Recaps

Fang Yu discussed his path to becoming an Earth Martial Artist with Dong Xin, who explained Civilization Points and the privileges they brought. After their call, Dong Xin used Fang Yu’s university success to confront Manager Huo, who realized the investigation might be tied to Fang Yu.

• Dong Xin advised Fang Yu to improve his techniques while raising his life level and continuing to seek an Astral Aspect awakening.
• Dong Xin said he would use his upcoming role in the Audit and Supervision Investigation Group to investigate Huo Yun’s branch after Fang Yu had left for university.
• Dong Xin explained that Civilization Points earned on the Primordial Star benefited martial artists and the institutions and groups they belonged to, while lowering their taxes.
• After ending the call, Dong Xin decided to stay in touch with Fang Yu and his siblings, then called Huo Yun.
• Dong Xin told Huo Yun that Fang Yu had impressed a Huguang Martial Arts University professor and was suspected of receiving an Earth Contract, leaving Huo Yun stunned.

After Fang Yu became a direct admission student and possibly earned an Earth Contract, Huo Yun and Supervisor Gao feared General Manager Yan might investigate how they had treated him. Fang Yu used their concern to secure a four-hundred-thousand-yuan endorsement contract, then continued cultivating before heading home.

• Dong Xin told Huo Yun that General Manager Yan wanted to meet Fang Yu, prompting Huo Yun to worry that their branch's handling of Fang Yu would draw scrutiny.
• Huo Yun and Supervisor Gao decided to offer Fang Yu money to put in a good word for them if he met General Manager Yan.
• Fang Yu returned Huo Yun's call, declined his dinner invitations, and negotiated an exclusive one-year local endorsement contract worth four hundred thousand yuan after tax.
• Fang Yu told Dong Xin about the contract, and Dong Xin said he would mention Fang Yu to General Manager Yan while advising him to focus on cultivation.
• Fang Yu cultivated for over an hour, then called his father and learned he would be home in ten minutes.

Fang Yu celebrated earning an Elite Contract and learning he would receive 3.7 million Star Coins in training funds. Later, he told Fang Ping'an about Manager Huo's dealings and received advice on protecting himself, while his father refused his offer to share the money.

• Fang Yu told his family about his direct admission and Elite Contract, and they celebrated his achievement.
• Fang Yu revealed that Huguang Martial Arts University would pay his first three years of special training funds upfront, totaling 3.7 million Star Coins.
• Fang Yu accompanied Fang Ping'an to the ancestral shrine, then told him about Dong Xin, Manager Huo, and the endorsement contract.
• Fang Ping'an warned Fang Yu that the contract could come under suspicion and advised him to keep recordings and arrange future deals with a trustworthy witness.
• Fang Yu offered to give his father some of his funds, but Fang Ping'an refused and told him to keep the money for his own advancement.

Fang Yu discussed the Wang family’s possible investment with Fang Ping'an, who advised him to accept help while remembering to repay kindness. After receiving 4.92 million Star Coins and accessing Huguang Martial Arts University’s internal network, Fang Yu discovered that student Yan Tianheng had earned a 100-million-Star-Coin scholarship as a Fourth-Tier Civilization Warrior.

• Fang Yu asked Fang Ping'an what Wang Mo’s father might want from inviting him to dinner, and Fang Ping'an explained the possible forms of investment.
• Fang Ping'an advised Fang Yu to accept the Wang family’s support if offered and to remember their kindness.
• Fang Yu received 3.7 million Star Coins in Elite Contract cultivation funds, an 820,000-Star-Coin scholarship, and a 400,000-Star-Coin transfer.
• Fang Yu thanked Jiang Wei, Senior Brother Dong, and Yan Fu, then followed Jiang Wei’s instructions to access Huguang Martial Arts University’s internal network.
• Fang Yu saw that Yan Tianheng had become a Fourth-Tier Civilization Warrior and received a special-class scholarship of 100 million Star Coins.

