Chapter Summaries

Xu Wuyi arrived in Great Liang and agreed to meet the Goat Kings to seek a peaceful resolution to their invasion. After Li Xuangang assessed Xu Wuyi’s strength and urged Song Wenyuan to use his arrival wisely, Zhou Chen revealed himself to the former Imperial Preceptor and admitted he did not know whether to return.

• Chen Yan escorted Xu Wuyi to the capital, where Song Wenyuan welcomed him and described Great Liang’s devastation and the Goatfolk’s invasion.
• Xu Wuyi told Song Wenyuan that his mission was deterrence, then informed Shi Yi and Cui Shaotang that he would meet the Goat Kings face-to-face.
• Cui Shaotang reported that the Goatfolk had reduced their territorial demands, and Xu Wuyi agreed to attend negotiations in a neutral zone.
• Li Xuangang told Song Wenyuan that Xu Wuyi was a genuine Second Step Martial Saint whose stable domain automatically protected him.
• Song Wenyuan said he would try to protect Zhou Chen if the former Sixth Prince returned, then left the palace.
• Zhou Chen emerged from hiding, told Li Xuangang he had returned three days earlier, and said he did not know whether to return or keep wandering.

After Zhou Chen resolved to leave Great Liang, Xu Wuyi attended ceasefire negotiations with the Goatfolk kings. When White Mane tried to provoke him, Xu Wuyi used his domain to suppress all three kings’ mental power, leaving them wary as negotiations continued.

• Li Xuangang told Zhou Chen that his father’s death was not his fault, and Zhou Chen decided to leave Great Liang to explore other Star Realms.
• Shi Yi told Xu Wuyi that the Goatfolk had agreed to a temporary ceasefire, and Xu prepared to attend negotiations with Xiao Pojun and Cui Shaotang.
• Xiao Pojun warned Xu Wuyi that intercepted signals might indicate the Goatfolk were communicating with the Feathered Human Clan.
• The three Goatfolk kings arrived, and White Mane challenged Xu Wuyi’s strength during the negotiations.
• Xu Wuyi’s domain silenced the three kings’ mental power, prompting Iron Horn to apologize on White Mane’s behalf.
• Xu Wuyi released the kings from his domain, and they remained cautious as the negotiations continued.

Xu Wuyi helped Great Liang secure an agreement for the Sheepfolk to withdraw from three provinces and relocate to the southeastern wilderness. He reunited with Zhou Chen, who planned to leave Great Liang and travel, while the withdrawal and resettlement began successfully.

• Xu Wuyi’s show of strength led Iron Horn to negotiate seriously, and the goatmen agreed to leave Great Liang’s three provinces in exchange for new territory and resource support.
• Iron Horn, Xiao Pojun, and Cui Shaotang finalized and signed the agreement, including a buffer zone and a one-year schedule for resource deliveries.
• Xiao Pojun told Xu Wuyi that Zhou Chen had returned and wanted to meet, and Xu Wuyi agreed to see him the next morning.
• At Clear Stream Pavilion, Zhou Chen told Xu Wuyi he had come to understand that he practiced swordsmanship for himself and planned to travel around the edge of the Star Realm.
• Xu Wuyi learned that the Sheepfolk withdrawal had begun, and Great Liang started sending personnel and aid to the provinces as the process continued smoothly.

Xu Wuyi secretly fled Great Liang after Feng Zhuohua warned him that a Feathered Human temple master was coming to kill him, but the enemy tracked him down in the void and attacked. Xu Wuyi fought to hold out against the far stronger opponent and unleashed Annihilation as the battle continued.

• Feng Zhuohua warned Xu Wuyi that a divine intent-level Feathered Human King was approaching Great Liang to kill him and arranged his secret evacuation.
• Xu Wuyi left Great Liang aboard a stealth transport while Shi Yi and Cui Shaotang prepared false information to conceal his departure.
• During the flight, Xu Wuyi sensed a powerful presence tracking him, ordered the pilot to change course, and then leaped from the aircraft to draw the threat away from its crew.
• Xu Wuyi met a Feathered Human temple master in the void, who identified him and attacked with a saber.
• Xu Wuyi dodged and blocked several strikes, adapting his techniques to slow the temple master, then thrust upward with Annihilation.

Xu Wuyi survived Blood Blade’s killing strike after holding out until Liu Yunshan arrived, then recovered at a Federation base. Meanwhile, the Federation investigated a leak that had enabled the Feathered Humans to intercept him, but the mole remained unidentified.

