Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Lin Yuan arrives at Sea-Guard Pass with the recruits and draws attention from the Purple Moon Legion’s centurions—not because they see through his disguise, but because of his striking appearance.
• The five centurions explain that each commands ten squads and begins selecting recruits. Two of them are Mo Qingling and Mo Qingshu, nearly identical twin sisters.
• The twins recognize Lin Yuan through their cousin Mo Qingqing, who had told them he might come to the Eastern Sea Battlefield. Their connection gives them an advantage over the other centurions, who quickly try to befriend him too.
• Lin Yuan chooses Mo Qingshu’s squad, citing their shared hometown connection. The centurions complete their recruiting, and the recruits are officially registered in the Merit System.
• Mo Qingshu explains that the legion defends Sea-Guard Pass during major invasions, while squads otherwise patrol, scout, gather resources, and fight organized Deep-Sea Star Beast groups. Some scholars suspect those groups’ disciplined operations may be training exercises.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Yuan remains outwardly composed despite being amused and annoyed by the attention his looks attract. His choice of squad is presented as a practical preference for familiar ties, though he privately jokes about Mo Qingshu’s beauty.
• Mo Qingshu is welcoming and informative, while Mo Qingling is quieter and appears disappointed when Lin Yuan chooses her sister’s squad.
• The other centurions’ competitive recruiting gives way to friendly overtures once they realize Lin Yuan is a particularly desirable recruit. Hu Biao recognizes that their unusual warmth is due to Lin Yuan’s reputation.
• Gu Yiyi helps Lin Yuan understand who the twins are, linking the new military setting to his Azure River connections.

Significant themes

• Merit and reputation: The official system rewards battlefield service, while Lin Yuan’s existing reputation already affects how others treat him.
• Connections and belonging: Shared hometown ties and mutual acquaintances influence recruitment and trust.
• The enemy’s intelligence: The Deep-Sea Star Beasts are organized into squads, suggesting the conflict may be more strategic—and their behavior more purposeful—than the recruits expected.

Key plot points and events

• Lin Yuan reviews the military’s Merit System. Enlisted warriors can earn Merit Points through missions and by killing Deep-Sea Star Beasts; these points are separate from Contribution Points, so the same kill grants both.
• Accumulating 10,000 Merit Points allows a warrior to leave the military early instead of completing the usual three-year term.
• Lin Yuan discovers the Merit Treasury, a military-only store offering rare resources—including complete Ordinary and Transcendent Wondrous Laws. Their prices are enormous: 100,000 and 1,000,000 Merit Points respectively. The Treasury does not offer Pinnacle Mystical Arts.
• He concludes that the military is offering such valuable rewards because Deep-Sea Star Beasts pose a serious threat, while noting how difficult it would be for most warriors to earn enough Merit Points.
• Lin Yuan decides to remain at the Four Seas Battlefield, viewing it as a place to gain experience and potentially encounter opportunities for advancement.
• Three days later, after resting, he leads his squad from Sea-Guard Pass to the ocean battlefield on a patrol mission suggested by Mo Qingshu. The squad is otherwise free to operate independently, except during major emergencies requiring unified command.

Character development

• Lin Yuan is pragmatic and curious as he studies military incentives, but he is also ambitious: rather than treating service as an obligation to escape, he chooses to use the battlefield to test and improve himself.
• His confidence is clear. He believes leaving the military early would be within his reach, yet sees no reason to do so.
• Mo Qingshu’s suggestion helps direct Lin Yuan’s first expedition beyond the pass.

Significant themes

• Risk and reward: Battlefield service is dangerous, but offers valuable Merit Points, rare resources, and the chance to grow stronger.
• The cost of advancement: Even a major reward like a Wondrous Law demands an extraordinary number of kills, highlighting the difficulty of surviving and prospering in the war.
• Duty and ambition: Lin Yuan stays not because he must, but because he sees value in the challenge.
• An uneasy military stalemate: Large assaults have become uncommon; conflict more often takes the form of clashes between small squads across the vast, dangerous ocean.

