Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• After his mother leaves, Chen Lie eats all the Exotic Beast Meat and channels its violent energy through the third form of the Basic Body Tempering Technique. Ten repetitions over two hours leave his blood and qi several times stronger; he estimates his Blood Qi Value has at least doubled.
• He then practices the Star Constellation Visualization Method. His strong Mental Power lets him go without sleep, but without a Spirit Nourishing Flower his cultivation is slow, and he fails to light a star in the Gui Constellation.
• At school, Chen Lie tells instructor Ren Hongguang that his Blood Qi Value has passed 3 and requests promotion to the Elite Class. Ren verifies his strength by checking his pulse and cautions that final-year applicants face additional tests of strength and aptitude.
• Chen Lie insists he is ready. Ren approves his recommendation form and directs him to attend the assessment at noon.
• At the assessment center, Chen Lie learns that Elite Students receive substantial monthly subsidies and preferential martial-arts resources. While other applicants wait with their parents, he waits alone and lets the parents finish at the counter before approaching.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Lie shows discipline and confidence: he pushes his body through demanding training, recognizes the limits of his progress without the flower, and pursues Elite status despite the stricter final-year assessment. He keeps his true history and strength private.
• Ren Hongguang is initially surprised but accepts Chen Lie’s demonstrated strength. He advises caution rather than dismissing the request, then supports him by approving the form.
• Other students’ families provide anxious, encouraging contrast: parents reassure their children about meeting the Blood Qi requirement and passing the assessment. Chen Lie remains detached from the surrounding conversations.

Significant themes

• Self-improvement through disciplined training: Chen Lie converts powerful but dangerous energy into physical gains through technique.
• Hidden strength and earned recognition: He has concealed his progress and now seeks formal advancement.
• Competition and opportunity: Elite status offers meaningful resources and can shape students’ futures.
• Different forms of support: Many students arrive with family encouragement, while Chen Lie handles the process independently.

Key events

• Chen Lie ignores a staff member’s advice to delay the Elite Class assessment until his Blood Qi Value is closer to 5 Ka. He submits the required form and proceeds.
• His tests show a Blood Qi Value of 6.73 Ka and strength of 20.33 jun (304.95 kg). The strength examiner notes that he has maintained a strong blood-qi-to-strength ratio and apparently avoided overusing questionable supplements.
• In the final comprehension test, fourteen students watch a demonstration of an incomplete move from the C-grade Cloud Body Fist. They have one hour to reconstruct its missing parts and then perform it.
• Wu Yunyang freezes under pressure and fails. Zhou Yingying performs adequately, earns a passing score of 83, and celebrates.
• Chen Lie performs the move exceptionally quickly and accurately. His score is 150—70 for blood qi, 30 for strength, and 50 for comprehension—and he passes the Elite Student assessment.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Lie shows confidence and determination by attempting the assessment despite the warning. His high physical results and precise martial-arts analysis reveal how far his abilities have advanced.
• The staff member tries to protect Chen Lie from the risk of failure, but ultimately allows him to proceed.
• The attendants and examiners measure Chen Lie’s strength and comprehension, praise his performance, and certify his success.
• Wu Yunyang is overwhelmed by the examiner’s pressure, demonstrating how anxiety can undermine preparation.
• Zhou Yingying remains composed enough to perform well and reacts with joy when she passes.

Significant themes

• Preparation and self-belief: Chen Lie trusts his readiness despite discouraging advice.
• Composure under pressure: Wu’s failure contrasts with Zhou’s and Chen Lie’s steadier performances.
• Well-rounded ability: Elite status depends on blood qi, strength, and comprehension—not physical power alone.
• Training choices and future growth: The strength examiner suggests that avoiding dubious supplements has preserved Chen Lie’s capacity to benefit from them later.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Lie earns a perfect score on the Elite Student assessment, passing with a Blood Qi Value above six Ka. Only five of the fourteen candidates pass, and Chen is the sole senior among them.
• He collects his Elite Student ID and registers at the Elite Campus. Despite earning the right to choose an instructor, he declines to pick a specialty and accepts a random placement: Elite Class 5, taught by Hong Chengshuo.
• Chen reports his success to his ordinary-class instructor, Ren Hongguang. Ren is astonished and proud, especially when Chen reveals that he has not yet taken any medicinal baths. He urges Chen to keep improving and reach a Blood Qi Value above ten.
• On campus, Chen encounters Lu Qingchan, a family acquaintance. He exchanges only brief greetings and walks on, leaving her surprised by how distant he has become.

Character developments

• Chen remains calm and understated after his achievement, treating the assessment as expected rather than a cause for celebration. His detached attitude toward Lu also contrasts with his former eagerness to impress her.
• Lu notices Chen’s changed manner and is unsettled by the distance between them.
• Ren shows genuine pride and care for Chen, while Chen privately recognizes how much Ren supported him in his previous life. He understands that their teacher-student relationship is nearing its end.

Character interactions

• Lu’s friend teases her about Chen’s lack of interest, then asks Lu to coach her younger sister, Li Xianyu, in Cloud Smoke Steps. Lu agrees to help two days later.
• Ren wants to celebrate Chen’s success with their classmates. Chen initially declines but agrees when Ren explains it may encourage them.
• Ren encourages Chen to make the most of Elite Class, unaware that Chen’s cultivation no longer follows the school’s usual progression.

