Chapter Summaries

After Xu Wuyi destroyed three Sirius outposts, the Sirius gods issued a Blood Wolf Order to hunt him down. Unaware of the order, Xu Wuyi found intelligence about a Black Stone Vein in the Western Seventh District and prepared to attack its guarded base.

• Qiao Zonghan realized the hunt on the Astral Battlefield had begun, with Xu Wuyi striking first.
• Gelu reported that Xu Wuyi had destroyed three outposts alone, and the footage revealed his powerful energy-detonation ability.
• Wumeng issued the Blood Wolf Order, assigning Chao Lu and two other Sons of God to hunt Xu Wuyi and offering rewards for information.
• Xu Wuyi discovered a report on Sirius Civilization's Black Stone Vein and its heavily guarded forward base.
• Xu Wuyi checked his equipment and left his tent as Su He's squad paused their work to watch him.

Xu Wuyi left the Eastern Third District alone and traveled to Western Seventh District to investigate the heavily guarded Black Stone Vein. After scouting its defenses, he chose a concealed route through the northern mountains to infiltrate the mining area.

• Xu Wuyi told Su He and the others to follow Steward Qiao's arrangements, while Su He urged the group to grow strong enough to stand on their own.
• Xu Wuyi walked a concealed route northwest for three days, avoiding Sirius Civilization outposts and reaching the edge of Western Seventh District.
• Xu Wuyi surveyed the Black Stone Vein and identified its patrols, watchtowers, defensive walls, and fortified extraction area.
• Xu Wuyi judged a frontal assault too dangerous and chose to enter from the north through the steep mountains.
• Xu Wuyi dismantled his Long Spear, camouflaged his combat suit, and prepared his equipment for infiltration.

Xu Wuyi infiltrated the Sirius Civilization’s Black Stone mine to contaminate its energy vein with Source-Eroding Agents. He reached the cavern beneath the mine and identified the energy pool as the vein’s source.

• Xu Wuyi prepared three Source-Eroding Agents given to him by Qiao Zonghan.
• Xu Wuyi climbed the crystal mountain using his Heart Image power and sensed the Black Stone Vein’s source.
• Xu Wuyi surveyed the mining basin and confirmed that the source lay at the bottom of the pit.
• Xu Wuyi avoided a patrol and descended into the mine without being detected.
• Xu Wuyi leaped into the pit, landed in the cavern below, and found the dark-purple energy pool that formed the vein’s source.

Xu Wuyi infiltrated the Sirius Civilization’s mine vein, killed a Level 46 priest, and contaminated the energy pool before escaping through a fissure. The mine was placed under lockdown, and Chao Lumen arrived with two other divine sons to find the damage already done.

• Xu Wuyi killed the wolfman priest guarding the energy pool with repeated Heart Image attacks.
• Xu Wuyi dropped three tubes of Source-Eroding Agent into the pool, contaminating the mine vein.
• The burly Level 46 priest attacked Xu Wuyi, but Xu Wuyi escaped through a fissure after exchanging blows with him.
• Xu Wuyi escaped twenty kilometers from the mine while the Sirius Civilization raised the alarm and locked down the Western Seventh District.
• Chao Lumen arrived at the mine vein with two other divine sons and saw that they were too late.

Xu Wuyi reached Iron Wall Camp after evading Star Beasts and wolfman patrols, then submitted evidence of his attack on Sirius Civilization targets for settlement. The officers verified his results, and the female officer went to report them.

• Chao Lumen ordered outposts to strengthen defenses and vowed to hunt down Xu Wuyi when he struck again.
• Xu Wuyi traveled by a roundabout route to Iron Wall Camp, avoiding three Star Beast packs and two wolfman patrols.
• Xu Wuyi presented his independent operation report and evidence to the camp's mission settlement officers.
• The officers verified that he had contaminated the Black Stone Vein and killed three Sirius Civilization priests.
• The female officer told Xu Wuyi to wait and went through a back door.

Xu Wuyi received sixteen thousand merit points for contaminating the Black Stone Vein and requested intelligence on more high-value Sirius Civilization targets. Before he could choose his next operation, a highest-priority order recalled him to Yuntai City, where he arrived at the Ninth Teleportation Base.

• Zhao Chongyuan settled Xu Wuyi's mission at sixteen thousand merit points and offered him intelligence on further targets.
• Xu Wuyi received files on the Blood Claw forward base, the Ashen Corridor spatial node, and the Wolf God Altar, and considered the risks and rewards.
• An emergency order instructed Xu Wuyi to stop operating and return to Yuntai City, then notify Han Mo of his arrival.
• Xu Wuyi accepted the order and used Iron Wall Camp's teleportation array to reach the Ninth Teleportation Base in Yuntai City.