Character interactions

• Lin Yuan studies the system alone, weighing the military’s rules and rewards.
• Mo Qingshu advises him to take a patrol mission and lead the squad into the ocean.
• The squad travels under Lin Yuan’s leadership, with considerable freedom to choose where it operates.

Plot points and events

• Lin Yuan leads his squad from Sea-Guard Pass into the Eastern Sea to hunt Deep-Sea Star Beasts for Merit Points and resources.
• On their first stop, a deserted island, they find over a hundred plants of valuable Star-Moon Grass. Over the following days, they uncover a series of treasures—including Dragonblood Tree sap, Star-Iron Ore, Spirit Fish, Coral Fruit, and hidden metal deposits.
• The squad realizes these repeated discoveries are no coincidence: Lin Yuan has been deliberately steering them toward the treasures using his special ability, Seeking Secrets.
• Lin Yuan openly confirms it. The squad willingly gives him most of what they have found, agreeing that his ability—and guidance—justify his larger share.
• Lin Yuan then follows the strongest treasure auras he can sense. After a long journey, the squad reaches their destination, whose sight leaves them speechless.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Yuan moves from quietly using his ability to openly acknowledging it once his squad grows suspicious. He accepts the larger share of the haul, but sees the squad’s prosperity as useful to the whole team and is willing to share with reasonable companions.
• The squad members progress from delight at their apparent luck to suspicion, then astonishment and gratitude when Lin Yuan explains the truth. They choose not to insist on the military’s equal-sharing convention, believing Lin Yuan deserves the lion’s share.
• Gu Yiyi recognizes early that Lin Yuan’s talent is behind the discoveries, while Qin Tianyi, Chen Fan, and the others are surprised when he admits it.
• The group’s trust and understanding of its informal resource-sharing arrangement deepen.

Significant themes

• Talent and resourcefulness: Lin Yuan’s ability to detect hidden treasures gives the squad a major advantage.
• Trust and fairness: The squad accepts unequal shares because they believe the captain’s contribution warrants them.
• Teamwork and mutual benefit: Lin Yuan’s gains and the squad’s growing strength are presented as reinforcing one another.
• A widening mystery: The chapter ends on a cliffhanger, hinting that the strongest treasure aura leads to something extraordinary.

Plot and events

• Lin Yuan’s squad expects to find a rare treasure but instead encounters a formation of deep-sea Seabream Star Beasts: one Lord-Grade leader and more than a dozen ordinary Two-Pattern beasts.
• The beasts attack, and Lin Yuan orders his team into battle. He takes on the leader while his teammates engage the others.
• Lin Yuan’s Heaven-Splitting Draw slices through the leader’s hardened tentacles. When it attempts to flee, his Truth-Piercing Golden Eyes reveal its vital core, and he uses Water Escape to intercept and kill it.
• With their captain defeated, the remaining beasts panic. Lin Yuan and his squad pursue and wipe out the entire group with virtually no casualties.
• While searching the leader’s corpse for Astral Realm Shards, Lin Yuan discovers a round pearl in its head and wonders what it is.

Character development and interactions

• Lin Yuan demonstrates confidence, tactical judgment, and overwhelming swordsmanship. He assesses the enemies’ strength, protects his squad by taking on the most dangerous foe, and then personally prevents its escape. His success further establishes his authority as captain.
• The teammates begin the fight grimly but grow excited and impressed by Lin Yuan’s performance. Their trust and admiration for him reach a new high.
• The Seabream Star Beasts initially attack aggressively, but the leader’s sudden defeat turns their confidence into fear and a disorderly retreat.

Significant themes

• Human–beast conflict: Encounters between humans and Star Beasts are presented as a longstanding struggle in which battle is unavoidable.
• Leadership through action: Lin Yuan earns his squad’s confidence by taking responsibility for the greatest threat and securing victory.
• Strength and teamwork: Lin Yuan’s exceptional power is decisive, while the squad’s coordinated fighting helps contain the other beasts.

