Arc 27Blue Star Homecoming and University Return

Chen Lie returned to Blue Star after the contest victory, instructed martial artists, and held a banquet attended by guests from many planets before returning to Starry Sky University. The stretch ended with An Chuo securing cultivation opportunities, negotiating a Divine Source trade with the Jin Kingdom, and continuing his training.

  • Chen Lie recovered the Saint Envoy Hall’s seal and returned to Blue Star, while Yun Youyou identified his route maps as useful to her cultivation and sought his help.
  • Chen Lie defeated Mu Xiyan in a spar, taught young martial artists, and expelled Yan Yueke from his instruction session.
  • Chen Lie reunited with his parents and held a martial artist banquet that drew planetary representatives, Chu Ling’er, and Shen Jiuxi.
  • Chen Lie refused Shen Jiuxi’s request for spirit plant methods after she declined to identify the senior at Heaven Second Campus.
  • Chen Lie guided Ji Yuyan and Southern Star Region martial artists to secure military funding, and Huang Yuxi blocked Yan Cheng’s attack before Chen Lie accepted his punishment.
  • Chen Lie returned to Starry Sky University, resumed tending Elder True Essence’s Spirit Field, and rejected Shen Jiuxi’s attempts to assist him.
  • Chen Lie defeated an isolated split soul in a Crystal Stone test, and An Chuo subsequently gained support for access to the Sacred Spring of God and the Zero Divine Intent Cave.
  • An Chuo negotiated a Divine Source trade with the Jin Kingdom, cultivated Seven Gods True Qi, and tended Elder True Essence’s Spirit Fields.
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Ch. 653Thunder Spirit Mystic Crystal, Heavenly Demon Divine Embryo?

Chen Lie obtained the authorization seal for the 19th Interstellar Allied Forces and a Thunder Spirit Mystic Crystal from Qin Zhenling before leaving Beimang Star with the Blue Star delegation. Meanwhile, Yun Youyou found an unfinished True Qi Circulation Route Map that might help her perfect the Demon Heaven Sect’s heavenly demon divine embryo, and she resolved to meet its creator.

  • Chen Lie pressured Qin Zhenling into handing over the Saint Envoy Hall’s seal and accepting her original debt without additional interest.
  • Qin Zhenling gave Chen Lie a Thunder Spirit Mystic Crystal as interest and had him write her a receipt.
  • Chen Lie returned the seal to Wang Shou, then boarded the Star Boat with the Eastern Star Region delegation as they departed for Blue Star.
  • Yun Youyou asked Qin Zhenkui to review the True Qi Circulation Route Maps collected during the Martial Arts Exchange.
  • Yun Youyou found an unfinished route map whose novel deductions could resolve difficulties in her cultivation and help perfect her heavenly demon divine embryo, so she decided to seek its creator.

Ch. 654An apology letter in the commandery princess's name

Yun Youyou discovered that Chen Lie had created two exceptional True Qi Circulation Route Maps and decided to seek his help, while Qin Zhenkui learned that Qin Bailing had already returned the Saint Envoy Hall’s seal to the Eastern Star Region. After Chen Lie returned to Blue Star, he stabilized his cultivation and joined Zhu Jingxi for a meal, where she asked about his lover and remarked that Red Flame Planet allowed heroes to marry multiple women.

  • Yun Youyou praised a True Qi Circulation Route Map, and Wuxin identified Chen Lie as its creator.
  • Dong Changnan told Qin Zhenkui that Chen Lie had also created the route map submitted in his name, prompting Yun Youyou to seek Chen’s help directly.
  • Qin Zhenkui learned that Qin Bailing had returned the Saint Envoy Hall’s seal to the Eastern Star Region and that its people had already left Beimang Star, so Yun Youyou asked her to send Chen an apology letter.
  • Chen Lie returned to Blue Star with the contest participants and stabilized his Five Qi Converging to Origin Realm cultivation overnight.
  • Zhu Jingxi invited Chen Lie to eat, asked whether he already had a lover, and said Red Flame Planet allowed heroes to marry several women.

Ch. 655Lanjing Martial Leader-Mu Xiyan

After Blue Star secured command of the Interstellar Allied Forces, Chen Lie attended the victory banquet, dismissed an apology from Commandery Princess Chengning, and gave instructions on handling the Dark Moon Organization spy Song Yixuan. At the banquet, Lanjing Martial Leader Mu Xiyan watched Chen Lie take the stage and wondered what made him so extraordinary.

