Chapter Summaries

Xu Wuyi merged his power of Order with the outpost’s energy cycle while Lin Jianyi, Shen Jin, and Yang Shuyan defeated the Beast King. The Star Origin Federation took possession of the outpost, and the survivors prepared for the next phase of the mission.

• Yang Shuyan held off the Beast King while Xu Wuyi absorbed outpost energy, and Lin Jianyi and Shen Jin arrived as the Beast King tried to flee.
• Lin Jianyi immobilized the Beast King with his sword intent, Shen Jin severed the energy link to its foreleg, and Yang Shuyan struck its heart and energy core.
• Xu Wuyi merged his power of Order into the outpost’s energy cycle, disrupting the Beast King’s recovery and drawing the outpost’s energy to himself until the Beast King collapsed.
• Lin Jianyi returned the Beast King’s energy core to Xu Wuyi, and the group learned that the perimeter had been cleared and the Beast King mission was complete.
• Lu Zhenshan reported that the Star Beasts had been eliminated with no deaths, and the team camped in the underground space while Xu Wuyi sensed a subtle refinement in his Heart of Order.

Xu Wuyi remained at the newly captured outpost as one of its first garrison Grandmasters, where he learned the Federation’s secrets about the Star Realm outposts and began training under Yang Shuyan. His cultivation and understanding of Order advanced as he mastered the first principle of Eight Trigrams Palm, Flowing Deflection.

• Zheng Yuanzheng led the engineering corps in building a defensive fortress and refitting the outpost, while Shen Jin explained how earlier outposts had been won at great cost.
• Qin Wangdong arrived with garrison troops and established defensive lines, sentry posts, and King-Slaying Cannons around the outpost.
• Lin Jianyi named Yang Shuyan overall commander and selected Qin Wangdong, Zhou Cheng, and Xu Wuyi for the first garrison group; Shen Jin said Xu Wuyi’s power of Order made the outpost especially suitable for his cultivation.
• Shen Jin told Xu Wuyi that the outposts’ locations and connection to Star Realm summons were secrets known only to Divine Intent Grandmasters and vetted Domain-level Grandmasters, and said Yang Shuyan would teach him.
• After Lin Jianyi, Shen Jin, and most of the Grandmasters departed, Xu Wuyi began a regular cultivation schedule and trained in Eight Trigrams Palm under Yang Shuyan.
• Xu Wuyi mastered a smooth spiral path for channeling force through his body, then learned that Yang Shuyan would next teach him Listening Force.

Xu Wuyi trained in listening to force and neutralizing force under Yang Shuyan, then learned about the Astral Battlefield summons and the path to Divine Intent. He committed to reaching Divine Intent and competing for a Federation slot, while the outpost began systematic resource collection.

• Yang Shuyan taught Xu Wuyi to read the signs of an opponent’s movements, and he used listening to force and neutralizing force to defeat a bear-shaped Grand Commander with little effort.
• Yang Shuyan explained that the Federation’s four Astral Battlefield summons slots required Divine Intent and described the younger-generation competitors, including Gu Beichen and Wang Shuang.
• Yang Shuyan told Xu Wuyi that breaking through to Divine Intent required understanding his will and martial path, and Xu Wuyi decided to reach that level and compete for a slot.
• Xu Wuyi followed a rigorous cultivation routine for more than a month, steadily absorbing origin energy and strengthening his Heart Image.
• He Minzhi arrived with a Federation resource-gathering team, and Yang Shuyan approved their plan to harvest resources around the outpost without disrupting its defenses or cultivation areas.

Xu Wuyi continued cultivating at the Federation’s stronghold until the Dawn Empire arrived to demand a share of it. Yang Shuyan rejected their proposal and arranged for formal negotiations, leaving both sides in a tense standoff as Xu Wuyi reflected on the contest ahead.

• Xu Wuyi watched He Minzhi’s team collect valuable spiritual resources and continued strengthening his Heart of Order and body at the stronghold.
• A sentry detected a Dawn Empire spacecraft, and Yang Shuyan explained that its crew had tracked the Federation to the stronghold.
• Yang Shuyan led Xu Wuyi, Qin Wangdong, and Zhou Cheng to meet the five Dawn Empire representatives, led by Divine Intent Grandmaster Xiao Hanyuan.
• Xiao Hanyuan demanded joint ownership and alternating recruitment quotas, but Yang Shuyan refused and warned that the Federation was prepared to defend the stronghold.
• Xiao Hanyuan agreed to camp nearby and await formal negotiations, while Yang Shuyan and Xu Wuyi concluded that the Dawn Empire urgently wanted recruitment access.
• Xu Wuyi returned to cultivation, reflecting that strength on the Astral Battlefield also depended on information, technology, strategy, and negotiation.

