Arc 8Grandmaster Seed and Rising Star

Chen Lie rose among Blue Star’s Divine Sense Masters and martial prodigies while helping Chen Xingyao reveal her extraordinary talent. After becoming a Grandmaster Seed and advancing his cultivation, he brought his family to redeem military merit for martial resources.

  • At the Divine Sense Master Association, Chen Lie helped Zhao Jinglan break the Black Prayer Beads’ restriction and earned a Thousand-Year Spirit Medicine, then cultivated with the Spirit Nourishing Flowers.
  • After five Blue Star University students were murdered, Chen Lie became the leading suspect but cleared his name by revealing his protected profile and ninth-place ranking on the Blue Star Apprentice Divine Sense Master Ranking List.
  • Chen Lie awakened Chen Xingyao’s Divine Sense, and she scored 16,280,000 on her certification test, prompting the association to conceal her result and offer her membership.
  • Chen Lie helped Chen Xingyao cultivate, obtained Star Sand with Ji Lingxuan’s Gold Booklet, and qualified as a Grandmaster Seed after revealing his strength.
  • Chen Lie defeated Lu Qingyun on the Duel Platform, and provincial reports announced that he and Song Yixuan had become Grandmaster Seeds.
  • Chen Xingyao joined the Blue Star Divine Sense Master Association, while Chen Lie completed Tough Skin Resilient Flesh and advanced his Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique after consuming Thousand-Year Spirit Medicines.
  • When Chang Guirong demanded that Chen Lie introduce Chen Ye to his martial arts master, the Chen family resisted, and Chen Gequn took Chen Lie to redeem military merit for resources.
  • At the Dongchuan Military Region, Chen Lie chose a blood qi-enhancing Martial Dao Rare Treasure and agreed to vouch for Wei Ranran, who privately doubted his rise without family support.
Chapters 178–202 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 178Exchange of Martial Arts

At the Eight Provinces Genius Gathering, Xie Yaohui described the greater martial arts realms and Qi Gong techniques beyond Blue Star, while Chen Lie learned of a Divine Sense Association event offering a Mental Power Treasure. The afternoon exchange meeting paired Chen Lie with Ji Lingxuan, and he challenged her to demonstrate her own martial arts so he could correct her.

  • Xie Yaohui told the gathered geniuses that Starry Sky University students could reach a Second Blood-Qi Extreme Realm and cultivate powerful attribute-based True Qi through Qi Gong.
  • Shen Miaowei invited Chen Lie to a Divine Sense Masters' event that night, explaining that a Mental Power Treasure would reward whoever solved a difficult problem, and Chen Lie agreed to go.
  • Chen Lie returned to the East River group, where Lu Qingyun mocked him and threatened him after Chen Lie called him an idiot.
  • The gathering announced a booth-based martial arts exchange in which paired students had to identify and correct each other's shortcomings.
  • Chen Lie drew Booth No. 58 and was paired with Ji Lingxuan, whom he told to demonstrate first so he could correct her martial arts.

Ch. 179Ji Lingxuan's Attention

Chen Lie corrected Ji Lingxuan’s Bone Refining method and earned her respect, then rejected Tang Jiu’er’s offer of guidance. After the gathering’s first day, Shen Miaowei accompanied Chen Lie out of the guarded hotel toward the Guannei Province Divine Sense Master Association.

  • Chen Lie identified flaws in Ji Lingxuan’s Bone Refining and taught her a Blood Qi Circulation Method that immediately began to help her.
  • Ji Lingxuan gave Chen Lie a Golden Card Album redeemable for a martial arts resource worth up to a billion Star Dollars.
  • Chen Lie drew Booth 36 for the second exchange, where Tang Jiu’er dismissed him and left after he refused her offer to give him pointers.
  • During dinner, Ji Lingxuan asked Shen Miaowei about Chen Lie and learned that his Divine Sense Master potential was exceptional.
  • Shen Miaowei met Chen Lie after dinner and escorted him out of the hotel with permission from Jiang Xiaodong.
  • After leaving the heavily guarded hotel, Chen Lie asked how they would reach the Guannei Province Divine Sense Master Association, and Ji Lingxuan said her fourth uncle had sent an airship.

