Arc 13Promotion and Recognition

Chen Lie built his strength, won the Crystal Core competition, and earned a Class Promotion Assessment nomination through an overwhelming hunt. After passing the assessment, he sought entry to the Super Genius Class, and Qin Ruoxi quietly worked to bring him to Jiang Yuan’s attention.

  • Chen Lie returned the twin-form Illusion Beast to Mu Ningshu’s group, and they traded three Crystal Cores for Galactic Coins before he helped Wei Ranran resolve her dispute with the Taiping Sect.
  • Chen Lie advanced his Virtual Duel Arena streak, defeated Zhu Jingshu and other powerful opponents, and cultivated his five organs while revealing exceptional mental power talent.
  • Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu won first place in the Crystal Core competition, split the prizes, and Chen Lie defeated several formidable duel opponents, including Wenren Qingyue.
  • Chen Lie received cultivation resources from Ruan Liusu and completed his Ren Water Kidney as he prepared to compete with Tang Guanlin for the class’s promotion nomination.
  • Chen Lie and Ji Lingxuan hunted in the Kunlun Ruins, where Chen Lie reached 100 kills and won the nomination for the Class Promotion Assessment.
  • Chen Lie passed the assessment and received a Genius Class promotion certificate, then agreed to visit Luo Zhixun’s grandmaster, Qin Zhenwei, to seek entry to the Super Genius Class.
  • Qin Ruoxi checked Chen Lie’s record, discovered his Strength Value was 8.07 times, and sent Jiang Yuan a profile listing it as six times to urge him to recruit Chen Lie.
Chapters 303–327 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 303What Kind of Astonishing Background Is This?

Chu Jiahe and four Genius Class students tried to take the 15th Key Class's rare twin-form Illusion Beast, but Chen Lie's reputation made them back down. The class recovered the beast, obtained two Crystal Cores from it, and learned they had a third core to exchange for Galactic Coins.

  • Chu Jiahe confronted Chi Naixue and threatened to take the Illusion Beast by force with help from four Genius Class students.
  • Mu Ningshu and the others discussed their disadvantage and offered to split the twin-form beast's two Crystal Cores, but Chu Jiahe demanded both forms.
  • Chen Lie stepped forward when Huang Yuande vouched for him, and Chu Jiahe recognized him as the fighter who had defeated Zou Mingjun in the Virtual Duel Space.
  • Chen Lie demanded the beast back, and Chu Jiahe returned it before she and the other Genius Class students hurried away.
  • Liu Hengyu merged and killed the two Illusion Beast forms, producing two Crystal Cores, while Gao Yaqing revealed a third core from an earlier hunt led by Chen Lie.
  • Mu Ningshu proposed taking the three Crystal Cores to the eastern five-star Comprehensive Zone of the Canglan Star Domain to exchange them for Galactic Coins.

Ch. 304Trading Crystal Cores

Mu Ningshu led the 15th Key Class to the Eastern Region exchange zone, where Chen Lie traded their three Crystal Cores with Tang Yan'er for 78 Star-Origin Galactic Coins. The group then saw Wei Ranran trapped in a deceptive trade with the Taiping Sect, which had taken her Crystal Cores and demanded more before paying.

  • Mu Ningshu gathered the class and brought them to the Eastern Region Five-Star Exchange Zone to trade their Crystal Cores.
  • Wang Xiaofa offered a higher rate through Shuimang Star, but Mu Ningshu refused to trade with someone outside Blue Star.
  • Chen Lie recognized Tang Yan'er as a fellow East River Province native and persuaded Mu Ningshu to trade the three Crystal Cores with her for 78 Star-Origin Galactic Coins.
  • Tang Yan'er recognized Chen Lie as the East River Province Martial Leader and recalled that he had injured her younger sister, Tang Jiu'er, in a competition.
  • Chen Lie noticed Wei Ranran arguing with the Taiping Sect after its disciples refused to return her 30 Crystal Cores and demanded that she provide 70 more before receiving payment.