Plot points and events

• Lin Yuan’s squad defeats a group of deep-sea Seabream Star Beasts and discovers a rare Deep-Sea Spirit Pearl among their remains. It aids water-element cultivation and lets its bearer breathe and withstand pressure underwater.
• The squad leaves quickly to avoid drawing other enemies. Lin Yuan recognizes that deep-sea star beasts are intelligent enough to retreat and assess danger, making them more challenging opponents than the beasts they have faced before.
• Over the following months, Lin Yuan uses his treasure-seeking ability to locate valuable materials and heavenly treasures. The squad earns substantial rewards, while also winning merit through battles.
• During a rest on a small island, the squad receives an urgent distress signal and prepares to respond.

Character development and interactions

• Lin Yuan continues taking the greatest risks in combat, protecting his teammates and strengthening their trust in his leadership.
• The newcomers—Qin Tianyi, Gu Yiyi, and Chen Fan—impress the veteran members with their exceptional abilities despite being only First Starfire Realm cultivators. Their specialized powers let them challenge stronger enemies.
• Lin Yuan struggles with frustration over his swordsmanship remaining at the Perfection Stage for more than two years. He steadies himself by recognizing that Dao Entry is extraordinarily difficult at his level and cannot be forced. Letting go brings him a brief, elusive sense of insight.

Significant themes

• Leadership and earned trust: Lin Yuan’s willingness to face danger earns the squad’s confidence.
• Growth through challenge: Both the veterans and newcomers strengthen their abilities through combat and experience.
• Patience in cultivation: Progress toward the Dao requires time and cannot be rushed.
• Intelligent adversaries: Deep-sea star beasts’ judgment and willingness to retreat make them more formidable than mindless opponents.

Key plot points and events

• Zhao Changkong’s squad is overwhelmed by a Lord-Grade, two-pattern Star-Sea Demon Octopus, a rare beast powerful enough to rival a King-Grade opponent. Its tentacles scatter and injure the squad, while lesser beasts prevent them from escaping.
• With Zhao and his team running out of Star Power, they believe they are doomed. Their distress signal has been sent, but they doubt anyone capable of helping will arrive.
• Lin Yuan appears, but his Starfire Realm cultivation is only at the fourth layer—lower than Zhao’s. Zhao warns him to flee.
• Lin Yuan instead challenges the octopus. His first sword strike is effortlessly broken by one tentacle, prompting him to unleash his full power.
• Lin’s pale flames form a Starfire Veil, his golden eyes blaze, and his aura proves far stronger than his cultivation suggests—surpassing even Zhao’s. The chapter ends as the squad realizes Lin is no ordinary fourth-layer warrior.

Character developments

• Zhao Changkong begins as a capable, confident captain but is reduced to desperate resistance against the octopus. Despite his despair, he warns Lin to save himself. Lin’s revealed power leaves him stunned and curious.
• Lin Yuan is introduced as calm and self-assured. Rather than retreat from a seemingly unbeatable enemy, he welcomes the challenge and reveals a formidable fighting presence when his opening attack fails.

Significant themes

• Appearances can mislead: Lin’s cultivation level understates his true combat ability.
• Hope amid despair: The squad’s rescue seems unlikely, but Lin’s arrival offers a chance of survival.
• Courage and resolve: Lin faces a superior enemy without hesitation, while Zhao continues protecting his squad despite overwhelming odds.
• Power and reputation: The octopus’s legendary bloodline and battlefield reputation make it a symbol of overwhelming force.

Character interactions

• Zhao and his squad fight together while trapped, relying on one another and hoping for rescue.
• Zhao warns Lin that the octopus is beyond his ability and urges him to escape.
• Lin dismisses the warning with quiet confidence and chooses to engage the beast, while the octopus mocks him—until Lin’s full aura changes everyone’s assessment of him.

