Chapter Summaries

Xu Wuyi learned that the Phantom simulated the sword intent threatening Shen Jin’s life and accepted the mission to help remove it. In Xingjing, the Military Department’s command reviewed Xu Wuyi’s results and considered his tactics ready for the attempt.

• Qiao Tongyu told Xu Wuyi that Ye Yixin’s sword intent was eroding Shen Jin’s mind and that Shen Jin had only three days left.
• Qiao Tongyu explained that the Phantom simulated Ye Yixin’s sword intent and that Xu Wuyi’s victories could qualify him to attempt Shen Jin’s treatment.
• Xu Wuyi accepted the mission and said he wanted to experience Ye Yixin’s true sword intent.
• Wu Dingbo presented Xu Wuyi’s eight-match results to Feng Zhuohua and the Military Department’s command, showing an 87% win rate and stable tactical suppression.

Federation generals approved Xu Wuyi's attempt to remove Ye Yixin's sword intent from Grandmaster Shen, despite the risks posed by Xu's lower level. Xu prepared to travel to Xingjing Military District General Hospital, where the operation would begin.

• Feng Zhuohua reviewed Shen Jin's deteriorating condition and the seventy-two-hour deadline with the generals.
• Wu Dingbo reported that Xu Wuyi had achieved eight consecutive wins against Ye Yixin's phantom and was the strongest candidate.
• Feng Zhuohua authorized the removal attempt, ordered preparations and spiritual resonance equipment, and classified the operation as top secret.
• Wu Dingbo estimated Xu Wuyi had a seventy percent chance of success, citing his steady mentality and growing tactical system.
• Xu Wuyi finished cultivating, received mental stabilizers from Qiao Tongyu, and set out with him for Xingjing Military District General Hospital.

Xu Wuyi traveled to Xingjing to attempt clearing Ye Yixin’s sword intent from Grandmaster Shen’s sea of consciousness, learning the procedure and its severe time limit along the way. After Grandmaster Shen personally selected him, Xu Wuyi arrived at the heavily guarded military hospital and prepared to begin.

• Qiao Tongyu explained that Xu Wuyi would enter Grandmaster Shen’s sea of consciousness, defeat Ye Yixin’s sword intent core, and finish within three minutes.
• Xu Wuyi and Qiao Tongyu landed in Xingjing, where Wu Dingbo took them to the General Hospital and told Xu Wuyi that Grandmaster Shen had chosen him.
• Wu Dingbo revealed that Grandmaster Shen’s periods of consciousness were shortening and that the sword intent’s erosion was nearing the core of his Heart Image.
• Xu Wuyi urged the group to begin immediately, and Wu Dingbo ordered the medical team to prepare for their arrival.
• Wu Dingbo led Xu Wuyi and Qiao Tongyu through the hospital’s security and down to level -7.

Xu Wuyi arrived at the General Hospital to help clear Ye Yixin’s sword intent from Shen Jin’s sea of consciousness. Shen Jin explained why he had chosen Xu Wuyi and warned him not to risk his life as the procedure was about to begin.

• Wu Dingbo introduced Xu Wuyi to Major General Lin and led him into the chamber containing the psychic resonance device.
• Feng Zhuohua told Xu Wuyi that Shen Jin had little time left and wanted to speak with him before the procedure.
• Xu Wuyi met the weakened Shen Jin, who praised his victories against Ye Yixin’s phantom and his systematic tactics.
• Shen Jin told Xu Wuyi not to feel pressured, to stop if he could not endure the connection, and to put his life first.

Xu Wuyi entered Shen Jin’s Sea of Consciousness to confront the sword-intent incarnation of Ye Yixin and cleanse the Grandmaster’s mental domain. He began planting Gravity Seeds, but the unstable, sword-eroded space made the task harder and drew his opponent’s attention.

• Shen Jin urged Xu Wuyi to proceed with the cleansing and told him to come back alive.
• Xu Wuyi entered the mental resonance pod as the medical team activated the device and stabilized his connection.
• The device guided Xu Wuyi into Shen Jin’s Sea of Consciousness, a shattered world scarred by Shen Jin’s blade intent and Ye Yixin’s sword intent.
• Xu Wuyi summoned his Prairie Fire Long Spear and faced Ye Yixin’s living sword-intent incarnation.
• Xu Wuyi tried to plant Gravity Seeds, but the unstable mental domain made it difficult and Ye Yixin’s incarnation noticed the first seed.

Xu Wuyi fought Ye Yixin’s sword-intent incarnation inside Shen Jin’s sea of consciousness, using gravity traps to counter its attacks. As the observers watched Shen Jin’s stability decline, Ye Yixin shattered Xu Wuyi’s formation and prepared to finish the fight.