  • Chen Lie attended a meeting with Administrator Ning Guofeng and envoys from the Five Stars of the Eastern Region, who arranged a victory banquet to celebrate the Eastern Star Region's contest victory and command authority.
  • Chen Lie told an official to monitor Song Yixuan, keep the Dark Moon leadership in custody, and allow Song Yixuan to return to Starry Sky University if she behaved well.
  • Wang Shou gave Chen Lie an apology letter from Commandery Princess Chengning, Qin Zhenkui, but Chen Lie refused to reply and said to pretend they had never received it.
  • At the Star Affairs Banquet Hall, Mu Xiyan heard that Zhang Ding of Wood Source Planet had reached tenfold Strength Value and nine rounds of Blood Tempering, and felt pressure to prove herself.
  • Chen Lie and the other nine contest participants took the stage at the victory banquet, and Mu Xiyan recognized Chen Lie as the East River Province genius who had eclipsed two years of Blue Star Martial Leaders.

Ch. 656Senior Chen belonged to Blue Star

After Mu Xiyan challenged Chen Lie and was overwhelmed by his blood qi, he returned to training and accepted a request to guide young martial artists from the Eastern Star Region’s other four stars. Blue Star provided him with cultivation resources, and he arrived at Blue Star University to address the gathered students.

  • Mu Xiyan challenged Chen Lie to spar, but his blood qi suppressed her before she could land an attack, and she conceded.
  • Mu Xiyan praised Chen Lie to the Lanjing Youth Genius Group and warned them that he belonged to all of Blue Star, not just East River Province.
  • Chen Lie practiced Yi Wood Origin Purity Force, then agreed to spend half a day advising young martial artists from the other four stars.
  • Wang Shou arranged for Chen Lie to receive a hundred thousand jin of spirit nourishing flowers, three million Star-Origin Galactic Coins, and a miniature Star Boat for his visit home.
  • Chen Lie collected the spirit nourishing flowers and arrived at Blue Star University's Thirteenth Campus, where he was announced as the speaker on the martial way.

Ch. 657Why wasn't Senior Chen from Lanjing?

Chen Lie lectured the Eastern Region’s young martial artists on cultivation and then gave individual guidance to lottery winners. Mu Xiyan received advice on surpassing a tenfold strength value, while Yan Yueke reluctantly approached Chen Lie, remembering their violent encounter six months earlier.

  • Li Zhuxian introduced Chen Lie, who explained techniques for Bone Refining, Organ Refining, Blood Refining, and increasing strength beyond its limit.
  • Mu Xiyan listened closely and realized Chen Lie’s advice gave her a path to surpass a tenfold strength value.
  • Chen Lie guided lottery winners from the other four planets, then used divine sense to explain the breakthrough method privately to Mu Xiyan.
  • Mu Xiyan returned to her seat and refused Xu Caiying’s request to share Chen Lie’s personal instruction.
  • Yan Yueke emerged as Blue Star’s second lottery winner and approached Chen Lie while wondering whether he could have put their past conflict behind him.

Ch. 658Back to East River Province, a martial artist banquet

Chen Lie publicly expelled Yan Yueke from the instruction gathering, then returned to East River Province and reunited with his parents. At home, his parents urged him to hold a Martial Artist Banquet and invite relatives, friends, and classmates from Starry Sky University.

  • Chen Lie ordered Yan Yueke off the stage, blasted her away with his True Qi, and forced her to leave the plaza in tears.
  • Yan Yueke told her brother what Chen Lie had done, and he promised to find a chance to teach Chen Lie a lesson.
  • Chen Lie flew back to East River Province, declined Xu Tianchuan’s invitation to watch the Three-Province Martial Tournament, and went home.
  • Chen Lie reunited with Feng Yuelan and Chen Gequn and told them about his life at Starry Sky University and his recent achievements.
  • Feng Yuelan and Chen Gequn proposed holding a Martial Artist Banquet for Chen Lie and inviting relatives, friends, and his Starry Sky University classmates.

Ch. 659Before Chen Lie, She Felt Only Inferior

Chen Lie returned home, where his parents prepared a martial artist banquet and relatives and friends gathered to congratulate him. As he reconnected with Wang Hui and spoke with Chen Ying, Lu Qingchan struggled with her feelings of inferiority and finally approached him at the hotel.