Significant themes

• Achievement without complacency: Chen’s exceptional result brings little visible excitement; he is focused on what comes next.
• Changed relationships and personal growth: Chen’s coolness toward Lu reflects a shift in his priorities and in how others perceive him.
• Mentorship and gratitude: Ren’s past support remains meaningful to Chen, even as he moves into a new stage of training.
• Talent and opportunity: The Elite Campus separates elite and ordinary students, while Chen’s success earns him access to resources and a new path forward.

Key plot points and events

• Ren Hongguang announces that Chen Lie passed the Elite Student assessment, surprising his former classmates, who had assumed his Blood Qi Value was low. He reveals that Chen Lie’s value exceeds six.
• Ren uses Chen Lie’s success to urge the class to work hard. Chen offers his former classmates a brief message: stay resolute and keep pressing forward.
• A female classmate asks to add Chen on Green Bubble so she can learn how he raised his Blood Qi Value. He agrees, though he cannot recall her name.
• At home, Chen Xingyao worries that Chen Lie may be giving up martial arts and warns him that careless supplements could harm his foundation. He assures her that he knows what he is doing, but she feels dismissed.
• Chen Lie continues practicing the Lingguang Divine Refining Chapter, though his Mental Power improves only slightly without resources.
• The next morning, Chen reports to Elite Class 5. Instructor Hong Chengshuo confirms Chen’s strong Blood Qi and comprehension, explains the class’s benefits and rules, and tells him about monthly training resources and occasional competitions.
• Chen meets Wang Chen, who explains the Elite Student Top 100 Ranking and the substantial monthly resources awarded to its members.
• Hong begins a lesson on the martial path, emphasizing that the Blood-Qi Stage is the foundation of martial arts and that weak foundations limit future achievement.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Lie moves from being underestimated in his ordinary class to being recognized as an Elite Student. He remains reserved, focused on his own training, and unconcerned with status or ceremony.
• Ren Hongguang publicly praises Chen and uses his achievement to motivate the class, though he also delivers a long, forceful lecture about the consequences of failing to advance.
• Chen Xingyao shows genuine concern for her brother’s future and health, but Chen’s curt reassurances leave her frustrated.
• Hong Chengshuo treats Chen as a capable new student and explains that Elite Students have considerable freedom to follow their own training methods.
• Wang Chen, another recent Elite Student, welcomes Chen and gives him an informal introduction to the school’s hierarchy.

Significant themes

• Strength and social status: Chen’s classmates’ attitudes shift immediately once they learn his Blood Qi Value, reflecting a culture that deeply admires strength.
• Perseverance and self-direction: Chen encourages persistence, while Hong stresses the long, demanding nature of martial arts training.
• Foundations and resources: Progress depends on both a solid Blood-Qi foundation and access to training resources; Chen’s Mental Power practice highlights how difficult cultivation can be without support.
• Concern and communication: Chen Xingyao’s worry contrasts with Chen’s detached manner, showing how care can be strained when it is met with little explanation.

Key plot points

• Instructor Hong Chengshuo explains that the five commonly taught levels of the early Blood-Qi Stage are only the beginning. Higher Blood Qi Values build a stronger foundation: around 100 Ka can allow a breakthrough to Martial Artist, while 1,000 Ka may give someone Grandmaster potential and access to major provincial support.
• Hong emphasizes that Blood Qi Value is not everything: deep, refined blood qi and perseverance can also matter. One measure of refinement is keeping Strength Value above three times Blood Qi Value, a feat that becomes increasingly difficult as the latter rises.
• Chen Lie ignores the lecture’s local standards, aiming instead to compare himself with the far more advanced geniuses of the Central Galactic Empire.
• He collects his monthly Elite Student supplies, trains at the Dongchuan Martial Arts Hall, and raises his Blood Qi Value to 8.03 Ka. Rather than celebrate, he worries that his limited supply of nutrients will prevent further progress and concludes he needs money.
• In the hall lobby, Chen Lie runs into his sister, Chen Xingyao, and her classmates. Xingyao scolds him for repeatedly missing a prep class their mother arranged, while Li Xianyu eagerly greets him and observes the siblings’ tense exchange.

Character developments and interactions

• Hong Chengshuo gives his students a broader view of martial cultivation while warning them not to be overwhelmed by distant goals.
• Chen Lie remains ambitious and self-assured about his knowledge, but his immediate obstacle is a lack of training resources.
• Chen Xingyao is embarrassed and defensive about her brother, privately resenting Li Xianyu for drawing classmates’ attention to him. She openly confronts him over his missed classes.
• Li Xianyu treats Chen Lie with striking respect, calling him “senior,” and privately thinks Xingyao is foolish to argue with someone who might help her cultivation. Her assumptions about why the siblings are tense are speculative.

Significant themes

• Foundation and potential: Greater Blood Qi Values can open exceptional paths, but cultivation quality and perseverance also matter.
• Ambition versus practical limits: Chen Lie’s grand standards collide with his shortage of basic resources.
• Privilege and opportunity: Elite Students receive valuable supplies and facilities unavailable to ordinary students.
• Family tension and misunderstanding: The siblings’ strained relationship contrasts with Li Xianyu’s admiration for Chen Lie and her misreading of their conflict.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Lie skips a 'Blood Essence Value Sprint Class' due to other commitments.
• Li Xianyu's blood essence value increases significantly after learning the Cloud Smoke Steps from Chen Lie.
• Li Xianyu's parents are surprised and impressed by Chen Lie's tutoring and potential.

