Chapter Summaries

Li Yang recovered from the Flower of Evil spores and returned to the Agronomy Department, while Shen Binghua confronted Vice Principal Ruan Jinbai over the security failure and secured rewards for Li Yang. Li Yang learned she could seek a growth-type divine weapon in the Sword Domain and that the Nature Pavilion would be placed in her hands, then heard how Si Kui’s past actions had cost the Agronomy Department dearly.

• Li Yang teased Shen Binghua before returning to the Agronomy Department, where her colleagues welcomed her and recounted how they had helped the City Defense Army defeat the remaining cultists.
• Shen Binghua accused the city’s Entry Inspection Office of negligence and learned that the Star Nexus Pavilion was investigating the breach and the Marquis of the Long Night was preparing to purge the Descending Star Cult.
• Ruan Jinbai offered Li Yang a first-class merit award, a chance to obtain a growth-type divine weapon in the Sword Domain after reaching Fourth Grade, and the Nature Pavilion when she entered the Astral Realm.
• Director Niu visited Li Yang, awarded merit points to the Agronomy Department, and explained that Shen Binghua had secured the Nature Pavilion and a Sword Domain opportunity for her.
• Niu Qianqian told Li Yang that Si Kui had killed several high-ranking officers suspected of treason, paid a heavy price, and lost much of the Agronomy Department’s property as a result.

After the Tianyang Port incident was kept secret, Li Yang and the Agronomy Department received thanks from District 13’s City Defense Army. Li Yang’s heart technique progressed, and she realized her talent might be improvable, while the story left her facing a new problem with work in the department.

• Niu Qianqian worried that war might soon return to the Astral Realm, while Ruan Jinbai urged the principal to stop the Marquis of the Long Night from purging the Descending Star Cult.
• The City Defense Army kept the Tianyang Port incident quiet, and Li Yang agreed that concealing Lianxin’s existence would protect her from the Descending Star Cult’s revenge.
• Fang Chuyun reassured Fang Suyun about her cultivation, and Yang Lingwen and her deputy thanked Li Yang on behalf of District 13’s City Defense Army.
• Li Yang’s Sparse Words, Natural Heart Sutra progress reached 0.1%, and she inferred from the system’s costly query that her talent could be improved.
• The Agronomy Department began growing Emerald Jade Vegetables, and Li Yang struggled to explain why she no longer needed to work after reaching Peak Second Grade.

Li Yang used harvesting mutated chives to raise her physique stat and convinced the Agronomy Department to leave future harvests to her, while her classmates continued training for the midterm exams. Meanwhile, Jiang Chunhua reassured Jiang Yuqing after the Star Ash Mystic Realm incident and warned that the Jiang Family should remain cautious.

• Li Yang pretended she still needed to recover so her classmates could plant the mutated chives, then eagerly harvested them once they had grown.
• Li Yang spent 200 years of lifespan to raise her physique stat by ten points and claimed that harvesting had increased it.
• Yu Hongyuan realized Li Yang's Heavenly Fortune Bearer status explained her unusual gain, and the group agreed to let her handle future harvesting.
• The Agronomy Department trained hard for the midterm exams, while its members believed Li Yang was advancing at a remarkable pace despite having fewer resources than Lin Zhaoqin and Zhong Kun.
• Jiang Chunhua comforted Jiang Yuqing and cautioned that the Jiang Family should avoid carelessness because heavenly fortune was unpredictable.

Jiang Yuqing visited Li Yang to warn her that the Descending Star Cult had placed a 10,000 Merit Point bounty on her and revealed that he was undercover in the cult. Li Yang barely reacted, then proposed faking her death to claim the reward before brushing the idea off, leaving Jiang Yuqing asking if they could be friends.

