Chapter Summaries

Hong Nianyi and You Sicheng killed one divine son while Xu Wuyi fought Uqige and two others to protect their companions. Xu Wuyi’s desperate attack drove the divine sons off, allowing the group to escape toward a concealed flying craft arranged by Pan Yan.

• You Sicheng sacrificed his dagger to give Hong Nianyi an opening, and Hong Nianyi cut the divine son in two.
• Xu Wuyi and Uqige traded powerful attacks, wounding each other as their battle intensified.
• When two divine sons threatened the injured Hong Nianyi and You Sicheng, Xu Wuyi manifested his Heart Image and unleashed Heaven Burn against all three divine sons.
• The blast badly injured the divine sons, and Xu Wuyi ordered Hong Nianyi, You Sicheng, Chen Yuan, and Lin Jue to flee north.
• Uqige abandoned pursuit, while the five companions headed for the concealed flying craft Pan Yan had arranged in a mountain valley.

Lin Jue and the others escaped Sirius Four aboard a military craft and returned to a secret Federation base, where doctors assessed the cost of their mission. Xu Wuyi learned that Hong Nianyi’s injuries had delayed her breakthrough and You Sicheng’s condition could shorten his life.

• Lin Jue activated the escape craft, and the five vanished through a spatial passage as Uqige’s attacks failed to break its shield.
• Xu Wuyi reflected on the mission’s revenge for Grandmaster Yue and Teacher Han as the craft carried the group toward the Federation.
• The five landed at a secret military base, where Pan Yan sent them for urgent medical treatment.
• Pan Yan told Xu Wuyi that Hong Nianyi needed months to recover and would have to delay her Xiantian breakthrough.
• Pan Yan reported that You Sicheng’s heart image and vital energy source were severely damaged, threatening his cultivation and possibly shortening his lifespan.

After the five-man mission on Sirius Four, Xu Wuyi learned the extent of their damage to the enemy and worried about Teacher Han Mo, whose status remained unknown. As the injured group prepared to return to Xingjing, Xu Wuyi resolved to recover and grow strong enough to reach Xiantian.

• Pan Yan told Xu Wuyi that Chen Yuan needed surgery for his leg and Lin Jue needed rest, then reported the mission’s destruction of five mining areas and the deaths and injuries inflicted on Sirius forces.
• Pan Yan said the mission footage had been archived and the group’s military merits would be recorded confidentially; Xu Wuyi asked about Teacher Han Mo, but Pan Yan had no confirmed news.
• Hong Nianyi visited Xu Wuyi, said she needed three months to recover, and agreed that she would temper her saber intent before attempting to break through to Xiantian.
• Xu Wuyi examined his damaged but strengthened Heart Image and sensed that he was nearing the threshold to Xiantian.
• Three days later, Pan Yan saw the five injured fighters off on a special plane bound for Xingjing Military District General Hospital, where their treatment and identities would be kept secure.

After recovering from their injuries, Xu Wuyi and his companions learned more about the losses and survivors from the battle. Xu Wuyi left the hospital for Star Martial University, on the verge of reaching Xiantian, while Hong Nianyi remained behind to recuperate.

• Pan Yan sent Xu Wuyi and the other four away by private plane, and they traveled to Xingjing for treatment.
• Chen Yuan regained the ability to walk, Lin Jue recovered her mental strength, and Hong Nianyi's origin stabilized, while You Sicheng learned he would never regain his former strength.
• Zhao Qingwei told Xu Wuyi that Teacher Han was alive but injured, and that Grandmaster Yue's body had been recovered for a memorial service the following month.
• After half a month, Xu Wuyi's injuries had healed and he felt one step away from Xiantian, so he completed his discharge and prepared to return to Star Martial University.
• Xu Wuyi said goodbye to Hong Nianyi, who planned to resume light cultivation and asked him to tell her when he reached Xiantian.

After returning from Sirius Four, Xu Wuyi spent ten days strengthening his foundation and refining his Heart Image instead of rushing to break through. He read reports of the Federation’s counterattacks against the Sirius and Feathered Human civilizations and concluded that his own strength was still not enough.

• Xu Wuyi returned to Star Martial University and resumed cultivating in Villa 7’s Cultivation Room, reviewing the battles on Sirius Four as he tempered his foundations.
• Over ten days, Xu Wuyi perfected his visualization of Golden Crow Bearing the Earth and stabilized his Heart Image, bringing the threshold to Xiantian close.
• Xu Wuyi read reports that Federation forces had recaptured a resource point, ambushed a transport fleet, and killed Blood Claw, a Sirius deity, behind enemy lines.
• Xu Wuyi learned that the Feathered Human Civilization had declared full combat readiness and that Wumeng’s request for ceasefire negotiations had been rejected.
• Xu Wuyi looked out over the peaceful garden and murmured that it was not enough.