Ch. 305Taiping Sect True Disciple

Chen Lie intervened when Wei Ranran risked losing thirty Crystal Cores at the Taiping Sect’s trading booth, then secured a special deal through Xi Zhaoxing. After Xi Zhaoxing left, Wei Ranran thanked Chen Lie, who suspected the favor had another reason behind it.

  • Jiang Rou blamed Wei Ranran for trading the class’s thirty Crystal Cores at the Taiping Sect booth, where she needed seventy more within two days to avoid forfeiture.
  • Chen Lie offered to cover the loss and said Jiang Rou should share responsibility, but Jiang Rou tried to slap Wei Ranran, so Chen Lie kicked her away.
  • When Jiang Rou attacked Chen Lie again, a Taiping Sect Disciple intervened; after Jiang Rou mocked Chen Lie, he struck her consciousness dead inside the Sumeru Illusion Realm.
  • Xi Zhaoxing arrived, recognized Chen Lie, and told the Taiping Sect Disciples not to trouble him; Chen Lie explained Wei Ranran’s predicament.
  • Xi Zhaoxing offered to return the thirty Crystal Cores or trade them at forty-two Galactic Coins each without the hundred-core minimum, and Wei Ranran chose to trade.
  • After Xi Zhaoxing left, Wei Ranran praised Chen Lie for knowing people from Red Flame Planet, and Chen Lie said Xi Zhaoxing might have had another reason for helping.

Ch. 306Red Flame Planet, Zhu Jingshu

Chen Lie continued his Genius Hundred-Match Streak in the Virtual Duel Arena, defeating Zhao Ji and then Zhu Jingshu, a young woman from Red Flame Planet’s imperial clan. After Zhu Jingshu challenged him to a mental-power contest, Chen Lie shattered her Consciousness Spirit and won, leaving his streak at 38 victories before the next match’s result was shown.

  • Wei Ranran reunited with Chen Lie, thanked him for helping her, and returned to the East River Province group while Chen Lie went back to the 15th Key Class.
  • Mu Ningshu invited Chen Lie to discuss the Martial Way, and he asked her to tell the staff not to wake him while he was in the Sumeru Illusion Realm.
  • Xi Zhaoxing explained that he had exchanged Crystal Cores for Galactic Coins to build goodwill with Chen Lie, whom he believed might influence Blue Star’s future policy toward Red Flame Planet.
  • Chen Lie defeated Zhao Ji of Shuimang Star with a powerful martial art and advanced his Genius Hundred-Match Streak to 38 victories.
  • Chen Lie learned that the Virtual Duel Arena matched him with unusually difficult opponents because his Mental Power realm exceeded the standard.
  • Zhu Jingshu challenged Chen Lie with her martial arts and mental power, but Chen Lie shattered her Illusion Heart Cloud Butterfly Consciousness Spirit and defeated her.

Ch. 307Sparring in the Martial Way

Chen Lie advanced his Genius Hundred-Match Streak in the Sumeru Illusion Realm and sparred with Ruan Liusu, who revealed her strength and offered to help him at school. After reaching 68 victories, he left the realm for the night and began cultivating his Yimu Liver the next morning.

  • Zhu Jingshu woke after Chen Lie defeated her consciousness spirit, then told her Imperial Brother that his spirit resembled the legendary divine beast Du'an and might rank among the Canglan Star Domain's best.
  • Chen Lie won more than twenty duels, raising his streak progress to 61/100, before being matched with Ruan Liusu.
  • Ruan Liusu offered Chen Lie the victory but agreed to spar when he proposed they exchange moves; their close combat ended in a draw, and they stopped before using their deadliest techniques.
  • Ruan Liusu told Chen Lie she was in the Second Campus's 6th Genius Class and offered to help him, while he explained he was assigned to the First Campus's 15th Key Class.
  • Chen Lie continued dueling until his streak reached 68/100, then left the Sumeru Illusion Realm after receiving an eight-hour reminder and returned to his dormitory.
  • The next morning, Chen Lie went to the Cultivation Room and began cultivating his Yimu Liver.

