Recaps

Blue Star and Wood Source Planet began their contest for the Eastern Star Region’s Permanent Councilor Star position, drawing spectators and scrutiny from across the star regions. The first Grandmaster match and a True Qi match started, while Chen Lie’s matchup against Hua Jianying remained a point of concern for both sides.

• The holographic match list revealed Chen Lie would face Wood Source Planet’s Hua Jianying, prompting speculation about his hidden strength and the unusual pairing.
• Qin Yingyue reviewed Chen Lie’s file, wondered if he was the person she had encountered in the Sumeru Illusion Realm, then dismissed the possibility.
• Zu Yizun and Hu Dongzheng warned Wood Source Planet’s competitors not to underestimate Blue Star, and Xue Zhiran cautioned Hua Jianying that Chen Lie was nearing the Heaven Aperture Stage.
• Zhou Shaoyu and Zhou Yunqi recognized Chen Lie as the Nameless One who had ended Zhou Yunqi’s hundred-match streak, but Chen Lie walked away from them.
• At eight thirty, the competition began, and Zheng Dongyang and Zu Tiansheng entered the arena for the first Grandmaster match.
• Zheng Dongyang and Zu Tiansheng fought evenly as Lü Xianchuan and Chen Bai entered the arena for the True Qi match.

Blue Star and Wood Source Planet exchanged victories in the opening individual matches, tying the score at two points each. As the next bouts began, Xue Zhiran effortlessly hurled Yang Jingnian aside after being ordered not to strike too hard.

• Zhou Yu lost to Bu Feifan after a prolonged Blood-Qi battle, giving Wood Source Planet its first point.
• Chen Bai defeated Lü Xianchuan in the True Qi match, raising Wood Source Planet’s score to two.
• Zheng Dongyang defeated Zu Tiansheng in the Grandmaster match, earning Blue Star its first point.
• Jiang Yuan defeated Sang Ji with his strength and mental power techniques, tying the score at two points each.
• Ruan Yingjie, Chu Luo, and Yang Jingnian began their matches against Wu Fengyun, Zhou Shaoyu, and Xue Zhiran; Hu Dongzheng ordered Xue Zhiran not to hit Yang Jingnian too hard.
• Xue Zhiran blocked Yang Jingnian’s full-strength punch and sent him flying dozens of meters.

Xue Zhiran defeated Yang Jingnian as Wood Source Planet extended its lead, while Ruan Yingjie and Yu Wenqin won for Blue Star. Ruan Liusu arrived after making major martial progress and sought permission to compete, as the next matches were announced with Blue Star trailing 4–5.

• Xue Zhiran knocked Yang Jingnian off the platform, giving Wood Source Planet a point and leaving Lei Jinglong worried about the coming team battle.
• Zhou Shaoyu defeated Chu Luo, and Duan Yonglin defeated Zheng Shuwen, while Chen Lie assured Lei Jinglong that he could hold off Xue Zhiran for ten minutes.
• Qin Yingyue asked about Chen Lie because he resembled someone she knew, then left the Hall of All Stars without waiting for him.
• Ruan Liusu reunited with Chen Lie and revealed that she had exceeded ten times her Strength Value, completed ten blood temperings, and might have awakened the Nine Yin Sacred Vein.
• Ruan Liusu went with Lei Jinglong to verify her eligibility to compete, while Ruan Yingjie defeated Wu Fengyun with Furious Thunder Fist and Yu Wenqin beat Hua Dongxu, tying the score before Zheng Shuwen's loss put Wood Source Planet ahead 5–4.
• The Optical Computer announced Yan Gao versus Meng Yuehan and Chen Lie versus Hua Jianying as the next matches.

Chen Lie defeated Hua Jianying after enduring her pinnacle SSSS-rank Ten Directions Annihilation Fist, helping Blue Star take the lead over Wood Source Planet. As the next matches began, he watched Yan Gao battle Meng Yuehan, a sword-wielding Grandmaster who appeared to have the upper hand.

