Recaps

Lou Xueru questioned the punishment imposed on Chen Lie and considered asking Lei Jinglong to investigate, while Chen Lie joined the Thirteenth Campus students as Blue Star welcomed martial delegations from Red Flame Planet and Shuimang Star. After the visiting students drew lots for a martial exchange, Chen Lie drew number 35, which matched the number drawn by a Red Flame Planet girl called Huahua.

• Lou Xueru planned to have Lei Jinglong investigate why Chen Lie's records and honors had been suppressed, then stopped considering the matter.
• Chen Lie met Song Yixuan and her friends at the decorated Thirteenth Campus plaza, where Zuo Meng'er learned he had beaten blood-refining students to win the Three-Provinces Martial Tournament.
• Qin Zhenwei welcomed delegations from Red Flame Planet and Shuimang Star and introduced Blue Star's leading students before arranging martial exchanges among the three planets.
• The External Students began drawing lots for their exchanges, and Chen Lie waited until the end before drawing number 35.
• Red Flame Planet students discussed Blue Star's martial technology and Shuimang Star's weaker martial development, and Huahua revealed that she had also drawn number 35.

At the martial arts exchange on Blue Star, Tao Yinghua mistook Chen Lie for an ordinary organ refining practitioner and offered to teach him, only to be astonished by his detailed martial arts insights. Chen Lie received a call to collect his Divine Sense Master assessment rewards and prepared to leave, while Tao Yinghua eagerly hoped to continue learning from him.

• Red Flame Planet's youths entered their assigned Exchange Arenas, and Tao Yinghua went to Arena 35 to meet Chen Lie.
• Tao Yinghua introduced herself and shared her Blood-Qi Martial Way insights after Chen Lie said he was at the organ refining stage.
• Chen Lie criticized her insights as humble and began explaining her flaws in tendon refining and bone refining, leaving her stunned and absorbed in his advice.
• Wei Guangchi called Chen Lie and invited him to collect the rewards for passing the Divine Sense Master assessment at Blue Star University's Twelfth Campus.
• Chen Lie agreed to go immediately, while Tao Yinghua anticipated learning more from him.

Chen Lie joined the Blue Star Divine Sense Master Association, received his assessment rewards, and was warned to keep his heaven-grade consciousness spirit secret. Back at the Thirteenth Campus, he watched Red Flame Planet’s Zhu Jingshu use mental power to defeat stronger Blue Star martial artists.

• Chen Lie left Tao Yinghua’s martial insights session and traveled to the Twelfth Campus to meet vice principal Wei Guangchi.
• Wei Guangchi examined Chen Lie’s consciousness spirit, judged it an innately deficient heaven-grade spirit, and completed Chen Lie’s Divine Sense Master Association membership.
• Chen Lie received a Spirit-Concentrating Origin-Breaking Sprout and five hundred jin of spirit nourishing flowers, and Wei Guangchi arranged to make him a dual-department student.
• Chen Lie returned to the Thirteenth Campus, where he found the Personal Training Rooms occupied and went back to his dormitory.
• Zhu Jingshu used mental power to defeat Qin Ruoxi and then overcame Han Keke, prompting Blue Star’s students to recognize the strength of her techniques.

Zhu Jingshu visited Blue Star hoping to meet Jiang Yuan, whose mental power she had encountered in the Sumeru Illusion Realm, while Lou Xueru warned Qin Zhenwei that the Martial Artist Association’s punishment of Chen Lie risked alienating a promising genius. Qin Zhenwei considered how Blue Star could appease Chen Lie without offending the powerful student he had clashed with.

