Chapter Summaries

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.