Chapter Summaries

After Researcher Li was poisoned, the team ended its expedition early and headed back to Outpost Base Seven. When Pioneer Seven Squad reported being ambushed by five Werewolf Generals, Xiang Yong and Xu Wuyi raced to assist while Liu Qing escorted the researchers; they arrived as a Martial Master was about to be struck down.

• Liu Qing injected Researcher Li with an antidote, and Professor Chen ordered the team to return to base early.
• Pioneer Seven Squad reported that five Werewolf Generals had ambushed them, and Outpost Base Seven requested immediate support.
• Xiang Yong ordered Xu Wuyi to escort the researchers with Liu Qing, but Professor Chen urged Xu Wuyi to join the rescue instead.
• Xiang Yong and Xu Wuyi raced toward the battle while Liu Qing led Professor Chen and the other researchers toward the base.
• Xiang Yong and Xu Wuyi reached the clearing and saw five Werewolf Generals surrounding two injured Martial Masters and three researchers.
• Xiang Yong charged a Werewolf General that was about to attack the saber-wielding Martial Master.

Xu Wuyi ambushed and instantly killed a Werewolf General, turning the battle’s momentum and giving Xiang Yong and the other Martial Masters room to counterattack. The remaining Werewolf leader then charged Xu Wuyi while its companions pinned down the others, and Xu Wuyi prepared to meet it with Furnace Boiling Blood and his flaming spear.

• Xiang Yong arrived and engaged the Werewolf Generals while Xu Wuyi circled behind them under cover.
• Xu Wuyi used God-Shocking and God-Sundering to pierce and incinerate a Werewolf General in a single attack.
• The kill shocked the werewolves and the Martial Masters, and Xiang Yong and his allies counterattacked as Xu Wuyi repositioned.
• The Werewolf leader warned its companions about Xu Wuyi’s flames and mental attacks, then charged him while the other three restrained Xiang Yong and the Martial Masters.
• Xu Wuyi activated Furnace Boiling Blood and met the leader’s charge with Undying Flame blazing across his spear.

Old Cat intervened in the battle against the Werewolf Generals, helping Xu Wuyi and the others defeat all five enemies. The survivors escorted the researchers and wounded back toward Outpost Base Seven as Xu Wuyi reflected on the fight and his growing combat skill.

• Old Cat shot the Werewolf leader with a black bolt, giving Xu Wuyi an opening to kill it with his spear and [Undying Flame].
• Old Cat joined the fight against the remaining Werewolf Generals while Xu Wuyi and Xiang Yong attacked, and the group killed all four.
• Old Cat learned that two Martial Artists from Pioneer Seven had died protecting the others.
• The base response team arrived, and everyone recovered the fallen, assisted the survivors, and headed back toward Outpost Base Seven.
• Xu Wuyi reflected on the battle and the lessons he had gained from Old Cat's combat skill.

Xu Wuyi and the rescue team returned safely from the Celestial Dipper Star Realm, settled their mission rewards, and traveled back to Star Martial University. The chapter ended with Xu Wuyi arriving at Hidden Dragon Garden after parting ways with Xiang Yong.

• Liu Qing and Professor Chen welcomed Xiang Yong, Xu Wuyi, and the injured survivors back to Outpost Base Seven, while base personnel took charge of the fallen and wounded.
• The base commander praised Xu Wuyi's performance and awarded him 650 academy points for the protection mission, rescue operation, and killing Werewolf Generals.
• Old Cat told Xu Wuyi to stay alive and get stronger before disappearing into the base.
• Xu Wuyi, Xiang Yong, and Liu Qing returned through the teleportation hub to Xingjing City, where Professor Chen thanked Xu Wuyi and invited him to consider future commissions.
• Xiang Yong flew Xu Wuyi back to Star Martial University, and Xu Wuyi headed toward Hidden Dragon Garden after saying goodbye.

Xu Wuyi returned to Star Martial University after a ten-day mission with 1,826 points and a new understanding of Mind-Guided Spear. He began training in the underground room, seeking to advance God-Shocking Spear from Novice to Entry Level.

