Recaps

Chen Lie discovered that Primordial Limitless Qi Gong let him absorb abundant spiritual qi from a hidden cultivation spot, bringing him close to the late first-order qi-nourishing realm. As he left, he passed Jiu Xi and two companions heading to visit a reclusive master artifact smith who owed her grandfather a favor.

• Tao Yunshu asked Zhao Dong about Chen Lie's strength and learned his true qi could be diluted nearly six hundredfold.
• Zhao Dong advised Tao Yunshu against abandoning her family-supported cultivation method to risk the incomplete Origin-Heaven Qi-Gathering Scripture, and she agreed.
• Chen Lie practiced Primordial Limitless Qi Gong in a spiritually rich forest, completing twenty-five breathing cycles in two hours and nearing the late first-order qi-nourishing realm.
• Chen Lie considered how to obtain the five-element innate spiritual objects he had left on Blue Star so he could later cultivate Five Qi Converging at the Origin.
• Chen Lie noticed an estate near his cultivation spot and passed Jiu Xi and two middle-aged men as they headed to visit a renowned reclusive artifact smith.

Shen Mo brought Shen Jiuxi to meet Senior Shi, who assessed her aptitude but postponed forging her a weapon because his medicinal garden had withered. Meanwhile, Chen Lie joined Trial Group No. 32, where he reunited with his old rival Xue Zhiran before the team set out to hunt demons.

• Shen Mo introduced Shen Jiuxi to Senior Shi, who accepted her spirit wine and assessed her as highly talented, but told her to gather materials before he would forge a weapon.
• Senior Shi suspected that Chen Lie had neglected the medicinal garden whose spiritual energy he had absorbed while cultivating.
• Chen Lie arrived at Trial Group No. 32, and Shen Yifei told the others that Chen Lie could kill otherworldly demons barehanded with his powerful true qi.
• Xue Zhiran recognized Chen Lie and accused him of forcing him to break through during their earlier fight, but the group members stopped them from clashing.
• Shen Yifei assigned the group to kill forty otherworldly demons, including four third-order demons, and led them toward Longwind Canyon.

Trial Mission Group No. 32 entered Longwind Canyon, where Chen Lie revealed that his mental power could incapacitate groups of Otherworldly Demons and help the team defeat them. By the end of the day, the group had killed 103 demons, bringing its mission progress to 269/750 and its Tier 3 kills to 25/90.

• Shen Yifei warned Group No. 32 to avoid Cloudglow Sect's trial party before leading the group into Longwind Canyon.
• Shen Yifei and Wei Wuxun fought a Tier 3 Otherworldly Demon while the others faced seven more, and Xue Zhiran urged Chen Lie to use his mental power.
• Chen Lie knocked the seven lower-tier demons unconscious with mental attacks, and the group killed them before he briefly stunned the Tier 3 demon so Shen Yifei and Wei Wuxun could finish it.
• Chen Lie claimed his mental power was third rank, and Group No. 32 agreed to make him its main attacker as they hunted deeper in the canyon.
• With Chen Lie supporting the team, Group No. 32 killed 103 demons over the day, raising its progress to 269/750 and its Tier 3 kills to 25/90.

Chen Lie and Trial Group No. 32 fought a wounded Tier 4 Otherworldly Demon and brought it near death, only for Cloudglow Sect disciples to claim it as their kill. Chen Lie offered to hand it over in exchange for compensation, leaving both groups poised for a confrontation.

• Su Rongrong asked Xue Zhiran about her hostility toward Chen Lie, and Xue Zhiran explained the rivalry between Blue Star and Wood Source Planet.
• Chen Lie and Trial Group No. 32 continued hunting Otherworldly Demons, bringing his totals to 527 overall and 56 Tier 3 demons.
• Trial Group No. 32 encountered a wounded Tier 4 Otherworldly Demon in Longwind Canyon, but its attack broke their formation and badly injured the group.
• Chen Lie struck the demon with his full Mental Power, then used the opening to smash its chest and leave it barely alive.
• Cloudglow Sect disciples led by Zhang Tao demanded the demon, claiming they had wounded it first, and Chen Lie offered to hand it over if they compensated his injured companions.