• Zhu Jingshu defeated the Blue Star students who challenged her and asked Qin Ruoxi whether Blue Star’s strongest mental power cultivators were present.
• Zhu Jingshu explained that she wanted to meet a Blue Star dual cultivator with a powerful ferocious-beast consciousness spirit, and Qin Ruoxi identified him as Jiang Yuan.
• Cheng Xiaoxiao learned that Zhu Jingshu had traveled to seek Jiang Yuan’s guidance, and Qin Ruoxi explained why his achievements had made him famous.
• After the exchange conference’s first day ended, Lou Xueru brought Chen Lie’s file to Qin Zhenwei and highlighted his eightfold strength value and potential to reach ninefold.
• Lou Xueru urged Qin Zhenwei to help repair Blue Star’s relationship with Chen Lie after the Martial Artist Association stripped him of honors and benefits.
• Qin Zhenwei acknowledged that the punishment had gone too far but questioned how they could appease Chen Lie without offending the powerful student involved in the dispute.

Qin Zhenwei and Lou Xueru learned that Chen Lie had been unfairly suppressed and agreed to seek compensation and give him special cultivation support after discovering his Heaven-Grade Consciousness Spirit. Qin Zhenwei summoned Qin Ruoxi over her role in hiding Chen Lie’s file, and she collapsed under his Grandmaster aura as he confronted her.

• Lou Xueru told Qin Zhenwei that Chen Lie’s student file had been hidden and that officials had suppressed him, prompting Qin Zhenwei to propose clearing Chen Lie’s name and compensating him.
• Wei Guangchi revealed that Chen Lie had forged a flawed Heaven-Grade Consciousness Spirit, and Qin Zhenwei and Lou Xueru agreed that he deserved cultivation support on the level of the Blood Qi Ranking’s top ten.
• Wei Guangchi urged Principal Lei to personally reconcile with Chen Lie and secure whatever reasonable support he requested, then took Chen Lie’s file and left.
• Qin Zhenwei summoned Qin Ruoxi and accused her of lying about Chen Lie’s Strength Value and hiding his file.
• Qin Ruoxi denied wrongdoing and argued that eight times the Strength Value also meant six times, so Qin Zhenwei released his Grandmaster aura and made her collapse to the floor.

Qin Zhenwei punished Qin Ruoxi for concealing Chen Lie’s records, while Chen Lie advanced his Mental Power and formed an embryonic Gui Gold Sheep. After meeting Shuimang Star’s Wang Chen in the cafeteria, Chen Lie agreed to spar with him and followed him to a crowded training ground.

• Qin Zhenwei ordered Qin Ruoxi sent to the Northwest Frontline to kill ten thousand Exotic Beasts after she admitted hiding Chen Lie’s records.
• Chen Lie absorbed five hundred jin of Spirit Nourishing Flowers, advanced to late first-rank Mental Power, and strengthened Jing Wood Tapir.
• Chen Lie consumed a second-rank Mental Power Treasure and formed the embryonic second Star God, Gui Gold Sheep.
• Wang Chen recognized Chen Lie from their past Virtual Duel Arena match, ate with him, and invited him to spar after their meal.
• Chen Lie agreed to spar without using Mental Power abilities and followed Wang Chen to the crowded Shuimang Star training ground.

Chen Lie defeated Wang Chen in a sparring match at Shuimang Star’s training ground, revealing his strength as a Blue Star student. Yan Zheng then confronted Chen Lie over their past hostility, and Yan Qingwu stepped between them when Yan Zheng attacked.

• Wang Chen introduced Chen Lie to Yan Qingwu, who measured 7128.56 ka of blood qi and agreed to watch their sparring match.
• Chen Lie fought Wang Chen and knocked him off the Duel Platform, then explained that an Outer Stars martial art boosted his combat strength.
• Yan Zheng arrived to meet Yan Qingwu, recognized Chen Lie from Northwest Military Training, and exchanged insults with him.
• Yan Zheng attacked Chen Lie, but Yan Qingwu blocked the strike and told them to settle their grudge elsewhere.

Chen Lie rejected Yan Qingwu’s guidance and brushed off Tao Yinghua, then collected a blood nether fruit and used it to break through into the Blood Refining Stage.

