Recaps

Chen Lie used Chu Ling’er’s Divine Intent Cave access and borrowed Spirit Nourishing Flowers to form his third Star God, Liu Earth Musk Deer, and advance to Third-Rank Divine Sense Master. Afterward, Chu Ling’er asked him to help her complete Spirit Ascension.

• Chu Ling’er gave Chen Lie her Divine Intent Cave spot, and Huang Yucheng arranged for him to enter using her own chamber.
• Chen Lie cultivated in the chamber, then asked Chu Ling’er for Spirit Nourishing Flowers; she borrowed more than six thousand jin from the other students and gave him over seven thousand jin in total.
• Lu Shengya told the Star Camphor Stele students that Chu Ling’er had been lavishing gifts on Chen Lie, and Huang Yucheng lent Chu Ling’er flowers after learning she had given hers all away.
• Chen Lie absorbed the flowers and formed Liu Earth Musk Deer, breaking through to Third-Rank Divine Sense Master.
• Chu Ling’er explained that Instructor Mo had sent the students to complete Spirit Ascension, and she asked Chen Lie to help her after struggling to make progress.

Chen Lie helped Chu Ling'er complete Spirit Ascension, then used her access to the Divine Intent Cave to study the Horn Wood Dragon while continuing to pursue Metal Intent. After Chu Ling'er escorted him into the cave for three days, Huang Yucheng stopped her to ask a question.

• Chen Lie forcibly controlled Chu Ling'er's mental power and completed her Spirit Ascension, then explained that his Consciousness Spirit had mind control as its ability.
• Chu Ling'er learned how to apply to become a Dual-Department Student and secretly decided to keep her early Spirit Ascension from others.
• Chen Lie failed to make much progress comprehending Metal Intent, then bought a Divine Refining Spirit-Purifying Cloud Seed to cultivate his Consciousness Spirit.
• Chu Ling'er arranged for Chen Lie to use her No. 0 Divine Intent Cave, where he studied the Horn Wood Dragon Star God before returning to the Metal Martial Intent Cave.
• After escorting Chen Lie into the cave for three consecutive days, Chu Ling'er was stopped by Huang Yucheng, who said she had something to ask.

Chu Ling'er revealed that she had completed Spirit Ascension, but continued giving Chen Lie access to the Divine Intent Cave, prompting Huang Yucheng to learn more about her influential family and leave her to make her own choices. Meanwhile, Chen Lie formed the Horn Wood Dragon and left the cave to rest, still facing a long path toward mastering the Five Elements Intent.

• Huang Yucheng discovered that Chu Ling'er had completed Spirit Ascension at the middle stage of the first tier and warned her to value her own opportunities.
• Chu Ling'er again gave Chen Lie access to the Divine Intent Cave, so Huang Yucheng asked Lu Shengya about their relationship.
• Lu Shengya told Huang Yucheng about Chu Ling'er's family, and Huang Yucheng decided not to interfere in Chu Ling'er's choices.
• Chen Lie swallowed the Divine Refining Spirit-Purifying Cloud Seed and cultivated the Horn Wood Dragon, strengthening his Consciousness Sea World.
• Chen Lie left the Divine Intent Cave and returned to his dormitory to rest instead of continuing to cultivate Metal Intent.

Chen Lie attended Huang Zongcheng’s lecture on reaching the Five Qi Converging to Origin Realm and learned about the upcoming new-student martial arts competition. He then applied to join the Mental Power Department as a dual-department student, and Huang Yuxi offered to guide his Martial Dao training the next morning.