Chen Lie negotiated with Zhang Tao of Cloudrain Peak to trade barely surviving Tier 4 Otherworldly Demons for Yuan Stones, then used Yuan Stones to break through to the Late Qi-Nourishing Realm. He arrived alone to help the Cloudglow Sect disciples with their trial, leaving An Ning wary and Zhang Tao hoping Chen Lie could still support their effort.

• Chen Lie agreed to sell the Cloudglow Sect a Tier 4 Otherworldly Demon for nine hundred jin of Yuan Stones, and Zhang Tao offered a thousand jin for each future demon Chen Lie left near death.
• After the Cloudglow Sect disciples left, Chen Lie and Zhang Tao arranged to work together during the sect trial and exchanged contact details.
• Chen Lie refined two hundred jin of Yuan Stones, advanced to the late stage of the First-Order Qi-Nourishing Realm, and spent the night stabilizing his cultivation.
• Chen Lie skipped the group mission and went alone to meet Zhang Tao, intending to buy Yuan Stones and possibly trade Divine Sources after learning their value.
• Zhang Tao introduced Chen Lie to An Ning and the other Cloudrain Peak disciples, while An Ning questioned his solo arrival and Zhang Tao asked him to support their trial effort.

Chen Lie agreed to help Zhang Tao and An Ning’s Cloudrain Peak team win its trial by hunting Otherworldly Demons for Yuan Stones. He killed a Tier 4 demon alone, then moved with the team toward another target as a supervising true disciple began investigating the enormous saber scar he had left behind.

• Zhang Tao explained Cloudrain Peak’s trial standings and recruited Chen Lie to supply Tier 4 and Tier 3 Otherworldly Demons for payment in Yuan Stones.
• Chen Lie joined An Ning and the Cloudrain Peak disciples in Longwind Canyon, where An Ning’s team located and marked a powerful Tier 4 Otherworldly Demon.
• Chen Lie borrowed a Spirit Treasure-grade saber and fought the demon alone, cutting off its claw and unleashing a thousand-meter blade of saber Qi that badly wounded it.
• Chen Lie struck the demon with a mental attack and an internal True Qi blow, then accepted one thousand Jin of Yuan Stones as An Ning killed it and harvested its Demon Essence.
• An Ning and Zhang Tao recognized Chen Lie’s extraordinary strength, and Chen Lie agreed to keep his next fights quieter as the group set out for another demon.
• A supervising true disciple arrived, noticed the slain demon and the massive saber scar, and questioned who had wielded such powerful saber Qi.

Chen Lie helped An Ning and the Cloudrain Peak disciples kill Tier 4 Otherworldly Demons quickly while hiding his mental attacks from the trial supervisor, Wan Xuchuan. After Wan returned and accused them of cheating, An Ning claimed a secret technique was responsible, and Wan demanded she prove it by killing a demon in front of him.

• Wan Xuchuan questioned An Ning about how Cloudrain Peak had collected a Tier 4 demon essence so quickly, then warned the disciples not to cheat.
• Chen Lie offered to use his mental power to help the disciples kill demons without attracting notice, and he knocked out and killed a Tier 4 demon himself.
• An Ning collected the demon essence, and Zhang Tao paid Chen Lie a thousand jin of yuan stones; Chen Lie then helped Cloudrain Peak kill a third demon and received another thousand jin.
• An Ning urged the group to slow down, but Wan Xuchuan returned and accused Cloudrain Peak of cheating after they killed two demons in his absence.
• An Ning claimed she had mastered a secret technique that countered Otherworldly Demons, and Wan Xuchuan challenged her to demonstrate it by killing a demon he chose.