• Xu Wuyi concentrated his domain and combined Bloodbreaker with Annihilation to withstand Blood Blade’s strongest attack until Liu Yunshan’s arrival forced Blood Blade to retreat.
• A silver-white spear struck Blood Blade from behind, and he fled before Liu Yunshan could catch him.
• Liu Yunshan introduced himself to Xu Wuyi, helped him return to Federation territory, and arranged treatment for his injuries and depleted Heart Image.
• Doctors reported that Xu Wuyi had suffered serious exhaustion of his Heart Image, while his physical injuries were expected to heal with rest.
• Liu Yunshan and Feng Zhuohua began investigating how the Feathered Humans had learned Xu Wuyi’s travel plans, but the search found no clear lead.
• Xu Wuyi continued recovering at the military base, unaware of the ongoing purge within the Federation.

Xu Wuyi recovered from his injuries while Feng Zhuohua revealed that Shen Zhengping, a Military Intelligence Bureau officer, had leaked Xu’s Great Liang itinerary to the Feathered Humans. Further investigation uncovered Fan Jun, a senior analyst secretly raised by the Sirius Civilization, and Xu went to interrogate him with his Order ability; Fan Jun’s first glance at Xu betrayed a fleeting, complicated emotion.

• Doctor Fang told Xu Wuyi that his Heart Image was recovering unusually quickly, and Feng Zhuohua later visited him to report that they had found the mole.
• Feng Zhuohua explained that the Sheepfolk had revealed the Feathered Humans knew of Xu’s Great Liang trip in advance, leading investigators to identify Shen Zhengping as the leaker.
• Xu learned that Shen Zhengping had passed along intelligence twice, including Xu’s itinerary, and that the military court would handle his case.
• After recovering in Linjiang, Xu learned from Feng Zhuohua that Shen Zhengping’s confession had exposed numerous agents and pointed to Fan Jun, a Sirius Civilization spy embedded in the Military Intelligence Bureau.
• Xu agreed to use his Order ability to question Fan Jun, traveled to Xingjing, and entered the underground interrogation room with Feng Zhuohua.
• Fan Jun looked at Xu as they entered, briefly showing a complicated emotion before returning to a calm, unreadable expression.

Xu Wuyi used the power of Order to break Fan Jun’s silence, uncovering his true identity as Erdeni and learning about a hidden Sirius remnant stronghold. After discovering that the wounded god Mongen was among them, Xu Wuyi asked to join the planned operation to avenge Yue Lianshan, but Feng Zhuohua had not yet agreed.

• Xu Wuyi broke through Fan Jun’s will barrier, and Fan Jun revealed that he was Erdeni, the son of the North Wind Tribe’s chieftain, sent to infiltrate the Federation as a child.
• Fan Jun confessed that he had passed intelligence to the Sirius Civilization, then later buried reports about surviving tribespeople and secretly gathered information about them.
• Fan Jun explained that Shen Zhengping had discovered his actions and coerced him into covering for each other while they both pursued their own schemes.
• Fan Jun revealed that about 1,200 warriors and 8,000 to 10,000 tribespeople were hiding in Star Realm XJ-7043, along with the wounded god Mongen, who had recovered to at least early-stage Grandmaster strength.
• Feng Zhuohua said he would consult the Military Department before planning an operation, while Xu Wuyi asked to join it and insisted to himself that he would go after Mongen regardless.

Xu Wuyi joined a military operation to eliminate Mongen and the surviving Sky Wolf forces in Star Realm XJ-7043. After the spatial blockade was completed, Zhou Zhenguo gave the order to begin the assault.

• Xu Wuyi attended a briefing where Feng Zhuohua and Zhou Zhenguo assigned him, Lu Zhenshan, and Luo Qingluan to deal with Mongen and ordered the Sky Wolf warriors killed.
• Hong Nianyi told Xu Wuyi she would join the operation to help avenge Grandmaster Yue.
• Xu Wuyi prepared for the mission and traveled with the military force to Star Realm XJ-7043.
• Zhou Zhenguo reviewed the three-phase plan aboard the transport aircraft, including sealing the Star Realm, eliminating Mongen and the warriors, and controlling the ordinary wolfmen.
• The engineering troops finished deploying the spatial sealing equipment, and Zhou Zhenguo announced that the operation could begin.