  • Chen Lie declined to invite his classmates to his martial artist banquet, and his parents began arranging it while discussing his mentor and the Three-Province Martial Tournament broadcast.
  • Chen Lie reassured his parents that Chen Xingyao was safe and said he would visit her if he got the chance, while privately worrying that she might reveal her secret techniques.
  • Chen Gequn and Feng Yuelan welcomed relatives and friends, including Chen Chaoqun's family and Lu Qidong's family, and Chen Lie told them he had reached the fourth tier.
  • Lu Qingchan barely managed to speak with Chen Lie at home, then listened as Xu Yunyan urged her to act more confidently around him.
  • The families went to the Starlight Hotel to discuss the banquet, and Chen Lie called Wang Hui, who promised to return for it.
  • Chen Ying asked Chen Lie how much stronger he was, and after he tried to reassure her, Lu Qingchan came over and asked what he was doing.

Ch. 660Invitations far and wide, for student Shen Jiuxi's eyes only

Chen Lie agreed to let Blue Star’s officials organize his Martial Artist Banquet and invite guests from across the starfields, while his parents accepted the authorities’ help with the event. On Canglong Star, Shen Jiuxi and Huang Yuxi received Chen Lie’s invitations, leaving Shen Jiuxi to decide to visit Blue Star despite her irritation.

  • Chen Lie accepted Mu Tai’s proposal to invite representatives from other planets and his Outer Star friends to the banquet, provided it took place quickly.
  • Mu Tai, Luo Chengfeng, and Xu Tianchuan visited Chen Lie’s family, arranged security and admission letters for the banquet, and learned it would be held at the Chuandu Grand Banquet Hotel.
  • Luo Chengfeng asked Chen Lie whether he had seen Luo Zhixun at Starry Sky University, and Chen Lie said he had not.
  • Mu Tai returned to Lanjing and instructed staff to invite officials and representatives from the southern, western, and northern star regions to the May 10 banquet.
  • Mu Tai used Chen Lie’s Communication Bracelet to send group invitations to its Outer Star contacts after Blue Star University restored its signal.
  • Shen Jiuxi received Chen Lie’s invitation, decided to travel to Blue Star to see how its Spirit Plants were tended, and ignored the message; Huang Yuxi also received the invitation and found it strange.

Ch. 661Please wait and see, senior

Chen Lie handed out invitations to his Martial Artist Banquet, reunited with Wang Hui, and visited his former instructor Ren Hongguang, where he met Three-Province Martial Champion Zhu Yining. After granting Zhu an invitation and agreeing to her promise to repay his past kindness, Chen Lie’s banquet preparations began with thousands of soldiers securing the hotel.

  • Huang Yuxi hesitated over attending Chen Lie’s banquet, while Chu Ling’er, Hou Yutan, Qiao Xuanxi, and Nie Cheng received invitations and some confirmed they would come.
  • Chen Lie’s parents received two hundred official Admission Letters, and Chen Lie gave a stack to Wang Hui for old friends before the two visited Ren Hongguang at Dongchuan Province Key High School.
  • Ren Hongguang introduced Chen Lie to Zhu Yining, the new Three-Province Martial Champion, and Chen Lie agreed to join her provincial television interview.
  • After the interview, Chen Lie gave Zhu Yining a banquet invitation, and she promised to repay his past support with a martial treasure when she became strong enough.
  • Before dawn on May 10, a Star Boat landed near the Chuandu Grand Banquet Hotel, and thousands of soldiers secured the venue.

Ch. 662Guests from the various stars

Chen Lie’s Martial Artist Banquet drew relatives, Blue Star leaders, and guests from across the star regions, including Princess Zhu Jingxi and several of his Starry Sky University acquaintances. After Assistant Instructor Huang Yuxi discovered that Chen Lie had reached the Five Qi Converging to Origin Realm, the chapter left her sister Huang Yucheng questioning whether the breakthrough was real.