Fang Yu explored Huguang Martial Arts University's resources and planned his path toward graduate school, deciding that raising his life level was his priority. He bought a bottle of Crimson Star Pills to test whether they could accelerate his growth without harming his body.

• Fang Yu watched a video explaining Civilization Warrior ranks, graduation requirements, and the rewards for earning higher ranks.
• Fang Yu learned that his elite-student contract gave him access to advanced manuals and limited use of gravity chambers and star power chambers.
• Fang Yu received the university's one-million-star-coin scholarship and set his next goal as qualifying for graduate school and an Earth Contract.
• Fang Yu reviewed the graduate examination requirements and decided to prioritize raising his life level so he could awaken the Void Star Aspect.
• Fang Yu compared Crimson Star Pills with the unaffordable Dragon Star Pills and ordered one bottle to test its effects.

Fang Yu swallowed nine Crimson Star Pills and underwent a rapid increase in his life level, triggering a change in his dormant Void Star Aspect. The aspect showed that its first-stage awakening was imminent, leaving Fang Yu wondering whether it would awaken in stages.

• Fang Yu bought a bottle of Crimson Star Pills for one million Star Coins and continued his daily training.
• Fang Ping'an warned Fang Yu about the dangers of actual combat at Huguang Martial Arts University and urged him to stay alive and return to his family.
• Fang Yu received the pills and swallowed them one after another, with Devour allowing him to absorb their Star Power without the usual side effects.
• After consuming nine pills, Fang Yu's life level and spiritual power rose, and his martial arts skills advanced to Advanced Subtlety.
• Fang Yu found that his Sleeping Star Aspect had begun to move and learned that its first-stage awakening was imminent.

Fang Yu prepared to leave for the Primordial Star after raising his life level and arranging more Crimson Star Pills. At dinner with Wang Mo, he met Wang Mo’s father, Wang Xundao, and the formidable Uncle Gu, a high-level martial artist famed as a Fourth-Tier Civilization Warrior.

• Fang Yu considered what his Void Star Aspect’s imminent first awakening meant and decided to keep training while saving his star coins for more Crimson Star Pills.
• Fang Yu said goodbye to Fang Siyue, Fang Long, and Fang Zhiyuan before leaving for Wuling City Martial Arts College.
• Fang Yu and Wang Mo waited for Wang Mo’s father at a private dining villa and discussed martial artists’ diets.
• Wang Xundao arrived with Uncle Gu, whose presence made Fang Yu feel an intense sense of danger.
• Wang Mo introduced Fang Yu to Wang Xundao and explained that Uncle Gu was a renowned high-level martial artist who had fought on the Primordial Star.

Wang Xundao offered Fang Yu a ten-year endorsement contract with Shengchuan Group, betting that Fang Yu would awaken a powerful Astral Aspect. Fang Yu countered with higher fees for stronger Astral Aspects and a five-year term, leaving Wang Xundao to consider his demands.

• Fang Yu met Wang Xundao and Gu, who used an auxiliary device to identify Fang Yu's level 21 life aura and praised his talent.
• During dinner, Wang Xundao explained that he had investigated Fang Yu's family and believed Fang Yu might awaken a powerful Astral Aspect like Wang Heng.
• Wang Xundao offered Fang Yu a ten-year Shengchuan Group endorsement contract with fees ranging from 500,000 to 10 million Star Coins a year, depending on his Astral Aspect.
• After Wang Xundao sent Wang Mo and Gu out, Fang Yu requested no base fee if he awakened no Astral Aspect, six million a year for a Mid-Rank Star Aspect, and twenty million a year for an Upper Astral Aspect.
• Fang Yu insisted on a five-year contract with renewal at his discretion, and Wang Xundao narrowed his eyes at the proposed terms.

Fang Yu negotiated a five-year exclusive endorsement with Wang Xundao’s Shengchuan Group, arguing that his future martial arts achievements could make him far more valuable. They agreed to sign the main contract and a separate ten-year Wuling City endorsement contract at Huguang Martial Arts University the next day, with university representatives as witnesses.