• The sword-intent incarnation struck Xu Wuyi’s consciousness, and Xu Wuyi’s Great Marsh devoured the attack at great cost to his Heart Image power.
• Feng Zhuohua and the other observers monitored Shen Jin and Xu Wuyi as the equipment neared its limits, while Qin Qinghe asked Hong Nianyi whether Xu Wuyi could succeed.
• By the thirty-seventh exchange, Xu Wuyi had completed six gravity traps, but Ye Yixin’s sword intent pierced his shoulder and chest.
• Ye Yixin unleashed a sword domain that shattered the gravity traps and injured Xu Wuyi through their mental connection.
• Ye Yixin declared the fight over and vanished as he stepped toward Xu Wuyi.

Xu Wuyi used real-time gravity distortions and Undying True Flame to damage Ye Yixin's sword-intent incarnation, but the incarnation prepared the Heart-Questioning Sword, which threatened to erase Xu Wuyi's existence in the sea of consciousness.

• Xu Wuyi stepped into the sword-intent incarnation's unavoidable thrust, taking a wound in his back, then struck at the brief moment the incarnation solidified.
• Xu Wuyi twisted gravity in real time to crack the incarnation's shoulder and sent Undying True Flame through the crack, forcing it to sever and lose part of its sword intent.
• Xu Wuyi recognized that the incarnation followed predictable rules and that real-time reactions gave him an opening.
• The sword-intent incarnation recognized Xu Wuyi's familiarity with its sword and began gathering all the world's momentum into its blade.
• The incarnation prepared the true Heart-Questioning Sword, and Xu Wuyi sensed that its intent was erasing his existence.

Xu Wuyi used chaotic gravity distortions, Heavy Water suppression, and Undying True Flame to disrupt the sword-intent incarnation and injure its sword-intent structure. After learning that the incarnation could only be defeated by breaking its core, Xu Wuyi charged again and began tracking its movements to find the core.

• Xu Wuyi simulated the sword-intent incarnation’s past attacks and dodged its seemingly traceless sword strike.
• Xu Wuyi disrupted the incarnation with rapidly shifting gravity, pinned its sword with his Long Spear, and destabilized its left leg.
• Xu Wuyi pierced the incarnation’s left chest with a spear ignited by Undying True Flame, then used more gravity distortions to impair its movement and control of space.
• The incarnation told Xu Wuyi that he could not be defeated unless its sword-intent core was broken, and Xu Wuyi vowed to find it.
• Xu Wuyi charged again, placing gravity marks with each step to track the incarnation’s movements and search for its core.

Xu Wuyi destroyed the sword-intent incarnation with a precise final spear strike, shattering its core and ending the battle in Shen Jin’s consciousness sea. Xu Wuyi fell unconscious from the strain as Shen Jin’s suppressed blade intent began to recover.

• Xu Wuyi used the gravity marks and Undying True Flame to wear down the sword-intent incarnation while waiting for an opening.
• Xu Wuyi threw his spear through a Gravity Singularity and pierced the sword-intent incarnation’s core, engulfing it in golden flames.
• Xu Wuyi crushed the cracked blue sphere of light, causing the sword shadow to disperse and the consciousness world to fall silent.
• Xu Wuyi’s consciousness dissolved and returned through the psychic connection as Shen Jin’s consciousness rose and his blade intent revived.
• The observation-room technicians reported that Shen Jin’s vital signs were recovering while Xu Wuyi had fallen unconscious, and Wu Dingbo and Qiao Tongyu rushed to the apparatus.

Xu Wuyi recovered consciousness after exhausting his spiritual power to remove Ye Yixin’s sword intent from Shen Jin. Shen Jin was healed and discharged, while Xu Wuyi remained in the hospital as Shen’s disciples arrived to thank him.

• Shen Jin woke in the intensive care room after the sword intent erosion disappeared and confirmed that he was healed.
• Medical staff said Xu Wuyi was safe but had fallen into a protective coma from severe spiritual depletion.
• Xu Wuyi woke after a day and night of sleep and learned that Shen Jin had returned to the military district to recuperate.
• Hong Nianyi visited Xu Wuyi on Shen Jin’s behalf and told him that Shen had been called to an emergency meeting.
• Qin Qinghe and five other disciples bowed to Xu Wuyi and thanked him on Shen Jin’s and their fellow disciples’ behalf.