• Yan Qingwu stopped Yan Zheng from attacking Chen Lie, but Chen Lie rejected her offer of martial arts guidance and left the arena.
• Tao Yinghua recognized Chen Lie on campus, asked to continue their martial arts exchange, and was dismissed by him.
• Chen Lie received the blood nether fruit he had ordered and brought it to a cultivation room.
• Chen Lie swallowed the fruit, refined its energy with the Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique, and entered the Blood Refining Stage.

Chen Lie was promoted to a full member of the Super Genius Class and claimed that the Star Seeker had taught him martial arts as a child. The instructors doubted the story but decided to report it, while Chen Lie still awaited meaningful support from Blue Star University.

• Chen Lie met Ruan Liusu and Zhao Ziyan outside the Thirteenth Campus office, advised Ruan Liusu to refine her heart again, and heard that Principal Lei Jinglong had not yet ruled on his situation.
• Zheng Dongyang, Tan Qihui, and Yu Yuan questioned Chen Lie about his eightfold strength value and his rapid rise in martial arts.
• Chen Lie told the instructors that the Star Seeker had taught him martial arts for two days when he was a child, shocking them with the claim.
• Zheng Dongyang informed Chen Lie that Vice Principal Qin Zhenwei had approved his promotion to a full member of the Super Genius Class and said the university would address his unfair treatment after Principal Lei returned.
• Yu Yuan reviewed Chen Lie's extraordinary rise, and the instructors agreed to report his claim about the Star Seeker to the higher-ups.
• Xue Caini used the vice principal's written approval to help Chen Lie complete his admission to the Super Genius Class.

Chen Lie joined the Super Genius Class and collected his monthly bottle of star liquid before accompanying Ruan Liusu to meet her cousin Cheng Xiaoxiao. After learning Chen Lie had an eightfold strength value and a heaven-grade consciousness spirit, Ruan Liusu felt pressured to train harder so she could keep pace with him.

• Xue Caini completed Chen Lie's Super Genius Class enrollment and explained his student privileges, including one bottle of star liquid each month.
• Ruan Liusu led Chen Lie to the Star Liquid Distribution Office, where he collected his bottle and explained that proper use could make star liquid more effective.
• Ruan Liusu and Chen Lie met Cheng Xiaoxiao, who revealed she was Ruan Liusu's cousin and delivered gifts from their grandfather, including an eighteen-hundred-year-old Body-Tempering Spirit Mushroom extract for Chen Lie.
• Cheng Xiaoxiao asked Chen Lie to help Qin Ruoxi if Principal Qin questioned him about her concealment of his strength, and Chen Lie agreed not to deny the truth.
• Ruan Liusu learned Chen Lie had an eightfold strength value and resolved to work harder at martial cultivation so the gap between them would not grow too wide.

Chen Lie taught Ruan Liusu how to improve her cultivation, then Blue Star officials learned the rules for the Permanent Council Star Contest from Lei Jinglong’s report. The chapter ended with Lei Jinglong discovering that the student accused of falsely claiming guidance from the Star Seeker was Chen Lie.

• Chen Lie explained that Ruan Liusu had developed treasure bones and guided her through flaws in her bone, organ, and blood refining, teaching her a blood qi circulation method.
• Ruan Liusu practiced the circulation method, thanked Chen Lie, and invited him to dinner.
• Lei Jinglong returned from the Outer Stars and told Blue Star’s senior officials that the Upper Three Stars controlled key Ten-Star Alliance affairs and that the Star Seeker had entrusted the Fourteen-Star Alliance to them.
• Lei Jinglong described how the Blood God Sect’s holy maiden had passed responsibility for the Permanent Council Star Contest to Canglong Star, then handed over a booklet detailing the contest rules.
• The Blue Star Martial Artist Association president told Lei Jinglong to investigate Chen Lie for allegedly claiming the Star Seeker had guided him, and Lei Jinglong reacted with surprise at hearing Chen Lie’s name.

Lei Jinglong learned that Blue Star University and the Martial Artist Association had mistreated Chen Lie, a Super Genius Class student with an eightfold strength value and a Heaven-Grade Consciousness Spirit, and decided to appease him. After joining the class, Chen Lie was challenged by Han Keke, who blamed him for taking her Northwest General Star title and prize money.