• Hua Jianying accused Chen Lie of hiding his true strength, then attacked him with her pinnacle SSSS-rank Ten Directions Annihilation Fist.
• Chen Lie evaded Hua Jianying until her power waned, then overwhelmed her with golden blood-qi and knocked her out of the arena.
• Wood Source Planet's Zu Yizun realized Chen Lie could threaten their chances and considered using a hidden card.
• Blue Star's Zhao Jingyuan defeated Bai Xianxian, putting Blue Star ahead of Wood Source Planet six to five.
• The next Blood-Qi and True Qi matches began, while Chen Lie watched Yan Gao fight Meng Yuehan, whose sword attacks seemed to suppress him.

Yang Jingnian revealed himself as a mole and injured several Blue Star contestants, forcing the referee to arrange an extra match while Blue Star and Wood Source Planet drew level. Ning Fan was poisoned with violent qi powder, leaving Chen Lie to suspect that Blue Star’s hopes may rest on him as the next matches began.

• Yang Jingnian ambushed Ning Fan and the other Blue Star contestants, severely injuring Yan Zheng and Li Wanwan before Ning Fan subdued him.
• Yang Jingnian confessed that he had been planted by the Dark Star organization to avenge the former Eastern Camp Kingdom, and Wang Shou suspected Wood Source Planet had promised to help restore it.
• Referee Han Zhendong ordered an additional Blood-Qi Stage match for Blue Star after Wood Source Planet denied involvement, and Lei Jinglong named Ruan Liusu and Xia Zhizhi as replacements for injured contestants.
• Blue Star and Wood Source Planet split the next three matches, then each won one of the following two, leaving the score tied at 9–9.
• Wang Shou learned that Yang Jingnian had thrown black powder at Ning Fan and took him for examination; Chen Lie recognized it as violent qi powder that could disrupt Ning Fan’s true qi.
• Ning Fan was scheduled to face Meng Qingwan while Ruan Liusu was set to fight Meng Zhao, and Chen Lie prepared for the Blood-Qi Stage tiebreaker.

Ruan Liusu defeated Meng Zhao, but Ning Fan lost to Meng Qingwan after Yang Jingnian’s poison threw his true qi into chaos, and Wood Source Planet built a three-point lead in the individual bouts. As the team battles began, an additional Blood-Qi match was announced, leaving Chen Lie and Xue Zhiran to face each other.

• Ruan Liusu defeated Meng Zhao, giving Blue Star a point and briefly putting it ahead of Wood Source Planet.
• Ning Fan’s true qi turned chaotic during his fight with Meng Qingwan, and she defeated him; Chen Lie identified Yang Jingnian’s poison as violent qi powder.
• Xia Zhizhi and Tang Yan’er lost their bouts, while Han Keke defeated Gu Qian and Shen Fei and Hao Yulong lost theirs, leaving Wood Source Planet three points ahead.
• The Optical Computer announced the team-battle rules, including an extra point for the first team to win within ten minutes.
• The Optical Computer announced an additional individual bout, and Chen Lie entered the arena opposite Xue Zhiran.

Chen Lie fought Xue Zhiran in an extra match, using powerful mental attacks and an illusion to defeat the Heaven Aperture Stage fighter and earn Blue Star a point. Afterward, Chu Ling'er arrived with gifts for Chen Lie, while Xue Zhiran acknowledged his mental techniques and vowed to prepare for the team battle.

• Spectators debated whether Chen Lie could withstand Xue Zhiran, while Chu Ling'er arrived carrying gifts for Chen Lie.
• Chen Lie and Xue Zhiran exchanged hundreds of attacks, and Xue Zhiran eventually unleashed his full strength and knocked Chen Lie back.
• Chen Lie struck Xue Zhiran with repeated mental attacks, but Xue Zhiran fought on and injured him with a barrage of punches.
• Chen Lie used a mental illusion to make Xue Zhiran believe he had won and was leaving the combat zone, then knocked him across the boundary when he awoke.
• The Interstellar Management Bureau declared Chen Lie the winner, raising Blue Star's score to 12.
• Xue Zhiran admitted Chen Lie's mental attacks could incapacitate him and promised Wood Source Planet would win the team battle.