After returning to Yuntai City, Xu Wuyi learned from Han Mo that the Federation was preparing a major counterattack against the Sirius Civilization and that he would be kept off the Astral Battlefield until mid-May. Han Mo also revealed that Xu Wuyi’s Fire Source Stone contained a wisp of the Undying Fire Seed, which might need an extreme catalyst to awaken.

• Xu Wuyi returned to Star Martial University, contacted Han Mo, and spent two days recovering and maintaining his equipment while he waited for a reply.
• Han Mo told Xu Wuyi that Martial Artists below level 47 had been ordered to stay out of the Astral Battlefield until at least mid-May.
• Han Mo confirmed that the Federation was preparing a major counterattack against the Sirius Civilization and said Xu Wuyi would likely be reassigned to the Feathered Human Civilization front afterward.
• Han Mo said Xu Wuyi’s long-range destructive abilities had drawn military attention and warned him to stay within his means on future missions.
• Han Mo revealed that Teacher Yue’s Fire Source Stone contained a wisp of the Undying Fire Seed that might require an extreme fighting spirit or a near-death epiphany to activate.

Xu Wuyi returned to Honghe City to spend time with his parents while consolidating his new Xiantian realm and tempering his Heart Image. After reuniting with his family, he read Federation war reports that reminded him the battles continued while he was home.

• Han Mo told Xu Wuyi to spend two months in the Federation consolidating his realm and tempering his Heart Image before returning to the battlefield, where he would be reassigned to the Feathered Human Civilization front.
• Xu Wuyi flew from Yuntai City to Honghe City and walked through the peaceful streets to his family’s home.
• Xu Wuyi surprised Mother Xu, then reunited with Father Xu over dinner and said he could stay for a month or two.
• Xu Wuyi placed the Earth Fire Marrow Lamps in his room and read Federation news about the war and military mobilization.

Xu Wuyi spent a quiet period at home reflecting on the peace Martial Artists protected, then learned that the Federation had launched a full-scale offensive against the Sirius Civilization. The war began with major Federation victories, but Sirius forces responded with scattered guerrilla attacks, and Xu Wuyi faced uncertainty about what missions awaited him.

• Xu Wuyi read battlefield reports and concluded that the Federation was preparing a major counterattack by recalling Martial Artists below Level 47.
• Xu Wuyi spent his days contemplating his Heart Image, walking around Honghe City, and appreciating the peaceful life Martial Artists defended.
• Xu Wuyi encouraged Chen Hao, a student at Honghe No. 1 High School, to pursue university and seek financial support if needed.
• Xu Wuyi told his worried parents that he would return to duty when required, though he remained uncertain about the dangers ahead.
• On April 28, Xu Wuyi read that the Federation had launched Operation Thunder against the Sirius Civilization, killing seven Sirius Wolf Gods and destroying seventeen forward bases.
• Xu Wuyi learned that Sirius forces were striking Federation supply routes and outposts with small guerrilla units.

Xu Wuyi worried that the Federation homeland could be attacked and considered moving his parents to safety. After learning that You Sicheng had joined the staff at Honghe No. 1 High School, Xu visited his old school and reunited with the injured veteran.

• Xu Wuyi read a forum warning that the Werewolf Race might attack the Federation homeland and debated whether to relocate his parents.
• Qiao Zhiyao told Xu Wuyi that You Sicheng had volunteered to teach at Honghe No. 1 High School and invited him to watch the Federation Youth Martial Dao Tournament on May 6.
• Xu Wuyi went to Honghe No. 1 High School and met Teacher Wang Wenhai, who brought him to Principal Zhang's office.
• Xu Wuyi reunited with You Sicheng, who said his cultivation had fallen to around Level 35 but that he could still teach students.

Xu Wuyi spoke with You Sicheng about the heavy losses in Operation Thunder and learned that You had come to teach in memory of his daughter. Concerned that the Sirius Civilization might infiltrate Honghe, Xu Wuyi went home planning to urge his parents to relocate to Xingjing, but the chapter ended before he told them.

• Principal Zhang asked Xu Wuyi to share his frontline experiences with the martial arts students, and Xu Wuyi agreed to consider it.
• You Sicheng told Xu Wuyi that four Grandmasters had been seriously wounded in the first wave of Operation Thunder.
• You Sicheng explained that he had become a teacher to help students survive if they eventually went to battle, in memory of his daughter who died before finishing teachers' college.
• You Sicheng warned Xu Wuyi that wolfman squads had attempted to infiltrate the Federation and urged him to move his parents from Honghe to Xingjing.
• Xu Wuyi went home and sat with his parents, preparing to raise the idea of relocating them.