• Wang Xundao tried to lower Fang Yu’s proposed endorsement fee, but Fang Yu explained the value of his potential fame and martial arts ambitions.
• Fang Yu refused to extend the main contract beyond five years, while promising to give Shengchuan Group priority for renewal if future terms were equal.
• Wang Xundao agreed to the main terms and proposed a separate ten-year exclusive endorsement across Wuling City for 1.5 million Star Coins per year.
• Fang Yu disclosed his existing one-year contract with the Iron Mountain Martial Arts Society, and Wang Xundao agreed to note it in the new contracts.
• Fang Yu asked to sign at Huguang Martial Arts University with his senior martial uncle and others as witnesses, and Wang Xundao agreed to arrange a provincial vice president to attend.

Wang Xundao explained why he was investing in Fang Yu, while Wang Mo urged Fang Yu to negotiate fairly and keep their friendship separate from business. Fang Yu prepared to sign with Shengchuan Group, then traveled with classmates to Huguang Martial Arts University, where they learned about the threat of alien attacks and saw the university’s imposing entrance.

• Wang Xundao told Gu Qing that he expected the deal with Fang Yu to benefit Shengchuan Group and provide protection for Wang Mo through Fang Yu’s friendship.
• Wang Mo told Fang Yu not to accept unfavorable terms just because of their friendship, and encouraged him to pursue his martial arts potential.
• Fang Yu contacted Jiang Wei, who confirmed the university would arrange the sponsorship, and Fang Yu decided to wait until the deal was finalized before telling his father.
• On August 17, Fang Yu, Wang Mo, Zhang Tao, and eight others traveled with their teachers toward Huguang Martial Arts University in Xingsha City.
• Yan Fu explained that the university’s strict security guarded against powerful aliens and described martial artists’ sacrifices before the group arrived at the sword-shaped entrance.

Fang Yu arrived at Huguang Martial Arts University, completed enrollment, and learned that his rank of 1256th put his elite-student status at risk. He prepared to raise his score during the upcoming combat training on Primordial Star.

• Yan Fu explained the significance of Zhang Zhenyue’s inscription and the martial arts university system to Fang Yu and the other students.
• Yan Fu said goodbye to the eleven students as they arrived at Huguang Martial Arts University, and Fang Yu promised to visit him during the holidays.
• Staff verified Fang Yu’s identity and directed him to the elite-student villa district, where he was assigned villa 1628 and received his student identity card from Xiaoyue.
• Xiaoyue told Fang Yu that he ranked 1256th and would need to reach the top 500 to remain an elite student and keep his villa.
• Fang Yu checked his score of 1510 against the 500th-ranked student’s 1962 and resolved to kill ferocious beasts, earn civilization points, and raise his life level during combat training.

After signing his endorsement contract, Fang Yu met the Crimson Flame Squad and underwent a strength test to prove he could join them. His life level of 21 and greater mastery of Minute Subtlety impressed the squad and shocked Jiang Wei.

• Fang Yu told Wang Mo and Zhang Tao their practical combat results could raise their rankings, and Zhang Tao hoped to earn an elite contract before graduation.
• Fang Yu toured Huguang Martial Arts University and saw its cultivation facilities.
• Fang Yu signed a binding endorsement contract with Shengchuan Group, which agreed to pay him five million star coins within a day.
• Jiang Wei brought Fang Yu to meet Crimson Flame Squad captain Bai Chen and squad member Xia Yao, who required Fang Yu to prove his strength before joining.
• Fang Yu's tests showed a life level of 21, a base punching force of 2,822 kilograms, and a maximum punching force of 4,798 kilograms, impressing Bai Chen and Xia Yao and startling Jiang Wei.

Fang Yu impressed Bai Chen and Xia Yao with his level 21 strength and Subtlety-level saber technique, earning their approval as a member of the Crimson Flame Squad. After Jiang Wei left, Fang Yu met the squad’s shield, Xiong Meng, and learned how the team’s combat roles worked.