• Chen Lie declined Chu Ling’er’s invitation to use the Divine Intent Cave and went to class intending to request a dual-department application.
• Chen Jingjing offered to buy Chen Lie’s Credits with Aurora Coins, but he refused, while Hou Yutan and Qiao Xuanxi discussed his progress in Five Elements Intent.
• Huang Zongcheng lectured the class on the True Qi Ultimate Realm and announced the upcoming Galactic Calendar 7366 New Student Martial Arts Grand Competition.
• Chen Lie discussed the competition with Hou Yutan, Nie Cheng, and Qiao Xuanxi, then went to Huang Zongcheng’s office to apply for the Mental Power Department.
• Huang Zongcheng agreed to get Chen Lie an application after hearing that he met the dual-department requirements, and Huang Yuxi offered to guide Chen Lie at the Martial Arts Arena the next morning.

Chen Lie applied to become a dual-department student and began the Mental Power Department assessment at Chu Ling'er's guidance. His mental power aptitude passed the first stage, and the chapter ended with the analyzer identifying his Consciousness Spirit as the Heaven-Devouring Giant God.

• Huang Yuxi said she would help Chen Lie comprehend Martial Dao True Intent and arranged to tutor him, while Huang Zongcheng gave him the dual-department assessment application and urged him to prepare for the university martial arts competition.
• Chen Lie called Chu Ling'er, who left her final day in Divine Intent Cave No. 0 to guide him to the Mental Power Department assessment.
• Chen Lie registered at the General Affairs Hall, verified his identity, and took the first assessment stage, earning a gold level two-and-a-half mental power aptitude result.
• Chen Lie passed the aptitude test and began the Consciousness Spirit test, concealing all but Liu Earth Musk Deer.
• The analyzer identified Chen Lie's Consciousness Spirit as an extraterrestrial Heaven-Grade spirit named Heaven-Devouring Giant God, with the ability to devour all mental power.

Chen Lie passed Starry Sky University's Mental Power Department assessment and learned how he might earn access to the coveted Divine Intent Cave No. 0. After cultivating through the night, he followed Huang Yuxi to her Little Hut, where her sister Huang Yucheng recognized him and treated him with contempt.

• Du Hailin accepted Chen Lie as a Dual-Department Student after the assessment device detected his devouring Consciousness Spirit, which he called the Giant-Beaked Spirit God.
• Chu Ling'er explained that Divine Intent Cave No. 0 had limited access and told Chen Lie he could seek a place by challenging the Heaven Second Campus's Hidden Dragon Rankings.
• Chen Lie used twenty thousand jin of Yuan Stones to cultivate, bringing his total consumption in the First-Order Qi-Nourishing Realm above one hundred thousand jin as his True Qi grew denser.
• Huang Yuxi tested Chen Lie's speed as he followed her to a Little Hut, where Huang Yucheng appeared and recognized him.
• Huang Yucheng questioned whether Chen Lie was Huang Yuxi's assistant instructor candidate and looked down on him, while Huang Yuxi told her to prepare to master a fifth technique.

Chen Lie studied Huang Yuxi’s Yin Five Elements Secret Arts and received the corresponding Yang manuals to help him cultivate and comprehend the five elements. After learning Huang Yuxi’s guidance, he headed to the Sumeru Illusion Realm to keep an appointment with Sheng Yingluo.

• Huang Yuxi gave Chen Lie five Yin Five Elements Secret Arts manuals and explained how mastering them could help him comprehend five elements true intent and pursue the five qi converging to origin realm.
• Chen Lie quickly memorized the Yin manuals while Huang Yucheng practiced Xin Metal Origin Purity Force and criticized him over his deal with Chu Ling'er.
• Huang Yuxi returned with the five Yang Five Elements Secret Arts manuals and taught Chen Lie and Huang Yucheng her experience with Xin Metal Origin Purity Force.
• Chen Lie memorized the Yang manuals, worried that his aptitude would make comprehending the five elements’ true intents take years, and went to the Sumeru Illusion Realm to meet Sheng Yingluo.

Chen Lie guided Sheng Yingluo through simulated breakthroughs and received her warning about secretly cultivating the Order Army’s Mengzhang Divine Refining Chapter. After training and agreeing to help Ning Fan tackle a secret realm, Chen Lie met the Blue Star group and their Red Flame Planet allies at the Space Jump Station.

