Chapter Summaries

Fang Yu demonstrated his martial skill while teaching a trial class at the Iron Mountain Martial Arts Society, attracting many enrollments and earning a strong commission. Just as he hoped to advance his martial arts career, Manager Huo told him headquarters had rejected his application and he would be dismissed.

• Fang Yu taught stance training and the Twenty-Four Basic Fist Forms, demonstrating greater mastery of Subtlety to the students and their parents.
• Fang Yu hoped to use his martial skill and summer earnings to improve his chances of transferring from junior college into an undergraduate program.
• Xu Chenyang told Fang Yu that thirty-three families had paid to enroll after the trial lesson, earning Fang Yu a commission of more than 9,000 star coins.
• Fang Yu met with Manager Huo, who told him that headquarters had rejected his application to become a full-time assistant instructor because of his educational qualifications and that he had to be dismissed.

Fang Yu negotiated three months of severance pay from Manager Huo and left the society after signing a confidentiality agreement. On his way out, he and Xu Chenyang saw university student Jiang Chenyi casually deliver punches exceeding 6,000 kilograms.

• Manager Huo told Fang Yu he could not remain an assistant coach, then offered him three months of average pay in exchange for meeting departure requirements and signing a confidentiality agreement.
• Fang Yu accepted the compensation and agreed to tell Dong Xin that he had resigned to focus on exams; his account received 48,211.60 star coins.
• After Fang Yu left, Supervisor Gao asked whether he had overheard their conversation, and Manager Huo explained that Fang Yu’s martial arts skill and connection to Dong Xin made it wiser not to antagonize him.
• Manager Huo and Supervisor Gao discussed checking a batch of potions that bore the Eight Great Groups’ labels despite coming from a legitimate manufacturer.
• Fang Yu and Xu Chenyang heard impacts from a second-floor training room and watched Jiang Chenyi casually strike a punching tester with recorded force above 6,000 kilograms.

Fang Yu and Xu Chenyang discussed Jiang Chenyi’s talent, martial artist rankings, and the elite Crescent Moon Martial Arts University. Fang Yu ended by pointing out that the Alliance Martial Arts Tournament champion, Wang Heng, had been a college student.

• Fang Yu considered how a martial arts champion like Jiang Chenyi attracted far more attention and rewards than an academic champion.
• Xu Chenyang said Jiang Chenyi might become an earth martial artist, and Fang Yu reflected on the six martial arts tiers and Jiang’s strength.
• Fang Yu explained that Crescent Moon Martial Arts University admitted very few students from the Xia Nation and was far stronger than ordinary universities.
• Fang Yu encouraged Xu Chenyang not to dismiss college students’ prospects, noting that the latest martial arts tournament champion had been one.
• Xu Chenyang recognized that Fang Yu meant the Alliance Martial Arts Tournament, and Fang Yu identified its champion as Wang Heng, the youngest sky-roving martial artist in history.

Fang Yu left the Iron Mountain Martial Arts Society and told Xu Chenyang he planned to transfer into a bachelor's program, while keeping the society’s potion fraud secret. As he rode home, he examined his still-unawakened Star Aspect and discovered that it revealed an innate ability called Devour.

• Fang Yu told Xu Chenyang that he had turned down a permanent position at the martial arts society and planned to apply for a bachelor's transfer.
• Fang Yu recalled that Manager Huo and Supervisor Gao had sold inferior qi and blood potions as genuine products, and that he had used his permanent-position application to secure compensation and leave.
• Xu Chenyang worried about the transfer’s limited places, and Fang Yu explained the competition and resources involved.
• Fang Yu offered to ask Manager Dong to arrange for Xu Chenyang to work at the Changsha South Road branch.
• After Xu Chenyang got out of the taxi, Fang Yu focused on his Star Aspect and sensed its information, including the Devour innate ability.

Fang Yu reflected on the mysterious Void Star Aspect that had given him the Innate Divine Ability Devour and helped him reach life level 15.9. Worried about his family’s finances and his siblings’ upcoming martial arts training, he hoped his university transfer application would succeed as he arrived home.

• Fang Yu considered how Void Star Aspects let martial artists absorb Star Power and how his own aspect remained asleep despite monitoring his cultivation.
• Fang Yu realized his unknown Void Star Aspect had granted him Devour at level 8, earlier than the Innate Divine Abilities of known Upper Astral Aspects.
• Fang Yu worried that his cultivation resources were losing effectiveness and that his father’s struggling business would not cover the family’s rising expenses.
• Fang Yu hoped that greater mastery of Subtlety would help his application to transfer into a university and secure support from state resources.
• Fang Yu arrived by driverless taxi at Zhonglin Imperial View, where his family lived.