Ch. 308Yimu Liver

Chen Lie cultivated his yimu liver with a rare treasure, then learned that the instructor would gather students who had reached the blood-qi extreme realm. The chapter ended as Chen Huafeng and Huang Yuande told him about the gathering on his way out of the Dormitory.

  • Chen Lie chose the revised organ-refining method to preserve the five elements and used a Chen Wood Pulse-Nurturing Grass to complete his yimu liver.
  • Song Yixuan bought the rare treasure for Chen Lie at a discount, then hurried away after he remarked on her exceptional progress and age.
  • Chi Naixue apologized for underestimating Chen Lie and told him the instructor would gather Xiangguang Province students at the blood-qi extreme realm the next day.
  • After cultivating through the night, Chen Lie left the Dormitory and learned from Chen Huafeng and Huang Yuande that the instructor had called together students who had reached the blood-qi extreme realm.

Ch. 309Mental Power Detection

The 15th Key Class took mental power talent tests, where gold talent could qualify a student for direct promotion to the Genius Class. Chi Naixue tested gold, while Chen Lie produced an uncanny red glow that led Shen Miaowei to suspect he was concealing a higher talent.

  • Mu Ningshu told Chen Lie that the students had converted the proceeds from selling three Crystal Cores into Credits and awarded him 1,000 for his contribution.
  • Pang Xiuming announced that Blue Star University was testing key-class students’ mental power talent, and Guo Biao explained the five grades and their significance for admission and promotion.
  • Students took turns touching the Outer Star Crystal; Mu Ningshu and Tang Guanlin tested red, while Chi Naixue tested gold and was told to register for possible direct promotion.
  • Huang Yuande tested orange, and Chen Lie’s test produced an unusually vivid, soul-seizing red light that startled the nearby students.
  • Shen Miaowei recognized Chen Lie, recalled that he had previously tested orange, and concluded that he was hiding his true mental power talent, which she believed was at least gold.

Ch. 310Ruan Liusu's Request for Help

Chen Lie spoke with Shen Miaowei about cultivation after she left the 15th Key Class's talent tests, while Wu Xun grew suspicious of their relationship. Later, Ruan Liusu asked Chen Lie to team up for an Illusion Beast hunt, and he entered the Sumeru Illusion Realm to meet her.

  • Shen Miaowei left the classroom with Chen Lie and asked why he had not joined the Mental Power Department; he advised her to focus on martial cultivation before switching to mental power.
  • Chi Naixue registered her golden mental power talent and learned she could advance directly to a Genius Class after the Academic Affairs Office reviewed her results.
  • Wu Xun questioned Shen Miaowei about Chen Lie and repeated rumors about him, but she defended Chen Lie and called him a friend.
  • Chen Lie agreed to join Ruan Liusu's team for a Crystal Core competition in the Sumeru Illusion Realm at eight the next evening.
  • Chen Lie cultivated the Kui Water Kidney, then entered the Sumeru Illusion Realm early the following evening.

Ch. 311Star Liquid

Chen Lie joined Ruan Liusu for Blue Star University's Illusion Beast hunting competition after learning that first place would earn two bottles of Star Liquid, a treasure he wanted for his training. At the competition site, Bai Xianxian challenged Ruan Liusu over choosing Chen Lie as her helper and called him her lover.

  • Chen Lie arrived in the Blue Star Zone and met Ruan Liusu, who explained the competition and its prizes with help from Zhao Ziyan.
  • Chen Lie became eager to compete after learning that first place earned two bottles of Star Liquid, and Ruan Liusu agreed that they would give it their best.
  • Ruan Liusu sent Chen Lie the coordinates for the Eastern Region Five-Star Comprehensive Zone, and they traveled there with Zhao Ziyan.
  • Ruan Liusu warned Chen Lie to avoid attacking Illusion Beasts that were not white or exceeded twenty meters, then led him toward the competition camp.
  • Bai Xianxian confronted Ruan Liusu and accused her of choosing Chen Lie, whom she called her lover, as her helper.