After saving Grandmaster Shen from Ye Yixin’s sword intent, Xu Wuyi received the gratitude of Shen Jin’s lineage and learned that Grandmaster Shen was recovering. Xu Wuyi chose to return to his own affairs rather than join the military, and Wu Dingbo arrived with a reward case whose contents were revealed but not yet explained.

• Qin Qinghe and Shen Jin’s disciples thanked Xu Wuyi and promised their lineage’s support, before Hong Nianyi sent them away so he could rest.
• Hong Nianyi told Xu Wuyi that his feat had impressed the Federation’s military and leaders, and that Grandmaster Shen was expected to recover fully within a month.
• Xu Wuyi declined Hong Nianyi’s offer to pursue a military career, choosing instead to return to Honghe City and focus on his cultivation.
• Alone, Xu Wuyi sensed his Heart Image beginning to recover and resolved to grow stronger after realizing how far powerful experts beyond the Federation surpassed him.
• Wu Dingbo visited Xu Wuyi with two officers and opened a silver case containing a dark-gold medal and a deep-blue card.

Xu Wuyi received a military medal and Grandmaster-level access after the incident, then prepared to return to Linjiang. Before he could leave, Grandmaster Shen’s steward invited him to dinner to discuss Ye Yixin and the True Dragon Star Realm, and Xu Wuyi accepted.

• Wu Dingbo awarded Xu Wuyi the Defender of the Nation Medal, a Grandmaster-level Military Department access card, and monthly merit benefits.
• Xu Wuyi left the hospital after Vice Director Lin examined him and advised him to avoid strenuous combat and deep cultivation for a week.
• Xu Wuyi planned to return to Linjiang and study the insights he had gained from Ye Yixin’s sword intent.
• Steward Chen intercepted Xu Wuyi and invited him to Grandmaster Shen’s home for dinner and a discussion about Ye Yixin.
• Xu Wuyi accepted the invitation and rode with Steward Chen toward Grandmaster Shen’s home.

Xu Wuyi visited Shen Jin at Quiet Mountain Villa, where Shen Jin explained Ye Yixin’s strength and the vast power of the True Dragon Star Realm. He hinted that Xu Wuyi might eventually represent the Federation in a secret competition between individuals, civilizations, and Astral Battlefields.

• Steward Chen drove Xu Wuyi to Quiet Mountain Villa and told him Shen Jin had returned from the hospital and was recovering well.
• Shen Jin welcomed Xu Wuyi and advised him to recover fully from his mental energy depletion.
• Shen Jin asked Xu Wuyi what he knew about Ye Yixin, then explained that Ye was 127 years old and one of at least fifty Martial Artists of his level in the True Dragon Star Realm.
• Shen Jin described the True Dragon Star Realm as the strongest Star Realm, with thousands of Grandmaster-level Martial Artists, but said its internal conflicts kept it from uniting.
• Shen Jin told Xu Wuyi that becoming one of the Federation’s strongest Grandmasters could earn him a chance to represent the Federation in battle.
• Shen Jin refused to reveal further details, saying the coming competition involved individuals, civilizations, and different Astral Battlefields.

After Shen Jin told Xu Wuyi that the Astral Battlefield involved a hidden competition among Star Realms and civilizations, Xu Wuyi used his Grandmaster-level authorization to investigate. He learned how powerful and distant the True Dragon Star Realm was, but the Federation’s files on the competition remained sealed, leaving him determined to grow stronger.

• Shen Jin explained that Xu Wuyi would learn more about the Astral Battlefield’s competition in time, then arranged for him to rest and join dinner with Shen Jin’s disciples.
• Xu Wuyi used Wu Dingbo’s authorization card to access the Federation Military Department intranet and read a report on the True Dragon Star Realm.
• Xu Wuyi learned that the True Dragon Star Realm was far from the Federation, divided among rival powers, and had more than fifteen hundred known Grandmaster-level Martial Artists.
• Xu Wuyi read Ye Yixin’s file, which identified him as a peak Grandmaster and the Sword Grandmaster of the Heart-Questioning Sword Hut.
• Xu Wuyi found top-secret files about Star Realm competition but could access only their titles and summaries, which required marshal-level or designated Grandmaster authorization.
• Xu Wuyi reflected on the Federation’s small place in the Astral Battlefield and resolved to become stronger.

After recovering from the battle, Xu Wuyi shared dinner with Shen Jin and his disciples, then learned that the Star Realm competition was a closely guarded Federation secret. Shen Jin advised him to return to Honghe City and focus on growing stronger, and Xu Wuyi left Xingjing the next morning.