• Xu Wuyi returned to Villa 7 in Hidden Dragon Garden, where Anna reported that school had continued normally and no other student in his year had reached Martial Master.
• Anna told Xu Wuyi that Teacher Han Mo had asked when he would return and had handled Qiao Zhiyao's consultation in his absence.
• Xu Wuyi checked his account and saw that his mission rewards had raised his balance to 1,826 points.
• Xu Wuyi considered pursuing more dangerous kill-focused missions but recognized that he first needed sufficient strength.
• Xu Wuyi recalled how his battle with the Werewolf General had deepened his insight into God-Shocking Spear and went to train.
• Xu Wuyi practiced basic spear movements, searching for the point where his mind and spear could resonate.

Xu Wuyi broke through to the beginner stage of God-Shocking Spear and gained the Pierce trait. At Teacher Han Mo’s personal space, Qiao Zhiyao challenged him to spar while they waited for their teacher.

• Xu Wuyi refined his spear practice until he condensed his intent into a thrust that pierced an alloy dummy, reaching the beginner stage of God-Shocking Spear.
• Xu Wuyi saw that his martial art’s new trait was Pierce and suspected it reflected his personal understanding.
• Xu Wuyi arrived at Teacher Han Mo’s personal space on Tuesday and found Qiao Zhiyao waiting because Han Mo had been delayed.
• Qiao Zhiyao surprised Xu Wuyi with a punch, then challenged him to spar and attacked with a combination of strikes.
• Xu Wuyi recognized that Qiao Zhiyao had advanced beyond Level 19 and accepted the sparring as a way to ease the tension from his recent dangers.

Xu Wuyi sparred with Qiao Zhiyao while suppressing his energy level, revealing how real combat had sharpened his instincts. After returning from the Star Realm, he showed Han Mo that God-Shocking Spear had reached the beginner realm, and Han Mo confirmed he had begun to grasp its true essence.

• Xu Wuyi suppressed his Life Energy Level to Level 15 and effortlessly turned aside Qiao Zhiyao's attacks using basic movements.
• Qiao Zhiyao stopped the spar and asked why Xu Wuyi felt harder to fight despite using no powerful moves.
• Xu Wuyi explained that he had gained more real combat experience, and Han Mo arrived to find them sparring.
• Xu Wuyi told Han Mo that his mission was complete and that God-Shocking Spear had broken through to the beginner realm.
• Xu Wuyi demonstrated a straight spear thrust that startled Qiao Zhiyao, and Han Mo praised his newly formed divine intent.

Han Mo taught Xu Wuyi to refine and integrate his martial insights rather than pursue more True Intents, helping him realize that Pierce arose from the fusion of Mountain and Burn. Xu Wuyi applied that insight to the God-Shocking Spear, improving his technique and deepening his understanding of spiritual cultivation.

• Han Mo explained that Martial Dao True Intent favored refining a few core meanings and integrating other insights into them, while Xu Wuyi and Qiao Zhiyao listened.
• After leaving the guidance session, Xu Wuyi recalled how Mountain and Burn shaped his martial path and recognized Pierce as their fusion through spear techniques.
• Xu Wuyi decided to let Pierce become the unique edge within Mountain and Burn rather than force it into a third True Intent.
• Xu Wuyi practiced basic spear thrusts with the Meteor Iron Long Spear, blending the three meanings until his movements and intent became more harmonious.
• Xu Wuyi saw his God-Shocking Spear proficiency rise to 3.2% and found that his Heart Fire Refining Spirit method operated more smoothly.

Xu Wuyi improved [Heart Fire Refining Spirit] by combining it with his martial will, then discovered that the method was only the first volume of a larger spiritual cultivation technique. He learned that the second volume, [Heart Fire Condensing Spirit], could form a Heart Image prototype but required spiritual strength of at least Level 37, and he asked Anna what might happen if he tried it early.

• Xu Wuyi fused his understanding of mountains, burning, and piercing into his mental power as he tempered it in the heart fire, improving his perception and martial control.
• Xu Wuyi suspected [Heart Fire Refining Spirit] was incomplete because it did not count as effective cultivation in the [Martial Dao Diligence Record].
• Xu Wuyi asked Anna to search the Hundred Refinements Furnace database, and she found that its complete B-rank version contained two spiritual cultivation methods.
• Anna explained that [Heart Fire Condensing Spirit] formed a Heart Image prototype and was normally restricted to cultivators with spiritual strength of Level 37 or above.
• Xu Wuyi realized he was still below the required level and asked Anna what would happen if he cultivated [Heart Fire Condensing Spirit] ahead of time.