Xu Wuyi manifested his Heart Image, broke through to Xiantian, and raised his Life Energy Level beyond 39.9. He then attended Grandmaster Yue Lianshan’s memorial service, where the fallen hero’s sacrifice and the Federation’s ongoing war were honored.

• Xu Wuyi circulated the Hundred Refinements Furnace and Golden Crow Bearing the Earth, merging the Mountain and Golden Crow intents as his Heart Image manifested.
• Xu Wuyi reached Xiantian, gained the ability to summon and dismiss his Heart Image freely, and completed the Hundred Refinements Furnace.
• Xu Wuyi received Hong Nianyi’s message about Grandmaster Yue’s memorial service and confirmed he would attend.
• Xu Wuyi arrived at Xingjing Heroes’ Memorial Hall, spotted Hong Nianyi and other familiar faces, and stood silently among the mourners.
• Xu Wuyi observed three minutes of silence and listened as the military representative recounted Grandmaster Yue Lianshan’s sacrifice in the Shattered Star Belt.

After paying his respects to Grandmaster Yue Lianshan, Xu Wuyi discussed his recent Xiantian breakthrough and plans for the battlefield with Han Mo, who urged him to stabilize his realm first. Han Mo told him that Grandmaster Yue had left a relic suited to him, and the chapter ended with Xu Wuyi arriving at Star Martial University's estate administration office to collect it.

• Xu Wuyi offered flowers and bowed to Grandmaster Yue Lianshan before speaking with Han Mo outside the memorial hall.
• Han Mo learned Xu Wuyi had reached Xiantian and praised his progress.
• Xu Wuyi said he wanted to go to the battlefield, but Han Mo advised him to stabilize his realm and master his new power first.
• Han Mo told Xu Wuyi that Grandmaster Yue had left a relic connected to the Furnace True Intent for someone fated to inherit it.
• The next day, Xu Wuyi went to Star Martial University's estate administration office and used his student card and Han Mo's authorization code at the verification terminal.

Xu Wuyi received Grandmaster Yue Lianshan’s Fire Source Stone and found that its ancient flame aura resonated with his Golden Crow Heart Image, though an invisible barrier blocked his mental probing. He studied the Major Achievement section of Hundred Refinements Furnace and realized the stone might help him cultivate its Furnace True Intent.

• Xu Wuyi collected Grandmaster Yue Lianshan’s relic, a Fire Source Stone recovered from an ancient civilization ruin.
• Xu Wuyi compared the stone with Senior Flame Venerable’s fading jade pendant and sensed that their flame auras had different essences.
• Xu Wuyi tried to probe the Fire Source Stone with mental power but could not pass the resilient barrier surrounding its core.
• Xu Wuyi returned to Hidden Dragon Garden and studied the Major Achievement section of Hundred Refinements Furnace.
• Xu Wuyi learned that the method focused on merging Furnace True Intent with the Heart Image and concluded that the Fire Source Stone could aid his cultivation.

After breaking through to Xiantian, Xu Wuyi learned how to fuse his Blood Burning Seal with his Heart Image to create Undying True Flame. He discovered that Heart Image perception let him ignite the flame remotely, extending its range to forty meters before exhaustion blurred his perception.

• Xu Wuyi studied the Blood Burning True Seal technique and began combining Blood Burning Seal with his Heart Image.
• After more than ten hours of cultivation, Xu Wuyi formed a dark-gold flame linked to his Heart Image and realized it could reach targets in his line of sight.
• Over the next half month, Xu Wuyi studied Hundred Refinements Furnace and the Fire Source Stone while practicing Undying True Flame.
• Xu Wuyi identified Heart Image perception as the key to reaching targets without projecting the flame through his own qi and blood.
• Xu Wuyi ignited targets at increasing distances with Heart Image power, reaching forty meters before dizziness blurred his perception.

Xu Wuyi attuned himself to the heartbeat-like flames inside the Fire Source Stone, deepening his connection to it without breaking its inner barrier. He then resumed practicing how to extend his Heart Image’s power into the energy of heaven and earth, facing repeated interruptions as he worked to improve his range and control.

• Xu Wuyi sensed that the flames in the Fire Source Stone pulsed like a heartbeat and wondered if they were remnants of an ancient existence.
• Xu Wuyi relaxed his mind and synchronized his Heart Image with the stone’s fiery rhythm, forming faint dark-red patterns across his Heart Image’s mountain.
• Xu Wuyi awoke with a deeper connection to the Fire Source Stone, though he still could not penetrate its barrier.
• Xu Wuyi checked the Martial Dao Diligence Record and saw that his Hundred Refinements Furnace had reached Major Achievement at 1.9%.
• Xu Wuyi manifested his mountain Heart Image and practiced extending its power to sense and connect with the energy of heaven and earth.
• Xu Wuyi repeatedly adjusted his Heart Image’s output and rhythm after the panel marked his early attempts as interrupted.