  • Chen Lie’s relatives gathered at his home, where Chang Guirong mocked his martial progress and Chen Ying rebuked her.
  • Zhu Jingxi arrived from Red Flame Planet in a carriage pulled by Red Giant Birds, introduced herself to Chen Lie’s parents, and revealed that she was a princess.
  • Chen Gequn received word that the banquet venue was ready, and Chen Lie and his family traveled to Chuandu Grand Banquet, where Wang Shou and Lei Jinglong welcomed them.
  • Representatives from Jurong Star and Langya Star arrived, followed by guests from Heavy Rain Star, and the gathering grew to include important figures from at least twenty-eight planets.
  • Huang Yuxi and Huang Yucheng arrived from Canglong Star, and Huang Yuxi sensed that Chen Lie had reached the Five Qi Converging to Origin Realm; she advised him to prioritize training before attending the banquet.
  • Chen Lie introduced Huang Yuxi to Lei Jinglong and seated her and Huang Yucheng inside, where Huang Yucheng asked her sister if she could have mistaken Chen Lie’s breakthrough.

Ch. 663Warship, the 6th Legion of the Interstellar Allied Forces

Chen Lie welcomed classmates and guests to Blue Star’s banquet, where a dispute over Chen Ye’s martial arts led to Chang Guirong and her son being escorted out. The gathering then watched an Interstellar Allied Forces battleship arrive, carrying a blue-dressed young woman and a powerful military escort.

  • Huang Yuxi predicted Chen Lie could reach the top twenty of the Hidden Dragon Rankings, while off-world guests discussed his rapid rise and Blue Star’s new influence.
  • Zhu Yining, Ren Hongguang, and Ji Lingxuan arrived at the banquet, and Chen Lie sensed an unfamiliar power within Ji Lingxuan before she caught his probing divine sense.
  • Feng Yuelan greeted Chen Lie’s classmates and assistant instructor Huang Yuxi, while Chang Guirong asked Huang Yuxi to assess Chen Ye’s martial arts.
  • Huang Yuxi advised Chen Ye to disperse his cultivation and rebuild his foundation, but Chang Guirong argued with the Huang sisters and insulted Starry Sky University.
  • Chen Lie asked Wang Shou, Lei Jinglong, and Mu Tai to handle the dispute, and guards escorted Chang Guirong and Chen Ye out.
  • A battleship marked as the Interstellar Allied Forces 6th Legion landed above the banquet, and soldiers, two Ninth-Order Grandmasters, and a young woman in a blue dress disembarked.

Ch. 664Star-Heaven Divine Warship

At Chen Lie’s martial artist banquet, Chu Ling’er presented him with a star route chart and military formation method, and guests learned about his rapid rise through a holographic biography. The celebration was interrupted when a Star-Heaven Divine Warship emerged above the venue, leaving everyone wondering who had brought it to Blue Star.

  • Chu Ling’er arrived from Canglong Star and gave Chen Lie jade slips containing a star route chart and an Interstellar Allied Forces military formation method for Blue Star.
  • Chu Ling’er introduced herself as the granddaughter of Cold Continent’s governor and the daughter of the Sixth Interstellar Allied Forces’ commander.
  • A holographic presentation recounted Chen Lie’s rapid martial arts progress and achievements, shocking the Outer Star guests.
  • Ji Yuyan approached Chen Lie, discussed his consciousness spirit, and asked to exchange contact information.
  • Chen Lie greeted his relatives, friends, and former classmates at the banquet.
  • A Star-Heaven Divine Warship appeared in the sky above the Chuandu Grand Banquet, and Huang Yucheng asked who had brought it.

Ch. 665I want to learn Blue Star's spirit herb cultivation skills

Shen Jiuxi arrived at Chen Lie’s banquet aboard Canglong Star’s warship and accused him of misconduct before revealing that she wanted to learn Blue Star’s spirit herb cultivation skills. The chapter ended with Wang Shou facing her request.

  • Canglong Two descended over the banquet, and Shen Jiuxi arrived with her uncle Shen Lian, a Canglong Army deputy commander, who introduced her as a priority talent of the Shen Family.
  • Shen Jiuxi entered the banquet and sat apart while Chen Lie chose not to engage with her; he later spoke with Zhu Jingxi and Ji Lingxuan, who offered to ask her mother about receiving him on a future visit.
  • Chen Lie saw the guests off as the banquet ended, while Huang Yuxi and Huang Yucheng stayed to return with him later.
  • Shen Jiuxi confronted Wang Shou, accused Chen Lie of offending and extorting her, then asked to learn Blue Star’s spirit herb cultivation skills.

Ch. 666Holding Something Back from Her?