• Chen Lie met Sheng Yingluo in the Elixir Origin Hall and helped her practice simulated breakthroughs until her success rate nearly reached one hundred percent.
• Sheng Yingluo warned Chen Lie that unauthorized cultivation of the Mengzhang Divine Refining Chapter could bring severe punishment, but Chen Lie said he understood.
• Chen Lie rented a Sumeru Stone, practiced the Xin Metal Origin Purity Force, and reached its introductory stage on the sixth day while Huang Yucheng judged his progress.
• Ning Fan asked Chen Lie to help with a secret realm, and Chen Lie agreed before Zhang Wenwu called to urge him to support his fellow Blue Star natives.
• Chen Lie met Ning Fan and the Blue Star group at the Space Jump Station, where they encountered Zhu Jingxuan, Zhu Jingxi, and the other members of the Red Flame Planet group.

Ning Fan brought Chen Lie to the Dual-Origin Secret Realm, where he hoped to obtain Innate Spirit Jade and break through to the Five Qi Converging at the Origin realm before the four star domains’ martial tournament. The group entered the beast-filled secret realm and began escorting Chen Lie toward its core.

• Ning Fan explained that the four star domains would hold a martial tournament to determine who could nominate the commander of the new Interstellar Allied Forces, and that the other domains had barred blood-qi-stage fighters because they feared Chen Lie’s strength.
• Ning Fan led Chen Lie and his companions through a wormhole to the Dual-Origin Secret Realm and explained that he needed ten pieces of Innate Spirit Jade to reach the ultimate realm.
• Ning Fan introduced Chen Lie to his allies Meng Qian and Zhuo Danqiong, who had come to help him explore the secret realm.
• Ning Fan, Meng Qian, Zhuo Danqiong, Yu Wenqin, Zhao Siqi, Lü Xianchuan, and Tang Yan'er surrounded Chen Lie and charged into the secret realm to escort him toward the core.

Chen Lie entered the Dual-Origin Secret Realm, survived several waves of Star Beasts, and went into the core area to collect Innate Spirit Jade for Ning Fan. After finding Spirit Jade more efficiently near the black zone, he discovered that Canglong Star’s territory surrounded Starry Sky University’s small, overexploited red zone.

• Ning Fan and Meng Qian led the group through four waves of Star Beasts, and Lü Xianchuan was injured by an eagle-type beast before moving to the center of the group.
• Ning Fan gave Chen Lie Acquired Spirit Jade to identify, explained the secret realm’s dangers, and lent him Meng Qian’s Spirit Treasure-grade scimitar.
• Chen Lie entered the core area and searched Star Beast nests, finding four pieces of Innate Spirit Jade after visiting more than twenty nests.
• Two other collectors told Chen Lie that the red zone was overexploited and that Spirit Jade was more common near the black zone.
• Chen Lie reached the black zone and found three pieces of Spirit Jade in five nests, then saw on his Communication Bracelet’s map that Canglong Star’s black zone was more than ten times larger than Starry Sky University’s red zone.

Chen Lie entered Canglong Star’s black zone to collect Innate Spirit Jade and turned to baiting and robbing would-be thieves, amassing a large haul. After Chang Kun led Shao Lin and his companions to confront him, Shao Lin demanded the jade back, and Chen Lie drew his saber to face him.

• Chen Lie collected nine pieces of Innate Spirit Jade from Star Beast lairs, then displayed his jade as bait to lure robbers into attacking him.
• Chang Kun tried to rob Chen Lie, but Chen Lie defeated him and took all fifteen hundred pieces of Innate Spirit Jade Chang Kun carried for Shao Lin’s group.
• Chang Kun reported the loss to Shao Lin, who recognized that Chen Lie likely used a Breath-Concealing Talisman and followed Chang Kun to find him.
• Chen Lie counter-robbed six more attackers, then decided against approaching the public area because he feared encountering stronger martial artists.
• Shao Lin confronted Chen Lie and asked him to return the spirit jade; Chen Lie refused and raised his saber against Shao Lin’s drawn sword.