Xu Wuyi, Lu Zhenshan, and Luo Qingluan cornered and killed Mongen in his cavern, ending the Sirius Civilization’s last god’s life. The Federation then crushed the remaining Sky Wolf resistance and began removing the surviving warriors and civilians from the canyon.

• Luo Qingluan located Mongen in a cavern three kilometers inside the canyon, and Xu Wuyi and Lu Zhenshan fought their way through the Sky Wolf warriors to reach him.
• Xu Wuyi suppressed Mongen’s domain and held him in place as Lu Zhenshan and Luo Qingluan joined the fight and wounded him.
• Mongen burned his life force to recover, but Xu Wuyi used Annihilation to erase him completely.
• After Mongen’s death, the Federation teams broke the Sky Wolf warriors’ resistance, leaving fewer than a hundred survivors among the twelve hundred warriors.
• Zhou Zhenguo’s team gathered the ordinary werewolves and sent them to remote Star Realms as forced laborers.

After returning from the mission that killed Mongen, Xu Wuyi learned how to unlock the Fire Source Stone and obtained an ancient Body Tempering Method. He began adapting its fire-based principles to his own law of Order, but had not yet started experimenting.

• Xu Wuyi called Han Mo, who explained that the Fire Source Stone was an ancient inheritance stone opened by matching its rule frequency.
• Xu Wuyi returned to Linjiang, used his power of Order to dismantle the Fire Source Stone, and received the Origin Fire Body Tempering inheritance.
• Xu Wuyi studied the method and recognized that its reliance on fire laws conflicted with his own law of Order.
• Xu Wuyi recorded a plan to use Order to optimize his body at the cellular level instead of burning away and rebuilding tissue.
• Over the next half month, Xu Wuyi analyzed how to adapt the method and sought a safe way to achieve cellular optimization with Order.

Xu Wuyi optimized his cells with the power of Order, gaining a ten-percent improvement in body tempering and unusually rapid recovery. He registered Origin Fire Body Tempering under Grandmaster Yue Lianshan’s name and, after finding that Zeng Bonan was stuck at Level 37 on the Astral Battlefield, sent him a message suggesting he study the method once it was approved.

• Xu Wuyi spent half a month refining his cellular-level use of the power of Order, improving his efficiency and discovering that optimized cells repaired injuries in under a minute.
• Xu Wuyi found that Origin Fire Body Tempering had improved his body-tempering effects by about ten percent and decided that the inheritance should benefit Grandmaster Yue Lianshan’s heirs.
• Xu Wuyi obtained notarization and submitted the complete Origin Fire Body Tempering method to the Federation Martial Arts Repository under Grandmaster Yue Lianshan’s name.
• Xu Wuyi searched the Federation database and found that Zeng Bonan had remained at Level 37 for more than two years because he could not condense the embryonic form of a Heart Image.
• Xu Wuyi learned that Zeng Bonan had joined a Federation military combat unit and was serving on the Astral Battlefield, then sent him a message recommending the method as a possible source of insight.

Xu Wuyi trained his body and refined his rules before studying Ye Yixin’s Grandmaster Battle Net records at Qiao Tongyu’s suggestion. He challenged Ye Yixin’s phantom and fought it to a draw, recognizing that his physical strength and recovery were his main advantages while his spear skill and domain needed work.

• Xu Wuyi continued his daily physical tempering and worked to reduce the construction time of Gravity Reversal.
• Qiao Tongyu urged Xu Wuyi to study and challenge Ye Yixin’s Grandmaster phantom, which had defeated most Grandmasters on Battle Net.
• Xu Wuyi watched Ye Yixin’s match records and concluded that his sword intent suppressed opponents by disrupting their judgment and movements.
• Xu Wuyi challenged Ye Yixin, whose attacks prevented him from deploying his domain and wounded him in their first exchange.
• Xu Wuyi relied on his strength and rapid healing in a second, more aggressive clash, and the battle ended in a draw when both lost the ability to fight.
• Xu Wuyi assessed his weaknesses in martial skill and domain use, then reopened the challenge screen to try a different approach.

Xu Wuyi tested his Bloodbreaker and Lawbreaker against Ye Yixin’s phantom, then spent weeks refining his fighting style until his win rate climbed to nearly one hundred percent. Federation Grandmasters were stunned by his battle records, and Liu Yunshan judged that Xu Wuyi’s temperament matched his extraordinary talent as he considered whether he could reach Divine Intent within two years.