The Federation and the Dawn Empire agreed to settle their dispute over X-1173 through a three-on-three Grandmaster showdown, with the results determining their share of the outpost’s resources and control. Xu Wuyi was expected to take one of the Federation’s slots, and Yang Shuyan began intensifying his training for the fight one month away.

• Chen Wangqiu and Xiao Hanyuan agreed that the Federation would lead the joint development of X-1173, but they failed to settle the division of its benefits.
• The two sides arranged a three-person gauntlet showdown for one month later; Federation victory would secure an eighty-twenty resource split, while Dawn Empire victory would grant it forty percent and an independent cultivation zone.
• Chen Wangqiu explained that the Dawn Empire’s resource-rich training system gave its top fighters an advantage below Divine Intent, and said Xu Wuyi was expected to represent the Federation.
• Yang Shuyan assigned Xu Wuyi a month of intensive Heart Image cultivation and physical optimization, aiming to complete the first round of cellular optimization before the showdown.
• Xu Wuyi practiced Yang Shuyan’s active energy-drawing method and learned to stabilize a vortex that pulled source energy from the outpost’s light patterns.

Xu Wuyi spent the month before the duel refining his Order power, perception, and body, then learned that he would represent the Federation alongside Han Ling and Jiang Muzhou. Three days before the confrontation with the Dawn Empire, the trio met and Jiang Muzhou demonstrated the spatial rules that would shape their tactics.

• Xu Wuyi cultivated through the night and trained with Yang Shuyan until he could read attacks from subtle energy fluctuations and shifts in an opponent’s intent.
• Xu Wuyi completed the first round of cellular optimization across his arms, legs, and torso, then spent the final days consolidating his gains and practicing Eight Trigrams Palm.
• Yang Shuyan gave Xu Wuyi the Federation roster: Xu Wuyi, Han Ling, and Jiang Muzhou, explaining Jiang Muzhou’s spatial rules and why Lu Zhenshan had been left off the lineup.
• Han Ling reviewed his past defeat to Xu Wuyi and trained his lightning rules, while Jiang Muzhou arrived at the outpost and prepared to meet his teammates.
• At their first team training session, Jiang Muzhou demonstrated how his domain could distort and compress space and create Spatial Rifts.

Xu Wuyi demonstrated his order laws and fighting style to Han Ling and Jiang Muzhou before Yang Shuyan briefed them on the Dawn Empire’s three Grandmasters. The team left to prepare for opponents Xing Beichuan, Wei Wuji, and the mysterious Xiao Chuyun.

• Jiang Muzhou and Han Ling described the limits of their spatial and lightning abilities, and Han Ling demonstrated his new Thunder Core technique.
• Xu Wuyi showed how Lawbreaker and Bloodbreaker suppressed opponents, how order force and recovery defended him, and how Annihilation destroyed matter.
• Yang Shuyan introduced Xing Beichuan’s mind-corroding Gold Baleful Intent and Wei Wuji’s concealed, shadow-based attacks.
• Yang Shuyan presented Xiao Chuyun as a powerful but poorly understood opponent whose ability might involve life or time manipulation.
• Xu Wuyi, Han Ling, and Jiang Muzhou left the Cultivation Room to prepare for the Dawn Empire’s fighters.

The Dawn Empire assessed Xu Wuyi and the Federation’s other Grandmasters before the duel over Outpost X-1173 began. Han Ling and Xing Beichuan fought the opening match, and Xing Beichuan won after both combatants suffered severe injuries.

• Xiao Hanyuan reviewed Xu Wuyi’s intelligence and warned Xiao Chuyun that the Federation’s young Grandmaster was a formidable opponent.
• Shen Jin visited Xu Wuyi before the duel and advised him to control his nerves.
• Helan Shan announced the gauntlet rules, and Han Ling and Xing Beichuan entered the arena as the first contestants.
• Han Ling used his lightning abilities to break Xing Beichuan’s sword defenses, but Xing Beichuan’s Killing Intent and counterattacks wore him down.
• Han Ling and Xing Beichuan struck each other in their final exchange, leaving Han Ling unable to continue while Xing Beichuan remained standing.
• Helan Shan declared Xing Beichuan the winner of the first match.