• Lei Jinglong questioned university officials about Chen Lie, uncovered that Xiang Jinhua had acted at Huo Jinghong’s request, and learned of Chen Lie’s extraordinary martial and divine-sense abilities.
• Zheng Dongyang explained that Chen Lie’s rapid progress followed two days of guidance from a supposed Star Seeker, prompting Lei Jinglong to wonder whether the Blood God Sect’s Holy Maiden had heard of him for that reason.
• Chen Lie absorbed Star Liquid overnight and raised his strength value to thirteenfold.
• Zheng Dongyang introduced Chen Lie to the Super Genius Class and told him Principal Lei Jinglong might want to speak with him.
• Han Keke confronted Chen Lie over the Northwest General Star title and its hundred thousand Star-Origin Galactic Coins, and Chen Lie challenged her to settle the matter on the Duel Platform.

Chen Lie joined Ruan Liuyun’s Assistant Instructor Group and met its four students before attending the exchange between Blue Star, Shuimang Star, and Red Flame Planet. At the arena, a Shuimang Star disciple invited Chen Lie to spar with Yang, while the leaders discussed a possible contest involving the mysterious foremost of the Blue Star Ten Elites.

• Chen Lie avoided a duel with Han Keke after Cheng Mengying calmed her down, then agreed to join Ruan Liuyun’s Assistant Instructor Group.
• Ruan Liuyun introduced Chen Lie to Wang Tian'en, Dong Jingtian, Xu Wanqing, and Xia Ziying, and Chen Lie disclosed that he was in the early Blood Refining Stage and was a First-Rank Divine Sense Master.
• Lei Jinglong and Zhu Zhengchang discussed the Blue Star Ten Elites and the possibility of a contest between Blue Star and Red Flame Planet, while Zhou Chengchuan hoped Shuimang Star would produce a great-extreme blood-qi genius.
• Chen Lie met Wang Chen from Shuimang Star at the Exchange Arena, and Wang Chen asked Yang to spar with him.
• Yang agreed to spar with Chen Lie and asked what level his martial cultivation had reached.

Chen Lie defeated Shuimang Star Martial Academy’s Yang Xinrui and declined Yan Qingwu’s offer to trade for his martial art. He rejected Qin Ruoxi’s invitation to join Jiang Yuan’s group, then reunited with his younger sister Chen Xingyao, whose acquaintance approached them at the end.

• Chen Lie defeated Yang Xinrui in a duel, alarming the Shuimang Star Martial Academy disciples and drawing Yan Qingwu’s attention.
• Chen Lie told Yan Qingwu that he had only recently reached the early Blood Refining Stage and refused to exchange his martial art for an Outer Stars SSS-Rank Martial Art Crystal Stone and a cultivation method.
• Qin Ruoxi and Cheng Xiaoxiao explained that Qin had tried to recruit Chen Lie into Jiang Yuan’s group, but Chen Lie refused to join.
• Chen Lie answered a call from Chen Xingyao, went to the inner plaza, and greeted his younger sister.
• A delicate girl approached Chen Xingyao and asked whether Chen Lie was the brother she often talked about.

Chen Lie confronted Yan Yueke, whom he remembered as the person who would destroy his family, and warned Chen Xingyao to cut ties with her. He then used Chen Xingyao’s standing to press Blue Star University’s principal, Lei Jinglong, for compensation, securing a promise that he would obtain profound yang spiritual marrow within half a month.

• Chen Lie recognized Yan Yueke from his previous life and remembered how the Yan Family had persecuted Chen Xingyao and destroyed their family over the opportunity she found on an Ancient Star.
• Chen Lie threatened Yan Yueke and ordered her to stay away from Chen Xingyao; Chen Xingyao agreed to end their friendship, and Yan Yueke left in anger.
• Chen Lie checked Chen Xingyao’s cultivation progress and then took her to meet Principal Lei Jinglong after Zheng Dongyang called him to the Principal’s Office.
• Lei Jinglong learned Chen Lie was Chen Xingyao’s brother and offered to address the mistreatment Chen Lie had suffered at Blue Star University.
• Chen Lie described the humiliation and delay to his martial arts progress, then requested the rare Innate Spiritual Object called profound yang spiritual marrow.
• Lei Jinglong promised to obtain profound yang spiritual marrow from the Outer Stars within half a month, and Chen Lie thanked him while assuring him he held no grudge against Blue Star’s authorities.