• Jiang Yuqing received a Descending Star Cult notice offering 10,000 contribution points for Li Yang and arranged to meet her at Zhongdu Military Academy.
• Jiang Yuqing told Li Yang about the bounty, but she was only slightly surprised and guessed that he had learned about it through the Jiang Family.
• Jiang Yuqing admitted that he had gone undercover in the Descending Star Cult, and Li Yang responded by sympathizing with him and suggesting he transfer to her academy.
• Li Yang proposed staging her death so she and Jiang Yuqing could split the bounty, then said she had been joking and was too busy to fake her death.
• Jiang Yuqing, overwhelmed by Li Yang's reactions, asked whether they could be friends.

Li Yang struck a deal with Jiang Yuqing to bring her Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pills whenever he visited, while he used their exchanges to earn Shock Points. As the Agronomy Department’s freshmen joined the Spirit Department for midterms, Jiang Yuqing arrived at the examination classroom and began collecting reactions from the students.

• Li Yang told Jiang Yuqing he could visit the Agronomy Department if he brought her Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pills, and he agreed to bring four the next day.
• Li Yang told Yu Hongyuan that Jiang Yuqing planned to bring pills whenever he visited, while students on the school forum argued over the Tree Tower and the Agronomy Department.
• The Agronomy Department’s five freshmen joined the Spirit Department’s classroom for midterms, where Zhong Kun and Wang Ruika discussed the Emerald Jade Vegetable.
• Jiang Yuqing arrived at the Spirit Department’s examination classroom in his Star-Slaying Military Academy uniform, drawing attention and earning Shock Points.

Li Yang and the Agronomy Department students stunned the crowd with their high physique scores during the midterm assessment, with Li Yang reaching 818. As they prepared to leave, Jiang Yuqing challenged Li Yang to test her spirit score.

• Jiang Yuqing brought Li Yang a Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pill and earned Shock Points as she accepted it and ignored him.
• Yu Hongyuan scored 298 on the physique test, and Fang Chuyun scored 480.
• Zhong Kun scored 481, while Lin Zhaoqin scored 580.
• Li Yang scored 818, leaving Jiang Yuqing and the onlookers stunned.
• Jiang Yuqing challenged Li Yang to test her spirit score, questioning whether it was only 80.

Jiang Yuqing challenged Li Yang to a spirit-stat contest at Zhongdu Military Academy, provoking the Spirit Department students as he tried to earn Shock Points. After revealing his spirit stat was 500, he wagered thirty Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pills, and Li Yang accepted by demanding fifty if she won.

• Zhong Kun prepared to accept the Star-Slaying students’ challenge, but Li Yang defended Zhongdu Military Academy’s right to follow its own rules.
• Jiang Yuqing argued with the Spirit Department students about their Astral Realm death rate, then challenged Li Yang to compete in spirit stats.
• Wang Ruika offered to compete instead, but Jiang Yuqing dismissed him and used the spirit testing device to reveal his stat was 500.
• Jiang Yuqing offered thirty Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pills if Li Yang’s spirit stat exceeded his, and Li Yang countered by asking for fifty while refusing to offer anything if she lost.

Li Yang raised her spirit value and stunned the academy by scoring 730, defeating Jiang Yuqing and winning his pills and Qiankun Bag. She discovered Jiang Yuqing was collecting shock points, while Zhong Kun eagerly volunteered to test the spirit detector.

• Li Yang spent lifespan to raise her spirit value to 730, and Lianxin worried that she was under pressure.
• The spirit test revealed Li Yang’s score of 730, leaving the students stunned and Jiang Yuqing delighted by the shock points he gained.
• Jiang Yuqing handed Li Yang the Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pills and Qiankun Bag he had wagered.
• Li Yang used the Spirit Connection Star Skill to ask Jiang Yuqing if he was collecting shock points, then guessed that other people’s reactions earned them for him.
• Zhong Kun volunteered to test his own spirit value, wondering whether the detector was faulty.

Agronomy Department students Zhong Kun, Lin Zhaoqin, Fang Chuyun, and Yu Hongyuan stunned the Spirit Department with their spirit values, prompting Professor Wang to explain the Nature Department’s role in strengthening Astral Realm teams. After Li Yang persuaded Jiang Yuqing to compensate the students with Mind-Clearing Pills, the chapter ended with departments boasting about their midterm results while Li Yang’s physique score remained unknown.