Xu Wuyi steadily cultivated his Heart Image, gained enlightenment in linking it with heaven and earth, and greatly improved his control of the Undying True Flame. After demonstrating his new abilities, he applied to enter the Astral Battlefield to seek revenge on the Werewolf Race.

• Xu Wuyi stabilized his Heart Image perception field and continued practicing until an enlightenment let him sense and resonate with fire-attributed energy particles.
• Xu Wuyi learned to draw on nearby fire-attributed energy, improving his cultivation and transforming how he used the Undying True Flame.
• Xu Wuyi demonstrated that he could ignite a target twenty meters away and control the flames against multiple targets.
• Xu Wuyi decided to enter the Astral Battlefield and hunt Werewolf Race elites to avenge Grandmaster Yue, Hong Nianyi, and the Martial Artists killed in the Shattered Star Belt.
• Xu Wuyi submitted an Astral Battlefield entry application and entered “Revenge” as his reason.

Xu Wuyi received competing battle group invitations from Qiao Zhiyao and Tana before entering the Astral Battlefield. He chose the Qiao Family's Dongjiang Battle Group in exchange for a concrete plan to support his alma mater, Honghe No. 1 High School, and awaited approval of his battlefield application.

• Xu Wuyi submitted his Astral Battlefield application and began maintaining his equipment while it entered the review queue.
• Qiao Zhiyao offered Xu Wuyi a place in the Dongjiang Battle Group, 10% resource compensation, and help improving teaching at Honghe No. 1 High School.
• Tana invited Xu Wuyi to join the Azure Wolf Battle Group, offering 10% compensation with the possibility of negotiating it higher, but could not help his alma mater.
• Xu Wuyi weighed the offers and decided that supporting Honghe No. 1 High School mattered more than the higher compensation he might receive elsewhere.
• Xu Wuyi told Qiao Zhiyao he would join the Dongjiang Battle Group if the Qiao Family provided a concrete school-support plan, and she agreed to send him one the next day.

Xu Wuyi entered the Astral Battlefield for the first time after joining the Dongjiang Battle Group, preparing to pursue revenge. His teleportation ended with him standing on solid ground, but the chapter left his arrival location and what awaited him unknown.

• Xu Wuyi packed his weapons and supplies, left Hidden Dragon Garden, and traveled to Teleportation Base No. 9.
• Guide T-17 escorted Xu Wuyi through security and introduced him to Qiao Zonghan at the Dongjiang Battle Group’s teleportation array.
• Qiao Zonghan recommended Eastern District Three for Xu Wuyi’s first deployment and questioned whether he could control his desire for revenge.
• Xu Wuyi told Qiao Zonghan that hatred was motivation, not a shackle, and Qiao warned him to stay alive to take revenge.
• Xu Wuyi entered the teleportation array and used his Heart Image’s dark gold mountain to withstand much of the spatial pressure before reaching solid ground.

Xu Wuyi arrived at the Astral Battlefield and met the five-person support squad assigned to him. He began a coordination test at Gray Rock Gorge, where his Heart Image power immobilized three attacking Stone Scorpions with dark golden flames.

• Xu Wuyi arrived at a temporary camp in the Astral Battlefield with Qiao Zonghan, who explained that the Eastern Third District outpost lay ten kilometers away.
• Qiao Zonghan introduced Xu Wuyi to Su He, Li Rui, Chen Xiaoyu, Zhao Cheng, and Xie Yushan, who would support him as their new captain.
• Su He explained the squad’s support duties and ten-percent merit share, then asked Xu Wuyi to complete a coordination test by killing at least fifty Stone Scorpions within an hour.
• Xu Wuyi traveled with Qiao Zonghan and the squad to Gray Rock Gorge, where the team took observation positions and began recording his methods.
• Xu Wuyi entered the gorge, sensed three Stone Scorpions approaching, and immobilized them by igniting dark golden flames above their heads.

Xu Wuyi demonstrated his overwhelming Heart Image power by effortlessly wiping out a Stone Scorpion horde, earning an S-rank group combat evaluation. With top-level support and a map of the Eastern Third District, he chose three Sirius outposts as his next targets and ordered Su He’s squad to meet him at Outpost Seven.

• Xu Wuyi killed three Stone Scorpions by igniting flames inside their bodies, then slaughtered twenty-eight more at once with precise Heart Image attacks.
• Xu Wuyi cleared the canyon in seventeen minutes, killing more than eighty Stone Scorpions, including the Stone Scorpion King, while Su He’s squad recorded the battle and recovered materials.
• Xu Wuyi told Su He’s squad to focus on cleanup and recovery and to protect themselves rather than act as sacrificial shields.
• Qiao Zonghan reported that Xu Wuyi had received an S-rank group combat rating and access to priority supplies, real-time intelligence, and freely chosen hunting areas.
• Xu Wuyi selected three Sirius outposts and ordered Su He’s squad to gather at the camp at six the next morning for an attack on Outpost Seven.