Fang Yu returned home for break and reunited with his ninety-year-old grandfather, Fang Zhiyuan, while asking about his younger siblings’ martial arts aptitude tests. After settling into his room, Fang Yu checked his school website for the first list of students recommended for the associate-to-bachelor’s program.

• Fang Yu returned to the family villa and greeted Fang Zhiyuan, who offered to order him takeout.
• Fang Yu asked when Xiaolong and Siyue would return, and Fang Zhiyuan said they were taking martial arts aptitude tests that day.
• Fang Yu remembered how Fang Zhiyuan had helped raise him and his siblings while their parents were often away or busy.
• Fang Yu went upstairs, found his room freshly cleaned, and overheard Fang Zhiyuan jokingly complain about him to a friend.
• Fang Yu logged into his school’s official website to check whether the recommended student list had been released.

Fang Yu saw that he had missed the first transfer recommendation list, but believed his recent martial arts breakthrough could improve his chances in the next assessment. He prepared to train at home and drank an inexpensive Qi and Blood Mixture as he pursued the opportunity to transfer.

• Fang Yu read the first recommendation list, found that his name was absent, and reasoned that his life level and lack of a Void Star Aspect had hurt his chances.
• Fang Yu decided to focus on the August 15 assessment, believing his Greater Mastery of Minute Subtlety could make up for his weaker qualifications.
• Fang Yu went to the basement martial arts room and remembered how his father had built it and trained with him.
• Fang Yu took a vial of inexpensive Qi and Blood Mixture from the freezer and drank it.

Fang Yu took Starlight Group cultivation medicines and used the Twenty-Four Basic Fist Forms to draw out their effects, raising his life level to 16. He heard Xiaolong and Siyue return and went upstairs, eager to learn how their martial arts aptitude tests had gone.

• Fang Yu swallowed a qi and blood mixture and a bone-strengthening pill, relying on his Devour ability to absorb their benefits while breaking down their toxins.
• Fang Yu practiced the Twenty-Four Basic Fist Forms, refining the final form, Open the Dragon Spine, to direct force through his spine and body.
• Fang Yu trained for nearly two hours and learned through the Sleeping Star Aspect that his life level had reached 16.
• Fang Yu heard Xiaolong and Siyue return and went upstairs to ask about their martial arts aptitude tests.

Fang Siyue and Fang Long awakened the rare Upper Astral Aspect, the Sun-Devouring Python, prompting their family to consider the opportunities and costs ahead. Their father, Fang Ping'an, hurried home and began trying to raise money for the foundation-building treasures they would need.

• Fang Yu welcomed his twin siblings home and made them eat high-energy nutritional meals before asking about their martial arts talent test.
• Fang Long and Fang Siyue told Fang Yu they had both visualized the Sun-Devouring Python and tried Star Power Entering the Body.
• Fang Yu told Fang Zhiyuan about the twins' results, and their grandfather became serious after learning they had awakened an Upper Astral Aspect.
• Fang Ping'an replied that Wuling City No. 1 Senior High School and the Galaxy Group had contacted him, and he told the twins to stay home until he arrived.
• On his way home, Fang Ping'an tried to borrow money and considered buying Myriad Phenomena Life-Transforming Fruits to build the twins' martial arts foundations.

Fang Ping'an told Fang Yu about their family’s hopes of returning to New Moon and planned to fund Fang Long and Fang Siyue’s training with Myriad Phenomena Life-Transforming Fruits. Fang Yu and his siblings argued over the cost, but Fang Ping'an insisted he would provide for all three children and asked Fang Yu whether the recommended transfer list had been released.

• Fang Ping'an returned home and took Fang Yu to pay respects to Fang Tiankuo, Tao Yujie, and Bai Qing in the family’s ancestral hall.
• Fang Ping'an recalled Fang Tiankuo’s wish that a descendant who awakened the Sun-Devouring Python return to New Moon, and explained how the family’s names reflected their hopes.
• Fang Ping'an said Fang Long and Fang Siyue should take Myriad Phenomena Life-Transforming Fruits to strengthen their foundations, despite the high cost.
• Fang Yu offered to give up his fourth-year living expenses to ease his father’s financial burden, but Fang Siyue and Fang Long objected because he needed training resources.
• Fang Ping'an reassured the children that he would support them all, then told Fang Long and Fang Siyue to go to bed.
• After the younger siblings left, Fang Ping'an reaffirmed that raising his children was his responsibility and asked Fang Yu whether the recommended transfer list had been released.

Fang Yu told Fang Ping'an that he had reached Greater Mastery of Minute Subtlety, and proved it with a powerful punch. Fang Ping'an decided to sell his supermarket and spend heavily on resources for his children, while Fang Zhiyuan revealed he had given him the inheritance he had kept.