Chen Lie completed his fifteenth blood tempering and entered Blue Star’s blood-qi team battle after advising the true qi team to use evasive tactics. He met Xue Zhiran’s full-strength attack head-on and stood his ground, leaving Xue Zhiran shocked as the battle began.

• Xue Zhiran received Hua Jianying’s jade talisman, which blocked more than half of incoming mental power attacks, and prepared to face Chen Lie again.
• Chen Lie advised Wang Shou to have Blue Star’s true qi martial artists evade their opponents to prevent Wood Source Planet from earning the ten-minute bonus point, and Wang Shou accepted the plan.
• Chu Ling’er delivered Advanced Extraordinary Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid and a sealed case containing a Starry Sky Behemoth’s bone; Chen Lie drank the spirit liquid and completed his fifteenth blood tempering.
• Blue Star won the grandmaster team battle, taking its score to fifteen and moving one point ahead of Wood Source Planet, while its true qi team used evasive tactics to stall.
• Chen Lie and the other blood-qi contestants entered the team arena, where Xue Zhiran challenged him and attacked at full strength; Chen Lie’s counterstrike left him unmoved while Xue Zhiran was pushed back.

Chen Lie defeated Xue Zhiran after both martial artists broke through during the team battle, securing Blue Star’s victory over Wood Source Planet in the Interstellar Alliance Qualification Competition. Blue Star finished one point ahead and won leadership of the Five Stars of the Eastern Region.

• Xue Zhiran fought Chen Lie at full strength, but Chen Lie matched his attacks and gradually wore him down with his powerful golden blood-qi.
• Xue Zhiran broke through to become a Ranked Martial Artist, and referee Han Zhendong allowed the match to continue despite Blue Star’s protest.
• After Wood Source Planet received five points for the true qi team battle, Chen Lie broke through to the Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm and defeated Xue Zhiran with a few blows.
• Hua Jianying conceded the team battle for Wood Source Planet after Chen Lie overwhelmed Xue Zhiran, giving Blue Star five points.
• The Optical Computer announced that Blue Star had won the qualification competition with 20 points to Wood Source Planet’s 19, earning a place in the Canglan Star Domain Interstellar Alliance and leadership of the Five Stars of the Eastern Region.

Chen Lie secured Blue Star’s victory over Wood Source Planet and its place as the Eastern Star Region’s Permanent Councilor Star, while Wang Shou learned that the four star regions planned to choose a planet to command their joint force. Chu Ling'er asked Chen Lie to help her form a consciousness spirit in exchange for twenty thousand jin of spirit nourishing flowers, and the chapter ended with Blue Star preparing for its next challenges.

• Zu Yizun accepted Wood Source Planet’s defeat and blamed its intelligence team for failing to identify Chen Lie’s strength.
• Wang Shou learned that Blue Star could join the Interstellar Alliance and that the Saint Envoy Hall planned to select a leader for the allied force of the four star regions.
• Chen Lie collected the heavy bundle from Chu Ling'er, then agreed to help her form a consciousness spirit if she obtained twenty thousand jin of spirit nourishing flowers.
• Ruan Liusu introduced herself to Chu Ling'er as Chen Lie’s girlfriend, and Chen Lie told Ruan Liusu that he had not yet reached the heaven aperture stage.
• Meng Qingwan threatened Chen Lie, while Yu Wenqin accused Wood Source Planet of using a spy to poison Ning Fan.
• Wang Shou reported the alliance plans to Lei Jinglong, who warned that Blue Star needed to address the Dark Star Organization before the delegation departed for the Divine Martial Hall.

After winning his contest, Chen Lie met fighters and dignitaries from across the Eastern Star Region, then left with Ruan Liusu before helping Chu Ling'er cultivate her Consciousness Spirit. The chapter ended with Chen Lie completing her one-horned jade-white dragon spirit.