Xu Wuyi attacked Outpost Seven alone, destroying its Battle Generals and breaking through the fortress wall before confronting its two priests. He stopped the fire priest’s curse and halted the charging close-combat priest, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Su He briefed Xu Wuyi on Outpost Seven’s fifty-two warriors, including eight Battle Generals and two priests, and Xu Wuyi led the team toward it.
• Xu Wuyi left Su He’s team three kilometers from the outpost and used his Heart Image to sense the fortress’s inhabitants.
• Xu Wuyi approached openly and killed all eight charging Battle Generals with a single grasping motion.
• Xu Wuyi shattered the fortress wall with a stomp and entered the outpost as its priests emerged to attack him.
• Xu Wuyi split and extinguished the fire priest’s flame net, then halted the close-combat priest’s charge by clenching his fingers.

Xu Wuyi massacred the werewolves at Outpost Seven, then lured the priests from Outposts Eight and Nine there with a fake distress call. As the two priests attacked him, he channeled his Heart Image power into the Fire Source Stone.

• Xu Wuyi killed the melee priest and fire priest with dark golden flames, then destroyed the remaining werewolf warriors in Outpost Seven.
• Xu Wuyi deleted the real distress messages and sent a fake request for support to Outposts Eight and Nine, claiming a Level 43 enemy had attacked.
• Xu Wuyi waited outside the fortress and recovered until the priests from Outposts Eight and Nine arrived.
• The azure priest and black priest recognized that Chao Lu and Agula were dead, manifested their wind wolf and ice wolf images, and approached Xu Wuyi.
• As the two priests attacked with frost breath and wind blades, Xu Wuyi poured his Heart Image power into the Fire Source Stone.

Xu Wuyi used the Fire Source Stone to kill the two priests at Outpost Seven, then destroyed Outpost Eight and moved on to attack Outpost Nine. He turned aside the fortress’s first arrow barrage and faced a charge of Werewolf warriors.

• Xu Wuyi used the Fire Source Stone to vaporize the black-robed priest and kill the fleeing green-robed priest at Outpost Seven.
• Xu Wuyi memorized Outpost Eight and Nine’s coordinates and defenses, then destroyed the storage devices at Outpost Seven.
• Xu Wuyi killed Outpost Eight’s defenders without using the Fire Source Stone and found intelligence about Sirius Civilization troop movements.
• Xu Wuyi arrived at Outpost Nine, where the Werewolves prepared defenses after learning the previous outposts had fallen.
• Xu Wuyi reversed the archers’ arrows, killing more than a dozen Werewolf archers, as a close-combat squad charged out through the gates.

Xu Wuyi destroyed the werewolf fortress, killing its priests, generals, and warriors before searching for intelligence and calling in the support team. Su He and the others arrived afterward to salvage materials and inspect the battlefield, where they found evidence of Xu Wuyi’s precise and overwhelming power.

• Xu Wuyi entered the werewolf formation and killed more than twenty generals in seconds.
• Xu Wuyi used the Fire Source Stone to kill the two twin priests, exhausting most of the stone’s energy.
• Xu Wuyi entered the fortress and killed the remaining werewolf warriors, then searched for intelligence and valuable materials.
• Xu Wuyi reported the battle’s completion and summoned the support team to clean up the fortress.
• Su He led Li Rui, Zhao Cheng, Chen Xiaoyu, and Xie Yushan through the silent battlefield as they inspected corpses, collected materials, and copied data.
• Li Rui told Su He that the corpses showed consistent, precisely controlled attacks, and Su He acknowledged the report.

Su He’s support team returned safely to Grayrock Camp with the spoils from Xu Wuyi’s assault on three Sirius Civilization outposts and received merit rewards. Xu Wuyi told Qiao Zonghan he planned to leave the Eastern Third District for the more dangerous Western Seventh District, while the support team stayed behind.

• Su He and the support team finished collecting materials and destroying the corpses at Outpost Nine, then withdrew to Grayrock Camp.
• Su He reported the spoils and battle records to Qiao Zonghan, who learned Xu Wuyi had used a Fire Source Stone to defeat enemies at the outposts.
• Qiao Zonghan awarded the support team its share of merit points and an extra fifty points per member.
• Qiao Zonghan warned Xu Wuyi that Sirius Civilization would hunt him after the attacks, but Xu Wuyi said he planned to relocate to the Western Seventh District.
• Xu Wuyi declined support because the team would be at risk, and Qiao Zonghan agreed to assign them other missions in the Eastern Third District.