Ch. 312The competition began

Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu entered Blue Star University's Illusion Beast hunting competition as partners after Chen Lie struck Bai Xianxian for insulting Ruan Liusu. They began hunting in the Wasteland and wondered whether larger Illusion Beasts yielded better Crystal Cores.

  • Bai Xianxian called Ruan Liusu a traitor, so Chen Lie slapped her and Ruan Liusu drove her back when she attacked him.
  • Yue Lin confronted Chen Lie, but Ruan Liusu explained that Bai Xianxian had insulted them first, and Chen Lie defended her choice of support partner.
  • Lou Xueru announced the competition rules and prizes, including star liquid and a Blood Refining Stage treasure for first place.
  • Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu entered the Wasteland, met Song Yixuan, and then traveled deeper until the competition began.
  • Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu killed a White Illusion Beast together and collected its Crystal Core.
  • The pair killed seven more White Illusion Beasts, and Chen Lie asked whether an Illusion Beast's size affected its Crystal Core.

Ch. 313True Form Revealed, The First Star God Jing Wood Tapir!

Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu hunted Illusion Beasts in the competition, then Chen Lie revealed the true form of his Consciousness Spirit, Jing Wood Tapir. It weakened every Illusion Beast within a hundred meters, allowing the pair to harvest twelve Crystal Cores, including two Super Crystal Cores.

  • Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu hunted a ten-meter Black Illusion Beast together and collected a Super Crystal Core.
  • Bai Xianxian boasted that she and Yue Lin had hunted five Black Illusion Beasts and seventeen White Illusion Beasts, while Yue Lin warned Ruan Liusu not to let romance distract her from martial cultivation.
  • Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu pushed deeper into the wasteland, where Chen Lie's Mental Power Impact destroyed a Black Illusion Beast without leaving a Crystal Core.
  • Chen Lie manifested Jing Wood Tapir, whose lightning weakened the Illusion Beasts within a hundred meters.
  • Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu each hunted six weakened Illusion Beasts and collected twelve Crystal Cores, including two black Super Crystal Cores.

Ch. 314Now That Was a Real Find

Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu used Jing Wood Tapir to hunt illusion beasts at extraordinary speed, amassing hundreds of Crystal Cores. They returned to camp and handed in part of their haul, earning a total of 270 and leaving their final ranking unsettled.

  • Chen Lie manifested Jing Wood Tapir, whose lightning scattered and killed illusion beasts, while Ruan Liusu finished them off and collected their Crystal Cores.
  • Ruan Liusu suspected Chen Lie's consciousness spirit resembled Bian'an, and Chen Lie told her to keep what she had figured out to herself.
  • After nearly two hours of hunting, they amassed seventeen black and 183 ordinary Crystal Cores, then returned to camp to wait for the other contestants' results.
  • The virtual screen showed Jiang Shuining in first place with 248 Crystal Cores, so Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu went to hand in their haul.
  • Bai Xianxian received a score of 118.5 after her total was halved because her supporting partner was at the Blood Refining Stage.
  • Ruan Liusu handed in a portion of their Crystal Cores, which the staff counted as 270, and explained that Chen Lie was a Divine Sense Master who countered illusion beasts.

Ch. 315Shuimang Star, the Martial Academy's Head Disciple

Ruan Liusu and Chen Lie won first place in the illusion-beast competition, then exchanged their remaining cores for Galactic Coins. Chen Lie entered another Virtual Duel Arena match and defeated Wang Chen, Shuimang Academy’s head disciple, with a combination of martial skill and mental power, leaving Wang Chen questioning how a Blue Star Key Class student could be so strong.