Chen Lie used concealed mental power to help An Ning kill two Tier 4 Otherworldly Demons, allowing her to pass Wan Xuchuan’s test without revealing the source of her advantage. Wan Xuchuan left her to continue the trial, and An Ning agreed to pay Chen Lie for his help.

• An Ning accepted Wan Xuchuan’s challenge to kill a Tier 4 Otherworldly Demon within forty-five minutes, while Chen Lie promised to assist her with mental power.
• Chen Lie’s mental attacks repeatedly stalled the demon, letting An Ning sever its limbs and kill it in about seven and a half minutes as Wan Xuchuan and the Cloudrain Peak disciples watched.
• Wan Xuchuan questioned An Ning about her supposed secret art, then sent her to fight another Tier 4 demon fifty li west; An Ning collected five hundred kilos of yuan stones from Zhang Tao for Chen Lie.
• With Chen Lie’s help, An Ning killed the second demon in under seven and a half minutes, and Wan Xuchuan could not find evidence of their deception.
• Wan Xuchuan ended his inspection and flew away, while An Ning thanked Chen Lie and agreed to pay him for his assistance.

Chen Lie continued helping Cloudrain Peak hunt Otherworldly Demons, prompting the other eleven peaks to demand a joint investigation. Under close supervision, An Ning killed Tier 4 demons with Chen Lie’s hidden mental-power support and silenced the accusations.

• Chen Lie helped An Ning kill twelve Tier 4 Otherworldly Demons, then returned to Starry Sky University to recover his mental power overnight.
• An Ning invited Cloudrain Peak’s true disciple Xie Bingchang to oversee the next hunt, and Chen Lie helped the group raise its demon essence count to 362.
• The other eleven peaks accused Cloudrain Peak of cheating, so the sect replaced Xie Bingchang and assigned disciples to supervise the group alongside Zi Tianyi.
• Chen Lie assured An Ning that his secret technique would hide his mental-power fluctuations, and An Ning entered a supervised trial to kill selected Tier 4 demons.
• With Chen Lie stunning the demons from afar, An Ning killed twenty-two Tier 4 Otherworldly Demons, and Zi Tianyi ended the investigation after finding no evidence of cheating.

After the sect halted their profitable Demon Essence arrangement, Chen Lie explored trading Divine Source for yuan stones with An Ning and Zhang Tao. An Ning recognized his perfect-grade Divine Source and struggled to value a treasure she desperately wanted to buy.

• An Ning told Chen Lie and Zhang Tao that the sect had banned secret techniques that countered Otherworldly Demons, ending their three-day deal after Chen Lie earned forty-eight thousand jin of yuan stones.
• An Ning gave Chen Lie a jade pendant for contacting her on Changxia Star, and Zhang Tao explained how his uncle’s connections helped divert yuan stones from a Cloudglow Sect mine.
• Chen Lie proposed bartering Divine Source for yuan stones, and An Ning estimated that one jin of ordinary Divine Source was worth five jin of yuan stones.
• Chen Lie showed An Ning perfect-grade Divine Source, which she tested and confirmed had no impurities.
• An Ning hesitated to price the perfect Divine Source because it was a rare sect treasure and she wanted to buy it for herself.

Chen Lie negotiated a trade of perfect divine source with An Ning and Zhang Tao, then delayed Trial Group No. 32’s mission so he could keep trading at the hunting ground. The chapter ended with An Ning arriving at the outpost with over 420,000 jin of yuan stones for the first exchange.

• Chen Lie agreed to reserve 50,000 jin of perfect divine source for An Ning, trading 30,000 jin first and saving the remaining 20,000 jin for her.
• An Ning brought Zhang Tao into the deal, allocating him 5,000 jin of divine source in exchange for 100,000 jin of yuan stones.
• Chen Lie explained that perfect divine source lacked the impurities found in ordinary divine source and contained several times more energy.
• Chen Lie rejoined Trial Group No. 32, but claimed his mental power was exhausted to slow their progress toward completing the trial mission.
• An Ning met Chen Lie at the outpost and presented 300,000 jin of ordinary yuan stones, 100,000 jin of five-element yuan stones, and 26,000 jin of yin-yang yuan stones.