• Fang Ping'an encouraged Fang Yu to aim for the second recommended admissions list and offered to hire an instructor and buy cultivation medicines.
• Fang Yu explained that he had reached Greater Mastery of Minute Subtlety and wanted to rely on his own savings rather than burden the family.
• Fang Ping'an took Fang Yu to the basement martial arts room, where Fang Yu struck the punch force tester with 1,867 kilograms of force and convinced his father of his breakthrough.
• Fang Ping'an called in favors, arranged to sell his supermarket, and ordered expensive cultivation and healing items for six million star coins.
• Fang Zhiyuan told Fang Ping'an he had heard the calls and transferred him 5.1 million star coins from the inheritance he had kept.

Fang Zhiyuan explained why he had concealed most of his inheritance from Fang Ping'an and revealed that he had preserved Galaxy Group shares, while the family committed its savings to the children’s martial arts cultivation. Fang Yu trained his saber techniques before Fang Ping'an summoned him to the study with a gift from the Galaxy Group.

• Fang Zhiyuan told Fang Ping'an he had withheld most of the inheritance to protect him from financial ruin and had saved the family’s money for difficult times.
• Fang Zhiyuan urged Fang Ping'an to keep the supermarket and wait before giving Siyue and Xiaolong their foundation-building treasures.
• Fang Zhiyuan revealed that he had kept Galaxy Group shares for decades and that the 5.1 million Star Coins he gave the family came from saved dividends.
• Fang Yu woke before dawn, trained his body and footwork, and practiced the Flowing Light Saber Technique and Thousand Mountains Saber Technique.
• Fang Ping'an took Fang Yu to the study and showed him an ornate box he had obtained from the Galaxy Group's city headquarters.

Fang Ping'an gave Fang Yu expensive elixirs and five Ice Heart Marrow-Cleansing Fruits, calling them his last major support for Fang Yu’s martial path. Fang Zhiyuan then told Fang Siyue and Fang Long how much their parents planned to spend on their training and gave them a day to decide whether they were ready for the commitment, while Fang Yu began using one of his fruits.

• Fang Ping'an gave Fang Yu twelve advanced elixir vials and five Ice Heart Marrow-Cleansing Fruits to help him strengthen his foundation and raise his life level.
• Fang Ping'an told Fang Yu that he had spent nearly ten million star coins supporting his martial cultivation and would soon leave on a business trip.
• Fang Yu watched his father leave and resolved to pass the university transfer exam so he could use national resources and ease his father's burden.
• Fang Zhiyuan showed Fang Siyue and Fang Long footage of Fang Yu training and explained that their father planned to spend twelve million star coins on their foundation-building treasures.
• Fang Zhiyuan gave Fang Siyue and Fang Long a day to decide whether they had the determination to pursue martial arts before the treasures were bought.
• Fang Yu ate an Ice Heart Marrow-Cleansing Fruit in the underground martial arts room.

Fang Yu used powerful treasures to strengthen his body through a month of training while guiding Fang Siyue and Fang Long in their martial arts foundations. By August 15, he had transformed his strength and prepared to compete for a guaranteed junior-college-to-bachelor's admission slot.

• Fang Yu absorbed an Ice Heart Marrow-Cleansing Fruit and realized it strengthened his bones, organs, and brain while his Devour ability enhanced its effects.
• Fang Siyue and Fang Long tried to copy Fang Yu by waking at three in the morning, but Fang Yu sent them back to bed and set a healthier training schedule.
• Fang Yu taught Fang Siyue and Fang Long stance training and explained how it helped martial artists align their bodies with Astral Aspects and absorb Star Power.
• Fang Yu trained his siblings throughout the summer, and both became more diligent and showed promise in martial arts.
• After using five Ice Heart Marrow-Cleansing Fruits and twelve elixirs over the month, Fang Yu tested his punch and prepared to compete for a guaranteed admission slot.

Fang Yu said goodbye to his family before returning to Wuling City Martial Arts College for the new term and the undergraduate recommendation assessment. There, he reunited with Wang Mo, who revealed his father had forced him to reach life level 20 so he could compete for a place.

• Fang Yu urged Fang Siyue and Fang Long to make the most of their training at Galaxy High School, while Fang Zhiyuan encouraged Fang Yu to honor his father's sacrifices.
• Fang Yu arrived at Wuling City Martial Arts College and met his wealthy classmate and roommate Wang Mo, who introduced a girl riding with him.
• Fang Yu went to the apartment-style dormitory, where Wang Mo was being massaged, and learned He Jiyu was considering applying for early graduation.
• Wang Mo told Fang Yu that his father had spent a fortune raising his life level to 20 and pressured him to take the undergraduate recommendation assessment.
• Wang Mo said he planned to compete with Fang Yu for an undergraduate spot.