Ch. 180Breaking the Mental Power Restriction

Chen Lie and Shen Miaowei attended a Guannei Province Divine Sense Master Association event where cultivators tried to break Mental Power restrictions on Psionic Crystal Cards. Shen Miaowei succeeded, and Chen Lie claimed he had also broken a restriction, leaving the officer doubtful as the card was checked.

  • Chen Lie and Shen Miaowei arrived at the association, where Shen Huajie explained that it had invited Divine Sense Masters and prodigies to break a restriction on an Outer Stars Treasure Artifact.
  • The association officer announced that anyone who broke a restriction on one of ten S-Rank Martial Art Psionic Crystal Cards would earn Spirit Nourishing Flowers and access to the second floor.
  • Zhang Ruoya broke a card's restriction, and a ranked Divine Sense Master from Guannei Province later succeeded as well.
  • Shen Miaowei broke a restriction and revealed that she was from Yunchuan Province and had a Consciousness Sea Score above four hundred thousand.
  • Chen Lie examined a Psionic Crystal Card, handed it to the officer, and said he had already broken its restriction, prompting the officer to suspect he was causing trouble.

Ch. 181Treasure Artifact

Chen Lie and Shen Miaowei joined the gifted divine sense cultivators gathered to examine prayer beads whose restriction had stumped the region’s experts. After the contestants began trying and failing to break it, Chen Lie chose to wait while Cui Jinyang’s attempt also ended in failure.

  • Chen Lie passed the Divine Sense Master Association’s test by quickly breaking a mental power restriction, then went upstairs with Shen Miaowei.
  • Shen Miaowei declined Zhang Ruoya’s invitation to exchange insights, and Shen Feixue told her that the experts had failed to break the restriction on the prayer beads.
  • Chen Lie recognized that the beads were a spiritual object nourished by a powerful Grandmaster, not a true treasure capable of helping someone reach the Grandmaster realm.
  • Sun Zhen introduced his nephew Cui Jinyang to Shen Miaowei, who reluctantly added him on Green Bubble but declined his offer to travel together.
  • Zhao Jinglan greeted Chen Lie as her little brother and defended him when Zhao Jingchen complained that he had injured her brother and humiliated her.
  • Lu Kun invited the gathered prodigies to try breaking the beads’ restriction for a Mental Power Treasure; Chen Lie waited, Shen Miaowei watched, and Cui Jinyang failed at his turn.

Ch. 182Wu Tianchen

Shen Miaowei and other Divine Sense Masters failed to break the restriction on the Black Prayer Beads, while Chen Lie found a possible method. Wu Tianchen arrived and offered his own method for two Mental Power Treasures, leaving the association to decide whether to accept his price.

  • Shen Miaowei tried to break the restriction on the Black Prayer Beads but gave up after exhausting her Mental Power.
  • Chen Lie told Shen Miaowei that the restriction had no visible flaw, then inspected it himself and found a possible method for breaking it.
  • Lu Kun learned that the young Divine Sense Masters had failed, so Sun Zhen arranged for Wu Tianchen, ranked twenty-first on the Blue Star Apprentice Divine Sense Master Ranking, to examine the beads.
  • Wu Tianchen examined the Black Prayer Beads and said that breaking their restriction required a Divine Sense Grandmaster, but that Grandmaster would need his method.
  • Wu Tianchen demanded two Mental Power Treasures of his choice for the method, then left after Lu Kun declined to agree immediately.

Ch. 183Successfully Cracked

Chen Lie broke the Mental Power restraints on the Black Prayer Beads and secured a reward from Lu Kun before returning to the Shanling First Tower. He cultivated with the Spirit Nourishing Flowers overnight, strengthening his Consciousness Sea World and advancing his progress on Well Constellation.