• Xia Yao and Bai Chen learned that Fang Yu had reached level 21 without awakening his Astral Aspect, and Fang Yu explained that he had spent money to increase his strength.
• Jiang Wei revealed that Fang Yu had earned full marks in the transfer assessment and mastered saber technique at Subtlety, prompting Bai Chen to welcome him to the Crimson Flame Squad.
• Bai Chen said Fang Yu could help the squad hunt fierce beasts above level 25 on Primordial Star, while Jiang Wei urged Bai Chen to prioritize everyone’s safety.
• After Jiang Wei left, Xia Yao learned that Fang Yu’s mother and Jiang Wei had studied under the same master, and Xiong Meng arrived and apologized for assuming Fang Yu would be rejected.
• Bai Chen explained the squad’s assault, shield, archer, and support roles, and Xia Yao identified herself as the team’s support.

Fang Yu met the members of Bai Chen’s martial artist team and prepared for his first trip to Primordial Star. After collecting communication star rings with the other recommended students, he watched a planetary transport ship descend to take them there.

• Bai Chen introduced Fang Yu to Xia Yao, Qin Yang, and Xiong Meng, completing the team’s five-member lineup.
• Fang Yu learned about the team and Primordial Star, then prepared supplies for a month of cultivation despite strict limits on technology and luggage.
• Fang Yu met Wang Mo and Zhang Tao at Building No. 9, where more than 160 recommended students gathered for the departure.
• Associate Professor Tang and the teachers distributed communication star rings, and Jiang Wei announced that they were preparing to leave.
• A fully stealth-capable planetary transport ship appeared above the group and began descending.

Fang Yu and the other Huguang Martial Arts University transfer students traveled through a star gate to Primordial Star for combat training. At Iron Wall Base’s No. 12 Sub-base, Fang Yu activated his warrior profile and reunited with his Crimson Flame teammates.

• Associate Professor Tang announced Star Coin rewards for transfer students with the highest Coefficient Scores and sent the students aboard a spacecraft.
• The spacecraft carried Fang Yu and the students to a star gate, where they traveled to Primordial Star.
• Associate Professor Tang introduced the students to the Probationary Base and explained that warrior squads would enter the wilderness after the twentieth.
• Fang Yu set up his Civilization Warrior profile, joined the base system, and was assigned a room near his teammates.
• Bai Chen, Xiong Meng, Xia Yao, and Qin Yang welcomed Fang Yu to Primordial Star.

Fang Yu arrived at Primordial Star and learned from Bai Chen and Xia Yao how squad members shared responsibilities and prepared for wilderness combat. With Xia Yao's help, he used his Primal Points to buy two equipment sets and got ready to enter the safe zone for practice.

• Bai Chen explained that Xia Yao's support duties were essential to the squad, and Fang Yu admitted he had been wrong to refuse her help.
• Xia Yao showed Fang Yu his room and the Primal Network, where he found 200 Primal Points sent by Jiang Wei and a loan allowance of 100.
• Xia Yao explained the costs and rules for buying equipment on Primordial Star and guided Fang Yu through the available options.
• Fang Yu spent 75 Primal Points on a high-quality intermediate set and 30 on an ordinary backup set, then ordered a saber.
• A robot delivered the equipment, and Fang Yu put on the blackish-green combat gear before Xia Yao suggested they eat and head to the safe zone.

Fang Yu and Xia Yao left the Starry Sky Base and traveled through the safe zone while Xia Yao explained Primordial Star’s rules and dangers. As Fang Yu reflected on the high death toll and his missing mother, Xia Yao spotted a Crimson Flame Cat for his first fight.

• Fang Yu and Xia Yao passed strict inspections and left the base in an aircraft, where Fang Yu saw the enormous steel fortress behind them.
• Xia Yao explained the rules against using technological devices and noted that Starry Sky Bases across different civilizations seemed similar.
• Xia Yao described Primordial Star’s environment, its safe and wilderness zones, and the dangers facing martial artists.
• Fang Yu learned that more than three percent of his class had died and thought of his mother, who had gone missing on Primordial Star.
• Xia Yao spotted a level 16-to-18 Crimson Flame Cat and identified it as a suitable first opponent for Fang Yu.