Chen Lie settled his dispute with Lei Jinglong, who promised him Profound Yang Spiritual Marrow before discovering how costly the treasure was. Meanwhile, Yan Zheng vowed to retaliate for Yan Yueke, and Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao met Ruan Liusu and Zhao Ziyan in the cafeteria, where Zhao Ziyan teased them about being future in-laws.

• Chen Lie accepted Profound Yang Spiritual Marrow as compensation, agreed not to discuss the matter with his sister, and promised to avoid worsening his conflict with Huo Jinghong.
• Lei Jinglong learned that Chen Xingyao's extraordinary Consciousness Sea World might have resulted from a Star Seeker's guidance, then discovered Profound Yang Spiritual Marrow could cost over ten million Galactic Coins.
• Lei Jinglong asked the Resource Category Building to seek the treasure in exchange for up to half a cubic meter of Star Liquid.
• Yan Yueke told Yan Zheng that Chen Lie had humiliated and threatened her, and Yan Zheng promised to make Chen Lie pay.
• Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao met Ruan Liusu and Zhao Ziyan in the cafeteria, where Zhao Ziyan called Ruan Liusu Chen Xingyao's future sister-in-law.
• Ruan Liusu gave Chen Xingyao a Spirit-Concentrating Jade pendant and asked Chen Lie about joining Sister Yun's group.

Chen Lie learned how to obtain star liquid and watched three-star sparring matches with Xia Ziying. He saw Zhu Jingshu lose to Xie Qiuyue after her mental attacks failed to overcome Xie Qiuyue's superior martial strength.

• Chen Xingyao accidentally mentioned Lu Qingchan, and Ruan Liusu questioned her about Chen Lie's past feelings for Lu Qingchan.
• Ruan Liuyun explained the ways to obtain star liquid and discussed the Blue Star Blood-Qi Ranking with Chen Lie and Xia Ziying.
• Xia Ziying took Chen Lie to the three-star sparring area, where Shao Keyu and Tao Xiuya ended their match without using their trump cards.
• Chen Lie recognized Zhu Jingshu from the Sumeru Illusion Realm and observed her spar against Xie Qiuyue.
• Zhu Jingshu repeatedly used the Illusion Heart Cloud Butterfly, but Xie Qiuyue adapted to its effects and knocked her off the platform with a palm strike.

Zhu Jingshu sought Chen Lie’s guidance on Mental Power, hoping his Bi'an Consciousness Spirit could clear the mist eroding her Consciousness Sea. After meeting him privately, she asked whether he cultivated the Heaven-Grade Consciousness Spirit Bi'an.

• After Xie Qiuyue defeated Zhu Jingshu, Zhu Jingshu approached Chen Lie and arranged to meet him the next morning for Mental Power guidance.
• Zhu Zhengchang explained that Zhu Jingshu’s Illusion Heart Cloud Butterfly had shrouded her Consciousness Sea in a harmful mist, and that a Blue Star Divine Sense Master with Bi'an might help her.
• Chen Lie returned to his Dormitory, cultivated through the night, and hoped Zhu Jingshu could provide Spirit Nourishing Flowers or another Mental Power resource.
• The next morning, Chen Lie met Zhu Jingshu, and they went with Tao Yinghua to a reserved Cultivation Room.
• In private, Zhu Jingshu asked Chen Lie whether his Consciousness Spirit was the Heaven-Grade Bi'an.

Chen Lie used his Gui Gold Sheep to cleanse the mental haze eroding Zhu Jingshu’s Consciousness Sea, and she promised him resources in return. After choosing a Blood Rainbow Vine and joining Zhu Jingshu at the Three-Star Genius Exchange Arena, he met her fifth imperial brother, Zhu Jingfei.