  • Wu Tianchen declined to help break the restraints, while Chen Lie offered to do it in exchange for two Mental Power Treasures and a Thousand-Year Spirit Medicine.
  • Chen Lie transmitted the method to Zhao Jinglan, who used it to break the restraints on the Black Prayer Beads, and Lu Kun agreed to provide the promised reward.
  • Chen Lie left the association with Shen Miaowei and her relatives, and Shen Huajie realized that Chen Lie was an exceptional figure and told Shen Feixue to treat him with respect.
  • Chen Lie returned to the Shanling First Tower, drank the Spirit Nourishing Flowers, and cultivated until Well Constellation's eight stars shone brighter and fifteen subsidiary stars appeared.

Ch. 184Mental Power Talent Test

Chen Lie attended a martial arts lecture at the Eight Provinces Gathering, then learned that Blue Star University would test the group’s mental power talent. As the test was about to begin, he expected his own result to be above average but not exceptional.

  • Chen Lie heard from Luo Zhixun that Li Ruhai would lecture on martial arts and that Blue Star University students would test the group’s mental power talent.
  • Chen Lie left Li Ruhai’s lecture, encountered Wu Tianchen and other Blue Star University students preparing the test, and briefly spoke with Song Yixuan.
  • After Li Ruhai finished his lecture, Dong Qichao announced the mental power talent tests, and Jiang Xiaodong led the East River Province group to lunch before their turn.
  • Cui Jinyang questioned Chen Lie about Shen Miaowei and insulted him, but Chen Lie dismissed him; Xu Yuanhao interrupted them as he passed.
  • Luo Zhixun and Tang Jiu'er joined Chen Lie for lunch and discussed the coming test, while Chen Lie recalled that his past results had been above average.

Ch. 185Sudden Incident

The Eight Provinces' Genius Groups completed their Divine Sense talent tests, where Chen Lie received an orange result despite his reputation, and gathered to spar before returning home. As Chen Lie discussed Ji Lingxuan's strength with Shen Miaowei, a hotel alarm sounded and armed guards evacuated the seventh-floor lobby, leaving the cause of the emergency unknown.

  • Wu Tianchen demonstrated a dazzling gold Divine Sense talent, and the Eight Provinces' Genius Groups began their tests.
  • Cui Jinyang tested as a lowest-level gold talent, Chen Lie tested as orange, and Luo Zhixun and Tang Jiu'er tested as red.
  • Tang Jiu'er doubted Chen Lie's abilities, while Luo Zhixun questioned how he could have deciphered an Outer Stars martial art with only an orange talent.
  • Jiang Xiaodong dismissed the East River Provincial Genius Group to spar with members from other provinces, and Chen Lie joined Luo Zhixun and Tang Jiu'er on the seventh floor.
  • Shen Miaowei told Chen Lie that Ji Lingxuan had nearly defeated Yang Tianlai in a spar, then asked how Chen Lie compared with Ji Lingxuan.
  • A hotel alarm sounded, armed guards surrounded the seventh-floor lobby, and they directed the Genius Group members to evacuate to the first floor.

Ch. 186The Prime Suspect: Chen Lie

Five Blue Star University students, including the elite Divine Sense talent Wu Tianchen, were assassinated at Shanling First Tower, prompting Guannei Province officials to question the Eight Provinces Genius Groups. After Provincial Governor Zheng Meng ordered a search for the killer, Chen Lie emerged as the prime suspect because his sudden rise and sparse records seemed suspicious.