Character Developments

• Chen Lie: Starts to keep his rapid progress a secret from his mother.
• Li Xianyu: Realizes Chen Lie's exceptional abilities and feels her sister, Chen Xingyao, pales in comparison.
• Chen Xingyao: Feels unhappy about Li Xianyu's progress, unaware of her brother's true capabilities.
• Li Xianyu's parents: Impressed by Chen Lie's tutoring and potential, decide to support Li Xianyu's blood essence training.

Significant Themes

• The importance of martial arts aptitude and training in Blue Star society.
• The disparity between Chen Lie's rapid progress and the common understanding of blood essence development.
• The impact of Chen Lie's tutoring on Li Xianyu's progress and her family's expectations.

Character Interactions

• Chen Lie and Chen Xingyao: Chen Lie keeps his true abilities hidden from his sister.
• Li Xianyu and Chen Lie: Li Xianyu shares her progress with Chen Lie, who remains humble about his abilities.
• Li Xianyu and her parents: Li Xianyu shares her progress with her parents, who become more supportive of her training.
• Chen Lie and his mother, Feng Yuelan: Chen Lie decides to keep his rapid progress a secret from his mother for now.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Chen Lie reflects on his need for money and martial-arts resources, realizing that knowledge alone cannot raise his blood-qi level.
• Chen Xingyao comes home upset because a classmate learned a martial technique and overtook her in class rankings. She resolves to train harder rather than accept second place.
• Chen Lie practices the Star Constellation Visualization Method. One star in the Ghost Constellation begins to glow, but he worries that his mental-power growth is slow without Spirit Nourishing Flowers, which are extremely scarce on Blue Star.
• Wang Hui calls after hearing that Chen Lie has entered the Elite Class and that his blood-qi value has risen above 6. Chen Lie says the increase happened recently and agrees to meet Wang Hui later.
• Neighbor Liu Lianqing visits to invite the family to a banquet celebrating her son Zhenming’s breakthrough to Martial Artist. She implies Chen Lie is unlikely to reach a top martial-arts university, while boasting about her son’s progress and the support he received.
• Chen Xingyao objects to the banquet and refuses to attend. Feng Yuelan reveals that Chen Lie’s father sent Xingyao three sets of Combat Technique Crystal Cards, worth nearly 20,000 Star Dollars.
• Seeing the cards, Chen Lie realizes they contain mental power and that he may be able to inscribe them himself. Their manufacture could offer him a way to earn money.

Character developments

• Chen Lie remains focused on accelerating his cultivation and building a strong foundation. His progress with visualization is modest, but he begins turning his knowledge of mental power into a practical business idea.
• Chen Xingyao is competitive and determined: rather than give in to discouragement over falling to second place, she vows to work harder. She is also protective of her family and resents Liu Lianqing’s condescending remarks.
• Feng Yuelan tries to comfort Xingyao and handles Liu Lianqing’s visit diplomatically. She also shares the crystal cards sent by Chen Lie’s father.
• Liu Lianqing presents herself as friendly but subtly belittles Chen Lie while proudly promoting her son’s achievements.
• Wang Hui is surprised by Chen Lie’s sudden rise and remains curious about how he improved so quickly.

Significant themes

• Perseverance and competition: Xingyao responds to losing rank with renewed determination.
• Resources and opportunity: Cultivation depends not only on talent and knowledge but also on access to rare materials and money.
• Mental power as a foundation for advancement: Chen Lie treats mental cultivation as essential to a complete martial-arts path.
• Pride and social comparison: Liu Lianqing’s visit contrasts genuine progress with the urge to boast and measure families against one another.
• Ingenuity: Chen Lie spots a possible way to turn his unusual abilities into income.

Character interactions

• Chen Lie quietly disengages when Xingyao snaps at him, while later admiring her resolve.
• Feng Yuelan comforts Xingyao, who explains why she is upset and rejects the idea that a coaching course would quickly close the gap.
• Wang Hui questions Chen Lie about his sudden blood-qi improvement; Chen Lie confirms it and agrees to meet.
• Liu Lianqing speaks condescendingly to Chen Lie and boasts to Feng Yuelan about Zhenming’s breakthrough. Feng Yuelan remains polite, while Xingyao later criticizes the family’s ostentatious banquet.
• Feng Yuelan gives Xingyao the crystal cards, prompting Chen Lie to consider whether his mental-power abilities could let him produce them.

Plot and key events

• Chen Lie visits a Martial Artist Market to investigate Psionic Crystal Cards and how they are made.
• A shopkeeper explains that production materials and mass manufacturing are relatively cheap; the costly step is having a Divine Sense Master inscribe Mental Power onto each card. He reveals that he pays over 80,000 Star Dollars for a C-Rank card that retails for 100,000.
• Chen Lie claims to be a Divine Sense Master and asks to test his ability on blank cards. His first attempt is too forceful and shatters one, but he carefully inscribes the second.
• The card turns yellow. When the shopkeeper uses it, he experiences an immersive vision of himself performing a footwork technique.
• Chen Lie identifies the newly inscribed C-Rank technique as Cloud Shadow Steps and asks what it might sell for. The shopkeeper estimates 120,000 Star Dollars, but warns that an unfamiliar technique will be hard to sell.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Lie shows curiosity about the card business and its economics, then demonstrates genuine skill as a Divine Sense Master. He learns through trial and error, adjusting his technique after breaking the first card.
• The shopkeeper shifts from dismissive and suspicious to astonished and respectful after witnessing Chen Lie’s ability. He explains the market’s practical realities: buyers generally want cards for techniques they already study, so familiarity matters more than novelty.
• Their exchange moves from a tense bargaining encounter to a potential business discussion, though no deal is made yet.