After Jiang Muzhou and Wei Wuji fought to a costly stalemate, the Federation conceded the second match. Wei Wuji entered the third match to study Xu Wuyi, but Xu Wuyi defeated him with two punches, giving the match to the Federation.

• Xing Beichuan defeated Han Ling, withdrew, and the Dawn Empire sent Wei Wuji to fight the Federation’s second contestant, Jiang Muzhou.
• Wei Wuji’s Shadowflow Rule wore down Jiang Muzhou, but Jiang Muzhou used a Spatial Rift to erase Wei Wuji’s right hand before collapsing.
• Shen Jin stopped Wei Wuji from striking Jiang Muzhou, and the Federation conceded the match; Wei Wuji then persuaded Xiao Hanyuan and Gongsun Zhi to let him probe Xu Wuyi.
• Xu Wuyi used Lawbreaker to force Wei Wuji out of the shadows and struck him twice, shattering his defenses and leaving him unable to continue.
• Xiao Hanyuan conceded the third match, and Helan Shan declared Xu Wuyi the winner.

Xu Wuyi defeated Wei Wuji and then faced Xiao Chuyun in a brutal duel between their civilizations’ foremost young fighters. After their last exchange sent Xiao Chuyun’s saber flying and Xu Wuyi struck her shoulder, the outcome remained unresolved.

• Xu Wuyi used Order power to locate Wei Wuji in the shadows and defeated him with two punches.
• Wei Wuji told Xiao Hanyuan that Xu Wuyi’s perception consumed substantial mental strength, and Xiao Chuyun entered the arena to fight him.
• Xiao Chuyun used the Life Rule to enhance her body and clashed with Xu Wuyi, whose strength and rapid recovery let him endure her saber strikes.
• Xu Wuyi struck Xiao Chuyun’s wrist and repeatedly countered her attacks, while using Order power to remove the Life Rule eroding his body.
• Xu Wuyi shattered Xiao Chuyun’s shield and knocked her down, but she stood and demanded another exchange.
• Xiao Chuyun and Xu Wuyi charged again; Xu Wuyi knocked her saber away and struck her shoulder.

Xu Wuyi defeated Xiao Chuyun, securing the Star Origin Federation’s victory over the Dawn Empire, then completed the first round of physical optimization at the outpost. After Zou Mu explained the difference between Domain and Divine Intent and warned him about the expectations awaiting him, Xu Wuyi returned to Linjiang to continue his cultivation.

• Xu Wuyi outlasted Xiao Chuyun in a clash of laws, and she conceded the match and the Dawn Empire’s defeat.
• Helan Shan declared the Star Origin Federation the winner, and Xiao Hanyuan accepted the agreed outcome for the outpost before leading the Dawn Empire party away.
• After completing the cellular optimization of his head, Xu Wuyi tested his improved strength and learned from Zou Mu that Divine Intent required laws to become part of one’s existence.
• Xu Wuyi left the outpost with Zou Mu, who warned him that the resources and attention awaiting him would also bring pressure to reach Divine Intent.
• Xu Wuyi flew back to the Federation homeland, messaged his parents, and returned to his residence in Linjiang.

Xu Wuyi spent nearly two months strengthening his foundation and searching for his own understanding of Divine Intent, but he could not find a breakthrough. He decided that his Order meant optimizing himself, secured Federation resources, and began a second round of bodily optimization.

• Xu Wuyi visited Qiao Tongyu and his parents before entering seclusion to digest his gains from the outpost.
• Xu Wuyi stabilized his cellular optimization, refined his three core laws, practiced combining them, and improved his Flowing Deflection and Listening Force.
• After nearly two months, Xu Wuyi concluded that other people's realizations could not lead him to Divine Intent and chose to keep strengthening his body instead.
• Xu Wuyi recognized that his Order lay in optimizing himself and asked Qiao Tongyu for a large supply of high-concentration energy resources.
• Meng Pingchuan delivered the first batch of resources, including Purple Origin Fruits and Origin Crystals, to Xu Wuyi.
• Xu Wuyi began his second round of bodily optimization by aligning the muscle fibers in his right arm, increasing its explosive power by roughly three percent.