• Zhu Jingshu explained how her Illusion Heart Cloud Butterfly had caused mental haze to erode her Consciousness Sea, and Chen Lie agreed to help in exchange for five hundred jin of Spirit Nourishing Flower and a Star God Grass.
• Chen Lie used his embryonic Gui Gold Sheep to consume the haze in Zhu Jingshu’s Consciousness Sea, restoring it within ten minutes and frightening her Illusion Heart Cloud Butterfly.
• Zhu Jingshu thanked Chen Lie and promised to deliver his reward within three days, then invited him to study martial arts with her and offered him cultivation resources.
• Chen Lie chose an eighteen-hundred-year-old Blood Rainbow Vine from Zhu Jingshu’s supplies and declined to take anything else.
• Zhu Jingshu brought Chen Lie to the Three-Star Genius Exchange Arena, where she introduced him to her fifth imperial brother, Zhu Jingfei.

Chen Lie attended an interplanetary lecture with Red Flame Planet’s Zhu Jingfei and Zhu Jingshu, where Blue Star’s and Great Yan’s struggles were discussed. Zhu Jingshu called the planets fellow sufferers, but Chen Lie believed Blue Star’s exotic beast crisis was more dangerous than Great Yan’s conflict with the Taiping rebels.

• Zhu Jingfei learned that Chen Lie had resolved Zhu Jingshu’s mental power problem and agreed to send him spirit nourishing flowers and star god grass as thanks.
• Yang Jiannan questioned Chen Lie’s standing, then Zhu Jingfei invited Chen and the Red Flame Planet group to a lecture on the Five Stars of the Eastern Region.
• Chen Lie met Blue Star’s Hao Yulong and Zuo Yuan'er, who showed little interest in him, and joined them in the conference hall’s first row.
• Yan Qingwu sat in the first row to represent Shuimang Star, and instructors gave historical lectures about Red Flame Planet and Shuimang Star before Yu Yuan spoke about Blue Star’s exotic beast threat.
• Zhu Jingshu compared Blue Star’s beast crisis with Great Yan’s struggle against the Taiping rebels, while Chen Lie judged that Blue Star faced the more serious danger.

Chen Lie left the exchange meeting, reached the blood refining mid-stage, and completed his first blood tempering. Meanwhile, Lei Jinglong negotiated for profound yang golden marrow and learned that Cheng Mianqian wanted Chen Lie transferred to the Super Genius Class, where he already studied.

• Chen Lie declined Zhu Jingshu's proposal for future cooperation between Blue Star and Red Flame Planet, then met her Ninth-Stage Peak Grandmaster uncle, Prince Yong'an.
• Zhu Jingshu gave Chen Lie the promised blood rainbow vine, and he returned to the Dormitory to retrieve spirit mushroom juice before cultivating in a Cultivation Room.
• Chen Lie used the blood rainbow vine and spirit mushroom juice together to refine and temper his blood, reaching the blood refining mid-stage and completing his first blood tempering.
• Chen Lie used two Martial Dao Rare Treasures to strengthen his blood-qi, raising it to 2,604.28 ka and his strength to 34,060.97 jun.
• Lei Jinglong learned that a seller wanted a full cubic fathom of star liquid for profound yang golden marrow and instructed the Resource Category Building to negotiate.
• Cheng Mianqian asked Lei Jinglong to transfer Chen Lie to the Super Genius Class, and Lei Jinglong told him Chen Lie was already in the class.

Chen Lie attended Blue Star University's Blood Qi Ranking reassessment and arranged to challenge the student ranked ninetieth, aiming to keep advancing after each win. As the matches began, the first announcements included high-profile challenges, while Chen Lie's own fight had not yet been called.