Significant themes

• Skill and experimentation: Chen Lie develops his technique by correcting a failed first attempt.
• Commerce and expertise: The conversation reveals how rare specialized skill adds value to an otherwise inexpensive product.
• Practical demand versus innovation: Even a powerful or unusual martial art may struggle to sell if customers do not recognize it or have no reason to learn it.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Lie visits a Psionic Crystal Card sales point and offers to engrave Void-Breaking Fist onto blank crystal cards for a 50/50 split of the profits with the shopkeeper, Yang Shen.
• Chen Lie discovers that the blank crystal cards provided by Yang Shen are of low quality and cannot support a D-grade martial art like Void-Breaking Fist. He manages to engrave the martial art onto them using his precise divine sense manipulation.
• Chen Lie visits the Martial Artist Market's Martial Student Department Store and purchases a fifty-year-old spirit herb, Blood Linglong, for 300,000 Star Dollars, which can significantly increase his blood and qi.
• Chen Lie returns to Dongchuan Martial Arts Hall and encounters Lu Qingchan, who this time ignores him.

Character Developments

• Chen Lie demonstrates his precision and skill in manipulating divine sense, allowing him to engrave a D-grade martial art onto substandard blank crystal cards.
• Lu Qingchan, despite encountering Chen Lie again, chooses to ignore him, indicating a change in her attitude towards him.

Significant Themes

• The value and scarcity of high-grade martial arts and blank crystal cards.
• The importance of precise divine sense manipulation in engraving martial arts onto crystal cards.
• The potential of spirit herbs like Blood Linglong to significantly increase one's blood and qi.

Character Interactions

• Chen Lie and Yang Shen: They engage in a business deal, with Chen Lie offering to engrave martial arts onto Yang Shen's blank crystal cards for a profit split.
• Chen Lie and Lu Qingchan: They encounter each other again at Dongchuan Martial Arts Hall, but this time, Lu Qingchan chooses to ignore Chen Lie, showing a shift in her behavior towards him.

Plot points and events

• Chen Lie enters a Personal Training Room without acknowledging Lu Qingchan. Lu’s friend jokes that he may be acting aloof to win her over, but Lu says she is relieved: his earlier nervous attempts to speak with her made them both uncomfortable.
• Li Muge brings her younger sister, Li Xianyu, to the training ground, hoping Lu Qingchan will help her improve her Cloud Smoke Steps. Lu asks Xianyu to demonstrate the technique.
• Xianyu performs footwork that begins like Cloud Smoke Steps but produces several illusory images. Lu and Muge realize it is far beyond the C-Rank technique they expected—apparently an advanced, B-Rank form.
• Xianyu says a senior taught it to her, but refuses to identify him, believing he prefers to stay unknown. Lu cannot offer further instruction: Xianyu’s skill is already close to her own, and the technique exceeds ordinary Cloud Smoke Steps.
• After Xianyu leaves, Muge and Lu wonder who at their school could have taught such a powerful martial art, but neither can identify the person.
• In his training room, Chen Lie begins consuming Blood Linglong in small portions. Its medicinal power causes intense pain, so he uses the fourth form of the Basic Body Tempering Technique, which absorbs energy twice as quickly as the earlier forms. After absorbing the first portion, he immediately takes another.

Character developments and interactions

• Lu Qingchan is comfortable with Chen Lie’s new distance and views the change as easing awkwardness, not as a romantic challenge. She is also startled by Xianyu’s extraordinary footwork and candid about being unable to teach her.
• Li Xianyu is skilled, curious, and grateful, but protective of the mysterious senior who helped her. Her refusal to reveal his identity frustrates Muge.
• Li Muge initially misunderstands Xianyu’s behavior as sulking and arranges help to make amends. She later becomes eager to discover who taught her sister.
• Chen Lie remains focused on training, quietly demonstrating his growing physical discipline as he withstands the herb’s effects and rapidly processes its energy. The chapter implies he is the unnamed teacher behind Xianyu’s technique.

Significant themes

• Hidden ability and reputation: A powerful martial artist may go unnoticed, while their influence becomes visible through a student’s skills.
• Independence and trust: Xianyu chooses to protect the senior’s privacy despite her sister’s questions.
• Discipline and growth: Chen Lie endures pain and adapts his training method to absorb the herb’s power efficiently.

Key plot points and events

• After consuming the last of his fifty-year-old Blood Linglong, Chen Lie practices the fourth form of the Basic Body Tempering Technique. He stops after one pass to avoid exhausting his body, while his activated cells absorb most of the herb’s remaining energy.
• A Blood Essence Detector records his Blood Qi Value at 22.91 Ka, nearly three times its previous level. Chen Lie recognizes that the rapid increase has strained his body, though he expects medicine and a few days of rest to resolve it.
• The next morning at Elite Class 5, Chen Lie talks with Wang Chen, another student who advanced from an Ordinary Class in his final year. Wang explains that late-entry and low-ranking students receive little instructor support and are often bullied by stronger classmates.
• Zhang Xun, a well-off student with a double-digit Blood Qi Value, arrives and orders Chen Lie to move. Wang warns that Zhang regularly picks on newcomers. Zhang then reconciles with his girlfriend, Xie Wanwan, promising to arrange private Water Soft Palm instruction for her.
• When Xie complains of hunger, Zhang orders Chen Lie to buy breakfast for them. Wang urges Chen Lie to comply, citing Zhang’s reputation for beating up new students. Chen refuses and tells Zhang to kneel, kowtow, and call him “Dad.”