Chen Lie accompanied Wang Shou and Shen Jiuxi to Lanjing, then attended a conference on forming the Four-Sided Star Domain’s 19th Interstellar Allied Forces Legion. After the conference failed to settle the financing plan, Chen Lie learned that Shen Jiuxi had accused Blue Star’s cultivators of withholding knowledge and hurried to see her.

  • Shen Jiuxi asked to study Blue Star’s Spirit Plant cultivation, and Wang Shou agreed to take her to the advanced facilities in Lanjing.
  • Chen Lie told his parents he was returning to Starry Sky University, then traveled with Huang Yuxi and Huang Yucheng to Lanjing.
  • Huang Yucheng explained that Starry Sky University’s June Midterm Assessment would test students under Martial Arts Assistant Instructors.
  • Chen Lie attended the conference on the 19th Interstellar Allied Forces Legion, where representatives discussed troop contributions and financing but failed to agree on funding.
  • Wang Shou called Chen Lie to report that Shen Jiuxi had become angry after Blue Star cultivators explained their methods, so Chen Lie went to meet her.

Ch. 667Langya Star's request

Chen Lie confronted Shen Jiuxi over her demands for Blue Star’s spirit medicine techniques, then agreed to guide Ji Yuyan and help the Southern Star Region’s blood-qi martial artists in exchange for military funding. He asked for all the visiting martial artists to be gathered at Blue Star University.

  • Chen Lie arrived at Blue Star University and challenged Shen Jiuxi after she accused its staff of withholding spirit medicine techniques.
  • Chen Lie offered to teach Shen Jiuxi some of his spirit plant care methods if she revealed the identity of the senior at Heaven Second Campus, but she refused and left Blue Star.
  • Lei Jinglong told Chen Lie that Qi Tai wanted him to look after his granddaughter Ji Yuyan in exchange for Langya Star’s help securing 3.6 million Star-Origin Galactic Coins in military funding, and Chen Lie agreed.
  • Chen Lie met Ruan Liuyun, then greeted Qi Tai and agreed to guide Ji Yuyan, a student in Starry Sky University’s Mental Power Department.
  • Qi Tai said the Southern Star Region’s planets would provide military funding if Chen Lie gave a public lecture on the Blood-Qi Martial Way and instructed at least one martial artist from each planet, and Chen Lie asked for them all to gather.

Ch. 668Did You Ask Me Before Bullying My Assigned Student?

Chen Lie lectured the Southern Star Region’s Blood-Qi geniuses and guided representatives from ten stars. After Yan Cheng attacked him over his sister Yan Yueke, Huang Yuxi protected Chen Lie and demanded that Blue Star’s leaders take responsibility.

  • At Chen Lie’s request, Qi Tai gathered the Southern Star Region’s Blood-Qi martial artists, and Chen Lie taught them cultivation insights before giving individual guidance to ten stars’ representatives.
  • Huang Yucheng and Huang Yuxi listened to Chen Lie’s lecture, and Huang Yuxi praised the depth of his understanding.
  • Yan Cheng confronted Chen Lie over Yan Yueke and attacked him with Thousand-Thread Gang Qi.
  • Huang Yuxi blocked Yan Cheng’s attack, identified herself as Chen Lie’s Martial Arts Assistant Instructor, and challenged Yan Cheng to fight her instead.
  • After Wang Shou and Lei Jinglong arrived, Huang Yuxi demanded that Blue Star punish Yan Cheng and call someone with authority to decide the matter.

Ch. 669Return to Starry Sky University

Chen Lie returned to Starry Sky University after Blue Star punished Yan Cheng for attacking him, then learned that his grudge against Yan Cheng could threaten his future martial progress. Back at the university, Chen Lie tended the Elder True Essence’s Spirit Field, drove Shen Jiuxi away, and ended the chapter as she asked what it would take for him to let her assist him.

  • Wang Shou and Lei Jinglong negotiated Yan Cheng’s punishment with Chen Lie, who accepted his removal as an Administrator candidate, a public reprimand, and three months’ detention.
  • Chen Lie left Blue Star with Huang Yuxi, Huang Yucheng, and Ji Yuyan, and Huang Yuxi warned him to resolve his hatred of Yan Cheng before facing the Mind-Spirit Tribulation.
  • Chen Lie returned to Canglong Starry Sky University, accepted Ji Yuyan’s contact request, and learned that he had overstayed his leave from the Elder True Essence’s Spirit Field.
  • Chen Lie resumed tending the Spirit Field, and the Elder True Essence criticized Shen Jiuxi for neglecting it during Chen Lie’s absence.
  • Chen Lie refused Shen Jiuxi’s help and told her not to return, so she left the courtyard and waited for him outside.
  • Shen Jiuxi asked Chen Lie what it would take to let her assist him, and he sarcastically demanded her family’s Star-Heaven Divine Warship.