• Xu Wuyi drew against Ye Yixin’s phantom with Bloodbreaker, then defeated it with Lawbreaker by relying on his stronger body and recovery.
• Over the next half month, Xu Wuyi trained against Ye Yixin’s phantom, improving his win rate and sharpening his martial skills.
• Anna told Xu Wuyi that Origin Fire Body Tempering had entered the Federation Martial Arts Library with an S- rating.
• Xu Wuyi took a day off in Linjiang while Federation Grandmasters examined his Battle Net records and marveled at his strength, laws, and recovery.
• Fang Xinping estimated that Xu Wuyi could defeat Ye Yixin’s phantom nearly every time, and Liu Yunshan praised Xu Wuyi’s discipline while questioning whether he could reach Divine Intent within two years.

After Xu Wuyi defeated Zhao Junyan and Han Ling in Battle Net sparring matches, more Grandmasters challenged him to test his strength. He accepted Dong Shuhang’s challenge to a spear-only duel, and their closely matched contest continued as Dong began to doubt his own spear technique.

• Liu Yunshan said he would support Xu Wuyi for a Star Realm Debate spot if Xu advanced to Divine Intent in time, and Feng Zhuohua agreed to make arrangements.
• After news of Xu Wuyi’s results against Ye Yixin’s phantom spread, Zhao Junyan challenged him, but Xu defeated him by relying on his superior physical toughness and strength.
• Xu accepted Han Ling’s challenge and endured his lightning attacks, using his developing domain to sense and deflect Han’s Lightning Incarnation.
• More Grandmasters sent Xu challenge requests, and he began accepting them in order.
• Xu accepted Dong Shuhang’s proposal for a duel using only spears, and the two exchanged dozens of attacks as Dong struggled to break through Xu’s flexible defense.

Xu Wuyi built a 217-match undefeated record on Battle Net, sharpening his combat experience and earning the title “the foremost beneath Divine Intent.” Liu Yunshan invited him to test his strength against a Divine Intent Grandmaster, and their spar began with Xu Wuyi discovering how little his rules affected Liu Yunshan.

• Xu Wuyi defeated Dong Shuhang, who recognized that Xu Wuyi’s strength and reactions had overcome his more refined spear technique.
• Xu Wuyi fought a growing stream of Grandmasters, studying their different styles and improving through daily battles.
• Xu Wuyi defeated Lin Jichuan by overcoming his earth-element defenses and learned from how Lin dispersed attacks into the ground.
• Xu Wuyi countered Zhou Wenbin’s soundwave attacks by adjusting his body’s vibrational frequencies, then surpassed two hundred Battle Net victories.
• Meng Changhe called Xu Wuyi “the foremost beneath Divine Intent,” and the title spread through Federation circles.
• Liu Yunshan invited Xu Wuyi to a spar that retained Divine Intent characteristics, then struck through Xu Wuyi’s defense and left his arm temporarily unable to respond.

Xu Wuyi lost a spar against Liu Yunshan and learned why Divine Intent could overcome his rules, then received orders to join a major military operation. In Xingjing, Shen Jin briefed him on a newly discovered, resource-rich Star Realm outpost that the Federation planned to seize before rival civilizations could claim it.

• Xu Wuyi fought Liu Yunshan on Battle Net, used Annihilation, and was unable to overcome Liu Yunshan's Divine Intent defenses and recovery.
• Liu Yunshan explained that Divine Intent unified mind and body, allowing powerhouses to resist or break rules, and advised Xu Wuyi to pursue that advancement.
• Liu Yunshan warned Xu Wuyi to prepare for the battlefield, and Xu Wuyi later received Shen Jin's encrypted order to travel to Xingjing for a mission.
• Xu Wuyi flew to Xingjing, where Hong Nianyi escorted him to Quiet Mountain Villa and Shen Jin's study.
• Shen Jin told Xu Wuyi that the Federation had confirmed an unclaimed outpost designated X-1173, with resource reserves at least twice those of its existing outposts.
• Shen Jin said other civilizations might also know about X-1173 and explained that the Federation would move quickly to seize and secure it.

Xu Wuyi joined the Federation force on its expedition to claim the Star Realm outpost X-1173, where at least three Beast Kings and a possible high-tier Nest Lord awaited. After landing, the force began clearing the perimeter, and Xu Wuyi followed Shen Jin and Lin Jianyi toward the core without yet entering the fighting.