Character developments

• Chen Lie makes a major physical advance but shows awareness of its cost. In class, he remains calm and defiant rather than accepting the submissive role expected of a weaker student.
• Wang Chen reveals his insecurity and resentment. His experience has taught him to avoid confrontation, and he assumes Chen Lie will eventually learn the same lesson through beatings.
• Zhang Xun is portrayed as entitled and coercive, using his strength and status to command classmates while trying to placate Xie Wanwan.
• Xie Wanwan moves from anger to reconciliation when Zhang offers her access to martial-arts instruction, then directs her frustration and hunger toward him.

Significant themes

• Strength and hierarchy: The Elite Class operates by a harsh “strong prey on the weak” logic, with little protection for low-ranking students.
• Institutional neglect: The school’s resources benefit Elite Students, but instructors reportedly tolerate weak students being used as a contrast that helps top students cultivate confidence.
• Power and defiance: Chen Lie’s refusal to obey Zhang challenges the class’s established pecking order.
• Growth and its costs: Chen Lie’s dramatic Blood Qi improvement brings physical strain, underscoring that advancement requires more than raw gains.

Character interactions

• Wang offers Chen Lie practical warnings and tries to steer him away from conflict, while Chen listens but does not adopt Wang’s cautious approach.
• Zhang uses his authority to displace Chen and later orders him to run an errand; Chen’s refusal turns their encounter into an open confrontation.
• Zhang and Xie’s argument reveals his infidelity—or at least her suspicion of it—and his willingness to use promises and favors to win her back.

Plot points

• Zhang Xun confronts newcomer Chen Lie over his refusal to run errands for him and challenges him to fight on the Duel Platform. Wang Chen warns Chen Lie about the risks, while Xie Wanwan urges him to appease Zhang Xun.
• Chen Lie rejects their advice and easily defeats Zhang Xun: he dodges the veteran’s powerful attack, knocks him down, breaks his arm, and throws him off the platform. The spectators are shocked by the newcomer’s strength.
• Back in class, Wang Chen asks about Chen Lie’s blood qi and speculates that he stayed in an ordinary class because his family was wealthy. Chen Lie lets the guess stand.
• Instructor Hong Chengshuo arrives, sends Zhang Xun to the infirmary, and begins a lesson at the Martial Arts Arena. The students choose Army-Breaking Fist over Flying Dragon Leg.
• After Hong demonstrates and explains the technique, Chen Lie practices it flawlessly, astonishing Hong, who realizes the newcomer has mastered it almost immediately.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Lie reveals confidence, formidable fighting ability, and an apparent gift for learning martial arts. He refuses to tolerate Zhang Xun’s bullying, though his punishment is severe.
• Zhang Xun shifts from an intimidating senior student to a humiliated, injured one. His threats and arrogance backfire.
• Wang Chen shows concern for Chen Lie by warning him despite fearing Zhang Xun. He later admires Chen Lie’s strength.
• Xie Wanwan tries to mediate, but her advice to placate Zhang Xun angers Chen Lie. After witnessing the fight, she becomes afraid of him.
• Hong Chengshuo initially doubts Chen Lie’s account because he assumes the newcomer is weak, then is impressed by Chen’s precise execution of the fist technique.

Significant themes

• Strength overturns status: Zhang Xun’s seniority and reputation mean little against Chen Lie’s superior ability.
• Arrogance and consequences: Zhang Xun’s bullying provokes the very defeat he hoped to inflict on Chen.
• Exceptional talent and hidden potential: Chen Lie’s fighting prowess and rapid mastery suggest abilities far beyond what others expect.
• Power and responsibility: Chen Lie frames the beating as a lesson, though the injury raises questions about how far a response to arrogance should go.

Key plot points

• Instructor Hong Chengshuo is astonished by Chen Lie’s ability to perform the Army-Breaking Fist after seeing it only twice. He questions how Chen Lie defeated Zhang Xun despite apparently having low blood qi.
• Chen Lie reveals that his blood qi has long been in the double digits, but conceals its exact value. He attributes his fighting ability to extensive combat experience and martial knowledge from his previous life.
• Hong encourages Chen Lie to enter the upcoming Final Martial Tournament, offers to double his resource allowance, and invites him to seek help with martial arts.
• At home, Chen Lie finds his second uncle, Chen Guangqun, asking the family to consider using Chen Lie’s father’s military merit to obtain a blood mist flower for Chen Ye, whose blood qi has become unstable.
• Chen Lie recalls that in his previous life his parents eventually gave up the merit. The relatives initially showed gratitude but later offered little support when Chen Lie’s family needed help. His mother is reluctant to agree and plans to discuss it with his father.
• That night, Chen Lie cultivates his mental power. He makes the first star of the Ghost Constellation brighter but realizes meaningful progress requires resources such as spirit-nourishing flowers.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Lie demonstrates exceptional martial comprehension and hidden strength. He remains guarded about his abilities, is confident he can place in the tournament, and recognizes his relatives’ past exploitation.
• Hong Chengshuo shifts from suspicion to respect, supports Chen Lie’s advancement, and offers practical help through increased resources.
• Feng Yuelan is protective of the family’s resources and candidly explains the military merit and Chen Ye’s condition.
• Chen Guangqun appeals to Feng Yuelan to obtain help for his son, promising future assistance for Chen Lie and his sister.
• Chen Ye is absent, but his unstable blood qi suggests he pursued rapid gains through excessive supplements and medication.