Chen Lie fought Shao Lin over the Innate Spirit Jade until Shao Lin withdrew, then Shen Jiuxi confronted Chen Lie and challenged him to come with her. Their clash ended with Chen Lie’s borrowed scarlet curved saber breaking in two.

• Shao Lin and Chen Lie exchanged blows, and Shao Lin unleashed his sword aura and Azure Nether Sword Art against Chen Lie’s Blood Dragon Saber Technique.
• Chang Kun and other spectators recognized Chen Lie from the Shen Family’s bounty search, while Shen Jiuxi arrived and identified him as the person she had been seeking.
• Shao Lin stopped fighting after his Breath-Concealing Talisman cracked and left when Chen Lie refused to return any Spirit Jade.
• Shen Jiuxi ambushed Chen Lie with her Geng-Metal Divine Palm, then demanded that he come with her and proposed a one-strike wager.
• Shen Jiuxi attacked with her Heaven-Sundering Draw Sword Technique, and Chen Lie countered with Blood Dragon One-Slash, but his borrowed scarlet curved saber broke in the collision.

Chen Lie escaped Shen Jiuxi after humiliating her with a mental illusion, but she pursued him into the forest and found him with Ruan Liusu and the Wenren sisters. When Ruan Liusu fought Shen Jiuxi with Chen Lie’s mental attacks supporting her, Shen Jiuxi unleashed her Five Elements Divine Palm, and Wenren Qinghe intervened to block it.

• Chen Lie used a mental illusion to make Shen Jiuxi kowtow to him, then stole her sword case and fled as she chased him.
• Chen Lie repeatedly slowed Shen Jiuxi with mental attacks and led her through the Ten-Star Alliance public zone into a forest filled with Star Beast nests.
• Chen Lie encountered Ruan Liusu, Wenren Qingyue, and Wenren Qinghe, and Ruan Liusu identified him as her boyfriend.
• Ruan Liusu attacked Shen Jiuxi with the Four Seasons Reincarnation Sword Art while Chen Lie used mental attacks to hinder Shen Jiuxi.
• Shen Jiuxi unleashed her Five Elements Divine Palm, and Wenren Qinghe stepped forward and blocked its force with a sword strike.

Chen Lie kept Shen Jiuxi’s sword and Sword-Nurturing Casket after Wenren Qinghe stopped her from attacking him, despite warnings about Shen Jiuxi’s potential and powerful family. He reunited with Ruan Liusu, explained his Spirit Jade collection work, and she gave him the jade she had gathered to support his cultivation.

• Wenren Qinghe blocked Shen Jiuxi’s attack and declared that Shen Jiuxi could not touch Chen Lie while she was present.
• Shen Jiuxi agreed to leave but demanded her spirit sword and Sword-Nurturing Casket; Chen Lie refused and set a one-month deadline for her to bring compensation to redeem them.
• Wenren Qinghe warned Chen Lie about Shen Jiuxi’s talent and family, but he said he would keep the items until the time was right to return them.
• Ruan Liusu promised to ask her master to protect Chen Lie if Shen Jiuxi retaliated, and defended helping him as her boyfriend.
• Chen Lie told Ruan Liusu about gathering Innate Spirit Jade for Blue Star and the coming interstellar martial competition.
• Ruan Liusu poured out more than a thousand Spirit Jades for Chen Lie and urged him to keep enough for his own cultivation.

Chen Lie left the Dual-Origin Secret Realm with a hundred or more pieces of Innate Spirit Jade and discovered that Shen Jiuxi’s sword was a lesser heavenly treasure. After returning to Starry Sky University, he visited Sheng Yingluo and learned that Mu Yunyao had received the rewards he had requested for her.