Fang Yu fought and killed his first ferocious beast on Primordial Star, then learned from Xia Yao how beast hunting earned Civilization Points and Primal Points. After three hours of fighting, he became a Tier-One Civilization Warrior but was dissatisfied with his pace and pressed on to challenge for first place among the freshmen.

• Fang Yu killed a Crimson Flame Cat with a single saber strike and reflected on the importance of real combat.
• Xia Yao collected the cat's pelt and explained the value of ferocious beasts, natural treasures, and Civilization Points.
• Xia Yao reminded Fang Yu that he had to become a Tier-One Civilization Warrior within two days to leave the safe zone on the twentieth.
• Three hours later, Fang Yu had killed fewer than twenty ferocious beasts and reached Tier-One Civilization Warrior rank.
• Fang Yu told Xia Yao he wanted to keep hunting and try to rise from third place to first among the freshmen.

Fang Yu continued hunting ferocious beasts while conserving his strength and improving his footwork, impressing Xia Yao with his endurance and control. After meeting Fan Xing, the freshman currently ranked first, Fang Yu learned that Fan Xing had joined an Earth Team, making his lead difficult to overcome.

• Fang Yu killed two nearly level-20 Rending Claw Wolves after hours of fighting without relying on Dark Force, while Xia Yao watched and then collected their valuable claws.
• Xia Yao praised Fang Yu's skill and focus, and Fang Yu attributed his stamina and rapid recovery to his Innate Divine Ability, Devour.
• Fan Xing passed by in an aircraft, greeted Fang Yu, and left to continue hunting after Fang Yu congratulated him on his high ranking.
• Xia Yao told Fang Yu that Fan Xing was level 24 and had joined an Earth Team, a rare opportunity that had attracted attention among older students.
• Fang Yu concluded that overtaking Fan Xing's Coefficient Score would be almost impossible.

Fang Yu learned why Fan Xing held the lead in the freshman rankings and decided to return from the safe zone to cultivate rather than keep hunting weak beasts. After selling their spoils, Fang Yu asked Xia Yao how the Starry Sky Base tracked individual contributions to hunts.

• Xia Yao explained that Fan Xing’s higher life level gave him an advantage in the Coefficient Score rankings, while Fang Yu decided to focus on cultivation instead of killing more safe-zone beasts.
• Fan Xing discussed Fang Yu’s rising score with a cold teammate and thought that he needed to take first place among freshmen to repay his big brother, whose connections had gotten him into the Earth Team.
• Xia Yao and Fang Yu sold their beast spoils at the base, and Xia Yao transferred the 1.56 Primal Points they earned to Fang Yu.
• Xia Yao explained that hunting beasts in the safe zone paid poorly and that Primal Points came from killing beasts and selling their spoils.
• Fang Yu asked Xia Yao how the base verified kills and divided contribution when multiple warriors hunted together.

After earning first-tier warrior status, Fang Yu gained access to a gravity room and began testing its effects on his cultivation. He pushed the room to six times Blue Star’s gravity and planned to train for his full two-hour allowance so his body would become hungry enough to take more Crimson Star Pills.

• Xia Yao told Fang Yu that martial artists earned Primal Points even when they only helped scout or watch for vicious beasts, suggesting something monitored everyone on Primordial Star.
• A robot informed Fang Yu that his promotion to first-tier warrior included two hours of gravity-room access each month, and his application to use one was approved.
• The next morning, a guide robot warned Fang Yu about gravity-room hazards, the recommended session length, and severe overtime charges.
• Fang Yu entered room 677, set gravity to increase from 1.5G to 6G, and held the Zhoutian Star Stance under the growing pressure.
• Fang Yu decided that his technique mastery would let him train effectively for two hours and hoped the strain would make his body ready for more Crimson Star Pills.