  • Ruan Liusu and Chen Lie took first place with 270 Crystal Cores, and they agreed to split the prizes, including one bottle of star liquid each.
  • Jiang Shuining learned that his team had placed second and claimed their bottle of star liquid, while Bai Xianxian and Yue Lin also reacted with disbelief at Ruan Liusu’s score.
  • Lou Xueru announced that contestants could collect their prizes the next morning, and Ruan Liusu agreed to ask about exchanging Chen Lie’s Second-Order Martial Dao Rare Treasure for a water-attribute one.
  • Chen Lie and Ruan Liusu exchanged their leftover illusion-beast cores for 2,410 Galactic Coins, which were deposited in Ruan Liusu’s account.
  • Chen Lie matched with Wang Chen, Shuimang Academy’s head disciple, and overwhelmed him with repeated mental attacks and palm strikes until Wang Chen conceded.
  • Wang Chen praised Chen Lie’s combined abilities, then questioned how a Blue Star Key Class student could surpass Shuimang Academy’s head disciple.

Ch. 316Canglong Star, Wenren Qingyue

Chen Lie advanced his Genius Hundred-Match Streak through several virtual duels, defeating Organ Refining and Blood Refining opponents with his martial skills and mental attacks. After the arena matched him with Wenren Qingyue of Canglong Star, he overcame her powerful techniques and forced her off the Duel Platform.

  • Chen Lie defeated Jiang Shuining with a mental attack, resetting Jiang Shuining's ninety-seven-win streak while advancing his own progress to 70/100.
  • The arena matched Chen Lie with Zhou Yifu, a Blood Refining Stage opponent, and Chen Lie used repeated mental attacks and a final strike to win, raising his streak progress to 80/100.
  • Chen Lie won eight more Organ Refining Stage duels in less than an hour, bringing his progress to 88/100.
  • The Smart Brain matched Chen Lie with Wenren Qingyue of Canglong Star, who dismissed Blue Star and the four outer regions as barbaric lands.
  • Chen Lie and Wenren Qingyue fought for hundreds of exchanges, and Chen Lie's dragon tendon flood dragon bone pressure exposed openings in her defense.
  • Chen Lie drove Wenren Qingyue to the edge of the Duel Platform and blasted her off it with a palm strike.

Ch. 317Class Promotion Assessment

Chen Lie prepared to pursue an early promotion to a Genius Class after winning his 89th Virtual Duel Arena match, then registered for the assessment. When Liu Hengyu challenged Chen Lie over a limited promotion place, Ruan Liusu and Zhao Ziyan arrived with cultivation resources and recognized Liu Hengyu.

  • Wenren Qingyue was stunned by her defeat, while Chen Lie ended his Virtual Duel Arena streak at 89 wins and decided to focus on cultivation.
  • Chen Lie exchanged four Resource Gold Booklets for cultivation resources, then learned from Luo Zhixun that a Class Promotion Assessment would be held in three days.
  • At the 15th Key Class, Mu Ningshu and Pang Xiuming explained that each class could nominate only two students, and Chen Lie registered alongside Tang Guanlin and Liu Hengyu.
  • Liu Hengyu urged Chen Lie to withdraw from the competition for a promotion place, but Chen Lie insulted him and accepted his challenge to fight on a Duel Platform.
  • Ruan Liusu and Zhao Ziyan arrived with star liquid and a wood-attribute Second-Order Martial Dao Rare Treasure, then recognized Liu Hengyu from the Sunan Province Genius Training Camp.

Ch. 318Consciousness Spirit Illustrated Handbook—Heaven-Grade Consciousness Spirits

Chen Lie accepted star liquid, a Huan Water Lotus, and a consciousness-spirit handbook from Ruan Liusu, then learned that his Bian'an was ranked among the Canglan Star Domain’s heaven-grade spirits. After lunch, he entered a cultivation room to use the lotus and began refining his kidneys, which glowed blue as the chapter ended.