  • Dong Qichao reported that all five Blue Star University students had been killed in a brief attack on the hotel's twelfth floor, and the disabled cameras suggested an inside job.
  • Lu Kun identified Wu Tianchen as a highly ranked Divine Sense genius whose death could bring serious consequences, and officials suspected a Dark Moon Organization agent hidden among the Genius Groups.
  • Zheng Meng ordered the Eight Provinces Genius Group members to be screened and questioned while guards secured the hotel lobby.
  • Zhang Weifeng asked Ji Lingxuan about her unfinished sparring match with Yang Tianlai, and Ji Lingxuan said Wang Dongting could also rival her martial arts.
  • Zheng Meng announced the murders to the gathered groups and said the killer was likely hiding among them.
  • A Martial Artist Association staff member told Zheng Meng that Chen Lie was the leading suspect because he had joined East River Province's group recently, had scant records, and his Blood Qi Value had risen at an extraordinary rate.

Ch. 187Genius Protection Level: SSS

Chen Lie was questioned by Guannei Provincial Governor Zheng Meng as a suspect in the assassination of five Blue Star University students. After Chen Lie provided a passkey to his protected profile, Zheng Meng and Lu Kun discovered that Chen Lie had SSS-level protection and ranked ninth among Blue Star’s apprentice Divine Sense Masters.

  • Zheng Meng identified Chen Lie as the leading suspect because he had left the hotel and met the five murdered students before the attack.
  • Chen Lie passed screening and told Luo Zhixun and Tang Jiu'er that Wu Tianchen, ranked twenty-first among Blue Star apprentice Divine Sense Masters, was probably the target.
  • Tang Jiu'er admitted she had not mentioned Chen Lie during screening, and Luo Zhixun worried their accounts would appear inconsistent.
  • Zheng Meng questioned Chen Lie, confirmed through Lu Kun that Chen Lie had visited the Divine Sense Master Association, and ordered him detained for half a month.
  • Chen Lie challenged Zheng Meng to check his protected profile, and the bureau’s website revealed his SSS Genius Protection Level and ninth-place ranking on the Blue Star Apprentice Divine Sense Master Ranking List.

Ch. 188Returned

After Chen Lie’s Blue Star ranking was revealed, the Guannei officials cleared him of suspicion and promised his reward, while continuing to investigate the assassination. With no leads found, they released the eight provinces’ Genius Groups and began arranging their return.

  • Zheng Meng and Lu Kun learned that Chen Lie ranked ninth among Blue Star’s Divine Sense geniuses, cleared him of suspicion, and confirmed that he could leave with his Thousand-Year Spirit Medicine.
  • Zheng Meng ordered the staff who had learned Chen Lie’s potential to remain confined until headquarters arrived, while Dong Qichao reported that his suspects had alibis and found a discrepancy in the statements about Chen Lie.
  • Chen Lie returned to the East River Provincial Genius Group, where Luo Zhixun told him that Song Yixuan had also been questioned; Song later returned and said she had proved her innocence.
  • The organizers kept the screened Genius Group members at the hotel overnight, then searched their Dormitories the next morning and found no leads.
  • Zheng Meng and Dong Qichao agreed to release the groups and leave the investigation to specialists, and Du Jinlong gathered the Three Rivers members to board a Super Airship home.

Ch. 189Grandmaster Seed Assessment

Chen Lie returned to East River Province with two valuable spirit medicines from Lu Kun and heard that Ji Lingxuan wanted another Martial Dao exchange with him. At the East River training ground, Gu Tian announced a Grandmaster Seed Assessment in three days, leaving the group to prepare for a chance at greater resources.

  • Shen Miaowei checked on Chen Lie, and Tang Jiu'er teased him about their relationship before he boarded the airship back to Yunchuan with the East River group.
  • Du Jinlong gave Chen Lie two Thousand-Year Spirit Medicines from Lu Kun, and Chen Lie planned to use his Gold Booklet to obtain resources for cultivating Tough Skin Resilient Flesh.
  • Du Jinlong and Zhang Weifeng argued over the provinces' martial arts strength, while the group leaders discussed Ji Lingxuan and East River's Wang Dongting.
  • Ji Lingxuan asked Chen Lie for another Martial Dao exchange, but he declined and boarded the airship back to East River Province.
  • Gu Tian warned the returning group about the Dark Moon Organization and announced that members could qualify as Grandmaster Seeds in three days by meeting the Blood Qi and strength requirements.