• Xu Wuyi joined Shen Jin and his disciples for dinner, where Song Qingyue, Wang Zhenshan, Sun Rui, and Li Wanzhou introduced themselves and described their duties.
• After dinner, Shen Jin confirmed that the Star Realm competition was a Federation secret known to fewer than twenty people and told Xu Wuyi to keep growing stronger.
• Shen Jin urged Xu Wuyi to return to Honghe City, and Xu Wuyi stayed overnight at Quiet Mountain Villa before leaving the next morning.
• Steward Chen drove Xu Wuyi to the airport, where he boarded a military transport plane arranged by Wu Dingbo and departed Xingjing.

Xu Wuyi returned to Honghe City after his trip to Xingjing and enjoyed a peaceful day at home with his parents. He reviewed his battle insights, trained, and studied martial dao materials before going to sleep.

• Xu Wuyi arrived home in Honghe City and reunited with his parents, who welcomed him with chicken soup.
• Xu Wuyi ate with his parents, watched the Youth Martial Dao Tournament finals on TV, and went to the basement to cultivate.
• Xu Wuyi reviewed his battle against Ye Yixin's sword intent and refined his control over his Heart Image power.
• Xu Wuyi practiced basic boxing forms to feel the flow of power through his body.
• Xu Wuyi told his parents about curing a Grandmaster and receiving Military Department commendation, but kept the True Dragon Star Realm matters to himself.
• Xu Wuyi studied martial dao theory and Heart Image refinement on the Military Department intranet before going to bed.

After half a year of secluded training in Honghe City, Xu Wuyi refined his Heart Image and neared the Grandmaster realm. A top-secret Military Department mission summoned him to Xingjing, and he left home to respond.

• Xu Wuyi continued fusing the Golden Crow with his Heavy Water Great Marsh and advanced to Level 49, just short of the Grandmaster realm.
• Xu Wuyi refined his suppressive intent and control over the weight of his Water Drop before leaving the training room.
• Xu Wuyi discussed the worsening front-line conflict with his parents as the news showed Federation troops fighting the Insectoid Race.
• Feng Zhuohua contacted Xu Wuyi with an urgent, top-secret mission and ordered him to come to Xingjing on a special plane.
• Xu Wuyi packed his belongings, accepted food from his father, and left home for the Honghe City Airport.

Xu Wuyi joined a secret Military Department briefing about a newly discovered Star Realm passage near Federation space. The passage led to a human civilization with feudal-era technology, energy-powered devices, and formidable martial artists.

• Xu Wuyi traveled from Honghe City to Xingjing and followed Wu Dingbo into a secured meeting room beneath Military Department Headquarters.
• Feng Zhuohua introduced Elder Meng of the Starwatch Observatory and explained that a survey team had discovered a stable Star Realm passage three days earlier.
• Feng Zhuohua showed footage of the passage leading to a new Star Realm where human civilization existed.
• The survey footage showed an ancient city, metal devices that used energy, and two martial artists fighting with sword and saber.

Xu Wuyi accepted a solo rescue mission to reach Liang Satellite Three and extract a stranded Federation team before Great Liang's search parties found them. He received the available intelligence and learned that the damaged starship was nearly impossible to repair, leaving the backup traversal device as their only escape.

• Feng Zhuohua explained that Great Liang's patrols had pursued the Federation team after they triggered a concealed border formation, and a Martial Saint's sword strike forced their damaged starship to land on Liang Satellite Three.
• Elder Meng reported that the seven team members were alive but trapped, with two injured, while Great Liang's search teams steadily closed in on their location.
• Feng Zhuohua outlined a two-part mission: a six-person team would negotiate openly while one person infiltrated the satellite and rescued the stranded team.
• Xu Wuyi accepted the solo mission and requested detailed intelligence about Great Liang, its martial artists, and Liang Satellite Three.
• Xu Wuyi learned that the starship was almost impossible to repair and that activating its backup traversal device would require thirty minutes and create energy fluctuations that would expose the team.

Xu Wuyi prepared to infiltrate Liang Satellite Three through an unstable spatial fold while a Federation negotiation team distracted Great Liang. He reached the passage entrance and made his final preparations for the mission.

• Feng Zhuohua briefed Xu Wuyi on the plan, including the negotiation team's departure and the need to hold off enemies for thirty minutes after activating the traversal device.
• Xu Wuyi received his mission equipment and reviewed Liang Satellite Three's environment and intelligence on Great Liang's Martial Artists during the trip.
• Xu Wuyi arrived at a military base in Xingjing and descended to the underground facility containing the secondary spatial fold.
• Elder Meng warned Xu Wuyi about the passage's dangerous turbulence and identified its exit in the polar ice field, where he would need to leave quickly.
• Xu Wuyi changed into his black combat suit and began his final preparations.