  • Ruan Liusu pressured Liu Hengyu to withdraw from the Class Promotion Assessment, and he agreed after Zhao Ziyan warned him that Chen Lie was not someone he could beat.
  • Ruan Liusu gave Chen Lie 180 milliliters of star liquid, a Huan Water Lotus, and a Blue Star Consciousness Spirit Atlas; she showed him that Bian'an ranked thirty-sixth among heaven-grade consciousness spirits.
  • Ruan Liusu explained the consciousness-spirit grades and her own gold mental-power talent, while Chen Lie encouraged her to cultivate as a Divine Sense Master.
  • Chen Lie, Ruan Liusu, Zhao Ziyan, and Huang Yuande ate at the First Campus dining hall, where Zhao Ziyan bought four Super Rare Beast Meat Meals and four bottles of Star Dollar Liquid with Chen Lie’s credits.
  • Zhao Ziyan accused Chen Lie of taking Ruan Liusu’s devotion for granted and left with an unopened bottle of Star Dollar Liquid; Chen Lie denied dating Ruan Liusu but decided he would ask her about it.
  • Chen Lie took his cultivation resources to a fourth-floor Cultivation Room, absorbed the Huan Water Lotus’s power, and began refining his Ren Water Kidney until it shone with intense blue light.

Ch. 319A Surge in Strength

Chen Lie completed his Ren Water Kidney and increased his blood qi and strength before reading about consciousness spirits and cultivating his mental power. He refused Tang Guanlin’s request to withdraw from the Class Promotion Assessment, and Pang Xiuming arranged for them to compete by hunting exotic beasts at the Northwest Frontline.

  • Chen Lie completed his Ren Water Kidney, consumed cultivation resources and star liquid, and measured his blood qi at 2216.11 ka and strength at 28690.65 jun.
  • Chen Lie read Ruan Liusu’s Consciousness Spirit Illustrated Handbook, then cultivated his mental power overnight.
  • Tang Guanlin asked Chen Lie to withdraw from the Class Promotion Assessment, but Chen Lie refused and entered the classroom with Huang Yuande.
  • Chi Naixue offered to persuade Chen Lie to give Tang Guanlin the assessment spot, while Tang Guanlin said Chen Lie had insulted him.
  • Pang Xiuming announced that Chen Lie and Tang Guanlin would compete for the remaining assessment nomination by hunting exotic beasts with the class at the Northwest Frontline.

Ch. 320Did You Mean It, or Were You Just Being Polite?

Chen Lie rejected Chi Naixue’s attempt to make him surrender the Class Promotion Assessment slot to Tang Guanlin, then prepared to compete in an Exotic Beast hunt. At the Star Boat Plaza, Ji Lingxuan offered to help Chen Lie, and Huang Yuande arranged for her to join his team.

  • Chi Naixue urged Chen Lie to give Tang Guanlin the assessment slot, but Chen Lie refused and told her to leave; Tang Guanlin then prepared to compete with help from Yang Yumo.
  • Chen Lie tempered his ren fire heart, and the next morning he chose Huang Yuande as his helper despite Huang Yuande’s worries that he would hold Chen Lie back.
  • At the Star Boat Plaza, Chen Lie met Ji Lingxuan, who had reached the organ refining stage and offered to help him if he needed it.
  • Huang Yuande told Ji Lingxuan that Chen Lie needed a helper for the Exotic Beast hunting competition, and Ji Lingxuan agreed to join him, postponing her group’s mission until the next day.

Ch. 321Chen Lie is the First in the Three Provinces?

Chen Lie and Ji Lingxuan joined the 15th Key Class’s hunt in the northwest Kunlun Ruins, where Chen Lie competed with Tang Guanlin for a Class Promotion Assessment slot. After Ji Lingxuan revealed that Chen Lie was the Three-Province Martial Champion of Chuanzhong, Chen Lie and Ji Lingxuan headed into the danger zone to hunt beasts together.