Ch. 670First on the Hidden Dragon Rankings-was that something you could even dream of?

Long Bang learned how the Hidden Martial Way rankings and their privileges worked, then used No. 0 Huang Yuxi to accelerate his cultivation and set his sights on first place. After exhausting his Chen Lie, he arranged a large trade with An Ning so he could continue advancing.

  • Shen Jiuxi offered Chen Lie one million Star-Origin Galactic Coins to persuade Chen Lie to help him, but Chen Lie rejected the offer as too small.
  • Long Bang met Huang Yucheng and Shen Jiuxi, who explained the Hidden Martial Way rankings, the advantages of ranking highly, and how an early breakthrough could allow a fighter to climb the rankings.
  • Long Bang revealed that he had reached the late eighth-order Qi Accumulation Realm and decided to compete for first place in the Hidden Martial Way.
  • Long Bang used No. 0 Huang Yuxi to cultivate Metal True Intent, then left to contact An Ning about trading for ordinary, five-element, and lightning-aspect Chen Lie.
  • An Ning agreed to gather Chen Lie and meet Long Bang at their usual spot in the Otherworldly Demon Hunting Ground two days later.

Ch. 671Yuan Stone transaction

Dragon Rankings traded Divine Source for Yuan Stones with Xuanxu, then learned more about the seven divine treasuries and the path to becoming a Lesser Heavenly Human Grandmaster. The chapter left Dragon Rankings having conceded a sparring match to Yan Feiwan after testing his strength.

  • Dragon Rankings met Xuanxu at the Otherworldly Demon Hunting Ground outpost and agreed to exchange seventy thousand jin of Divine Source for Yuan Stones.
  • Xuanxu asked how Dragon Rankings had obtained such pure Divine Source, and Dragon Rankings said it came from a genius in the Shen Family of Canglong Star.
  • Martial Daoda explained the seven divine treasuries, the true qi ultimate realms, and the eight great tribulations to Yan Fei and Chen Liedao.
  • Martial Daoda arranged a sparring match between Dragon Rankings and Yan Feiwan, who assessed that he had potential to reach the Hidden Dragon Rankings.
  • Yan Feiwan struck Dragon Rankings with her fire divine treasury power, and Dragon Rankings conceded after retreating and putting away his saber.

Ch. 672Genius mentor-Bai Qiwei

Ji Dian refined his existing palm-strides while discussing a major purchase of difficult-grade pear tin with Zhen Kunyuan, who said the deal required approval from the country’s leadership. The chapter ended with Ji Dian returning to the refinement grounds.

  • Ji Dian visited the encountered pear-day subordinate’s solitary field and spoke with the elder brother about records and his cultivation.
  • Ji Dian continued refining his existing palm-strides and advanced several of them toward completion.
  • Ji Dian met Zhen Kunyuan and discussed a friend-order offering more than one hundred ancestral units of difficult-grade pear tin.
  • Zhen Kunyuan said he would report the proposal to the important interior’s Long Rivers before giving an answer.
  • Ji Dian left the meeting, visited an ordinary field, and then went to the candle-existing secret-spoon’s refinement grounds.

Ch. 673The Sacred Spring of God, the Realm of Manifestation of Sainthood?

Ji Yu attended Canglong Star’s Mental Power lecture and learned how cultivation progressed toward Manifestation of Sainthood. She asked Bai Qiwei about the Divine Sense Master Spring, hoping to gain access to its resources as her mentor.

  • Wu Daoyan explained why Mental Power students wanted Bai Qiwei as a mentor and described the benefits of the Divine Sense Master Spring.
  • Ji Yu used her Star Card to enter the Star Camphor Stele lecture hall, while Wu Daoyan brought Chen Liedao inside with an Identity Badge.
  • Canglong Star lectured on Consciousness Spirit Ascension and Mental Power cultivation, explaining that Manifestation of Sainthood let a Divine Sense Grandmaster make Mental Power tangible.
  • Ji Yu learned that the Divine Sense Master Spring could strengthen the soul and speed up Mental Power cultivation.
  • Ji Yu approached Bai Qiwei and asked what the Divine Sense Master Spring was like.