• Zhong Kun tested at 280 spirit points, and Lin Zhaoqin tested at 350, leaving Wang Ruika so shocked that he fainted.
• Professor Wang explained that the Agronomy Department was the Nature Department, whose cultivators had once helped Zhongdu Military Academy teams fight above their level, and urged Wang Ruika to get close to Zhong Kun.
• Li Yang convinced Jiang Yuqing to give Mind-Clearing Pills to the Spirit Department and Agronomy Department students, along with a visiting fee.
• The midterm assessment ended, and Star Combat students celebrated Lin Zhaoxia’s record physique value of 850 while Zhong Qian scored 680.
• Shen Shangchi scored 670 physique points and Ying Qi scored 682, leading Star Magic students to claim they had surpassed Zhong Qian; Li Yang’s score was still unknown.

The midterm rankings showed Li Yang in first place after the school counted thirty percent of students’ spirit values, while Lin Zhaoxia placed second and Lin Zhaoqin third. The forum erupted over the scoring rule, and a makeup exam was announced for students whose spirit values exceeded 200.

• Yu Hongyuan and Zhong Kun saw Lin Zhaoxia’s physique value and lamented that Li Yang had lost while supporting the Agronomy Department.
• Niu Qianqian and Professor Wang agreed to include thirty percent of spirit value in the Agronomy Department’s assessment scores.
• The school published the rankings, with Li Yang first at 1,037 points, Lin Zhaoxia second, and Lin Zhaoqin third; Fang Chuyun also made the top ten.
• The academic affairs office explained that Li Yang’s score combined her 818 physique points with thirty percent of her 730 spirit points, prompting students to argue about the scoring rule.
• The school announced that students with spirit values above 200 could be reranked after a makeup exam, but Lin Zhaoxia said her spirit value was only 200, and Shen Shangchi said his was 210.
• A video of the Agronomy Department’s assessment showed that Li Yang had taken the spirit test because of a Star Slaying provocation, winning the support of students who had questioned the results.

Li Yang prepared the Agronomy Department to enter the Tree Tower, while Ruan Jinbai learned that war with the Upper Three Realms was approaching. The Tree Tower opened at the Agronomy Department, drawing students from across the academy as its members prepared to collect Star Cores.

• Li Yang reserved a potential Agronomy Department spot for Ying Qi and delayed recruiting Wang Ruika because the department lacked capacity and still faced a hidden threat.
• Niu Qianqian announced that the Tree Tower's second floor would open, and Yu Hongyuan was left to guard the first floor because he did not meet the entry requirements.
• Ruan Jinbai received a message from the Astral Realm warning that war could not be stopped and feared the Divine Descent Ritual would expose Huaxia Main City's coordinates.
• Niu Qianqian deployed the Tree Tower beside the Agronomy Department's fields, where Li Yang, Zhong Kun, Lin Zhaoqin, and others gathered to enter.
• Students from other departments came to watch the Tree Tower open, and Spirit Department and Pill Department students argued over which was Li Yang's second home.

Li Yang led the Agronomy Department and their allies into the Tree Tower’s second floor, where they planned to gather Star Plants along three paths and combine them into a powerful behemoth. The group split up, and Li Yang headed down the middle passage as the others prepared to follow their assigned routes.

• Niu Qianqian explained that awakening the Divine Soil let Li Yang and her companions enter and leave the Tree Tower multiple times during its opening.
• Li Yang led Ying Qi, Shen Shangchi, the Ying Family’s collateral-branch disciples, and the Agronomy Department members into the Tree Tower’s second floor.
• A Star Plant ambushed Li Yang, and she drove it back with Shadow Moon and Severing Space before Ying Qi blasted it away; Li Yang told Ying Qi not to kill it.
• Li Yang explained that they needed to gather Star Plants from three paths so they would devour one another and form a Third Grade Realm behemoth.
• Li Yang assigned herself the middle passage, Lin Zhaoqin and Zhong Kun the left, and Fang Chuyun, Feng Yiqiao, Lü Shunshun, and Xia Putao the right.