• Ruan Liusu gave Chen Lie spirit jade and invited him to visit, while Wenren Qinghe and Wenren Qingyue decided that Liusu would eventually leave him after seeing how ordinary he was at Starry Sky University.
• Chen Lie examined Shen Jiuxi’s Sword-Nurturing Casket, learned that her ancient sword had a semi-independent spirit, and planned to compensate Meng Qian with the black spirit-treasure saber inside.
• Chen Lie returned with more than a hundred pieces of Innate Spirit Jade and told Ning Fan and Meng Qian that the blood-red saber had been cut in half; Ning Fan offered to have it reforged, so Chen Lie kept the replacement saber.
• Chen Lie returned to Heaven Second Campus and entered the Sumeru Illusion Realm, where Sheng Yingluo confirmed that Mu Yunyao had received a sacred-grade qi gong method, a sacred-grade martial technique, a heaven-grade spirit treasure, and cultivation resources.
• Mu Yunyao thanked Chen Lie for arranging her rewards, and Chen Lie told her they were compensation for the pressure she had endured.

Mu Yunyao secured the Saint Envoy Hall’s order for her brother, Mu Yunze, to succeed their father as commander while Mu Lan handled the army until he qualified. Chen Lie completed the five elements intents and advanced his cultivation, while Huang Yuxi summoned him to the Little Hut for the next morning.

• Mu Yunyao asked Sheng Yingluo to recognize Mu Yunze as the successor to their father’s command and appoint Mu Lan to manage the Seventeenth Army until he met the requirements; Sheng Yingluo agreed to a ten-year deadline.
• Sheng Yingluo learned that Chen Lie had defied heaven and changed fate, then practiced breakthrough simulations with him until her attempts became consistently successful; Chen Lie declined her invitation to visit the Canglan Saint Envoy Hall.
• Chen Lie cultivated Xin Metal Origin Purity Force and practiced in the Metal Martial Intent Cave until he comprehended Metal Intent, completing all five elements intents.
• Huang Yucheng questioned Chen Lie’s slow progress, while Huang Yuxi planned to teach her and Chen Lie martial dao true intent and origin qi the following day.
• Chen Lie brought Xin Metal Origin Purity Force and Geng Metal Origin Purity Force to major accomplishment, cultivated Primordial Limitless Qi Gong with yuan stones, and received Huang Yuxi’s message to come to the Little Hut at eight the next morning.

Chen Lie learned the Gui Water Origin Purity Force from Huang Yuxi and went with Huang Yucheng to the Zero Martial Intent Cave to comprehend Metal True Intent. He entered cave abode No. 34, determined to use the rare training site repeatedly and speed up his progress.

• Chen Lie practiced the Gui Water Origin Purity Force at Little Hut, and Huang Yuxi taught him its cultivation methods after learning he had mastered the Geng Metal and Xin Metal Origin Purity Forces.
• Huang Yuxi explained Martial Dao True Intent, the Five Qi Converging at the Origin Realm, and the Hidden Dragon Rankings, then took Chen Lie and Huang Yucheng to the Zero Martial Intent Cave.
• Huang Yucheng led Chen Lie to the Zero Metal-Intent Cave and explained that using an ordinary Martial Intent Cave before would reduce the Zero Cave’s benefit.
• Chen Lie resolved to use the Zero Martial Intent Cave several times to accelerate his progress, then entered cave abode No. 34 to comprehend Metal True Intent.

Chen Lie advanced his Metal True Intent comprehension in Zero Martial Intent Cave and discovered that Ruan Liusu’s five Divine Apertures were depleted. After sharing a cave with her, he reached one-third comprehension and left uncertain whether her master had deliberately held back her cultivation.

• Chen Lie spent the morning in Zero Martial Intent Cave and raised his Metal True Intent comprehension to about twenty percent before Chang Kun confronted him, then quickly apologized when he recognized him.
• Huang Yucheng warned Chen Lie that Starry Sky University would assess teaching assistants at midterm and urged him not to hold her sister back.
• Ruan Liusu arrived, invited Chen Lie to share Cave No. 2, and introduced herself to Huang Yucheng as Chen Lie’s girlfriend.
• Chen Lie examined Ruan Liusu and found that five of her ten profound apertures were nearly depleted, leaving him to wonder whether her master had deliberately limited her progress.
• After Ruan Liusu finished comprehending Metal Intent, Chen Lie continued alone and raised his own comprehension past thirty percent before leaving with her.