Fang Yu trained in a gravity chamber, recovered in a physical therapy energy chamber, and practiced with the Crimson Flame Squad before their wilderness expedition. After absorbing seven Crimson Star Pills, his life level rose to 21.6, leaving him close to Bai Chen in strength and considering how to master a special saber move.

• Fang Yu endured two hours of high-gravity training, then used the physical therapy energy chamber to recover ahead of the wilderness trip.
• Fang Yu joined Bai Chen, Xia Yao, Xiong Meng, and Qin Yang for combat practice against low-level vicious beasts in the safe zone.
• Fang Yu saw Qin Yang kill a level 20 vicious beast with a single arrow, and the Crimson Flame Squad arranged to leave for the wilderness zone the next morning.
• Fang Yu swallowed a Crimson Star Pill and absorbed Star Power for four hours, consuming seven pills during his second training session.
• Fang Yu's life level rose from 21.0 to 21.6, bringing his base punching force to an estimated 3,280 kilograms and narrowing the strength gap with Bai Chen.
• Fang Yu considered mastering a special move from the Thousand Mountains Saber Technique or the Flowing Light Saber Technique to surpass Bai Chen.

Fang Yu joined the Crimson Flame Squad on its first wilderness-zone hunt, where they killed a level 22 Leaping Flying Bear. As Bai Chen harvested its hide, several roars announced a charging level 24 bear, forcing Xia Yao to order the squad to retreat.

• Fang Yu reflected on improving his combat skills and sensing that his star aspect was nearing its first-stage awakening.
• The five members of the Crimson Flame Squad entered the wilderness zone and headed toward Great Spirit Mountain under Bai Chen's plan.
• Xia Yao spotted a lone level 22 Leaping Flying Bear and directed Fang Yu and Bai Chen to block its escape routes while Qin Yang prepared to shoot.
• Qin Yang wounded the bear with an arrow, and Bai Chen killed it with a spear strike before cutting off its hide.
• Several bears roared nearby, and Xia Yao warned that a level 24 Leaping Flying Bear was charging and ordered everyone to retreat.

The Crimson Flame Squad killed two Leaping Flying Bears after Fang Yu helped Bai Chen hold off the stronger one and Qin Yang landed a lethal arrow. Fang Yu’s Coefficient Score rose, and the squad reached Great Spirit Mountain after finding no more high-level beasts.

• The level 24 Leaping Flying Bear charged at Bai Chen, and Fang Yu shield-bashed it into a tree before teaming up with Bai Chen to fight it.
• Qin Yang shot the wounded bear through the eye as it tried to flee, killing it, and the squad quickly harvested both bears and withdrew from the bloodied area.
• Bai Chen praised Qin Yang’s archery and Fang Yu’s support, then set the team’s goal of killing ten ferocious beasts above level 20.
• Fang Yu checked his messages and saw his Coefficient Score had risen to 1.2, returning him to third place among the new students.
• The squad killed more than ten low-level beasts on the way and reached Great Spirit Mountain two hours later.

Fang Yu's squad decided to return to Starry Sky Base with their valuable haul, then encountered Zhang Tao's team on the way. After warning his teammates to distrust strangers in the wilderness, Bai Chen's caution was borne out when Fan Xing's squad attacked civilian martial artists and demanded their heavenly treasures.

• The Crimson Flame Squad celebrated their successful hunt, and Fang Yu reflected on his improved Dark Force control and rising rankings.
• Bai Chen proposed returning to sell the squad's spoils, including more than ten stalks of Red Star Grass worth close to 200,000 Star Coins.
• Fang Yu spotted Zhang Tao's squad in the mountain forest, and the two groups cautiously exchanged news before parting.
• Bai Chen warned his squad that martial artists sometimes killed one another for treasure, and they continued toward Starry Sky Base.
• Fan Xing's squad brutalized a group of civilian martial artists and demanded their heavenly treasures; their captain ordered Fan Xing to cut off a man's legs.