• Zheng Dongyang praised Ruan Yingjie for his daughter’s connection to Chen Lie, while Tang Yan'er and Zhao Jingyuan discussed Chen Lie’s prospects at Starry Sky University.
• Chen Lie met Wang Chen, Yan Qingwu, Zhu Jingshu, and Zhu Jingxuan, who praised his strength and invited him to Red Flame Planet.
• Ruan Liusu declared herself Chen Lie’s girlfriend and left with him, turning down Zhu Jingshu’s invitation on his behalf.
• Ruan Liusu returned to Starry Sky University, and Chen Lie went to help Chu Ling'er cultivate a Consciousness Spirit in exchange for thirty thousand jin of Spirit Nourishing Flowers.
• Chen Lie used the Eclipse Moon Truth-Condensing Seedling and his Mental Power to form Chu Ling'er's one-horned jade-white dragon Consciousness Spirit.

Chen Lie helped Chu Ling'er cultivate a Heaven-Grade Consciousness Spirit capable of amplifying Mental Power attacks, then learned about the Void Heaven Pagoda and advanced toward opening his Spirit Aperture after eating a nourishing spirit medicine meal. Chu Ling'er arranged to obtain Spirit Nourishing Flowers and planned to analyze her nearly formed Consciousness Spirit with Lu Shengya.

• Chen Lie told Chu Ling'er that her Consciousness Spirit could amplify Mental Power attacks at least twentyfold, and she agreed to gather fifteen thousand kilograms of Spirit Nourishing Flowers for him.
• Chu Ling'er explained that Starry Sky University's Void Heaven Pagoda could help cultivators with eleven times the Strength Value open their Divine Apertures, including the Lower, Middle, Upper, and Life Divine Apertures.
• Chu Ling'er contacted Lu Shengya, who lent her a three-thousand-year spirit medicine that nourished Divine Apertures, then invited Chu Ling'er and Chen Lie to eat with her.
• Chen Lie ate the spirit medicine meal and realized he could attempt to break through to the Spirit Aperture without further consolidation, then left to let Chu Ling'er handle the Spirit Nourishing Flowers.
• Chu Ling'er asked Lu Shengya to accompany her to analyze her nearly formed Consciousness Spirit using Divine Martial Hall's equipment.

Chu Ling'er discovered that her consciousness spirit had transformed into the Jade-Horned Chi Dragon, while Chen Lie learned Blue Star faced a worsening beast threat despite winning permanent councilor status. The delegation prepared to return to Blue Star with the captured traitor Yang Jingnian aboard their Star Boat.

• Chu Ling'er used the consciousness spirit analyzer, which identified her Jade-Horned Chi Dragon as a heaven-grade spirit that amplified mental power attacks twenty to twenty-two times.
• Chu Ling'er let slip that a senior from the Central Galactic Empire had guided her, then claimed she could not reveal more about him.
• Lei Jinglong told the blood-qi contestants that a Grandmaster-level exotic beast had emerged from the Kunlun Ruins and that Blue Star needed to prepare troops for the Interstellar Allied Forces.
• Jiang Yuan challenged Chen Lie to spar, but Chen Lie said they were not evenly matched, and Zuo Yuan'er asked him to guide her martial arts.
• Wang Shou completed Blue Star's Interstellar Alliance paperwork, and the delegation boarded the Star Boat to return home with Yang Jingnian bound and guarded for trial.

After returning to Blue Star as a hero of the Permanent Councilor Star Competition, Chen Lie accepted Administrator candidate status and resumed cultivating. He completed his second elevation in life level, opened his Spirit Aperture, and began increasing his blood qi ahead of his expected entry into Starry Sky University.

• Chen Lie spent the Star Boat journey studying the Mengzhang Divine Refining Chapter and considering how to advance his divine sense beyond the seventh tier.
• Lei Jinglong announced that Blue Star had secured Permanent Councilor Star status, and Chen Lie disembarked to a public welcome and a brief interview with Li Shumin.
• The Administrator praised the competitors and granted Chen Lie Administrator candidate status, while Lei Jinglong said Starry Sky University's Class of 7366 recruitment would begin soon.
• Chen Lie stored the Starry Sky Behemoth bones and cultivated the Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique until he completed his second elevation in life level.
• Chen Lie used his blood qi to open his Spirit Aperture in one attempt and entered the Spirit Aperture Stage.
• Chen Lie obtained ancient blood-qi-replenishing spirit medicines and raised his strength value to 4,572 ka and his strength to 73,106 jun.