Plot and key events

• Lin Yuan battles a Lord Grade Star-Sea Demon Octopus, astonishing onlookers who believe he is only at the Fourth Layer of the Starfire Realm. In reality, he is still at the Second Layer and has concealed his aura with Tortoise-Breath Concealment.
• His exceptional strength comes from Grand Unity Starforce, which is far denser than ordinary Star Power. After months of cultivation and hunting, his reserves have grown to the equivalent of a Seventh-Layer cultivator’s, giving him the power to contend with a King Grade Star Beast.
• Lin Yuan lands repeated heavy blows, but the octopus heals almost instantly through its Innate Flesh Regeneration Art. Realizing ordinary attacks cannot overcome it, he locates the Astral Realm hidden deep inside its body and prepares a decisive technique.
• Qin Tianyi, Chen Fan, and the rest of Lin Yuan’s team arrive and witness the battle. Lin Yuan then unleashes the Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation and Earthly Fiend Sword Net. Thirty-six sword lights divide into countless strands of Sword Qi, shredding the octopus’s body into chunks. The chapter ends with the onlookers horrified by the formation’s brutality.

Character development and interactions

• Lin Yuan reveals the scale of his hidden cultivation and combat ability. He remains controlled and tactical, adapting to the octopus’s regeneration and choosing a powerful finisher rather than wasting time on attacks it can heal.
• The Star-Sea Demon Octopus is introduced as a formidable, arrogant creature whose extraordinary regeneration makes it exceptionally hard to kill. It is initially caught off guard by Lin Yuan’s concealed strength.
• Qin Tianyi and Chen Fan lose their confidence that they might catch up to Lin Yuan after seeing how far beyond them his true strength is.
• Zhao Changkong’s group and Lin Yuan’s arriving teammates keep their distance, stunned by the scale and violence of the fight.

Significant themes

• Hidden strength and deception: Lin Yuan’s modest apparent level masks immense reserves and ability.
• The rewards of deep foundations: His unusual Starforce lets him build power beyond the normal limits of his realm.
• Adaptation and decisive action: Overcoming regeneration requires finding the creature’s vulnerability and unleashing a sufficiently overwhelming attack.
• The gap between ambition and reality: Lin Yuan’s teammates are forced to reconsider how far they are from matching him.

Plot points and events

• Lin Yuan unleashes the Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation, Earthly Fiend Sword Net, a killing formation from the Grand Unity Sword Canon. It tears the King-level Star-Sea Demon Octopus apart, astonishing everyone present.
• The octopus’s Flesh Regeneration Art rapidly rebuilds its body. Lin Yuan spots its exposed Astral Realm with his Truth-Piercing Golden Eyes and destroys it with Heaven-Sundering Sword Draw, killing it for good.
• With their commander dead, the remaining Common-Rank Star Beasts flee. Lin Yuan is nearly drained of star power and cannot pursue them, so Qin Tianyi and the others move to protect him.
• Zhao Changkong and his surviving squadmates thank Lin Yuan. Five of their nine members died in the attack; the survivors return to Sea-Guard Pass to recover.
• Zhao rewards Lin Yuan with 1,000 merit points, following battlefield custom. Lin Yuan accepts. After clearing the battlefield, his group departs.
• Unknown to them, a transparent, jellyfish-like Star Beast returns and secretly observes them, apparently recording information.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Yuan demonstrates power far beyond that of an ordinary squad captain, combining a devastating sword formation with precise judgment to overcome the octopus’s regeneration. His reserve is limited, however: the techniques leave him weakened, though his recovery trait helps him regain strength quickly.
• Zhao Changkong is grieving but resilient. He acknowledges the squad’s losses while recognizing that some survivors made it out—a rare stroke of fortune on the battlefield.
• Qin Tianyi and Lin Yuan’s squad protect Lin Yuan while he is exhausted, and the rescue gives them a sobering lesson in the dangers of the Four Seas Battlefield.
• Zhao’s squad expresses deep gratitude; Lin responds that warriors should help one another. Their exchange reflects mutual respect and established battlefield etiquette.