Fang Yu took Wuling Martial Arts College’s fourth-year opening assessment alongside Wang Mo, while other students and teachers assumed he had little chance of recommended admission. His qi and blood test revealed a life level of 20.1, astonishing the watching teachers and leaving them questioning how he had improved so rapidly.

• Fang Yu told Wang Mo he had not awakened a Void Star Aspect, and Wang Mo correctly guessed that Fang Yu had reached Greater Mastery of Minute Subtlety.
• Fang Yu and Wang Mo arrived for the assessment, where other students dismissed them as candidates who were only there to make up the numbers.
• A teacher explained the assessment rules, and Fang Yu entered his examination room when his turn came.
• Yan Fu and the other teachers watched Fang Yu skip the Astral Aspect test and doubted he could qualify for recommended admission.
• Fang Yu’s qi and blood detector showed a life level of 20.1, shocking the teachers who knew he had been at level 15.5 less than two months earlier.

Fang Yu impressed the teachers during his martial arts assessment, earning perfect scores in technique and practical combat after defeating the humanoid robot examiner. His results secured him a likely recommended admission place, though teachers still wondered whether he could awaken a Void Star Aspect.

• Fang Yu’s life level of 20.1 surprised the teachers, and his basic tests eased Yan Fu’s concern about his prospects.
• Fang Yu earned 120 points in the technique test and displayed a maximum punching force of 3,866 kilograms, prompting the teachers to congratulate Yan Fu.
• Huguang Martial Arts University’s teachers judged that Fang Yu was likely to earn recommended admission but doubted he would awaken a Void Star Aspect.
• Fang Yu dodged the robot examiner’s attacks and used the Thousand Mountains Saber Technique Art to overpower it.
• Fang Yu defeated the examiner and received full marks for the practical combat test, leaving the watching teachers stunned by his Minute Subtlety saber technique.

Fang Yu’s exceptional combat assessment impressed the teachers, but Associate Professor Tang refused him an exclusive training contract because he had not awakened an Astral Aspect. Teacher Jiang secured permission to use a special-approval slot for him, while Fang Yu sensed that his Void Star Aspect was nearing awakening.

• Yan Fu marveled at Fang Yu’s Subtlety in blade technique and believed his technique could carry him toward becoming an Earth Martial Artist.
• The Huguang Martial Arts University teachers saw Fang Yu’s junior college perfection rating and debated whether to offer him an exclusive training contract.
• Associate Professor Tang rejected an exclusive contract because Fang Yu’s unawakened Astral Aspect made his future uncertain.
• Teacher Jiang persuaded Associate Professor Tang to let him use his special-approval slot to give Fang Yu a chance.
• Fang Yu reviewed his life level and technique, sensed his Void Star Aspect nearing awakening, and saw his updated status as a level 20.1 Intermediate Martial Artist.

Fang Yu reflected on his rapid progress and expected to earn a guaranteed admission spot, while Wang Mo also secured one through his assessment results. After meeting He Jiyu for lunch, Fang Yu explained that Ye Zhiyin was not right for him because he wanted a partner who would support his pursuit of martial arts.

• Fang Yu considered how his rising life level had strengthened his mental power and helped him reach Subtlety in saber techniques.
• Wang Mo demonstrated level 20 life force and lesser mastery of minute subtlety, earning a guaranteed admission spot.
• Wang Mo, Fang Yu, and He Jiyu met outside the cafeteria, where He Jiyu's tired appearance and apologetic manner hinted that he had changed.
• Ye Zhiyin greeted Fang Yu on the stairs while accompanied by a hostile-looking young man, and Wang Mo recognized her as the girl who had once pursued Fang Yu.
• Fang Yu stopped Wang Mo from confronting the young man and said Ye Zhiyin was not right for him because he wanted a partner who would support his martial arts ambitions.

He Jiyu told Fang Yu and Wang Mo that the pressure of supporting his wife and twins had left him struggling to find work, and Wang Mo offered to connect him with a job. Later, the college posted its final admission lists, and Wang Mo discovered Fang Yu was on neither the guaranteed admission nor practical combat lists.

• Fang Yu and Wang Mo recalled how Fang Yu and Ye Zhiyin had grown close before he turned her down, while He Jiyu wondered whether he had made the wrong choice by marrying young.
• He Jiyu explained that raising his twins and preparing to buy a home had strained his family finances, while his low life level made it difficult to find a decent job.
• Wang Mo offered He Jiyu a contact at a relative's company, and He Jiyu called his wife to reassure her that he would find work.
• After He Jiyu left, Wang Mo said he would personally explain He Jiyu's situation to the company and admitted he did not want to lose a friend.
• The college posted the final lists: Wang Mo earned guaranteed admission, but Fang Yu appeared on neither the guaranteed admission list nor the practical combat assessment list.