Chen Lie replenished his depleted Consciousness Sea Worlds with thirty thousand jin of spirit nourishing flowers, then received his Administrator candidate medal at a public ceremony. Afterward, he entered the Sumeru Illusion Realm to select his competition reward and received an urgent message from Mu Yunyao on behalf of the Saint Envoy Hall.

• Chen Lie used all thirty thousand jin of spirit nourishing flowers to restore and strengthen his two Consciousness Sea Worlds.
• Zhang Liwu told Chen Lie that his Administrator candidate investiture would take place the next morning, and Chen Lie confirmed he would attend.
• At the ceremony, Wang Shou presented Chen Lie with his medal, and Chen Lie learned from Wang Shou that Chen Xingyao was safe and studying in the Outer Stars.
• Lei Jinglong announced that the competition participants could choose martial cultivation resources, with Chen Lie allowed to select two rewards.
• Chen Lie and the other candidates entered the Sumeru Illusion Realm to shop for their rewards, where Mu Yunyao urgently asked him to contact the Saint Envoy Hall.

Chen Lie joined Zhang Liwu and the Blue Star students at Canglong Star Trading Market to choose their contest rewards. He bought a Nine Yin Spirit-Awakening Scroll for Ruan Liusu and a Spirit-Nourishing Grass, but a woman from the Beimang Star Sacred Martial Dynasty claimed the grass for herself, and Chen Lie challenged her claim.

• Zhang Liwu led Chen Lie, Jiang Yuan, Zuo Yuan'er, Han Keke, and Xia Zhizhi into the Canglong Star Trading Market, where they concealed their identities and shopped at its official store.
• Chen Lie warned Han Keke against buying a suspicious five-S-rank martial art and advised her to prepare for True Qi cultivation; she later bought an ice-attribute spirit vein.
• Chen Lie bought Scroll No. 58, a Nine Yin Spirit-Awakening Scroll, hoping it could awaken Ruan Liusu's Nine Yin Sacred Vein.
• Zhang Liwu offered Chen Lie a second reward item because of his contest contribution, and Chen Lie chose a 3,800-year-old Spirit-Nourishing Grass.
• A woman claiming to represent the Beimang Star Sacred Martial Dynasty demanded the Spirit-Nourishing Grass, and Chen Lie insisted he had reached it first and should be allowed to buy it.

Chen Lie bought the Spirit-Nourishing Grass despite Kong Yu's claim that Qin Bailing urgently needed it for her breakthrough before the imperial clan tournament. Kong Yu offered compensation and appealed to Qin Bailing's future influence, but Chen Lie refused to trade the medicine for favors, leaving negotiations unresolved.

• Kong Yu claimed the Spirit-Nourishing Grass for the Sacred Martial Dynasty, but Chen Lie insisted on first-come, first-served and had Zhang Liwu pay for it.
• Kong Yu explained that Qin Bailing needed the grass to reach the Divine Aperture Stage before the imperial clan tournament, and revealed that she was the Shaokang Commandery Princess and Prince Jing's daughter.
• After the purchase, Kong Yu apologized and asked Chen Lie to give up the grass, then invited him and Qin Bailing to a private discussion.
• Kong Yu recounted Prince Jing's fall and death, and described Qin Bailing's talent and the suppression she had endured.
• Qin Bailing offered to repay the Galactic Coin and then proposed twice the purchase price, but Chen Lie said he wanted tangible benefits rather than favors.
• Kong Yu warned Chen Lie not to be greedy and questioned whether he even needed the grass; Chen Lie replied that he was not yet at the Origin Aperture Stage.

Chen Lie traded Spirit-Nourishing Grass to Qin Bailing for a future treasure-grade resource, while Kong Yu secretly planned to betray the deal. He then met Sheng Yingluo, who asked him how to resume her stalled cultivation, and he offered two methods, including refining the Azure Dragon’s Seven Star Gods into one.