Significant themes

• Power and survival: Even a strong squad can be overwhelmed by a superior Star Beast, and timely reinforcements can mean the difference between life and death.
• The cost of battle: Lin’s victory saves survivors but cannot undo the five deaths, underscoring the battlefield’s brutality.
• Teamwork and duty: Warriors are expected to aid one another, while comrades must protect a weakened ally.
• Hidden danger: The secret observer suggests that the encounter may have consequences beyond the apparent victory.

Plot points and events

• Nearly two years into their compulsory service at Sea-Guard Pass, Lin Yuan has been promoted from squad captain to centurion. He qualified long ago by killing King Grade Star Beasts, but delayed taking the rank while refining his swordsmanship and building his strength.
• Recruitment supervisor Zhuge, who first escorted Lin Yuan to the pass, is astonished by his rapid rise. Lin Yuan selects two new squads from Zhuge’s latest group of recruits.
• Back at the barracks, Lin Yuan gathers his now-complete company of ten squads. Most squad captains are former members of his original squad, including Qin Tianyi, Gu Yiyi, and Chen Fan. They have grown stronger and advanced to the fourth layer of the Starfire Realm.
• Lin Yuan gives his company three days to rest and prepare, then orders them to join a thousand-man commander in an assault on Nine Li Island.

Character development and interactions

• Lin Yuan has become a respected young commander. He is powerful enough to kill King Grade Star Beasts, but remains focused on improving his swordsmanship rather than pursuing rank or fame. His former squad members’ progress and survival clearly matter to him.
• Zhuge is impressed by how far Lin Yuan has advanced since their first meeting, though he does not know the full extent of Lin Yuan’s achievements.
• Lin Yuan’s former squadmates have benefited from their commander’s access to hidden treasures and cultivation resources. They have become capable captains and now lead new squads under him. One comrade died in the past year, underscoring the dangers of the battlefield.
• The new recruits see the experienced soldiers greet Lin Yuan with respect, immediately recognizing his authority and prestige.

Significant themes

• Rapid growth and merit: Lin Yuan’s promotion reflects extraordinary ability and deeds, while his former comrades also rise through hard work and opportunity.
• Leadership and loyalty: Lin Yuan has helped his followers develop, and many remain by his side as the company grows.
• War’s cost and uncertainty: Advancement comes amid constant danger; even a powerful leader cannot save everyone.
• Enduring ambition: Despite his success, Lin Yuan’s main pursuit is continued mastery of the sword.

Key plot points and events

• Centurion Lin Yuan, the Mo Family’s Twin Beauties, and three companies of Starfire Realm warriors travel with Purple Moon Legion Commander Sikong Liu to Nine Li Island.
• Sikong reveals that Sea-Guard Pass detected an extraordinary Star Power fluctuation there. A Heavenly Treasure—possibly Earth Grade—is nearing emergence, prompting a military operation to secure it.
• The treasure has drawn far more Star Beasts than expected. Although intelligence suggested at least three King Grade squads, the force encounters at least a thousand Two-Pattern Star Beasts surrounding the island.
• Lin Yuan senses an immense treasure aura and judges that the treasure may indeed be Earth Grade. When the beasts spot the approaching warriors, Sikong orders an attack, and battle begins.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Yuan questions the mission’s purpose, then quickly grasps the treasure’s likely significance. He remains calm despite the overwhelming enemy numbers and uses his keen treasure-sensing ability to assess the prize.
• Sikong Liu treats Lin Yuan warmly and explains the mission, but responds to the unexpected enemy force with resolve, choosing to press the attack.
• The Mo Family’s Twin Beauties, including Mo Qingshu, recognize the danger and grow tense as the scale of the opposition becomes clear.
• The group’s initial questions and unease give way to a united battle stance under Sikong’s command.

Significant themes

• The lure and cost of power: A rare treasure draws both human warriors and vast numbers of beasts, making its pursuit perilous.
• Uncertainty in warfare: Reconnaissance underestimates the enemy, forcing the soldiers to confront a much larger threat than expected.
• Courage and duty: Despite the imbalance, the human force prepares to fight rather than retreat.