Xu Wuyi persuaded his parents to leave Honghe for safety while the war on the front lines remained tense. With help from the Qiao Family, they moved to a secure villa in Linjiang, where his mother began to settle in.

• Xu Wuyi urged his parents to move to a larger, safer city because he might soon head to the front lines, and they agreed to go to Linjiang.
• Two days later, Xu Wuyi and his parents left Honghe with a few bags and flew to Linjiang.
• Qiao An, the Qiao Family's steward, met the Xu family at the airport and drove them to their prepared residence.
• Qiao An showed the Xu family their villa at Cloud Sea Residence and explained its security arrangements.
• After Qiao An left, Mother Xu looked around the house and relaxed, though she worried it would be difficult to clean.

Xu Wuyi settled his parents in Linjiang and reported to the Dongjiang Province wartime command center after the Sirius Civilization attacked cities across the Federation. He arrived before Grandmasters Qiao Tongyu and Ren Bai, where the command center’s response to the attacks was about to begin.

• Xu Wuyi reassured his parents that the Qiao Family could arrange a cleaner and decided to stay in Linjiang while he awaited military orders.
• Qiao Zhiyao called Xu Wuyi about the command center and invited him to her Youth Tournament match, while Xu Wuyi confirmed his readiness in the military system.
• On May 4, a military alert reported simultaneous Sirius Civilization attacks on seventeen Federation cities and ordered registered Martial Artists to report to their local command centers.
• Xu Wuyi told his parents he might be away for several days, then took a Qiao Family-arranged vehicle to the Linjiang command center.
• After registering as a Xiantian Martial Master, Xu Wuyi was directed to meet the two Grandmasters and entered a conference room where Qiao Tongyu and Ren Bai sat at the head of the table.

Xu Wuyi joined Dongjiang’s wartime rapid response preparations and discussed the Lin Family with Ren Bai, choosing not to pursue revenge. As the Federation remained on high alert, Xu Wuyi watched Qiao Zhiyao compete in the Youth Martial Dao Tournament on the Star Martial Battle Net.

• Qiao Tongyu assigned Xu Wuyi to a rapid response squad responsible for mobile defense around Linjiang City, and Ren Bai advised him to study enemy reports and footage.
• Ren Bai told Xu Wuyi that Elder Lin of the Lin Family had died and advised him not to settle personal grudges during the coming war; Xu Wuyi said he intended to do nothing.
• Qiao Tongyu encouraged Xu Wuyi to attend the Youth Martial Dao Tournament to support Qiao Zhiyao and told him command would summon him if needed.
• Xu Wuyi left the command center and saw Linjiang City under wartime precautions, with increased military patrols and activated energy shields.
• After the Sirius Civilization’s attacks on seventeen cities, the Federation remained on high alert while the enemy’s next offensive did not arrive.
• On May 6, Xu Wuyi entered the Star Martial Battle Net to watch Qiao Zhiyao compete in the Youth Martial Dao Tournament.

After winning the Youth Tournament, Qiao Zhiyao chose to remain in Yuntai rather than return to Linjiang, where Xu Wuyi supported her decision. The next day, Xu joined Dongjiang Province’s Rapid Response First Squad as a deputy captain, with the team assigned to defend Linjiang and its surrounding area.

• Qiao Zhiyao won the Youth Tournament and told Xu Wuyi that she did not want to return to Linjiang for now.
• Xu Wuyi accepted Qiao Zhiyao’s choice and told her to stay safe and keep training.
• Xu Wuyi arrived at a briefing for Linjiang’s Rapid Response Squad and reunited with Li Shuang and Ji Shanhai.
• Tang Xiuqi introduced himself as captain, named Xu Wuyi and Zhao Kun as deputy captains, and outlined the squad’s rapid-response duties.
• Tang Xiuqi assigned Xu Wuyi to lead Group Two alongside Ji Shanhai, Li Shuang, and other Martial Masters.

Xu Wuyi and Rapid Response Team One prepared for a deployment after intelligence warned of possible Sirius Civilization infiltrators. When a suspected Priest-class energy eruption revealed an artificially opened descent passage near Linjiang City, Xu Wuyi led Group Two toward the site to seal off an escape route, with the team approaching the target.