• Chen Lie agreed to give Qin Bailing Spirit-Nourishing Grass in exchange for a spirit herb and a future treasure-grade martial arts resource of her choosing, with Kong Yu acting as guarantor.
• Kong Yu privately told Qin Bailing she planned to detain Chen Lie if he came to collect the promised resource, while Zhang Liwu mistakenly thought Chen Lie had made a friend in Beimang Star.
• Chen Lie joined Mu Yunyao at the Canglan Martial Arena, where Qin Yingyue and Sheng Yingluo were waiting for him.
• Sheng Yingluo brought Chen Lie into a private space and asked how she could overcome the cultivation method that had stalled her progress.
• Chen Lie offered Sheng Yingluo a simple method that would leave her without a Consciousness Spirit, or a method to refine the Azure Dragon’s Seven Star Gods into one and use the resulting Star God to advance.

Chen Lie taught Sheng Yingluo an incomplete method for combining the Seven Star Gods and asked her to ensure a Beimang Star guarantor honored a loan. After leaving the Sumeru Illusion Realm, Chen Lie's strength reached one hundred thousand jun, and Blue Star announced an increased Starry Sky University quota as his classmates celebrated his achievements.

• Sheng Yingluo chose to combine the Seven Star Gods of the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges using Chen Lie's incomplete method, and Chen Lie warned her that failure could cripple her mental cultivation.
• Chen Lie asked Sheng Yingluo to have the Border Pacifying Marquis Residence ensure its descendant honored her guarantee for his friend's loan, and Sheng Yingluo agreed to send orders.
• Chen Lie and Mu Yunyao left the Canglan Martial Arena, while Sheng Yingluo returned to the real world with plans to write a letter about the loan guarantee.
• Chen Lie's blood qi surpassed six thousand Ka, giving him a strength of one hundred thousand jun, and he consumed the Spirit-Accumulating Fruit he had traded for.
• Lei Jinglong announced that Blue Star had received 4,500 Starry Sky University admissions places and that the first students would depart on December 10.
• Ruan Liuyun and her assistant instructors congratulated Chen Lie on his victory and growing fame, including statues of him at martial arts high schools in Lanjing.

Chen Lie prepared to leave for Starry Sky University, agreed to help Ning Fan if needed, and made plans to return home before enrollment. Meanwhile, Qin Bailing broke through to the Divine Aperture Stage on Beimang Star, readying herself for the Sacred Martial Imperial Clan’s junior tournament.

• Ruan Liuyun told Chen Lie that students would enter Starry Sky University on December 10 and urged him to say goodbye to his family before leaving.
• Chen Lie collected a Spirit-Opening Scroll and mailed it to Ruan Liusu at Canglong Starry Sky University.
• Lei Jinglong and Wang Shou asked Chen Lie to help Ning Fan at Starry Sky University, and Chen Lie agreed to assist him within reason.
• Chen Lie agreed to travel home with Ji Lingxuan and learned that his mother had already returned to East River Province.
• Chen Lie encouraged Xu Caiying before leaving Lanjing in his airship.
• Qin Bailing used spirit-nourishing grass to open her Divine Aperture and reached the Divine Aperture Stage, while Kong Yu praised her prospects for the junior tournament.

Kong Yu and Qin Bailing learned that the Saint Envoy Hall and Sacred Martial Imperial Court were enforcing the deal Kong Yu had guaranteed, forcing them to honor it. Meanwhile, Chen Lie returned to his family home after his Blood Qi surged and his trip back to Cloud River Province, where he found the television stations reporting on his achievements.

• Kong Yue summoned the Border Pacifying Marquis Residence’s descendants and discovered that Kong Yu had guaranteed Qin Bailing’s transaction at the Canglong Star Trading Market.
• Kong Yue told Kong Yu and Qin Bailing that the Imperial Court and Saint Envoy Hall had ordered the residence to ensure the agreement was fulfilled, and warned them not to default.
• Kong Yu and Qin Bailing agreed to honor the deal and left the gathering prepared to provide the treasure-grade resource.
• Chen Lie’s Blood Qi Value reached 7,500 Ka, and he returned with Ji Lingxuan to Cloud River Province before seeing her off.
• Chen Lie went home to East River Province and found that television channels were broadcasting reports about his achievements and Blue Star’s new status.