Significant themes

• Merit versus obligation: Chen Lie’s father’s hard-earned military reward is being sought by relatives, raising questions about whether family loyalty requires sacrifice.
• Shortcuts and their costs: Chen Ye’s rapid cultivation has undermined his stability, while Chen Lie’s own advantage comes from experience, technique, and disciplined cultivation.
• Trust and reciprocity: Chen Lie’s memories make him wary of relatives whose gratitude and promises faded once they got what they wanted.
• Resources and advancement: Martial and mental cultivation depend not only on talent but also on access to rare materials.

Key plot points

• Chen Lie gets a call from crystal-card shop owner Yang Shen, who has sold all ten of Chen Lie’s Void-Breaking Fist cards and obtained more blank cards. Chen Lie agrees to visit the shop.
• Chen’s mother, Feng Yuelan, invites him to neighbor He Zhenming’s martial-artist banquet. When she asks about his training, Chen shows her his Elite Student ID, revealing that he recently passed the assessment and joined Elite Class 5.
• Though Chen initially declines the banquet to attend to his own business, he goes with his mother after she insists.
• At the banquet, Aunt Gao criticizes Chen’s progress and compares him unfavorably with her daughter, Qingqing. He Zhenming argues that Elite Class standards are difficult and claims Chen has little chance of qualifying.
• Feng ends the argument by revealing that Chen has already entered the Elite Class, disproving Zhenming’s assumptions.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Lie is quietly confident in his rapid progress. He has kept his Elite Class achievement private and is also pursuing a side business making valuable crystal cards.
• Feng Yuelan is surprised and proud to learn of Chen’s admission. She supports him, though she insists he attend the family gathering.
• He Zhenming presents himself as a late-blooming martial artist with strong potential, explaining that his pre-breakthrough blood-qi value was nearly 300. He also appears eager to justify his own path and discourage comparisons with Chen.
• Aunt Gao is intrusive and judgmental, questioning Chen’s blood-qi progress while praising Qingqing and challenging Zhenming’s explanation.
• Feng’s blunt revelation shifts the room’s social dynamic: Chen’s achievement refutes the claims made about his prospects.

Significant themes

• Achievement versus appearances: Chen’s quiet success contradicts others’ assumptions about his ability.
• Changing standards and opportunity: The discussion highlights that Elite Class requirements have grown stricter over time.
• Social comparison and status: The banquet’s conversations revolve around martial-arts rankings, blood-qi values, and family pride.
• Parental support and independence: Feng encourages Chen while he pursues his goals on his own terms.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Lie attends a banquet at the He family's Martial Student Hotel, where he reveals his Elite Student status to Liu Lianqing.
• Chen Lie meets with Yang Shen at the Martial Artist Market to engrave crystal cards, creating fifteen sets: five of Army-Breaking Fist (C-rank) and ten of Void-Breaking Fist (D-rank).
• Chen Lie earns 800,000 Star Dollars from selling the crystal cards to Yang Shen.

Character Developments

• Chen Lie demonstrates his improved Vitality value and Elite Student status, surprising those around him.
• Chen Lie shows his business acumen and ability to make money quickly through engraving crystal cards.
• Yang Shen shows his respect and appreciation for Chen Lie's skills as a Divine Sense Master.

Significant Themes

• The value and demand for martial arts crystal cards, reflecting the importance of martial dao resources.
• The power dynamics between Divine Sense Masters and ordinary martial artists.

Character Interactions

• Chen Lie interacts with Liu Lianqing, showing her his Elite Student ID and causing her to lose face in front of the neighbors.
• Chen Lie and Yang Shen discuss the pricing and distribution of the crystal cards, with Yang Shen showing deference to Chen Lie's skills.
• Chen Lie and Yang Shen agree to have a meal together at the Martial Dao Restaurant.

Key plot points

• Yang Xixi returns to her father Yang Shen’s shop and mistakes Chen Lie, who is waiting there, for a suspicious stranger. Yang Shen introduces Chen as a Divine Sense Master and a fellow student at Dongchuan Province Key High School.
• Yang Shen gives Xixi a set of Army-Breaking Fist crystal cards, which Chen inscribed for him.
• Over a meal at the Martial Dao Restaurant, Yang Shen asks Chen to advise Xixi about her training. Her Blood Qi Value has been rising quickly, while her Strength Value has fallen behind.
• Chen explains that raw blood-qi growth is not enough: she should pause efforts to raise its value, refine it through body-tempering and martial-arts practice, and build a strong foundation before pushing it higher. He also describes how refined blood qi can eventually become liquid-like.
• After eating, Chen declines Yang Shen’s invitation to return to the shop. Xixi walks him out, still curious about Divine Sense Masters and Chen’s own abilities.