• Xu Wuyi organized Group Two, whose members introduced their combat specialties and checked their equipment and communications.
• Ji Shanhai relayed headquarters' report of suspected Sirius Civilization infiltration, and Xu Wuyi ordered the groups to remain on high alert.
• A high-intensity energy eruption matching Sirius Civilization bloodline energy appeared northeast of Linjiang City, with at least three suspected Priest-class signatures.
• Tang Xiuqi sent Groups One and Three toward the site from the front and ordered Xu Wuyi to lead Group Two around the flank to block the southeast escape route.
• Xu Wuyi and Group Two flew toward the hills, where the pilot detected spatial disturbances consistent with an artificially opened descent passage.

Xu Wuyi’s rapid response squad attacked a Sirius Civilization outpost as werewolf priests and warriors opened a passage, but the squad discovered the passage was stabilizing automatically and the priests were stalling them. Xu Wuyi unleashed his full power against the level 44 priest as the threat of enemy reinforcements loomed.

• Xu Wuyi ordered the squad to blockade the area, destroy the passage core, and divide their forces between the priests and the rune array.
• Xu Wuyi and the squad descended on the clearing, where three werewolf priests guarded a rift while warriors worked to stabilize it.
• Xu Wuyi attacked the central priest while Li Shuang and Wang Lie engaged the other two, and Ji Shanhai led the rest in fighting the warriors and destroying the rune array.
• Xu Wuyi realized the passage was expanding despite the damaged array and learned that the priests were bait buying time for its automatic stabilization.
• Xu Wuyi stopped holding back and used his Mountain Heart Image to make dark golden flames erupt across the central priest’s body.

Xu Wuyi's team stopped a Sirius Civilization passage from stabilizing by destroying its spatial anchor and collapsing the rift. The battle ended without any deaths, but multiple other abnormal energy fluctuations across Dongjiang Province suggested that more passages had been opened.

• Xu Wuyi killed the priests attacking Li Shuang and Wang Lie's groups, then learned the rift would stabilize within minutes.
• Xu Wuyi located a spatial anchor near a low hill, where the team discovered a mature Flame-Armored Lizard guarding it.
• Xu Wuyi led Ji Shanhai, Zhou Qian, Wang Jingran, and Chen Tao in killing the Flame-Armored Lizard while the others delayed the rift's stabilization.
• Xu Wuyi's team destroyed the spatial anchor, causing the rift to collapse, and withdrew safely.
• Ji Shanhai reported no deaths, three lightly injured, and the team's potion use; Xu Wuyi remained concerned about at least five other abnormal energy fluctuations across Dongjiang Province.

Xu Wuyi's team endured two days of repeated attacks by the Sirius Civilization before headquarters ordered them to rest and rotate with Team Two. After completing their recovery period, they returned to duty as the enemy shifted toward concentrated attacks on weak points near Linjiang.

• Xu Wuyi identified the fallen priest's emblem as belonging to the Sirius Civilization's Blood Claw Clan after his team cleared the battlefield.
• Over two days, Xu Wuyi's squad fought repeated incursions, sealed temporary passages, and suffered injuries as its members' energy reserves dwindled.
• Tang Xiuqi ordered Rapid Response Team One to rest for twenty-four hours, and Xu Wuyi led his exhausted team to hand over its duties.
• During his rest, Xu Wuyi sensed the Fire Source Stone react to his Heart Image power and reviewed the details of the battles before sleeping.
• On May 11, Rapid Response Team One relieved Team Two, and Tang Xiuqi explained that the Sirius Civilization was concentrating attacks on weak points near Linjiang's industrial district.
• Headquarters assigned Team One to the main defensive zone and Team Two to mobile reserve duty after further rest.

Xu Wuyi led Team Two on patrol in the eastern suburbs and stopped a Sirius Civilization beacon operation before it could establish a stable spatial node. Over the next ten days, his team repeatedly intercepted infiltrators, and Xu Wuyi’s combat strength proved far beyond that of an ordinary Xiantian Martial Master.

• Xu Wuyi assigned Team Two’s patrol groups and directed them to watch the eastern suburbs for spatial fluctuations.
• Xu Wuyi sensed a priest and three warlords preparing a teleportation beacon, then coordinated a three-sided attack that killed them in under ten seconds.
• Xu Wuyi recovered the beacon core, and Pei Ju crushed it before Team Two continued its patrol.
• Over the next ten days, Xu Wuyi and Team Two fought repeated Sirius Civilization incursions, destroying beacons and stopping attacks on the city and its water supply.
• After Team Two wiped out a werewolf squad on May 19th, Ji Shanhai remarked on Xu Wuyi’s efficiency, and Xu Wuyi credited the team’s support.