Ch. 190A Sea of Consciousness with Five Hundred Fixed Stars

After Song Yixuan dropped Chen Lie off, she revealed to her uncle that she had helped assassinate a Blue Star genius for the Dark Moon Organization. Chen Lie consumed his Spirit Nourishing Flowers to expand his Consciousness Sea to 588 stars and form a rudimentary Vermilion Bird, then planned to help Chen Xingyao open her divine aperture; the chapter ended as his mother asked about Ji Lingxuan.

  • Song Yixuan offered Chen Lie a ride home, and on the airship she and her uncle discussed her role in the assassination of a Blue Star genius and the organization’s efforts to conceal it.
  • Chen Lie used more than a thousand pounds of Spirit Nourishing Flowers to cultivate the Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter, forming a 588-star Consciousness Sea and a rudimentary Vermilion Bird.
  • Chen Lie told Chen Xingyao he would help her open her divine aperture and form her first star that night.
  • Chen Lie joined his mother, Feng Yueren, for dinner, and she asked whether he had seen the young prodigy Ji Lingxuan at the Eight Provinces Genius Gathering.

Ch. 191Divine Sense Master Examination

Chen Lie awakened Chen Xingyao’s Divine Sense and guided her through forming the first star of the Well Constellation, then took her to the Yunchuan Province Divine Sense Master Association for certification. The chapter ended as Chairman Wei Changshan began her Apprentice Divine Sense Master examination.

  • Chen Lie awakened Chen Xingyao’s Divine Sense and used Spirit Nourishing Flower to help her form the first star of the Well Constellation.
  • Chen Lie warned Chen Xingyao to keep her exceptional Consciousness Sea potential secret, then took her to Yunchuan for certification.
  • Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao traveled by airship to the Yunchuan Province Divine Sense Master Association.
  • Wei Changshan was astonished that fifteen-year-old Chen Xingyao was already an Apprentice Divine Sense Master and brought them to the third floor for her examination.
  • Wei Changshan explained the examination and began Chen Xingyao’s Mental Power purity test.

Ch. 192Blue Star's Second Place

Chen Xingyao completed the Apprentice Divine Sense Master assessment and revealed extraordinary Mental Power and Consciousness Sea talent, ranking second on Blue Star and ninety-second in the Canglan Star Domain. Chen Lie exchanged her reward for a more suitable Mental Power Treasure as the association prepared to take an interest in her.

  • Chen Xingyao shattered her first Psionic Crystal Card, then carefully filled a second one until it turned golden.
  • The hundred diluted cards all remained golden, astonishing Wei Changshan with Chen Xingyao's exceptional Mental Power purity.
  • Chen Xingyao reached the full one hundred meters in the Mental Power strength test.
  • Chen Xingyao constructed a Star Constellation Consciousness Sea and scored 16,280,000 points, placing second on Blue Star and ninety-second in the Canglan Star Domain.
  • Chen Lie exchanged the Star Soul Tempering Vine reward for a different Mental Power Treasure, and Wei Changshan warned Chen Xingyao to stay safe before the headquarters contacted her.

Ch. 193Two Prodigies in One Family

After Chen Xingyao’s extraordinary Consciousness Sea assessment, the Blue Star Divine Sense Master Association concealed her score and invited her to join, while Chen Lie explained her potential and took her to buy cultivation resources. The siblings reached a Trading Market shop, where they met Feng Shuangshuang, who revealed the high value of Genius Training Camp points and addressed Chen Lie as her cousin.