Xu Wuyi tested whether repeating the Basic Body Tempering Method more than a hundred times would bring further gains, after deciding against cultivating Heart Fire Condensing Spirit early because of its mental strain. He reached 970 repetitions and continued despite mounting fatigue, with only one epiphany from the first hundred sessions.

• Anna explained that cultivating Heart Fire Condensing Spirit early risked poor efficiency, high mental-power consumption, and backlash, so Xu Wuyi abandoned the shortcut.
• Xu Wuyi wondered whether doing two or three hundred repetitions of a low-level technique could yield greater gains and began practicing the Basic Body Tempering Method.
• After completing one hundred repetitions, Xu Wuyi received one epiphany that deepened his understanding of the technique.
• Xu Wuyi continued to 700 repetitions, finding no further epiphany or proficiency increase, then paused to drink nutrient solution and recover.
• After about half an hour, Xu Wuyi resumed training and pushed past 970 repetitions as his breathing grew heavy and fatigue mounted.

Xu Wuyi completed one thousand effective repetitions of the Basic Body Tempering Method and gained a Great Enlightenment that brought the method to Perfection. After recovering from the exhausting training, he planned to test the Mountain Moving Method and other martial arts the next day.

• Xu Wuyi completed his thousandth effective repetition of the Basic Body Tempering Method and gained a Great Enlightenment.
• Xu Wuyi reached the Perfection realm, gained the Return to Simplicity trait, and improved his control and efficiency of movement.
• Xu Wuyi used a recovery pod and ate a prepared meal after more than eight hours of training.
• Xu Wuyi decided to try the Mountain Moving Method and other martial arts the next day.

Xu Wuyi planned an intensive training session to complete a thousand Mountain Moving Method visualizations, hoping to trigger great enlightenment and improve his mental strength. He began the round-the-clock training at midnight and completed his first eighty-five visualizations before his scheduled rest.

• Xu Wuyi reviewed his martial arts training data and chose the Mountain Moving Method as the best candidate for a thousand sessions in one day.
• He asked Anna to schedule a midnight training session with ninety minutes of practice followed by ten minutes of rest.
• Before bed, Xu Wuyi completed a careful Mountain Moving Method visualization and prepared for the next day's training.
• At midnight, Xu Wuyi began visualizing the mountain repeatedly in the cleared living room, completing eighty-five standard sessions before the alarm signaled the end of the first ninety-minute block.

Xu Wuyi completed a thousand visualizations of Mountain Moving Method, but its great enlightenment brought only modest gains and left him exhausted. He then began testing the ten beginner forms of Hundred Refinements Furnace, whose first form offered better insights but no breakthrough in realm.

• Xu Wuyi performed a thousand Mountain Moving Method visualizations and triggered a great enlightenment that refined his spiritual control without significantly changing his realm.
• Xu Wuyi recovered in the pod, decided Mountain Moving Method was not worth devoting another full day to, and chose to practice the ten beginner forms of Hundred Refinements Furnace.
• Over the following days, Xu Wuyi completed a thousand repetitions of [Furnace First Ignition] in twenty-one hours and gained new understanding of its qi-and-blood activation and the method’s ignition stage, but did not break through.

Xu Wuyi completed ten days of gaining major insights into Hundred Refinements Furnace’s foundational forms, raising his proficiency to 11.2% and learning how the technique’s creator designed its movements. He returned to regular training, made steady progress, and stopped at noon to ask Anna to prepare lunch.

• Xu Wuyi gained major insights into each of Hundred Refinements Furnace’s ten beginner forms over ten days, advancing his proficiency from 3.8% to 11.2%.
• Xu Wuyi realized that major insight let him view the technique from the perspective of its creator, Grandmaster Yue Lianshan, and understand the principles behind its movements.
• Xu Wuyi decided to use major insight only as an occasional accelerator and return to a normal training rhythm.
• Xu Wuyi resumed daily practice, completed his first eighteen-movement round, and raised his proficiency to 11.3%.
• Xu Wuyi adapted the movements using his new insights, completed a second round, and raised his proficiency to 11.4%.
• Xu Wuyi stopped training at noon and went to the control console to have Anna make lunch.

Xu Wuyi agreed to return to Honghe No. 1 High School to give a speech and decided to use the trip to visit his family. He arrived in Honghe City and headed home to surprise his parents.

