Recaps

Dongfang Yueming learned that Leng Qingqiu had agreed to steal her family's cultivation techniques, then welcomed her at his manor the night before the Rising Star Competition. After discovering his relationship with Shen Yuyan, Leng Qingqiu delivered the techniques and knelt, accepting Shen as her mistress and offering to become Dongfang Yueming’s concubine.

• Shen Yuyan told Dongfang Yueming that Leng Qingqiu had agreed to steal her family's cultivation techniques from the Supreme Library.
• Dongfang Yueming reassured the jealous Shen Yuyan that no other woman could compare to her.
• On the night before the Rising Star Competition, Leng Qingqiu arrived at Dongfang Manor with two ancient jade slips.
• Leng Qingqiu was shocked to find Shen Yuyan in Dongfang Yueming's arms but composed herself and presented the cultivation scrolls.
• Leng Qingqiu knelt before Dongfang Yueming, called Shen Yuyan her mistress, and said she would accept being his concubine.

Dongfang Yueming left Shen Yuyan and Leng Qingqiu together while he cultivated the Star Vein Chapter in his secret chamber. He used the system to reach Star Vein Realm Tenth Layer perfection and emerged confident he could defeat an ordinary Star River Realm cultivator.

• Dongfang Yueming welcomed Leng Qingqiu into the Dongfang Clan as his secondary wife and went to the underground secret chamber.
• Shen Yuyan reassured Leng Qingqiu that Dongfang Yueming’s abilities and foundations surpassed common understanding.
• Dongfang Yueming used 2,000 Source Points to cultivate the Star Vein Chapter to major mastery and open his first golden star vein.
• Dongfang Yueming spent more Source Points to advance through the Star Vein Realm’s tenth layer.
• Dongfang Yueming completed ten Nine-Turn Golden Star Veins and declared that he could defeat an ordinary Star River Realm cultivator with one punch.

Dongfang Yueming used Source Points to reach Star River Realm Tenth Layer Great Perfection, then left seclusion to ask Shen Yuyan and Leng Qingqiu who held the Dongfang Clan’s stolen scriptures for the higher realms.

• Dongfang Yueming spent 20,000 Source Points to break through to Star River Realm First Layer, while his Divine-grade Purple-Gold Divine Dragon Star Soul suppressed the resulting disturbance.
• He continued spending Source Points to reach Star River Realm Tenth Layer Great Perfection, forming ten Nine-Turn Golden Star Rivers within his body.
• Dongfang Yueming considered the need to find more supreme-grade star beads and obtain scriptures for the higher Martial Dao realms from powerful organizations.
• Dongfang Yueming left the secret chamber and joined Shen Yuyan and Leng Qingqiu in the living room.
• Dongfang Yueming asked Shen Yuyan and Leng Qingqiu who now possessed the Dongfang Clan’s supreme methods for the Star Core Realm, Shattered Star Realm, and beyond.

Dongfang Yueming learned that the Qin Family held the Star Core Chapter and resolved to take it after defeating Qin Feng at the Rising Star Competition. He set off for the competition with Shen Yuyan and Leng Qingqiu, confident he would crush the financial-group geniuses.

• Shen Yuyan and Leng Qingqiu told Dongfang Yueming that the Qin Family held the Star Core Chapter, while the Tianyu Financial Group and Star Alliance Holy Land controlled the later chapters.
• Leng Qingqiu warned Dongfang Yueming that Qin Tianba was a powerful Star Core Realm expert, but Dongfang Yueming dismissed the threat and planned to raid the Qin Family treasury after the competition.
• Dongfang Yueming pulled Shen Yuyan and Leng Qingqiu into his embrace and teased them as they worried over his plans.
• The Rising Star Competition drew Fallen Star City's elite families, financial-group figures, and battle-department officers to the First Martial Dao Academy's central arena.
• Dongfang Yueming departed for the competition in a hovercar with Shen Yuyan and Leng Qingqiu, promising to show the financial-group geniuses true despair.

Dongfang Yueming entered the Rising Star Competition with Shen Yuyan and Leng Qingqiu, drawing jeers from the crowd and the attention of the Qin Family. After the rigged draw paired him with Mad Saber Han Hu, Dongfang Yueming headed for the arena, intent on killing his opponent.

• Dongfang Yueming arrived at the arena beside Shen Yuyan and Leng Qingqiu as spectators mocked him and wealthy young men coveted his companions.
• Qin Feng watched from the VIP box and anticipated the trap he had prepared for Dongfang Yueming.
• The vice dean announced the start of the Rising Star Competition and began the first-round draw.
• The draw paired Dongfang Yueming with Mad Saber Han Hu, a specially recruited student at the Star Vein Realm Third Layer.
• Leng Qingqiu and Shen Yuyan recognized that the Qin Family had rigged the draw, while Dongfang Yueming calmly went to face Han Hu and vowed to kill him.

At the arena, Mad Saber Han Hu attacked Dongfang Yueming with a powerful bronze two-star saber skill while Qin Feng and the crowd expected him to die. The chapter ended as Han Hu’s blade bore down on Dongfang Yueming, who remained completely calm.

• Qin Feng secretly ordered Han Hu to cripple Dongfang Yueming and destroy his dantian.
• Leng Qingqiu worried about Han Hu, but Shen Yuyan assured her that their husband would prevail.
• Young Master Zhao threatened Leng Qingqiu and the Leng Family, demanding that she submit to him after the match.
• The referee began the fight, and Han Hu summoned his C-rank Star Soul and unleashed the bronze two-star Mountain-Sundering Mad Baleful Slash.
• Han Hu’s heavy blade charged toward Dongfang Yueming, who stood calmly without moving.

Dongfang Yueming killed Mad Saber Han Hu with one punch, then broke through the arena barrier to pursue Qin Feng. He ignored the academy elders’ orders and vowed to destroy anyone who tried to stop him.

• Dongfang Yueming dodged Han Hu’s saber strike using only his physical reflexes.
• Dongfang Yueming shattered Han Hu’s heavy blade with his fist and killed him with a blow to the chest.
• Qin Feng panicked and fled the arena under the escort of his guards.
• Dongfang Yueming broke through the arena’s light barrier and chased after Qin Feng.
• Dongfang Yueming rebuked the academy elders and threatened to kill anyone who stood in his way.

Dongfang Yueming ignored Shen Yuyan and Leng Qingqiu’s warnings and pursued Qin Feng toward the Qin Family’s ancestral grounds, carrying both women through the void with his movement technique. He caught up with Qin Feng’s armored hovercar in midair and tore open its roof, leaving Qin Feng at his mercy.

• The academy’s enforcement elders backed away from Dongfang Yueming after he killed Han Hu.
• Shen Yuyan and Leng Qingqiu warned Dongfang Yueming that Qin Feng had fled to the Qin Family’s ancestral grounds, but he swept them into his arms and set off after him.
• Dongfang Yueming used Taixu Wandering Dragon Step to travel through the void with Shen Yuyan and Leng Qingqiu.
• Qin Feng fled in an armored hovercar and vowed to get the Qin Family’s ancestor to destroy Dongfang Manor and punish Dongfang Yueming’s wives.
• Dongfang Yueming caught up with the hovercar, smashed its roof open, and confronted the terrified Qin Feng.