Character developments

• Yang Xixi begins suspicious and blunt, then becomes respectful and eager to learn. She is talented—already in an Elite Class, with a Blood Qi Value above 100 Ka—but worried that her strength is lagging behind.
• Chen Lie shows patience with Xixi’s questions and offers practical, confident training advice. He emphasizes long-term development over impressive numbers or talent-group benchmarks.
• Yang Shen is protective and proud of his daughter. He checks her manners, provides her training materials and nourishing food, and seeks Chen’s guidance for her.

Significant themes

• Foundation over quick progress: A high Blood Qi Value is less useful if strength and refinement do not keep pace.
• Discipline and sustained effort: Lasting advancement requires careful training throughout the Blood-Qi Stage.
• Limits of conventional instruction: Xixi’s instructor may not fully understand the stage because he learned through trial and error.
• Talent versus cultivation: Divine Sense offers exceptional learning and comprehension, but Chen stresses that even gifted practitioners must keep developing.

Character interactions

• Xixi’s initial suspicion contrasts with Yang Shen’s respectful introduction of Chen, establishing Chen’s status and Xixi’s unfamiliarity with him.
• Yang Shen acts as a mediator between them, correcting Xixi’s manners and encouraging Chen to mentor her.
• Chen’s calm answers gradually turn Xixi’s astonishment into trust and curiosity; their conversation continues as she walks him toward the bus stop.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Lie, a Divine Sense Master, meets Yang Xixi and gives her martial arts pointers.
• Yang Xixi tells Lu Qingchan about Chen Lie, sparking Lu Qingchan's interest.
• Lu Qingchan and her mother, Xu Yunyan, visit Yang Xixi's father's crystal card shop.
• They purchase Army-Breaking Fist crystal cards and a used Cloud Shadow Steps card.

Character Developments

• Chen Lie: Revealed to be a Divine Sense Master and a martial arts genius, though he downplays his abilities.
• Lu Qingchan: Becomes aware of Chen Lie's potential and is interested in meeting him for martial arts guidance.
• Yang Xixi: Shows initiative in adding Chen Lie as a friend on Green Bubble and introduces him to Lu Qingchan.

Significant Themes

• Potential and Talent: Chen Lie's Divine Sense Master status signifies immense potential, making him a sought-after figure for martial arts guidance.
• Connection and Networking: Yang Xixi's connection to Chen Lie and Lu Qingchan's mother highlights the importance of networks in accessing rare resources.

Character Interactions

• Chen Lie and Yang Xixi: They meet briefly, and Chen Lie offers guidance to Yang Xixi.
• Yang Xixi and Lu Qingchan: They discuss Chen Lie, with Yang Xixi agreeing to introduce Lu Qingchan to him.
• Lu Qingchan and Xu Yunyan: Mother and daughter discuss Chen Lie's potential and decide to meet him through Yang Xixi.

Key plot points

• Lu Qingchan recognizes that the Cloud Shadow Steps crystal card resembles a more advanced version of her Cloud Smoke Steps. Xu Yunyan buys it for 260,000 Star Dollars, trusting Qingchan’s judgment despite the shop owner identifying it as a C-Rank technique. Xu also buys two Army-Breaking Fist cards and plans to get spirit herbs for Qingchan’s training.
• Xu Yunyan tells Qingchan that the Dongchuan Lu Family’s direct descendants receive lavish training resources and periodic instruction from a Grandmaster. She blames Qingchan’s father for leaving the family and depriving Qingchan of that support, and hopes to persuade him to reconcile with his brothers. She also urges Qingchan to befriend the young Divine Sense Master who may have created the footwork card.
• Chen Lie trains at home and senses that his Blood Qi Value has risen.
• At dinner, the Chen family discusses a request from Chen Lie’s second uncle: he wants Chen Lie’s father to spend long-saved Military Merit on a Blood Mist Flower for Chen Ye, whose rapidly increased Blood Qi has become unstable. The flower is a rare treasure valued at 69 million Star Dollars.
• The family is reluctant to refuse directly, but Chen Lie says they can wait for a suitable reason. Chen Xingyao argues that Chen Ye brought the problem on himself by rushing his training and that the family should not sacrifice such a valuable resource for him.
• The next morning, Chen Lie skips school and searches the provincial-capital Martial Artist Market for resources with his 800,000 Star Dollars. He finds nothing useful and concludes that access to valuable resources is controlled by social connections and class.

Character developments and interactions

• Lu Qingchan shows a keen eye for martial arts, distinguishing the crystal card’s technique from its official classification. She remains respectful toward her mother, though she gently defends her father.
• Xu Yunyan is protective and willing to spend heavily on Qingchan’s development, but her concern is entangled with resentment toward Qingchan’s father and a desire to restore the girl’s place in the Lu family.
• Chen Xingyao displays practical judgment and a strong sense of fairness in opposing the request. Chen Lie recognizes that, contrary to his past assumptions, she is more mature and perceptive than he was.
• Chen Lie acts more thoughtfully than he did in his previous life, weighing his parents’ reluctance to confront relatives and pursuing resources independently.
• Chen Lie’s parents are generous toward family but uncomfortable refusing a costly request. His father’s saved Military Merit was intended for his children, making the demand especially significant.

Significant themes

• Unequal access to training: Family status, wealth, and connections determine who receives elite instruction and rare resources.
• Family loyalty versus self-interest: The Lu and Chen families face tensions over whether obligations to relatives justify personal sacrifice.
• Talent and ambition: Qingchan’s insight and Chen Ye’s rushed training show how judgment—not just resources—shapes martial progress.
• Social barriers: Chen Lie’s fruitless search highlights how rigid class divisions limit access to opportunities, even within the martial world.