Chen Lie traded Divine Source for yuan stones, completed Trial Group No. 32’s hunting mission, and stabilized his late qi-nourishing realm cultivation. At Starry Sky University, he chose the Martial Way Department while most of the first successful students discovered their sword dao talent was weaker than their martial talent.

• Chen Lie gave An Ning nearly 35,000 jin of Divine Source for 420,000 jin of yuan stones, and An Ning agreed to discuss Zhang Tao’s share after they left the hunting ground.
• Chen Lie helped Trial Group No. 32 complete its demon-killing objectives, and the group received notice to choose departments the next morning.
• Chen Lie refined 5,000 jin of yuan stones to stabilize his late qi-nourishing realm cultivation, then went to the special training site to register for a department.
• Qian Long explained that students could choose among three departments, that sword dao talent could be tested, and that each student could have only one primary department.
• Chen Lie declined the Sword Dao Department and confirmed he would join the Martial Way Department, as Tao Yunshu reminded him that an instructor had reserved him.
• After seventeen students took the sword dao test, they returned dejected because their sword dao talent was weaker than their martial talent.

Chen Lie and the other mission graduates enrolled in the Martial Way Department, where Chen chose Instructor Huang Zongcheng's Class 17. After welcoming the new students, Huang Zongcheng kept Chen behind and questioned him about his cultivation and unusually high True Qi quality.

• Qian Long led the twenty-five mission graduates to the Martial Way Department, where they enrolled and selected instructors; Chen Lie chose Huang Zongcheng.
• Huang Yuxi took Chen Lie, Tao Yunshu, and Shen Yifei to Class 17, showed them the facilities, and added them to the class group.
• Huang Zongcheng welcomed the three new students and announced a lecture for eight the next morning, then asked Chen Lie to stay behind.
• Huang Zongcheng warned Chen Lie that cultivators of the incomplete Origin-Heaven Qi-Gathering Scripture had failed before and asked whether Chen had advanced beyond the origin aperture stage during the blood-qi stage.

Chen Lie met with Huang Zongcheng, who examined his unusual constitution and advised him to comprehend all five elements intents before pursuing the Origin-Heaven Qi-Gathering Scripture’s ultimate realm. At his first Martial Way Department lesson, Huang explained the ten orders of true qi cultivation and urged the students to build a solid Five Elements foundation while they were young.

• Chen Lie told Huang Zongcheng that his powerful physique came from an uncataloged pure yang blood constitution, and Huang advised him to comprehend all five elements intents before cultivating five elements true qi.
• Chen Lie claimed an empty dormitory at Heaven Second Campus and watched news about the founding of the Canglan Star Domain Fourteen-Star Alliance and plans for a joint Interstellar Allied Forces contingent.
• Chen Lie joined Hou Yutan, Qiao Xuanxi, and Nie Cheng in Classroom 17, where Hou discussed the Martial Intent Cave and the costs of martial cultivation.
• Huang Zongcheng taught the class about the three stages of martial cultivation and outlined the ten orders of the true qi stage, from True Qi Generation to the origin force seed.
• Huang Zongcheng advised students to comprehend all five elements intents before cultivating five elements true qi and explained that a strong foundation could help them reach the Grandmaster realm before age thirty.

Huang Zongcheng taught Class 17 about Five Elements and Yin-Yang True Qi, their cultivation requirements, and the True Qi Stage’s Ultimate Realm. After he advised Chen Lie to pursue Five Elements Intent, Chen Lie went to the Wood Martial Way Stele to begin comprehending it.