Ch. 674The three realms of Manifestation of Sainthood, Bai Qiwei's test

Bai Qiwei explained the stages of Mental Power cultivation and set a test for students hoping to choose her as an instructor. After guiding Chen Lieyan, Martial Dao went to Class One of the Mental Power Department to attempt the test, which ended with him entering a mental maze.

  • Bai Qiwei explained that Mental Power cultivators were weak in the early stages but could become formidable at the eighth order, and Gu Tianji questioned her about the higher realms.
  • Luo Yunshang refused to take students and offered to accept anyone who solved her test, a mental maze contained in a Crystal Stone.
  • Martial Dao guided Chen Lieyan in her Mental Power cultivation before they went to Class One of the Mental Power Department.
  • Assistant instructor Ji Yu handed out Crystal Stones and explained that students had ten minutes to escape the maze and defeat a fragment of Luo Yunshang's soul.
  • Martial Dao scanned his Crystal Stone and began sending his Mental Power into it.

Ch. 675Did He Anticipate Her Anticipation?

Chen Lie recognized that Hua Yunduan’s test let her strengthen the soul power inside each crystal from a distance, so he prepared a Mental Power barrier before breaking the maze. He defeated her split soul and passed the test, leaving Hua Yunduan to face the prospect of taking him as a student.

  • Hua Yunduan set a crystal test for Star Camphor Stele students, though she privately had no intention of taking students and could reinforce the split soul inside each crystal from afar.
  • Gu Tianji and other students broke their maze arrays but failed when Hua Yunduan strengthened their opponents, causing several crystals to shatter.
  • Chen Lie realized he had to block Hua Yunduan’s remote soul power and deliberately delayed breaking the maze while setting up a Mental Power barrier.
  • Chen Lie broke the maze, defeated the isolated split soul, and restored his crystal to transparency.
  • Chen Lie reported that he had completed the test, while Hua Yunduan recognized that he had anticipated her intervention.

Ch. 676The Jin Kingdom's eldest princess

An Chuo passed Canglong Star’s Mental Power test and persuaded her to accept him as a student, though he asked for access to the Sacred Spring of God rather than instruction. After arranging a meeting with the Jin Kingdom’s eldest princess about a Yuan Stone deal, he waited at the Otherworldly Demon Hunting Ground and greeted her when she arrived.

  • An Chuo completed Canglong Star’s Crystal Stone test, astonishing the Star Camphor Stele students and drawing Gu Tianji’s attention.
  • Canglong Star questioned how An Chuo had detected and defeated the hidden soul power, and he explained that a senior had taught him methods for transmitting Mental Power.
  • An Chuo asked to study under Canglong Star to gain her recommendation for the Sacred Spring of God, and she agreed to support his access to it and the Zero Divine Intent Cave.
  • An Chuo received a call from Chen Lie about meeting the Jin Kingdom’s eldest princess, An Ning, to discuss their Yuan Stone deal.
  • The next morning, An Chuo waited at the Otherworldly Demon Hunting Ground and greeted An Ning and her companion when they arrived.

Ch. 677The deal was finalized

An Chuo negotiated a large Divine Source trade between An Ning and the Jin Kingdom, using promises of documentation and his own standing to address the kingdom’s doubts about the absent Shen Family. After the deal was finalized, he returned to cultivation and continued tending Elder True Essence’s Spirit Fields, while his rapid progress toward Heaven-Man Unity drew the elder’s attention.

  • An Chuo assured the Jin Kingdom’s eldest princess that he could represent the Shen Family and that An Ning would issue a document confirming the trade.
  • An Chuo and the Jin Kingdom negotiated quantities of ordinary, special, seven-element, yin-and-yang, and lightning-type Chen Lie in exchange for Divine Source, with An Chuo also requesting an official blank document and lightning-type Chen Lie for himself.
  • The Jin Kingdom accepted the terms, and An Chuo left the Otherworldly Demon Hunting Ground after reaching an agreement with its eldest princess.
  • An Chuo cultivated Seven Gods True Qi with seven-element Chen Lie until he ran out, then switched to ordinary Chen Lie and continued training.
  • An Chuo tended Elder True Essence’s Spirit Fields, declined a reward, and left after Elder True Essence noticed his Heaven-Man Unity state.
Arc 27 of 28
Arc 27 of 28