Chapter Summary: “Divine Sense Master Association”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Wang Hui contacts Chen Lie at the Martial Artist Market and travels there by airship.
• Wang Hui reveals that his Blood Qi Value has risen to 1.75 Ka after using Blood Essence Fluid and other supplements.
• He returns 100,000 Star Dollars from his cousin, Meng Jing, explaining that Meng Jing was promoted at Sunlight Group largely because Chen Lie helped him. Meng Jing is now a deputy supervisor and wants to thank Chen Lie personally.
• Wang Hui explains that his family learned Chen Lie is a Divine Sense Master. His father, Wang Kui, wants to meet Chen Lie and offer him something beneficial.
• Chen Lie accompanies Wang Hui to the Dongchang Political and Commercial Bureau, where they meet Wang Kui.
• Wang Kui questions Chen Lie about his origins as a Divine Sense Master. Chen Lie claims that an Outer-Star Divine Sense Master awakened his talent, taught him a Mental Power cultivation method, and promised to accept him as a disciple if he became the top student on Blue Star and entered Starry Sky University before age twenty.
• Wang Kui informs Chen Lie about the Blue Star Divine Sense Master Association, which assesses and certifies Divine Sense Masters.
• Because Chen Lie is young, certification could qualify him for valuable government-sponsored Mental Power cultivation resources. Since East River Province has no branch, he must travel to Yunchuan Province.
• Chen Lie decides to undergo the assessment immediately. Wang Kui arranges for Wang Hui and Meng Jing to accompany him the following morning.
• After leaving the office, Wang Hui questions Chen Lie’s mysterious master and the enormous standard required to become his disciple. Chen Lie explains that, to powerful Outer-Star figures, Blue Star may be as insignificant as a single class in comparison with the wider universe.

Character Developments

• Chen Lie demonstrates increasing confidence and strategic awareness. He recognizes the importance of obtaining official certification before turning eighteen, since younger Divine Sense Masters receive larger subsidies.
• Chen’s growing status becomes evident: Meng Jing’s promotion, Wang Kui’s respect, and the possibility of government resources all result from his abilities as a Divine Sense Master.
• Wang Hui continues to act as Chen Lie’s loyal friend and intermediary. He is proud of his improved cultivation and helps connect Chen Lie with his family and Meng Jing.
• Wang Kui shifts from ordinary parental concern to serious support after learning Chen Lie’s identity. He recognizes Chen Lie’s potential and offers practical political assistance.
• Meng Jing, though absent, benefits directly from Chen Lie’s earlier help and seeks to repay him.
• Chen Lie’s supposed Outer-Star master is portrayed as immensely powerful, reinforcing the scale of Chen Lie’s ambitions and the vastness of the universe.

Significant Themes

• The value of rare talent: Divine Sense Masters are scarce and highly prized, making Chen Lie strategically important to governments and powerful organizations.
• Institutional recognition and opportunity: Official certification is necessary for Chen Lie to access subsidies and resources, showing how talent must be formally recognized to receive support.
• Youth and urgency: Chen Lie must act before his eighteenth birthday to maximize government benefits.
• Cosmic scale and ambition: Blue Star’s importance is placed in perspective against the vast Outer-Star civilization. Chen Lie’s goal is no longer merely local advancement but success on an interstellar scale.
• Relationships as networks of opportunity: Chen Lie’s friendship with Wang Hui leads to financial repayment, political support, travel assistance, and access to cultivation resources.

Character Interactions

• Chen Lie and Wang Hui: Their friendship is casual and trusting. Wang Hui openly jokes with Chen Lie, while Chen Lie accepts Wang Hui’s help and financial arrangements without concern.
• Chen Lie and Wang Kui: Wang Kui initially investigates Chen Lie’s background but quickly becomes respectful and supportive. He offers guidance about certification and promises to help secure official subsidies.
• Chen Lie and Meng Jing: Their relationship is based on Chen Lie’s earlier assistance. Meng Jing’s promotion and planned trip reflect his gratitude.
• Wang Hui and Wang Kui: Their father-son interaction is teasing and mildly argumentative. Wang Kui scolds Wang Hui’s recklessness, while Wang Hui responds casually, contrasting with Wang Kui’s more respectful treatment of Chen Lie.
• Chen Lie and his unseen master: Their relationship is defined by an extreme challenge: Chen Lie must become Blue Star’s top student and enter Starry Sky University before receiving formal discipleship.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Lie and Wang Hui visit the Virtual Experience Pavilion.
• Wang Hui's cousin, Meng Jing, picks them up in an airship to travel to Yun-chuan Province.
• They discuss the differences in martial arts standards between Dongchuan and Yun-chuan provinces.

Character Developments

• Chen Lie remains composed and humble despite his achievements, asking Meng Jing to call him by his name.
• Wang Hui shows curiosity and excitement about Yun-chuan's martial arts scene.
• Meng Jing demonstrates knowledge about the Three Provinces' martial arts standards and the competition between them.

Significant Themes

• The disparity in martial arts standards between different provinces.
• The importance of martial arts in society and personal development.
• The influence of social hierarchy and respect for authority.

Character Interactions

• Chen Lie and Wang Hui maintain their friendly dynamic, with Wang Hui showing enthusiasm and Chen Lie being more reserved.
• Meng Jing, being older and more experienced, shares his knowledge with Wang Hui and shows respect towards Chen Lie.