Chen Lie learned about Starry Sky University's Freshman Martial Competition and resolved to pursue first place, despite his instructor warning him not to damage his foundation by rushing his cultivation. After learning that Shen Jiuxi was searching for him, he cultivated with yuan stone and brought his first-order qi-nourishing realm close to a breakthrough.

• Huang Zongcheng announced the competition schedule and prizes, and Chen Lie told Qiao Xuanxi and Hou Yutan he expected to reach the department-wide top ten.
• Huang Zongcheng examined Chen Lie, discovered his exceptionally deep qi-nourishing foundation, and urged him to keep refining it rather than rush for the competition.
• Shen Yifei warned Chen Lie that Shen Jiuxi was searching for him and ranked among the top hundred and fifty on the Hidden Dragon Rankings.
• Chen Lie used twenty thousand jin of yuan stone to cultivate with the Primordial Limitless Qi Gong, bringing his first-order qi-nourishing realm and first level of the technique to the threshold of perfection.

Chen Lie practiced cultivation, dismissed Huang Yucheng’s doubts about his progress, and bought spirit nourishing flowers at Market Street with Hou Yutan, Qiao Xuanxi, and Nie Cheng. Ruan Liusu then invited him to the Withered Myriad Sword Domain, where she suggested he test his sword talent at the Myriad Swords Stele.

• Huang Yucheng confronted Chen Lie about his lack of progress in Metal True Intent, while Huang Yuxi and Huang Zongcheng defended his talent and progress.
• Chen Lie met Hou Yutan at Market Street, joined him to find Qiao Xuanxi and Nie Cheng, and advised them to sell some of their Divine Source to ease their debts.
• Chen Lie bought two thousand jin of spirit nourishing flowers using his Mental Power Department discount, surprising Qiao Xuanxi when he revealed he was a dual-department student.
• Ruan Liusu met Chen Lie at Market Street and introduced herself to his Heavy Rain Star friends as his girlfriend.
• Ruan Liusu invited Chen Lie to the Sword Dao Department’s Withered Myriad Sword Domain, and recommended that he test his sword talent on the Myriad Swords Stele.

Chen Lie entered the Withered Myriad Sword Domain with Ruan Liusu, cultivated his mental power in the Sword Spirit Sword Mound, and fled when Shen Jiuxi attacked him. He found protection through Mu Yunyao, who drove Shen Jiuxi away, and the chapter ended with Chen Lie and Mu Yunyao discussing their studies and her lesser heavenly treasure.

• Ruan Liusu led Chen Lie into the Withered Myriad Sword Domain after the Myriad Swords Stele manifested over 6,500 sword phantoms for him.
• Chen Lie cultivated at the Sword Spirit Sword Mound, refining Horn Wood Dragon and Jing Wood Tapir and raising his mental power to the peak of the early third rank.
• Shen Huo recognized Chen Lie at the mound and secretly reported his location, while Chen Lie learned that a demonic sword made the site dangerous at set times.
• Shen Jiuxi attacked Chen Lie near the Void Sword Mound, but his mental power disrupted her strike and briefly distracted her with an illusion as he fled.
• Chen Lie crashed into a sword platform while escaping, where Mu Yunyao recognized him as her benefactor and stopped Shen Jiuxi from pursuing him.
• Mu Yunyao confronted Shen Jiuxi, who left after being warned, and then told Chen Lie why she had chosen a lesser heavenly treasure.

Chen Lie left the Withered Myriad Sword Domain with Ruan Liusu and used her master's Profound Yin Formation to cultivate Gui Water Origin Purity Force, reaching major accomplishment. After he finished, Wenren Qinghe challenged his right to use the formation, but backed down when Ruan Liusu explained that Yan Zhiyun had given permission.