• Qiao Xuanxi asked Huang Zongcheng about Yin-Yang Two Forms True Qi, and he explained that Five Elements Intent should generally be comprehended before Yin-Yang Intent.
• Huang Zongcheng taught the students about spiritual items, Yin-Yang varieties of True Qi, and the Five Qi Converging at the Origin realm.
• Chen Lie recognized that Huang Zongcheng’s advice about balancing Yin and Yang within each kind of Five Elements True Qi was incomplete, and decided to test his own knowledge in the Sumeru Illusion Realm before attempting that dangerous method.
• After class, Huang Zongcheng asked Chen Lie about his cultivation plans and offered to have Huang Yuxi share her experience reaching Five Qi Converging at the Origin.
• Chen Lie met Hou Yutan, Qiao Xuanxi, and the others at the Martial Way Stele, chose the Wood Martial Way Stele, and entered its Cultivation Room to comprehend Wood Intent.

Chen Lie comprehended the Wood Intent, then learned that his True Qi quality rivaled the Upper Divine Aperture and drew the attention of Huang Zongcheng and Huang Yuxi. As he considered ways to fund his cultivation, a university Illusion Beast hunt and a 500,000-coin subsidy offered new opportunities.

• Chen Lie spent nine hours sensing the Wood Intent and nearly another hour fully comprehending it, then agreed to join Hou Yutan and the others at the Martial Intent Cave the next day.
• Huang Zongcheng showed Huang Yuxi Chen Lie’s profile and persuaded her to tutor him, explaining that Chen Lie’s True Qi quality nearly matched the Upper Divine Aperture.
• Chen Lie decided not to sell his Yuan Stones, then saw a notice announcing a class Illusion Beast hunt in the Sumeru Illusion Realm and recognized it as a chance to earn Galactic Coins.
• Hou Yutan asked Chen Lie whether they should postpone their Martial Intent Cave visit for the hunt, and Chen Lie agreed.
• Zhang Wenwu told Chen Lie that the Blue Star Martial Artist Association would deposit a 500,000 Star-Origin Galactic Coin cultivation subsidy into his account before noon.

Chen Lie attended an orientation led by teaching assistants Yue Qinglan and Li Weiyi, who explained how students entered the Sumeru Illusion Realm and earned credits by hunting illusion beasts. The class reached the realm’s ancient hall, while Chen Lie agreed to consider teaming up with Qiao Xuanxi and others.

• Chen Lie met Tao Yunshu’s friend Chen Jingjing, who compared their mental-power abilities and proposed exchanging cultivation insights.
• Yue Qinglan and Li Weiyi introduced themselves as the class’s teaching assistants and explained the Sumeru Illusion Realm, its illusion beasts, and crystal-core prices.
• Yue Qinglan clarified that illusion beasts grew stronger in the central regions and fled from hunters they sensed were too powerful.
• Chen Lie agreed to team up with Qiao Xuanxi, Hou Yutan, and Nie Cheng if teams were allowed, while Hou Yutan proposed making money by reselling crystal cores.
• Yue Qinglan and Li Weiyi led the class to the Sumeru Illusion Realm District, where Chen Lie recognized its hall as resembling the palace on Blue Star.

Chen Lie joined the 17th Martial Arts Class for a hunt in the Sumeru Illusion Realm and learned about Starry Sky University's martial rankings. After arriving at the Sea Wasteland with his classmates, he questioned how students who could not fly would hunt illusion beasts at sea.

• Yue Qinglan and Li Weiyi led the 17th Martial Arts Class into the Sumeru Illusion Realm Palace, where Pan Yang sought Yue Qinglan's help and Yan Xingru waited for Teaching Assistant Huang.
• Students discussed the Hidden Dragon, Flying Dragon, and True Dragon Rankings, and Chen Lie recognized Pan Yang and Yan Xingru as talented martial artists.
• Chen Lie entered the Sumeru Illusion Realm, found hundreds of urgent messages from Mu Yunyao, and told her he would contact her after finishing his current business.
• Chen Lie joined the class at the Starry Sky University assembly point, accepted Li Weiyi's spatial jump invitation, and arrived with the students at the Sea Wasteland.
• Tao Yunshu told Chen Lie that illusion beasts gathered far out at sea, and Chen Lie asked how students who could not fly could reach them.

