Chapter Summaries

Fang Yu learned that he had received a direct admission spot to Huguang Martial Arts University despite missing the recommendation and practical combat assessment lists. After the school celebrated the graduates and awarded them money, Yan Fu explained Fang Yu's likely scholarship eligibility and warned him to consider the terms of a possible special contract carefully.

• A teacher announced the assessment results and told Fang Yu that he had received a direct admission spot, surprising the students and the ten recommended students.
• Vice Principal Guo congratulated Fang Yu and the other recommended students, awarded each of them one million star coins, and gave them their graduation certificates.
• Yan Fu praised Fang Yu's direct admission, and Fang Yu revealed that his saber technique had reached Subtlety; he also recognized that Wang Mo had improved his martial skills.
• Yan Fu said he could help Fang Yu apply for another eight hundred thousand star coins and Wang Mo for over two hundred thousand through school scholarships.
• Yan Fu warned Fang Yu that Huguang Martial Arts University might offer him a special contract requiring actual combat on Primordial Star, and advised him not to sign it without careful thought.

Fang Yu learned that special admission to Huguang Martial Arts University could require dangerous combat on Primordial Star, then met Associate Professor Tang and heard the terms of his Elite Contract. The chapter ended with Tang asking him to sign the contract, which promised 3.7 million star coins in training funds.

• Yan Fu explained that undergraduate students who reached level 20 and mastered subtle physical skills could be required to fight on Primordial Star, where the death rate was high.
• Yan Fu revealed that Wu Ya had rejected Huguang Martial Arts University's offer and had instead been recommended to Modu Martial Arts University.
• Fang Yu told Wang Mo he would think about whether to accept the risks of practical combat.
• A female teacher brought Fang Yu to meet Associate Professor Tang and five other teachers on the restricted ninth floor.
• Associate Professor Tang said she had opposed Fang Yu's special admission, but Jiang Wei had used his own special admission spot to recruit him.
• Associate Professor Tang offered Fang Yu an Elite Contract with special resources and 3.7 million star coins in training funds, then asked him to sign.

Fang Yu reviewed Huguang Martial Arts University's Elite Contract and hesitated over its dangerous Primordial Star combat requirement. After Jiang Wei revealed their connection through Fang Yu's mother and offered to help prepare him, Fang Yu agreed to sign and was welcomed to the university.

• Fang Yu read the Elite Contract, including its combat obligations, funding terms, and penalties, and asked whether he had to join the upcoming mission.
• Jiang Wei privately told Fang Yu that his senior brother Dong Xin had asked him to look out for him, and that Fang Yu could call him Senior Uncle through his mother.
• Jiang Wei urged Fang Yu to join the combat exercise, explaining its opportunities and promising to find him a suitable team and send him preparatory course files.
• Fang Yu accepted the contract, and Jiang Wei gave him his Civilization Warrior identification number and promised 200 Primal Points after he created his profile.
• Fang Yu returned to the office and agreed to sign, and Associate Professor Tang welcomed him to Huguang Martial Arts University.

After signing an Elite Contract with Huguang Martial Arts University, Fang Yu prepared to travel to Primordial Star for actual combat and learned more about his mother's martial lineage. Dong Xin revealed that Fang Yu's mother, Jiang Wei, and Pang Hong had all been disciples of the powerful Earth Martial Artist Pei Fan, who especially valued Jiang Wei.

• Fang Yu signed an Elite Contract requiring him to participate in actual combat, and the school arranged for him, Zhang Tao, and Wang Mo to leave for Huguang Martial Arts University the morning after tomorrow.
• Wang Mo told Fang Yu that his father was visiting the next evening and wanted Fang Yu to join them for dinner.
• Fang Yu called Dong Xin, who praised his assessment results and explained that he had told Jiang Wei about Fang Yu's abilities before the assessment.
• Fang Yu asked about his mother's connection to Jiang Wei, and Dong Xin explained that Pei Fan had taken Fang Yu's mother, Jiang Wei, and Pang Hong as disciples at Huguang Martial Arts University.
• Dong Xin said Jiang Wei was Pei Fan's personal disciple and was highly valued by him.

Dong Xin explained the martial lineage’s ranks and the vast gaps between martial artists, including the skills required to become an earth martial artist. He told Fang Yu that his exceptional saber skills gave him a strong chance of reaching that level.

• Dong Xin explained that inner and personal disciples held different responsibilities, and that members of their grandmaster’s lineage had grown distant across generations.
• Dong Xin said that stronger martial artists naturally drew contact from relatives in the lineage and noted the attention Fang Yu’s family had received after Xiaolong and Siyue awakened upper astral aspects.
• Dong Xin described the steep increase in punching force from level 30 to level 39 and explained that upper astral aspects mainly saved time on the path to advancement.
• Dong Xin explained that becoming an earth martial artist required perfection of Inner Landscape, not merely a high life level or an upper astral aspect.
• Dong Xin praised Fang Yu’s saber skills, which had reached Subtlety at age twenty-one, and said Fang Yu had a strong chance of becoming an earth martial artist.

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.