• Chen Lie apologized to Xi Wanning for damaging her sword platform, then left the Withered Myriad Sword Domain and met Ruan Liusu outside.
• Ruan Liusu brought Chen Lie to her residence at Starry Sky University and let him use the Profound Yin Formation.
• Chen Lie cultivated Gui Water Origin Purity Force in the formation, reaching beginner level after half a day and major accomplishment after more than ten hours.
• Yan Zhiyun explained to Wenren Qinghe and Wenren Qingyue how age affected a True Essence expert's prospects for advancing on the Martial Way.
• Wenren Qinghe confronted Chen Lie for using the formation, but Ruan Liusu said Yan Zhiyun had approved it, prompting Wenren Qinghe to apologize.

Yan Zhiyun learned that Ruan Liusu was dating Chen Lie and revealed that she had hoped to match Liusu with her nephew, Yan Yi, to strengthen the Yan Family. After reviewing Chen Lie’s record, she planned to arrange a contest between him and Yan Yi, while Chen Lie mastered Ren Water Origin Purity Force and prepared to advance his cultivation.

• Yan Zhiyun learned from Wenren Qingyue that Chen Lie was Ruan Liusu’s boyfriend and asked Liusu to confirm their relationship.
• Yan Zhiyun told Wenren Qinghe that Liusu had five divine apertures and that she hoped to support a match between Liusu and Yan Yi for the Yan Family’s sake.
• Wenren Qinghe showed Yan Zhiyun Chen Lie’s records, and Yan Zhiyun decided to invite Chen Lie and Yan Yi to compete so Liusu could compare them.
• Chen Lie returned to Heaven Second Campus, then mastered Ren Water Origin Purity Force the next morning.
• Chen Lie decided he needed to reach the second-order Roaming Qi Realm before the martial competition, since a late-third-order opponent could defeat him.

Chen Lie mastered four Five Elements Origin Purity Forces, then broke through to the Second-Order Roaming Qi Realm and the second level of Primordial Limitless Qi Gong. After his breathing practice drained a nearby medicinal field, a Primordial Essence Domain elder confronted him.

• Huang Yucheng criticized Chen Lie, but Huang Yuxi confirmed he had mastered four Origin Purity Forces and explained that Huang Yucheng had misunderstood him.
• Chen Lie spent several days refining Yuan Stone until he reached the peak of the First-Order Qi-Nourishing Realm, then returned to the forest to absorb spiritual energy.
• Chen Lie broke through to the Early Second-Order Roaming Qi Realm and advanced Primordial Limitless Qi Gong to its second level.
• Chen Lie continued practicing until dawn, draining the spiritual energy and withering the herbs in a nearby medicinal field.
• An old man discovered Chen Lie beneath the tree and confronted him as he prepared to leave.

Chen Lie was forced to restore a spirit field he had drained while practicing, and his carefully prepared spirit liquids began reviving its 153 plants. After the old man arranged for Zhang Wenwu to leave Chen Lie’s records, Chen Lie departed with orders to return at six the next morning.

• The old man confronted Chen Lie over ruining his herb field three times and threatened to destroy his cultivation unless he restored it.
• Chen Lie used knowledge from the Central Galactic Empire to prepare spirit liquids tailored to the field and its 153 plants, which quickly began recovering.
• Chen Lie asked to leave until the next day, but the old man required him to call someone from the Blue Star On-Campus Work Group and leave his records.
• The old man questioned Chen Lie about his breathing method and discovered that he had taken Shen Jiuxi’s Natal Flying Sword, but left their dispute for them to settle.
• Zhang Wenwu arrived, left Chen Lie’s records at the old man’s request, and departed with Chen Lie.
• The old man ordered Chen Lie to return at six the next morning to tend the spirit field, and Chen Lie left with Zhang Wenwu.