Li Yang led the Agronomy Department team through the Tree Tower’s difficult second floor, urging everyone to clear it in one attempt while prioritizing safety. She and her teammates emerged from their passageways, but the danger intensified as they regrouped.

• Li Yang explained that repeated entries would drain the Tree Tower’s energy and urged the team to coordinate and clear it in one go.
• Li Yang, Lin Zhaoqin, and the others split across three passageways, with Ying Qi following Li Yang and Shen Shangchi joining the right-hand group.
• Li Yang fought through the middle passageway while Lin Zhaoqin and Zhong Kun worked together to draw and manage the Star Plants in the left passageway.
• Fang Chuyun, Lü Shunshun, Feng Yiqiao, and Xia Putao coordinated their way through the right passageway as Shen Shangchi watched.
• Li Yang and the right-passageway group emerged, and Li Yang warned Xia Putao about an incoming vine before rushing to draw the Star Plants behind them.

Li Yang gathered the Star Plants from all three passages and used Hidden Shadow to make them devour one another. The survivors formed a behemoth at the high level of the Third Grade Realm, leaving the students facing a formidable new challenge.

• Li Yang drew the Star Plants together while Feng Yiqiao and the others waited for a chance to help.
• Fang Chuyun and Lü Shunshun took over the Star Plants pursuing Lin Zhaoqin and Zhong Kun from the left passage.
• Li Yang gathered the Star Plants from the right passage and told everyone to hide before she activated Hidden Shadow.
• Li Yang lured the Star Plants into attacking and devouring one another, sustaining herself with Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pills as Lianxin sent her lifespan.
• A behemoth emerged from the defeated Star Plants, and Li Yang warned everyone that it was at the high level of the Third Grade Realm.

Li Yang and the others fought the High-Level Third Grade Realm Star Plant on the Tree Tower’s second floor and defeated it by destroying its exposed Spirit Soul. The group claimed a haul of more than thirty blue and purple Star Cores.

• Ying Qi, Fang Chuyun and the other Star Magic Department students blasted the Star Plant while Li Yang coordinated the group through Spirit Connection.
• Li Yang took over the right flank so Lin Zhaoqin, Zhong Kun and the others could recover, then searched for the Star Plant’s weakness as the team resumed its attacks.
• Lianxin told Li Yang to break the Star Plant’s Spirit Soul, and Li Yang used Space Slashes to destroy the exposed blue-purple seed and bring the creature down.
• Shen Shangchi explained that Spirit Souls were normally cultivated in the Fourth Grade Realm, while Feng Yiqiao noted that the Tree Tower had prevented the Star Plant from breaking through.
• Zhong Kun spotted the loot, and the group found more than thirty Star Cores, including several purple ones.

Li Yang and her companions cleared the Tree Tower’s second floor, earning dozens of Star Cores, while Li Yang learned that her teacher, Si Kui, was leaving for the Astral Realm. Si Kui departed after asking Niu Qianqian to oversee the Agronomy Department and ordering Shen Binghua to keep Li Yang on campus, as a looming war against the Descending Star Cult threatened Huaxia.

• Li Yang had the Tree Tower distribute the Star Cores according to each climber’s contribution, and the group collected their rewards before leaving.
• Li Yang sensed that Si Kui had emerged from seclusion, but Si Kui said she was about to go to the Astral Realm and warned Li Yang not to advance to Third Grade until she heard from her.
• The onlookers learned from Zhong Kun that the group had cleared the tower in one attempt and obtained at least forty Star Cores, mostly blue, with several purple.
• Si Kui moved the gathered students to Sun Square, then told Niu Qianqian to manage the Agronomy Department and instructed Shen Binghua to keep Li Yang on campus.
• Shen Binghua reflected that the Marquis of the Long Night was preparing to attack the Descending Star Cult, whose Divine Descent Ritual could expose Huaxia Main City to the Divine Venerables of the Upper Three Realms.