Xu Wuyi completed a year of body optimization, strengthening his physical power, recovery, perception, and close-combat techniques without reaching Divine Intent. Seeking to measure the gap between his current strength and that realm, he arranged another Battle Net match with Liu Yunshan.

• Xu Wuyi spent a year optimizing his muscles, bones, blood vessels, meridians, organs, and brain with Federation resources, greatly increasing his strength and recovery.
• After the second round of optimization, Xu Wuyi found that the Prairie Fire Spear restrained his power and set it aside in favor of fighting with his fists.
• Xu Wuyi refined his Eight Trigrams Palm grappling, Listening Force, Flowing Deflection, and rule-infused punches during his seclusion.
• Xu Wuyi asked Anna to find an available Divine Intent Grandmaster so he could test how far his strength remained from that realm.
• Anna identified Liu Yunshan as available, and Xu Wuyi asked him for guidance; Liu Yunshan arranged to meet him on the Battle Net at nine the next morning.

Xu Wuyi tested his year of physical training against Liu Yunshan and discovered that his body had grown powerful enough to challenge Divine Intent Grandmasters. Liu Yunshan showed him how to make Order part of his being, and Xu Wuyi began cultivating the sprout of Divine Intent through basic practice.

• Xu Wuyi met Liu Yunshan in Battle Net and agreed to test his progress under the same rules as their previous fight.
• Xu Wuyi read Liu Yunshan's movements and drove him back with three powerful punches, revealing that his body's strength had surpassed the domain-level category.
• Liu Yunshan explained that Xu Wuyi could approach Divine Intent by making his body an embodiment of Order rather than using rules to strengthen it.
• Xu Wuyi drew the power of Order inward and felt the first sprout of Divine Intent take root within him.
• Xu Wuyi returned to his Cultivation Room and practiced basic fist techniques through the night, ending with a new sense of completeness and presence.

Xu Wuyi perfected the coordination of his body and demonstrated his immense endurance and recovery in a fight against Shen Jin, who confirmed that he could contend with newly advanced Divine Intent Grandmasters. Shen Jin urged Xu Wuyi not to rush into breaking through, leaving his next step unspoken.

• Xu Wuyi discovered flaws in the connections between his individually optimized body parts and spent two days refining their coordination into holistic optimization.
• Xu Wuyi sensed that Divine Intent was within reach but chose to continue practicing until his body could naturally sustain its perfected coordination.
• Shen Jin summoned Xu Wuyi to Battle Net and asked to test his strength after hearing Liu Yunshan's account of their fight.
• Shen Jin attacked Xu Wuyi with his Divine Intent traits while suppressing his energy to the Domain level, and Xu Wuyi endured repeated injuries that quickly healed.
• After fifty-nine exchanges, Shen Jin's stamina ran low, and he stopped the fight, concluding that Xu Wuyi could contend with ordinary, newly advanced Divine Intent Grandmasters.
• Shen Jin explained that Xu Wuyi's endurance and recovery let him withstand such opponents, though his explosive power was insufficient to severely injure them, and told him not to rush his breakthrough.

Xu Wuyi followed Shen Jin’s advice to strengthen his foundation, unaware that Federation leaders were secretly arranging to protect him. After eight days of training, he unified his spirit and flesh, reached Divine Intent at age twenty-six, and had Anna notify the Federation’s Divine Intent Grandmasters.

• Shen Jin told Xu Wuyi to keep building his foundation, conceal his strength, and accept the resources set aside for him by the Military Department.
• Liu Yunshan, Shen Jin, and Lu Shaoyuan discussed Xu Wuyi’s strength and agreed to keep his abilities secret, protect him in Linjiang, and provide him with resources.
• Xu Wuyi spent eight days training his whole-body coordination until his movements and bodily rhythms became natural.
• Xu Wuyi merged his Heart of Order with his body and broke through to Divine Intent.
• Xu Wuyi asked Anna to record his breakthrough, then authorized her to notify the Federation’s Divine Intent Grandmasters.

Xu Wuyi’s breakthrough to Divine Intent at twenty-six stunned the Federation’s Grandmasters, who gathered on Battle Net to welcome him. At the meeting, Wang Shuang challenged him to compete for future recruitment slots, and Xu Wuyi calmly observed her probing use of Calming the Storm.