  • Ji Lingxuan joined Chen Lie on the Star Boat and revealed that he had won the Three-Province Martial Champion title in Chuanzhong.
  • The class arrived at the northwest Kunlun Ruins, where Instructor Pang Xiuming explained that Chen Lie and Tang Guanlin would compete for the promotion slot by earning hunting credits.
  • Ji Lingxuan identified herself as a member of the Yunchuan Provincial Genius Group and told Mu Ningshu that Chen Lie was the Three-Province Martial Champion.
  • Huang Yuande found news that Chen Lie had been stripped of his title after offending honored guests from the Outer Stars, and Mu Ningshu realized Chen Lie might soon leave the class.
  • Chen Lie and Ji Lingxuan entered the Extreme Danger Zone and quickly hunted a Tier 2 Exotic Beast as they compared their martial progress.

Ch. 322Once I enter seclusion, great scholars will argue my case

Chen Lie and Ji Lingxuan hunted 150 exotic beasts while Chen Lie reached the competition target of 100, and the students at the Shelter debated whether he or Tang Guanlin would win. Tang Guanlin returned to submit his tally, leaving the competition results unresolved.

  • Chen Lie and Ji Lingxuan worked together to kill a tier 2 scarlet griffin, then continued hunting in the Extreme Danger Zone.
  • Chen Lie killed 53 exotic beasts by midday, while Tang Guanlin and Yang Yumo killed 31 tier 1 beasts in the Danger Zone.
  • Chen Lie reached 100 kills and helped Ji Lingxuan complete her assignment with 50 kills; they returned to the Shelter after killing three more beasts together.
  • Gao Yaqing declared that Tang Guanlin could not compare with Chen Lie, prompting students to question her certainty and Mu Ningshu to suspect she knew Chen Lie was a Region-Level Genius.
  • Tang Guanlin and Yang Yumo arrived at the Shelter, and Tang Guanlin approached Mu Ningshu to submit his Exotic Beast Radar tally.

Ch. 323This Kind of Talent Could Only Rank Second?

Chen Lie won the hunting contest against Tang Guanlin and received the nomination for the Class Promotion Assessment, while Ji Lingxuan’s instructor arrived to question why she had missed her Genius Class mission. Ji Lingxuan revealed that she had completed it with Chen Lie’s help, and the chapter ended with her reporting their combined total of 150 Exotic Beasts.

  • Tang Guanlin reported hunting 83 Exotic Beasts for 1,690 Credits, then Chen Lie returned and Mu Ningshu tallied his 100 kills for 2,450 Credits.
  • Pang Xiuming declared Chen Lie the contest winner and awarded him the nomination for the Class Promotion Assessment the next day.
  • Chi Naixue accused Chen Lie of cheating, but Mu Ningshu defended him before Instructor Li Ruolin arrived looking for Ji Lingxuan.
  • Li Ruolin learned that Chen Lie was the Chuanzhong Province tournament champion assigned to a Key Class and criticized Pang Xiuming for making him compete for a nomination.
  • Ji Lingxuan told Li Ruolin that she had completed her mission by hunting 50 Exotic Beasts with Chen Lie’s help, bringing their combined total to 150.

Ch. 324Slots Secured

Chen Lie and Ji Lingxuan returned after hunting 150 Exotic Beasts, and the students learned that Chen Lie was a Region-Level Genius and Northwest General Star. Pang Xiuming gave Chen Lie the nomination letter for the Class Promotion Assessment, leaving him set to compete for a place in the Genius Class.

  • Ji Lingxuan told Li Ruolin that she and Chen Lie had hunted 150 Exotic Beasts in one day, and Chen Lie explained that he was at the Organ Refining Stage.
  • Yang Yumo explained Chen Lie’s standing as a Region-Level Genius and Northwest General Star, leaving Tang Guanlin resentful and Chi Naixue stunned by her earlier judgment of him.
  • Chen Lie rode the Star Boat back to Lanjing and declined Ji Lingxuan’s advice about joining the 16th Genius Class, saying he would decide later.
  • Mu Ningshu tried to gauge Chen Lie’s relationship with Ji Lingxuan, then told him that Pang Xiuming wanted to see him; Chi Naixue refused Huang Yuande’s invitation to eat with Chen Lie.
  • Pang Xiuming offered to appeal Chen Lie’s placement in the Key Class, but Chen Lie declined and accepted the nomination letter for the Class Promotion Assessment.