Li Yang obtained an Eighth Grade Origin Stabilizing Pill from Li Yaowan for Si Kui before Si Kui left for the Astral Realm. After reassuring the Agronomy Department, Li Yang resolved to stay put, grow stronger, and wait for her teacher to return.

• Li Yang asked Li Yaowan for an Origin Stabilizing Pill to help Si Kui recover before traveling to the Astral Realm, and Li Yaowan agreed to provide one without demanding repayment.
• Li Yaowan brought Li Yang to Si Kui, who initially refused the pill but accepted it after Li Yang threatened to follow her to the Astral Realm.
• Si Kui told Li Yang to stay in the department and vanished, leaving Li Yang worried about her departure.
• Li Yaowan hinted that Si Kui might be involved in a dangerous plan against the Divine Venerable connected to the Divine Descent Ritual, but refused to explain further.
• Li Yang decided not to leave the Agronomy Department or advance recklessly, and focused on building her strength and cultivating her Star Skills.
• Li Yang told the gathered Agronomy Department students that Si Kui had gone to handle something and urged them to cultivate as usual; Feng Yiqiao and the others proposed examining the Star Cores.

Li Yang appraised the students’ Star Cores, gaining disguise and healing Star Skills, while Si Kui returned to Huaxia Main City and prepared with the Marquis of the Long Night to destroy the Descending Star Cult. The chapter left Si Kui poised to use the cult’s Divine Descent Ritual to confront a Divine Venerable from the Upper Three Realms.

• Li Yang appraised the group’s Star Cores, and the students gained Star Skills suited to their abilities.
• Li Yang appraised her own blue Star Cores and obtained Put On an Alt, and They Won't Recognize You Anymore and Natural Healing.
• Si Kui returned to the Astral Realm after twenty-eight years, while the Marquis of the Long Night stood guard in Huaxia Main City.
• Si Kui realized the Upper Three Realms had used Lianxin to entrap both the Fenglie Clan and the Nature Department.
• Si Kui and the Marquis of the Long Night planned to destroy the Descending Star Cult and use its Divine Descent Ritual to challenge a Divine Venerable.

Li Yang continued cultivating and farming while managing her short lifespan, and the Agronomy Department gained Ying Qi and Wang Ruika as members. At final exams, Li Yang remained far ahead in first place, and the students began to understand the academy’s graduation requirements.

• Si Kui resolved to ascend to the upper realm and kill a Divine Venerable, despite the deadly odds.
• Li Yang kept farming and cultivating through winter, raising her physique and skills while struggling with her lifespan and Li Yaowan’s pill lessons.
• Ying Qi transferred into the Agronomy Department, leaving Shen Shangchi hurt and bewildered by her lack of romantic interest.
• Wang Ruika joined the Agronomy Department after learning Ying Qi had transferred, hoping to secure a place close to Li Yang’s rising influence.
• The Spirit and Star Magic Departments argued online over their members transferring to the Agronomy Department.
• Li Yang finished final exams in first place as the Agronomy Department remained far ahead of the others.

Li Yang and the Agronomy Department celebrated the New Year, grew and harvested tier-two mutated wheat, and prepared to turn it into flour. Their peaceful spring was interrupted when Zhong Kun reported that Li Yang’s teacher and the Marquis of the Long Night had killed a Divine Venerable, though both were badly injured.

• The class rankings shifted as Ying Qi passed Lin Zhaoqin, while Zhong Qian fell to fifth.
• The Agronomy Department celebrated New Year’s Eve together, and Fang Suyun gave everyone Body-Tempering Pills while Feng Yiqiao handed out merit points.
• Li Yang guided the others in cultivating tier-two mutated seeds, and the department grew and harvested a field of golden wheat.
• Zhong Kun told Li Yang that her teacher and the Marquis of the Long Night had destroyed the Descending Star Cult’s headquarters and killed a Divine Venerable in the Astral Realm.
• Li Yang panicked at news of her teacher’s injuries, then felt somewhat reassured when Zhong Kun said his great-grandfather had gone to the Astral Realm to ensure they were treated fairly.