• Wang Wenhai and Zhang Qiming invited Xu Wuyi to speak to students at Honghe No. 1 High School, and he agreed.
• Xu Wuyi booked a Wednesday flight to Honghe City and asked Anna to buy tea for his father and a scarf for his mother.
• Xu Wuyi arrived in Honghe City, restrained his Martial Master presence, and rode a public bicycle toward home.
• Xu Wuyi reached his familiar residential complex, intending to surprise his parents.

Xu Wuyi returned home to Honghe City, reunited with his parents, and trained in his old room before visiting Honghe No. 1 High School to speak to students. He began his speech by explaining that he had started with few advantages, leaving the audience waiting to hear how he overcame them.

• Xu Wuyi surprised his parents by coming home, and they welcomed him with a special dinner.
• Xu Wuyi told his parents about university and Star Martial City, then discussed their finances and encouraged them to spend more freely.
• Xu Wuyi trained in his childhood room using two Earth Fire Marrow Lamps.
• Xu Wuyi arrived at Honghe No. 1 High School to give an experience-sharing speech, encouraged by Wang Wenhai to speak honestly.
• Xu Wuyi told the students that he came from an ordinary family and had struggled with a low Life Energy Level before saying he could speak about having nothing.

Xu Wuyi encouraged students to rely on hard work, then spent a peaceful day at home with his parents. The evening ended when he received an emergency summons about a Level Two Star Realm Rift near Honghe City and Yingang City.

• Xu Wuyi gave a martial arts speech and answered students’ questions, earning their applause and the approval of Wang Wenhai and Principal Zhang.
• Xu Wuyi spent Saturday with Father Xu and Mother Xu, sharing meals and time together at home.
• Xu Wuyi received an emergency alert reporting a Level Two Star Realm Rift near the border of Honghe City and Yingang City.
• The Dongjiang Province Martial Arts Department summoned qualified martial artists to report to Honghe City within two hours for blockade and cleanup work.

Xu Wuyi left home without telling his parents and reported to the Honghe City Martial Arts Department after a Level 2 Rift appeared near the city. Deputy Director Chen assigned him to lead eight advanced Martial Artists in sealing off a valley entrance, and Xu Wuyi prepared to depart with his team.

• Xu Wuyi decided to answer the Rift alert and left home, telling his parents only that he had something to handle at school.
• At the Martial Arts Department, Xu Wuyi's registration identified him as a Level 31.9 Martial Master with temporary war zone clearance.
• Deputy Director Chen briefed Xu Wuyi on the Rift in Black Rock Mountain and assigned him eight advanced Martial Artists to guard a valley entrance northeast of it.
• Deputy Director Chen told Xu Wuyi to collect equipment and meet his team in the rear courtyard before departing in fifteen minutes.
• Xu Wuyi met Wang Wenhai and Zhou Yun on the stairs, and Wang Wenhai urged him to be careful.

Xu Wuyi led his newly assembled squad to the B3 valley entrance in the war zone, where they were ordered to stop Blade-Fanged Beasts from breaking through. After finding signs of beasts nearby, he assigned defensive positions and spotted their glowing eyes deeper in the valley.

• Xu Wuyi met Zhao Tie and the other seven members of his squad before they departed in a convoy for the war zone.
• Deputy Director Li assigned Xu Wuyi's squad to defend the northeastern B3 Zone and warned them about the dangerous Blade-Fanged Beast Guard.
• Xu Wuyi led the squad through the mountain forest to the valley entrance, where Zhao Tie found tracks and bloodstains.
• Xu Wuyi assigned his squad members to cover the flanks and center while he stayed mobile.
• Xu Wuyi saw several green points of light moving in the darkness inside the valley.

Xu Wuyi and his team defended the rift against waves of Blade-Toothed Beasts until Li Shuang joined them and a commander-level threat emerged. The chapter ended with five Red-Armored commander-level beasts advancing on the exhausted defenders.

• Xu Wuyi led his team in killing five Blade-Toothed Beasts and helped them repel three more waves.
• Deputy Director Li warned that the rift was about to fully form, and dozens of beasts surged toward the defensive line.
• Li Shuang arrived and cut through the horde, then recognized Xu Wuyi as a Martial Master and moved to hold back most of the beasts.
• Deputy Director Li reported abnormal rift readings and warned that a commander-level Star Beast was crossing over.
• Xu Wuyi checked his wounded and exhausted team as five Red-Armored commander-level Blade-Toothed Beasts emerged from the valley.