• Chen Lie read Ruan Liuyun's message about the reassessment and learned that ranked students would receive additional support at Starry Sky University.
• At the Drill Hall, Chen Lie told Ruan Liuyun his cultivation had broken through again, and she reviewed the ranking goals of Xu Wanqing, Dong Jingtian, Wang Tian'en, and Xia Ziying.
• Instructor Zheng Dongyang explained the challenge rules and displayed the subsidies for students entering Starry Sky University and the Blood Qi Ranking.
• Xu Wanqing chose to challenge Han Keke, while Chen Lie requested a challenge against the student ranked ninetieth and planned to challenge higher opponents after each victory.
• Ruan Liuyun arranged Chen Lie's match against Wu Feixia, and the reassessment began with announcements for Yan Zheng versus Shao Keyu, He Qingqing versus Li Mo, and Xu Wanqing versus Han Keke.

Chen Lie entered the Blood Qi Ranking challenge and rapidly climbed the ranks, revealing that he had begun blood tempering and possessed overwhelming strength. After reaching fifty-second place, he challenged Qin Ruoxi at forty-third, and the chapter ended with her reeling from his opening punch.

• Xu Wanqing challenged Han Keke for twentieth place, but Han Keke defeated her and knocked her off the Duel Platform.
• Chen Lie told Ruan Liuyun that Xu Wanqing lost because her physique and blood-qi lagged behind Han Keke's, though Xu Wanqing dismissed his explanation.
• Chen Lie defeated Wu Feixia with a blood-qi flood dragon punch, and Wu Feixia's instructor identified his successful blood tempering.
• Chen Lie told Ruan Liuyun that his strength value had reached eight times the baseline and that he intended to reach the top twenty; he then defeated Yang Guanghui with one punch and climbed to fifty-second place.
• Chen Lie challenged Qin Ruoxi, ranked forty-third, and his opening punch drove her back several steps.

Chen Lie defeated Qin Ruoxi and Yue Lin to rise to thirty-third on the Blood Qi Ranking, then challenged twentieth-ranked Han Keke. He used Mental Power to repeatedly stun Han Keke, but she unleashed her full strength and their fight continued.

• Chen Lie overwhelmed Qin Ruoxi in close combat until she surrendered, earning his seventh consecutive victory.
• Chen Lie challenged Yue Lin, the Martial Leader of Sunan Province, and knocked him off the Duel Platform after a fierce fight.
• After defeating Yue Lin, Chen Lie rejected an intermediate challenge and asked to face Han Keke, ranked twentieth on the Blood Qi Ranking.
• Han Keke challenged Chen Lie to prove he could beat her without complaining to the instructors, then opened the match with a powerful palm technique.
• Chen Lie repeatedly struck Han Keke with Mental Power attacks and followed up with punches, but Han Keke recovered and unleashed a barrage of blood-energy palm prints.

Chen Lie defeated Han Keke by wearing her down with mental power attacks and trapping her in a fear-based illusion, then learned he would take her place on the Blood Qi Ranking. Han Keke suspected his consciousness spirit was the legendary Dark Ghost Dragon, while Chen Lie’s ninth consecutive victory drew the Super Genius Class staff’s attention.

• Chen Lie overwhelmed Han Keke with repeated Mental Power Impacts, then used Gui Gold Sheep to trap her in an illusion where she feared killing Chen Lie, being expelled, betraying Blue Star, and watching her family executed.
• Chen Lie broke Han Keke’s joints and tendons to end the fight, and Han Keke conceded before limping off the Duel Platform.
• Cheng Mengying explained that Han Keke’s illusion resembled the Dark Ghost Dragon’s ability, and Han Keke decided to investigate whether Chen Lie had cultivated it.
• Chen Lie asked Ruan Liuyun about replacing Han Keke on the Blood Qi Ranking, and she said his eightfold strength value qualified him to take the spot.
• Chen Lie told Xu Wanqing that he ranked tenth on the Apprentice Divine Sense Master Ranking but concealed Gui Gold Sheep’s abilities and limitations.
• After Chen Lie’s ninth consecutive victory, Zheng Dongyang announced that he would take Han Keke’s place at nineteenth on the Blood Qi Ranking.