• Shen Jin and Lu Shaoyuan received the Supreme Council notice confirming that Xu Wuyi had advanced to Divine Intent, and Lu Shaoyuan agreed that the restriction on Xu Wuyi leaving Federation territory could be lifted.
• Xu Wuyi tested his Divine Intent by making an old locust tree sprout and wither, then confirmed his breakthrough to Qiao Tongyu and received congratulations from Han Mo, who told him he had visited Yue Lianshan’s grave.
• Two days later, Xu Wuyi told Liu Yunshan and Shen Jin that his realm had remained stable since the instant he broke through, astonishing them with how little time he needed to stabilize.
• Liu Yunshan and Shen Jin arranged a Battle Net meeting, and Liu Yunshan told Xu Wuyi that his control over rules was already no weaker than his own.
• Xu Wuyi met the Federation’s Divine Intent Grandmasters, including Meng Qingqiu, Qin Wu, and Gu Beichen, while Wang Shuang congratulated him and said she looked forward to competing with him for future recruitment slots.
• Wang Shuang subtly tested Xu Wuyi with Calming the Storm, but he sensed her probe without being affected.

Xu Wuyi challenged Wang Shuang and Gu Beichen to a match, insisting his newly entered Divine Intent realm was already stable. He overwhelmed Wang Shuang with his bare-handed strength and precise defense, leaving the battle ongoing as she continued her assault.

• Xu Wuyi proposed that he, Wang Shuang, and Gu Beichen fight over the recruitment slots, despite the Grandmasters warning that he had only recently broken through.
• Xu Wuyi said his realm had already stabilized, and Liu Yunshan and Shen Jin supported letting him fight Wang Shuang.
• Xu Wuyi entered the arena without his spear and said his body was the best weapon, while Wang Shuang prepared to use Calming the Storm at full strength.
• Wang Shuang struck Xu Wuyi with a powerful palm, but he remained unharmed and sent her flying with a punch he said used only sixty percent of his strength.
• Meng Qingqiu explained that Xu Wuyi's body had reached the threshold of Divine Intent before his breakthrough, while Wang Shuang recovered and resumed attacking.
• Xu Wuyi blocked or evaded more than a hundred of Wang Shuang's attacks as she increased the speed and intensity of her assault.

Xu Wuyi decisively defeated Wang Shuang and Gu Beichen, demonstrating overwhelming perception, strength, and recovery. After the duels, Lu Shaoyuan invited Xu Wuyi to become a candidate for the Supreme Council, and Xu Wuyi agreed to serve if elected.

• Wang Shuang attacked Xu Wuyi repeatedly, but he deflected her strikes and countered until she conceded and asked how he predicted her movements.
• Gu Beichen challenged Xu Wuyi with his Righteous Sword, landed several cuts that healed quickly, and conceded after Xu Wuyi broke his sword and exhausted his strength.
• Liu Yunshan reassured Gu Beichen that his defeat reflected Xu Wuyi's superior strength, not a failure of his swordsmanship.
• Lu Shaoyuan asked Xu Wuyi to run for the Supreme Council, explaining that his Rule of Order and lack of political scheming could help improve the Federation.
• Xu Wuyi agreed not to decline if the council considered him qualified, and several Grandmasters pledged their support for his candidacy.
• Meng Qingqiu warned Xu Wuyi that the council would bring trials and opposition, then encouraged him to remain true to what he believed was right.

After Xu Wuyi became the Federation’s youngest Divine Intent Grandmaster, Feng Zhuohua recruited him for a secret plan to kill Bloodwing on the northern front. Xu Wuyi was appointed chief commander of the Third Star Realm Outpost and arrived there, preparing to join the battlefield.

• The Grandmasters congratulated Xu Wuyi after he defeated Wang Shuang and Gu Beichen, and Duan Jiuling gave him Origin Restoration Pills.
• Feng Zhuohua told Xu Wuyi that the Federation’s fronts were under pressure and proposed using his newly revealed strength as a surprise attack against Bloodwing.
• Xu Wuyi learned that Yang Shuyan had agreed to act as bait while he concealed himself and waited to ambush Bloodwing; the Military Department expected several months of preparation.
• Xu Wuyi applied to return to an Astral Realm outpost and spent three days examining the physical changes caused by his Divine Intent breakthrough.
• The Supreme Council approved Xu Wuyi’s appointment as chief commander of the Third Star Realm Outpost, and he left Linjiang by transport aircraft.
• Xu Wuyi emerged from the Astral Realm passage and saw the Third Star Realm Outpost beyond the porthole.