  • Wei Changshan told Chen Lie that the association would conceal top talents’ scores and issue certificates listing 300,000 points.
  • Lin Muzhi confirmed Chen Xingyao’s score of 16,280,000 and her Consciousness Sea World of one Fixed Star and one Star Constellation, then ordered Wei Changshan to protect her identity and invited her to join the association.
  • Chen Xingyao received her certificate with a concealed score of 300,000, and Wei Changshan warned the siblings that her talent could make her a target.
  • Chen Lie explained that Chen Xingyao’s cultivation method came from a state-level secret art, then took her to the Genius Training Camp Trading Market to buy resources.
  • Chen Lie listed ten Martial Dao Rare Treasures at a three-star shop, and the staff member said the shop had five of them.
  • Feng Shuangshuang met Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao at the shop, explained that 20,000 monthly points equaled 60 million Star Dollars, and called Chen Lie her cousin.

Ch. 194Nine Times the Strength Value

Chen Lie helped Feng Shuangshuang obtain spirit medicine and brought Chen Xingyao to the Dongchuan Martial Arts Hall to begin training the Green Phoenix Body Refining Method. After raising his Blood Qi Value to 841.74 cards and Strength Value to 7,611.33 jun, he went to exchange Ji Lingying’s Gold Booklet for a resource, but the Martial Artist Association manager questioned why it bore Ji Lingying’s name.

  • Chen Lie bought Feng Shuangshuang a spirit medicine that increased Blood Qi purity and another that increased Blood Qi strength, then collected two eight-hundred-year spirit medicines from the Martial Artist Association.
  • Chen Lie took Chen Xingyao to the Dongchuan Martial Arts Hall, where she ate the martial arts treasures and successfully learned the Green Phoenix Body Refining Method in a medicinal bath.
  • Chen Lie absorbed the two eight-hundred-year spirit medicines and measured his Blood Qi Value at 841.74 cards and his Strength Value at 7,611.33 jun, realizing he needed to temper his body before pursuing Myriad Jun Great Strength.
  • Chen Xingyao reported a Blood Qi Value of 88 cards and a Strength Value of 450 jun, and Chen Lie told her to conceal her unusually high strength.
  • Chen Lie brought Ji Lingxuan’s Gold Booklet to the Martial Artist Association to exchange for a martial arts resource, and Wang Wei recognized it as belonging to Ji Lingying and asked where Chen Lie had obtained it.

Ch. 195Grandmaster Seed Members

Chen Lie exchanged Ji Lingxuan’s Gold Booklet for a request for Star Sand, then qualified as a Grandmaster Seed after revealing his Blood Qi and Strength values. He went to receive guidance from Xu Tianchuan, while Xu Yunyan wrongly told Lu Qingchan that Chen Lie was a low-ranked member.

  • Gao Wenmao verified that Ji Lingxuan had gifted Chen Lie the Gold Booklet, and Chen Lie requested Star Sand as his resource.
  • Chen Lie met Lu Qingchan at the Genius Training Camp, where she explained that Xu Yunyan had brought her to watch the Grandmaster Seed Assessment.
  • Gu Tian explained the Grandmaster Seed requirements, and Chen Lie’s test results showed a Blood Qi Value of 1,815.85 cal and a Strength Value of 7,613.33 jun, meeting the standard.
  • Chen Lie told Gu Tian he had previously hidden his strength and said Grandmaster Seed members received more resources; Song Yixuan then asked to be considered for the status based on her strength and S-Rank Martial Art.
  • Gu Tian took Chen Lie to receive guidance from Xu Tianchuan, while Xu Yunyan told Lu Qingchan that Chen Lie could not compare to the five existing Grandmaster Seeds.

Ch. 196A Grandmaster's Guidance

Chen Lie was recognized as a Grandmaster Seed after revealing a Blood Qi Value of 1,800 cards and receiving praise from Xu Tianchuan for his martial arts. Xu Yunyan also asked Xu Tianchuan to help Lu Qingchan qualify for an exchange trip to Jingji Province, while Chen Lie’s new status and privileges awaited confirmation.