Plot and key events

• Thousand-Man Commander Sikong Liu opens the battle with a massive golden strike, but a hidden beast counters it from beneath the sea.
• The beast emerges as a Deep-Sea Star Kui, a King-Grade Star Beast with a top-tier bloodline. Its power appears comparable to a Thousand-Man Commander’s.
• Sikong Liu transforms into golden light and engages the Kui in a fierce duel, while the rest of the Purple Moon Legion attacks the more than a thousand Deep-Sea Star Beasts.
• The battlefield is heavily tilted against the humans: 300 Starfire Realm fighters face numerous elite beasts, including five or six King-Grade and over a hundred Lord-Rank creatures.
• Seeing that the humans may be overwhelmed if the beasts coordinate, Lin Yuan draws his sword and prepares to use the Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation.

Character developments and interactions

• Sikong Liu demonstrates the immense strength and confidence of a perfected Starfire Realm Thousand-Man Commander. He recognizes the Deep-Sea Star Kui and immediately takes responsibility for fighting it.
• Lin Yuan observes the Kui’s exceptional bloodline, assesses the imbalance in the battle, and resolves to intervene rather than simply follow the general assault.
• Lin Yuan and the Mo sisters exchange a glance before joining the attack on the King-Grade beasts.
• Other fighters display their individual techniques: Qin Tianyi transforms into an eagle, the petite spear-wielder channels lightning, and Chen Fan uses a powerful earth-element fist.

Significant themes

• Hierarchy and limits of power: The chapter emphasizes the gulf between ordinary fighters, perfected Starfire Realm commanders, and beings of the Third Realm.
• Bloodline and innate advantage: Top-tier bloodlines grant Star Beasts extraordinary abilities and the power to challenge opponents beyond their apparent rank.
• Collective combat under pressure: Both sides commit their forces, but the humans’ numerical disadvantage makes coordination and decisive intervention essential.
• Resolve in the face of overwhelming odds: Lin Yuan recognizes the danger and prepares to use his own strength to change the battle’s course.

Lin Yuan unleashed the Earthly Fiend Sword Net, killing over a hundred Star Beasts and turning the battlefield in the humans’ favor. He then slew three King Grade Star Beasts with single sword strikes, leaving both sides stunned by his strength.

• Lin Yuan used the Earthly Fiend Sword Net to slaughter over a hundred Star Beasts, shocking both armies.
• Sikong Liu praised Lin Yuan as the human warriors rallied and fought with renewed confidence.
• Three King Grade Star Beasts charged Lin Yuan while Sikong Liu and the Mo Family's Twin Beauties battled other powerful beasts.
• Lin Yuan killed two of the charging King Grade Star Beasts with a single sword strike each.
• Lin Yuan used Water Escape Art to intercept and kill the last King Grade Star Beast as it fled.
• The battlefield fell silent again, and Sikong Liu marveled at how powerful Lin Yuan had become.

Lin Yuan’s killing spree forced the Deep-Sea Star Beasts to retreat from Nine Li Island, earning him praise from Sikong Liu. The defeated Deep-Sea Star Kui returned to his undersea city, where his king awoke and sent a powerful beast toward Nine Li Island.

• Lin Yuan slaughtered three King Grade Star Beasts, stunning the human fighters and frightening the remaining Deep-Sea Star Beasts.
• The Deep-Sea Star Kui ordered his forces to retreat, and the human martial artists celebrated without pursuing them.
• Sikong Liu praised Lin Yuan and said he was strong enough to become a Thousand-Man Commander, while Lin Yuan remained focused on tempering himself and advancing along his Dao Path.
• The Deep-Sea Star Kui returned to the undersea city and reported to his king, who awakened with a presence that made every Star Beast prostrate itself.
• An enormous beast with at least three star patterns left the undersea city and swam toward Nine Li Island.