Chen Lie joined Class 17’s sea-hunting activity and sought a large crystal core pouch, while learning that Gu Tianji had risen to prominence on the Hidden Dragon Rankings. When Yue Qinglan asked Chen Lie to give the pouch to Pan Yang, Chen Lie offered to yield it only if she owed him a favor.

• Li Weiyi explained that Class 17 would hunt illusion beasts at sea using free miniature airships, and Tao Yunshu warned the freshmen about storms and the cost of losing rented airships.
• Chen Lie requested a pouch that could hold two thousand crystal cores, and a staff member went to find the last available one.
• Yue Qinglan advised Pan Yang not to rush his cultivation because he feared losing his Hidden Dragon Ranking place; Pan Yang said Gu Tianji had defeated him with mental power attacks.
• Yue Qinglan explained that Gu Tianji was a heavily supported genius who might reach the top of the Hidden Dragon Rankings, prompting Chen Lie to reflect on his own progress.
• Yue Qinglan asked Chen Lie to give the large pouch to Pan Yang, but Chen Lie said it would only just be enough for him and offered it if Yue Qinglan would owe him a favor.
• Yue Qinglan questioned Chen Lie’s request, while Chen Lie maintained that the pouch allocation was sensible.

Chen Lie hunted Illusion Beasts in the Fourth Sea Zone and open sea, discovering that they fled because they recognized his strength and warned one another. After helping Yao Chengyuan’s group intercept a rare Rainbow Illusion Beast, Chen Lie offered to capture it alive in exchange for their Crystal Cores, and received 1,187 cores upfront.

• Chen Lie entered the Fourth Sea Zone with his class and began hunting Illusion Beasts, quickly collecting over a hundred Crystal Cores.
• Chen Lie moved to the open sea and killed more Illusion Beasts, but found that they fled whenever they sensed him and learned they could communicate across long distances.
• Chen Lie helped Yao Chengyuan’s group knock back a Rainbow Illusion Beast and accepted one hundred Crystal Cores for his assistance.
• Yao Chengyuan explained that his group was hunting the rare beast on Princess Changning’s orders, but the Rainbow Illusion Beast escaped into the sea.
• Chen Lie offered to capture the Rainbow Illusion Beast alive in exchange for all of Yao Chengyuan’s group’s Crystal Cores, then received 1,187 cores upfront.

Chen Lie captured a Rainbow Illusion Beast alive for Yao Chengyuan, then reclaimed 1,652 Crystal Cores for 760,300 Credits. After Yue Qinglan was astonished by his results, Chen Lie traveled to the Saint Envoy Hall, where Sheng Yingluo confronted him about their agreement.

• Chen Lie used Gui Gold Sheep's Mental Illusion Domain to weaken and capture the Rainbow Illusion Beast alive, completing his deal with Yao Chengyuan.
• Chen Lie counted 1,652 Crystal Cores, answered Mu Yunyao's emergency call, and agreed to meet the Saint Envoy Hall.
• Chen Lie reclaimed the Crystal Cores for 760,300 Credits and gave his reclamation certificate to Yue Qinglan, who was stunned by the amount.
• Chen Lie accepted Mu Yunyao's invitation to travel to Tianming Star and arrived at the Saint Envoy Hall.
• Sheng Yingluo greeted Chen Lie and said she had searched for him for two months and feared he had forgotten their agreement.

Chen Lie guided Sheng Yingluo through a successful breakthrough to the eighth-rank Mental Power Grandmaster realm, then returned to Starry Sky University. There, his classmates learned he had ranked first in the activity with 1,652 Crystal Cores, which he said he had obtained through trading.