  • Jiang Xiaodong reported that Ji Lingxuan considered Wang Dongting a formidable opponent, and Wang revealed that he had reached the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm.
  • Xu Yunyan asked Xu Tianchuan to help Lu Qingchan qualify for the Jingji Province exchange, and Xu Tianchuan agreed to assist despite the spots already being finalized.
  • Xu Yuanhao said he was nearing the Ultimate Realm, while Lu Qingchan asked about Chen Lie’s progress in the Genius Group.
  • Gu Tian brought Chen Lie to Xu Tianchuan, who confirmed Chen’s Blood Qi Value was 1,800 cards and advised him before praising his martial arts.
  • Chen Lie learned his Grandmaster Seed status would soon be confirmed, bringing 100,000 points and related privileges, and Luo Zhixun asked about the medicinal herbs he had already used.

Ch. 197Men Marry Down, Women Marry Up

Chen Lie defeated Lu Qingyun on the Duel Platform after Lu Qingyun challenged him to stay away from Zhixun. Afterward, Xu Yunyan encouraged Lu Qingchan to keep training and suggested that she and Chen Lie were suited to each other.

  • Gu Tian announced the Genius Group's monthly competition and its rewards, urging members to prepare for the Three Rivers Martial Tournament.
  • Lu Qingyun confronted Chen Lie over Zhixun and challenged him to fight on the Duel Platform, where members gathered to watch.
  • Chen Lie endured Lu Qingyun's attacks and countered his Thousand Leaf Shadow Hand with the Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique, startling the spectators.
  • After exchanging more than a thousand moves, Chen Lie exploited an opening, injured Lu Qingyun, and kicked him off the platform.
  • Xu Yuanhao and the others reacted to Chen Lie's victory, while Lu Qingchan felt troubled by the growing gap between them.
  • Xu Yunyan told Lu Qingchan that she and Chen Lie were a good match and encouraged her to keep improving; Lu Qingchan felt embarrassed but cheered up.

Ch. 198I'll Listen to You

Chen Lie applied for more martial arts resources and learned that his parents planned to exchange his father's Military Merit to support his training. After returning home, he heard that a representative of the Blue Star Divine Sense Master Association had invited Chen Xingyao to join, and he decided they would wait for the representative before choosing.

  • Chen Lie told Luo Zhixun he had not yet completed Skin Refining or Muscle Refining, then used all three resource searches available to him to request broad searches for eight-hundred-year-old spirit herbs.
  • Chen Lie received provincial media reports announcing that he and Song Yixuan had become Grandmaster Seeds, then went to the Military Affairs Office to sign his father's Military Merit Exchange Application.
  • Wang Mei and Zhou Yunshu learned from a news article that Chen Lie had joined the Provincial Youth Genius Group as a Grandmaster Seed, and Zhou Yunshu asked Feng Yuelan for his Green Bubble contact.
  • Chen Xingyao told Chen Lie that a representative from the Blue Star Divine Sense Master Association had invited her to join and was coming to visit their parents.
  • Chen Lie told Chen Xingyao they would wait until the representative arrived before deciding whether she should join.

Ch. 199Star Sand

Chen Xingyao accepted the Blue Star Divine Sense Master Association’s invitation after Chen Lie advised her, though she asked to delay leaving for Shangjing until her brother went to military training. Chen Lie later collected the rare Star Sand and began using it to complete the flesh-tempering stage of his cultivation.

  • Feng Yuelan learned that Chen Lie had been named a Grandmaster Seed and told him Zhou Yunshu wanted to add him on Green Bubble.
  • Guo Juncai visited the Chen family and offered Chen Xingyao resources, a Divine Sense Grandmaster mentor, and a path to Starry Sky University if she joined the Blue Star Divine Sense Master Association.
  • Chen Xingyao agreed to join after Chen Lie encouraged her, then asked to travel to Shangjing when Chen Lie left for military training; Guo Juncai agreed to relay the request.
  • Guo Juncai asked who had taught Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao to train their mental power, and Chen Lie said their teacher came from beyond the stars and was called a Star Seeker.
  • Chen Lie accepted Zhou Yunshu’s Green Bubble friend request and chatted with her about her Blood Qi Value and his rapid progress.
  • The Martial Artist Association told Chen Lie his redeemed Star Sand had arrived, and he took it to the Genius Group’s training ground to begin flesh-tempering in a medicinal bath.