Chen Lie returned home to tell his parents he would soon leave for Starry Sky University, then confirmed the ten off-planet martial arts study slots he had won. He gave Wang Hui one of the slots and told him to prepare to leave within days.

• Chen Lie learned that Blue Star would recruit two million Martial Artists as the Exotic Beast crisis in the Northwest worsened, and considered exploring the Kunlun Ruins once he grew strong enough.
• Chen Lie told Feng Yuelan and Chen Gequn that he would leave for Starry Sky University on December 10 and might be away for half a year.
• Chen Lie took his parents to Chuandu Grand Banquet, where manager Xu Qiuwan welcomed them and explained that business giants had gathered to seek cooperation with Changshang Pharmaceutical because of Chen Lie's endorsement.
• Chen Lie confirmed the ten off-planet study slots, assigning five to the East River Province Martial Artist Association, one to Wang Hui, and four for his family to distribute.
• Chen Lie called Wang Hui and told him he had secured him a two-month off-planet martial arts study slot and that he would likely leave in a few days.

Chen Lie’s fame drew attention as he visited his statue, where he overheard Longhai Province teenagers questioning his achievements before Shi Xinyan defended him. After agreeing to help Wang Kui recruit companies for Changdong City’s business-government council, Chen Lie appeared before the gathering’s business representatives, where Zhao Jinglan greeted him.

• Chen Lie told Wang Hui that he had arranged a place for him to study martial arts on another planet, then examined his statue and its embellished biography.
• A group of Longhai Province teenagers criticized Chen Lie and East River Province, and Shi Xinyan confronted them until their leader apologized.
• Chen Lie met Shen Miaowei and then agreed to help Wang Kui persuade two more companies to join Changdong City’s business-government council.
• Xu Qiuwan introduced Chen Lie to the business representatives from the eight provinces, and Zhao Jinglan greeted him onstage.

Chen Lie helped Wang Kui recruit major companies into the Changdong Political and Commercial Association while business representatives acknowledged Chen Lie’s growing status. He left the banquet with his family after Shi Xinyan praised him as an inspiration to East River Province’s youth and refused to let them pay for their meal.

• Zhao Jinglan agreed to represent Sunlight Group in joining the Changdong Political and Commercial Association to help Chen Lie, and Jiang Minghua agreed to bring in Changshang Pharmaceutical Group.
• Shen Miaowei introduced her uncle Shen Huajie, who signed a letter of intent for Lingfeng Group to join the association, while Shen Feixue recognized how far Chen Lie had surpassed her.
• Xu Qiuwan confirmed that Chen Lie had once been rejected by Longyue Group; Yang Zunwu apologized on the group’s behalf and signed its letter of intent to join the association.
• Chen Lie helped Wang Kui secure more than ten companies, and Wang Kui said the success could earn him a promotion.
• Shi Xinyan told Chen Lie that he inspired young people from East River Province, and he urged her to rely on her own strength before leaving with his parents.
• Shi Xinyan prevented the banquet staff from accepting payment, so Chen Lie and his family left after eating for free.

Chen Lie joined the first batch of Blue Star students traveling to Starry Sky University aboard an escort Star Boat, which collected students across the Central and Eastern Star Regions. The journey was interrupted when Star Bandits attacked, leaving thousands of students fearing for their lives.

• Chen Lie reunited with Ji Lingxuan and examined her strange Twin-Dragon Pendant before returning with her to Blue Star University, where he increased his blood qi and strength.
• Lei Jinglong led Chen Lie and 179 other students aboard the Star Boat, and the escort envoy began collecting first-batch students from planets across the star regions.
• Chen Lie spoke with Han Keke and Ji Lingxuan during the journey, then greeted Zhu Jingshu when the Star Boat collected students from Red Flame Planet.
• The Star Boat collected students from Wood Source Planet, Shuimang Star, and Jintian Star, then began its fast trip to Canglong Star with 7,253 students aboard.
• An alarm reported that Star Bandits had blocked the route, and attacks rocked the Star Boat as students learned they were under siege.