• Sheng Yingluo welcomed Chen Lie and asked him to help simulate her breakthrough after Qin Yingyue had reprimanded Mu Yunyao for not finding him.
• Chen Lie guided Sheng Yingluo through her first successful breakthrough attempt, and she discovered that he had cultivated both the Lingguang and Mengzhang Divine Refining Chapters.
• Chen Lie helped Sheng Yingluo complete ten successful breakthrough simulations, declined to give her his contact information, and agreed to add her as a friend in the Sumeru Illusion Realm.
• After returning to Starry Sky University, Chen Lie checked his Star Card balance and considered using his Credits to comprehend the Five Elements Intent.
• The 17th Martial Arts Class learned that Chen Lie had collected 1,652 Crystal Cores, and he told Tao Yunshu, Qiao Xuanxi, and the others that he had obtained most of them through trading.

Chen Lie advanced to the qi-nourishing realm peak by cultivating overnight near a spiritual vein, unknowingly draining the spiritual herbs in Senior Old Shi’s field. Jiu Xi and Senior Old Shi realized the damage might have been caused by the young man who had just left, and Senior Old Shi offered to teach Jiu Xi swordsmanship if she completed a task for him.

• Huang Yuxi chose Chen Lie as her personal student after seeing his class activity score and learning that Instructor Huang had recommended him.
• Chen Lie cultivated with twenty thousand jin of yuan stone, then went to a primeval forest to draw in spiritual energy through the Primordial Limitless Qi Gong.
• After more than a hundred breathing cycles, Chen Lie broke through to the qi-nourishing realm peak, while the spiritual herbs on the nearby estate rapidly withered.
• Chen Lie left the forest at dawn and passed Jiu Xi, who was heading to visit Senior Old Shi.
• Jiu Xi found Senior Old Shi’s medicinal field withered and told him she had seen the same young man leaving whom she had noticed during her previous visit.
• Senior Old Shi suspected Chen Lie had ruined his field and offered to teach Jiu Xi swordsmanship if she completed a task for him.

Chen Lie went to the Martial Intent Cave with the Heavy Rain Star students and quickly comprehended Fire Intent before beginning to study Earth Intent. He left the Earth cave after its eight-hour limit expired, with his progress in Earth Intent still unfinished.

• Jiu Xi accepted Senior Shi’s tasks to obtain Spirit Spring and Spirit Liquid and catch the thief within half a month in exchange for learning the Heavenly Evolution Sword Art.
• Chen Lie joined Hou Yutan, Qiao Xuanxi, and Nie Cheng on an airship trip to the Martial Intent Cave.
• Chen Lie entered Fire Intent Cave No. 169 and successfully comprehended Fire Intent in six hours.
• Chen Lie paid to enter an Earth Intent Cave and focused on comprehending Earth Intent.
• After the cave’s eight-hour limit expired, Chen Lie returned his token, retrieved his Star Card, and left at night.

Chen Lie completed his comprehension of earth intent and tried to enter the Divine Intent Cave, only to learn that it was reserved for Mental Power Department students. Chu Ling'er offered to give him her specially approved chamber pass, leaving Senior Huang to decide whether to accept the transfer.

• Chen Lie spent several days cultivating in the Earth Intent Cave and fully comprehended earth intent, leaving only metal intent among the five elements.
• Chen Lie tried to enter the Divine Intent Cave but learned that non-members of the Mental Power Department could not enter.
• Chen Lie encountered Chu Ling'er, who had reached the peak of the first-order qi-nourishing realm and explained that the cave could temper consciousness spirits and enable Spirit Ascension.
• Chu Ling'er asked Senior Huang to let Chen Lie use her specially approved pass for Divine Intent Cave No. 0.
• Senior Huang warned Chu Ling'er that the rare, instructor-approved opportunity was valuable and asked whether she truly meant to give it away.