Spirit Race warrior while combat drones killed it.
• Li Yuan equipped himself with armor and the Heichen Spear, then left for the City Patrol Team despite Chen Hui's concerns; Li Changzhou urged him to protect himself.
• Li Changzhou and Chen Hui watched news coverage identifying Li Yuan as an eighteen-year-old Kunlun Martial University student who had killed at least twenty Fish Spirit Race Warriors and helped defeat a Level 19 warrior.
• Provincial TV staff continued broadcasting battle reports to encourage people and call more martialists to fight.
• Li Yuan arrived at a reporting point, where the martialists named him captain of their temporary ten-person squad.

Li Yuan led a ten-person City Patrol Team on a series of rescue missions, killing Fish Spirit Race Warriors and helping clear threatened residential districts. After completing five missions, the team was sent to Nanhuang Elementary School, where at least three Level 17 Fish Spirit Race Warriors were attacking.

• Li Yuan accepted the temporary captaincy after the martialists praised his battle footage, and he led the ten-person team toward Tanxi Residential District.
• Li Yuan divided the team into three groups to clear a residential building while he guarded and monitored Skynet alerts.
• When Team Two reported overwhelming danger, Li Yuan rushed to Unit Two and killed a Level 17.6 Fish Spirit Race Warrior with one spear thrust.
• Li Yuan's squad cleared more than twenty Fish Spirit Race Warriors and then completed successive rescue missions as the intelligent system assigned them new targets.
• After five missions, Li Yuan received an emergency assignment to rescue Nanhuang Elementary School from at least three Level 17 Fish Spirit Race Warriors and led the team toward it.

Li Yuan’s squad raced to Nanhuang Elementary School, where Xu Bo and other martialists were ambushed by a Second-Order Fish Spirit Race Warrior. After learning that Xu Bo was fighting it, Li Yuan leaped from the aircraft and rushed toward the school to reach his teacher.

• Li Yuan told Fang Longhu and the other veterans that more than thirty Fish Spirit Race Warriors were attacking Nanhuang Elementary School, and he reported that a highly rated squad was also on its way.
• A hidden group of Fish Spirit Race Warriors led by a nearly purple leader rushed from the marshes toward the school after hearing a howl.
• Xu Bo recognized that the attackers were stronger than expected and warned that the school assault might be a trap, then called for Source Martialist support.
• A Second-Order Fish Spirit Race Warrior killed Xiao Guang and attacked the other defenders, prompting Xu Bo to activate his Source Power Battle Suit and engage it.
• Li Yuan’s squad received a warning about the Second-Order creature, and Instructor Xing told Li Yuan that Xu Bo was fighting it and urged him not to approach.
• Li Yuan jumped from the aircraft and sprinted toward Nanhuang Elementary School, determined to reach Xu Bo.

Li Yuan reached Nanhuang Elementary School and found Human Race martialists fighting an overwhelming force of Fish Spirit Race Warriors. After killing several enemies and helping turn the battle, he joined Xu Bo against the Second Order Fish Spirit Race Warrior, ending the chapter with a powerful spear thrust aimed at its chest.

• Li Yuan surveyed the battle at Nanhuang Elementary School and noticed that killing the Second Order Fish Spirit Race Warrior could yield Spirit Nourishment.
• Xu Bo fought the Second Order Fish Spirit Race Warrior while trying to protect the damaged teaching building and the people trapped inside.
• Li Yuan rescued Instructor Xing by killing a Level 19 Fish Spirit Race Warrior, then continued attacking the enemy warriors.
• Instructor Xing and the other rescued martialists rejoined the fight, and Fang Longhu and other reinforcements arrived by aircraft.
• Li Yuan charged toward Xu Bo and thrust his spear at the Second Order Fish Spirit Race Warrior.

Li Yuan joined Xu Bo in fighting a Second Order Fish Spirit Race Warrior, and their coordinated attacks drove the creature into retreat. The chapter ended with Xu Bo and Li Yuan landing near-fatal wounds as the warrior’s life rapidly drained away.

• Li Yuan struck the Second Order Fish Spirit Race Warrior with his spear but was hurled into the woods by its counterattack.
• Li Yuan recovered and joined Xu Bo in attacking from opposite sides, using his spear technique to distract and wound the warrior.
• As the creature tried to flee toward Nanye Lake, Xu Bo burned his life potential and blocked its path while Li Yuan supported him.
• Li Yuan’s attacks worsened the warrior’s injuries, and the fight gave him new insights into his spear technique.
• Xu Bo stabbed the warrior through the chest, and Li Yuan’s spear slashed its neck, leaving it staggering as its life force drained away.

Li Yuan and Xu Bo killed the Second Order Fish Spirit Race Warrior at Nanhuang Elementary School, and Li Yuan discovered that killing it had broken his 25% Spiritual Awakening Cap. After the battle, Xu Bo collapsed in pain and revealed that Yanxing Blood Spirit Poison had spread through his Star Pulse, leaving him beyond saving.

• Xu Bo and Li Yuan worked together to fatally wound and kill the Second Order Fish Spirit Race Warrior, raising Li Yuan’s Spiritual Awakening Level to 25.1% and breaking the Divine Palace Shackles.
• Xu Bo warned Li Yuan to stay wary of the corpse while he guarded it, and Li Yuan joined Instructor Xing and Fang Longhu in defeating the fleeing Fish Spirit Race Warriors.
• Gao Hao arrived with a pair of war hammers, helped wipe out the remaining Fish Spirit Race Warriors, and introduced himself to Li Yuan as a Starfire Martial Hall deacon and Spark University student.
• Gao Hao praised Li Yuan’s fighting ability, and he and Li Yuan joined Xu Bo beside the fallen Second Order warrior.
• Li Yuan caught Xu Bo when he staggered in pain, and Gao Hao identified the cause as Yanxing Blood Spirit Poison, which had spread through Xu Bo’s Star Pulse.
• Xu Bo refused Gao Hao’s offer to call a medical flying craft, saying he was beyond saving and had expected the day to come.