• Shen Jin warned Xu Wuyi that X-1173 might hold a powerful Nest Lord, and Xu Wuyi agreed to join the expedition leaving the next morning.
• Xu Wuyi traveled with Lin Jianyi, Shen Jin, and the other martial artists as Lin Jianyi explained the three-phase plan and the estimated numbers of Star Beasts and Beast Kings.
• The expedition landed at X-1173, where Lu Zhenshan and Yang Shuyan led separate groups while Xu Wuyi joined Shen Jin's team heading toward the core.
• Lin Jianyi's group found a basin packed with Star Beasts, and Lu Zhenshan and ten Xiantian martial artists cleared more than two thousand beasts in under ten minutes.
• As the group advanced, Zhou Cheng and five Xiantian martial artists defeated a coordinated wave of Star Beasts, while Lin Jianyi continued sending small teams to clear threats and conserve strength.

Xu Wuyi and the Grandmasters entered the Star Realm stronghold’s core and fought its seven Beast Kings. After killing the Wolf-Form Beast King and helping Lu Zhenshan and Luo Qingluan defeat the Spherical Beast King, Xu Wuyi moved to assist the remaining battles.

• Lin Jianyi sensed seven Beast Kings inside the core and assigned the three Divine Intent Grandmasters to fight the strongest while the other Grandmasters paired off against the rest.
• Xu Wuyi and Dong Shuhang entered the core, where the seven Beast Kings were gathered around a pillar of light, and Xu Wuyi chose to fight the Wolf-Form Beast King.
• Xu Wuyi used Annihilation to destroy the Wolf-Form Beast King's jaw and skull, killing it while Dong Shuhang held off the other low-tier Beast Kings.
• Xu Wuyi used Lawbreaker to suppress the Spherical Beast King's energy beams, allowing Lu Zhenshan and Luo Qingluan to kill it.
• Xu Wuyi withdrew Lawbreaker and headed toward the remaining battles to help the other Grandmasters.

Xu Wuyi and the Grandmasters killed the six Beast Kings in the underground space, but the Divine Intent Beast King escaped after breaking through their encirclement. Yang Shuyan traced its energy, and she, Xu Wuyi, and Dong Shuhang began searching the outpost's core as the other Grandmasters split into teams.

• Xu Wuyi suppressed the Lizard Beast King and helped Zhao Junyan and Zhou Cheng kill it, then aided Han Ling and Lin Jichuan in killing the Wyvern Beast King.
• The other Grandmasters defeated the remaining low-tier Beast Kings while Lin Jianyi, Shen Jin, and Yang Shuyan fought the Divine Intent Beast King.
• The Divine Intent Beast King feigned an injury, broke through the Grandmasters' defenses, and escaped through the crystal wall by burning its life origin.
• Lin Jianyi explained that the injured Beast King would seek an energy node to recover, and Yang Shuyan revealed she could track it using the palm intent she had left inside it.
• Lin Jianyi divided the Grandmasters into search teams and assigned Xu Wuyi and Dong Shuhang to accompany Yang Shuyan in the innermost core area.
• Yang Shuyan led Xu Wuyi and Dong Shuhang through the crystal passages and detected traces showing the Beast King had passed through, but had not stopped there.

Xu Wuyi discovered how to draw energy from the stronghold while fighting the Divine Intent Beast King, whose home-ground advantage had let it recover and grow stronger. The Beast King recognized that Xu Wuyi was stealing its energy and lunged at him, but Yang Shuyan intercepted it.

• Yang Shuyan led Xu Wuyi and Dong Shuhang to the Divine Intent Beast King's chamber and sent a signal for Lin Jianyi and Shen Jin to come.
• The Beast King revealed that it had deliberately lured them to an energy node, healed its wounds, and grown stronger as it attacked Yang Shuyan.
• Dong Shuhang charged the Beast King but was swatted into a wall and badly injured, while Xu Wuyi endured its attacks and fought alongside Yang Shuyan.
• Xu Wuyi studied the Beast King's energy absorption and used the power of Order to resonate with the stronghold's light patterns, drawing energy into himself and accelerating his recovery.
• The Beast King sensed Xu Wuyi absorbing the stronghold's energy and lunged at him, but Yang Shuyan blocked its path and attacked again.