Ch. 325Assessment

Chen Lie and Mu Ningshu passed Blue Star University’s Class Promotion Assessment and became Genius Class students. After Luo Zhixun offered to seek help getting Chen Lie placed in the Super Genius Class, he agreed to visit her grandmaster.

  • Chen Lie ate with Mu Ningshu, accepted her friend request, and learned she would wait for him before the assessment.
  • Luo Zhixun told Chen Lie that each eligible key class had two assessment nominations and promised to introduce him to her grandmaster, a ninth-rank Grandmaster and Blue Star University vice president.
  • Chen Lie cultivated his heart until late morning, then met Mu Ningshu and traveled with her to the assessment office.
  • Chen Lie passed the assessment despite the detectors flagging his first strength test and failing to analyze his bones and organs; he received a Genius Class promotion certificate.
  • Mu Ningshu invited Chen Lie to learn about Genius Class options, but he declined and met Luo Zhixun, who offered to ask her grandmaster to help him enter the Super Genius Class.
  • Chen Lie agreed to visit Luo Zhixun’s grandmaster, and the two boarded an airship across campus.

Ch. 326Qin Ruoxi

Luo Zhixun brought Chen Lie to meet her grand-teacher, Qin Zhenwei, and asked him to help Chen Lie enter Blue Star University's Super Genius Class. Qin Zhenwei questioned Chen Lie's judgment and offered no decision before dinner, where Chen Lie ate Qin Ruoxi's treasured Blood Beauty Fruit; afterward, Qin Zhenwei offered to advise Luo Zhixun on her Martial Way.

  • Luo Zhixun took Chen Lie to Qin Zhenwei's courtyard and explained that he had been kept out of the Super Genius Class despite qualifying as a Region-Level Genius.
  • Qin Zhenwei suspected Chen Lie had used Luo Zhixun's connection to seek special treatment, then criticized Chen Lie for provoking a powerful genius and said the setback could teach him restraint.
  • Luo Zhixun explained Chen Lie's circumstances and urged Qin Zhenwei to help him enter the Super Genius Class, but Qin Zhenwei called for a meal instead of answering.
  • Qin Ruoxi joined them for dinner, and Chen Lie ate most of her treasured Blood Beauty Fruit before she could enjoy it.
  • After the meal, Qin Zhenwei offered to give Luo Zhixun pointers on her Martial Way.

Ch. 327Bringing Chen Lie Under His Command

Luo Zhixun asked Qin Zhenwei to help Chen Lie enter the Super Genius Class, and Qin Zhenwei agreed to argue for him after reviewing his Martial Way record. Qin Ruoxi discovered Chen Lie’s true eight-times Strength Value, concealed it from her grandfather, and secretly sent his falsified six-times profile to Jiang Yuan to recruit him.

  • Luo Zhixun explained how Huo Jinghong had cost Chen Lie his Region-Level Genius benefits, and Qin Zhenwei agreed to help if Chen Lie’s Martial Way strength justified it.
  • Qin Zhenwei explained to Qin Ruoxi why reaching a six-times Strength Value in a remote province like Chuanzhong was exceptionally difficult, then asked her to look up Chen Lie’s record.
  • Qin Ruoxi found Chen Lie’s assessment results and saw that his Strength Value was 8.07 times, higher than her own.
  • Qin Ruoxi changed Chen Lie’s Strength Value to six times on a handwritten profile and sent it to Jiang Yuan, urging him to recruit Chen Lie.
  • Qin Ruoxi asked Chen Lie whether he had used Star Liquid, and he explained that he had won a bottle as a reward in the Sumeru Illusion Realm Organ Refining Stage competition.
Arc 13 of 28
Arc 13 of 28