Ch. 200Blood-Qi Extreme Realm, Tenfold Strength Value

Chen Lie completed Tough Skin Resilient Flesh and used two Thousand-Year Spirit Medicines to reach the first Ultimate Realm of the Blood-Qi Stage, where his strength exceeded ten thousand jun. After discussing the breakthrough with Luo Zhixun, he went home with her and Chen Xingyao, and Luo Zhixun accepted an invitation to enter his house.

  • Chen Lie used Star Sand to complete Tough Skin Resilient Flesh and confirmed that his skin could quickly recover from a knife scrape.
  • Chen Lie consumed two Thousand-Year Spirit Medicines and reached Marrow Refining Like Mercury, Blood-Qi Like Slurry, advancing his Flood Dragon Rebirth Technique to minor completion.
  • Chen Lie measured a Blood Qi Value of 1007.68 Ka and strength of 10381.88 jun, destroying the Strength Detector with his punch.
  • Chen Lie told Jiang Xiaodong about the broken detector, then met Luo Zhixun, who said she had completed Skin Refining and Muscle Refining and reached 2400 Ka.
  • Chen Lie explained the life-level advancement of the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm to Luo Zhixun, and she proposed that they exchange insights after her breakthrough.
  • Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao rode home with Luo Zhixun, and Chen Xingyao invited Luo Zhixun inside, where she agreed to stay.

Ch. 201Exchanging Resources

Luo Zhixun visited the Chen family and revealed that Chen Lie had become a Grandmaster Seed, while his aunt Chang Guirong pressed the family to arrange expert guidance for Chen Ye. The next morning, Chen Lie and his family traveled to the Dongchuan Military Region to exchange Chen Gequn’s Military Merit for martial arts resources.

  • Luo Zhixun offered to help Chang Guirong find treatment for Chen Ye’s unstable blood qi, but Chang Guirong instead demanded that Chen Lie introduce Chen Ye to his martial arts master.
  • Luo Zhixun explained that Chen Lie’s Blood Qi Value was around 2,000 ka and that he had been named a Grandmaster Seed, surprising the Chen family and Chang Guirong.
  • Chang Guirong manipulated Feng Yuelan into seeming to agree to help Chen Ye, then left with him before the family could respond.
  • Feng Yuelan explained that Chang Guirong believed an expert’s guidance had transformed Chen Lie, while Chen Gequn told Chen Lie he would spend his Military Merit on resources for him.
  • Chang Guirong and Chen Ye discussed trying again to persuade the Chen family, and Chen Ye grew envious after seeing news of Chen Lie’s Grandmaster Seed status.
  • Chen Lie and his family boarded an airship for the Dongchuan Military Region to exchange Military Merit for Martial Dao Rare Treasures.

Ch. 202Wei Ranran

Chen Lie redeemed his father Chen Gequn’s military merit for a blood qi-enhancing treasure and agreed to vouch for Wei Ranran’s admission to the East River Provincial Genius Group. Wei Ranran arrived to meet Chen Lie, skeptical of the claim that he had advanced without family support.

  • Chen Gequn brought Chen Lie to the Dongchuan Military Region to redeem a first-class military merit and choose a resource.
  • Wei Hongye recognized Chen Gequn, praised Chen Lie’s talent, and explained that Wei Ranran needed three current group members to vouch for her eligibility.
  • Chen Lie agreed to vouch for Wei Ranran and selected a blood qi-enhancing Martial Dao Rare Treasure, which Wei Hongye arranged to have delivered before they left.
  • Wei Hongye learned that Chen Lie had earned over a million Martial Artist Association Points at the Genius Training Camp and marveled at his achievements.
  • Wei Ranran arrived, introduced herself to Chen Lie as a classmate, and privately doubted that he had reached his level without family support.
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