Preliminaries Begin, Nine Heavens Reappear

Three days later, all the resources exchanged through the internal channels of Star Source District were delivered to Lin Yi's manor by a silver-gray Mechanical Servants with no markings on its surface.

Xuanji checked and signed for each of the tightly sealed resource boxes before sending them to the high-level storage vault underground in the manor.

Lin Yi only took the data core containing the [Great Evolution Timewheel Deduction Model]. The rest of the precious treasures, such as the [Time Abyss Source Marrow], [Epoch Resonance Crystal Core], and even the [Time Source Blood], were temporarily sealed away by him.

Breaking through the laws, especially higher laws like time, is no trivial matter.

Ancient texts record that many prodigies, when attempting to break through the laws, suffer setbacks due to prior cognitive biases or weak foundations. At best, their efforts are less effective; at worst, they experience backlash from the rules, damaging their Soul Origin.

Lin Yi never fights a battle unprepared.

In the days that followed, he devoted most of his attention to the study of the Great Evolution Timewheel Deduction Model.

This model is not a simple knowledge transfer, but a highly personalized Dynamic calculation and deduction system.

After analyzing Lin Yi's combat data and rule fluctuations, it even combined the general analytical framework for potential time-space rule users from the historical Star Core level training camp database to tailor-make the most efficient and stable time law entry path for him.

Within the model, the law of time is broken down into countless tiny "cognitive nodes" and "connecting threads".

Some nodes are bright and clear, representing areas where Lin Yi has already accumulated profound knowledge or is naturally suited, such as "acceleration," "deceleration," and "time perception."

Some are obscure or even marked with warning red labels, representing potential risk areas or blind spots in cognition, such as "time discontinuity," "tolerance to time ripples," and "impact of long-timescale Rewind anchor points."

What Lin Yi needs to do is to repeatedly simulate, in virtual deduction, the reactions of his own rule system and the burden on his soul under different angles of entry and different sequences of node connections, and find the "path" that best matches his own characteristics.

This work is extremely tedious and mentally taxing, like finding the one thread that can be pulled out smoothly from among millions of tangled and intertwined yarns.

But he was completely absorbed in it and enjoyed it immensely.

"It turns out my understanding of the microstructure of time-series cutting was somewhat redundant. The model suggests focusing more on the closed-loop stability of time cycles."

"Hmm? The link between the brief Time Stop and time acceleration actually contains such a hidden energy vortex? Luckily, we discovered it in advance."

Discussions about Lin Yi continue to be a hot topic on the Virtual Network.

Various analytical posts, comparison videos, and even "tutorial videos" imitating Lin Yi's fighting style have emerged one after another.

Within the Human Race territory, the joyful atmosphere did not diminish due to Lin Yi's low profile; on the contrary, it fostered even greater anticipation.

Taking advantage of this East Wind, the Silver Blue Civilization has experienced a significant halo effect in multiple fields such as interstellar trade and talent recruitment.

Within the Origin Star Source Area, outside Lin Yi Manor, other members of the List or their entourage would occasionally pass by, their gazes always lingering thoughtfully on that light blue energy membrane for a moment.

The Nagi Feng team raised the security level to the highest level, with any unfamiliar approach triggering a silent alert and scan.

Meanwhile, the others are also fully committed to preparing for the qualifiers.

They gathered in the manor's public tactical analysis room, repeatedly studying the preliminary round videos and burying themselves in calculating the possible combinations of different attribute swarms and the optimal countermeasures.

Time slipped away quietly amidst the intense preparations and the incessant noise from the outside world.

One hundred days passed in the blink of an eye.

The preliminary rounds of the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Battle have officially concluded.

When the results were announced, Xuanji immediately reported the summarized data to Lin Yi had just finished a round of model simulation.

"Master, the Silver Blue Civilization had approximately 23 million registered participants, and 93,319 people ultimately advanced to the preliminary rounds through the preliminary selection."

Lin Yi looked at the detailed data list on the screen, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

This number certainly exceeded his initial expectations.

It's important to know that those who dare to sign up for the Genius Battle are usually the best among the Star Core level; otherwise, they wouldn't waste the registration fee.

The fact that the pass rate can reach the average or even slightly above average in such a group proves that the elite training system that the Silver Blue Civilization has devoted resources to in recent years has begun to bear solid fruit.

He carefully reviewed the list of those who had passed.

As expected, the members of the East Peak Mercenary Group constituted the absolute main force.

He recognized many of the names on the list: the Deputy Captain of each team, Veteran Platform with outstanding achievements, and elites who had rotated through training on Origin Star.

Following closely behind are the core officers of the Silver Blue Civilization Garrison, more than 70% of whom have a background in training at the East Peak Military Academy or have participated in specialized training organized by the East Peak Military Academy.

Further down the spectrum are the outstanding individuals cultivated independently by each planet, including grassroots geniuses and elites from universities.

"You've laid a very solid foundation," Lin Yi said softly. "Next, we'll see how far you can go in the qualifiers."

The preliminary rounds of the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Battle adopt a single-player endless defense mode. Each player has an independent virtual space, and the enemies are the swarm of Devouring Race Insects and the Abyss Race Behemoth.

The number, types, and intensity of each wave of insect swarms increase progressively, and a Abyssal Beast appears after every ten waves of insect swarms.

After defeating the Abyssal Beast, the contestant's condition will be fully restored.

The top 10,000 players who hold on for the longest time will advance to the knockout stage.

Furthermore, the qualifying rankings will directly determine the knockout stage matchups.

The 1st place player will play against the 10,000th place player, the 2nd place player will play against the 9,999th place player, and so on.

The rules are simple yet brutal.

Endless swarms of insects drain your resources, periodic raids on Abyssal Beast keep you away, and there are no teammates, only the brief respite after defeating Abyssal Beast.

This is not only a contest of strength, but also a comprehensive test of will, resilience, and tactical choices.

"The first ten waves might be relatively easy, but the later waves will be more challenging in terms of both the quality and quantity of the insect swarm, as well as the Abyssal Beast."

Zhou Yuxuan frowned as he looked at the rules. "It's probably going to be ridiculously absurd. To get a good ranking, you need to clear out enemies efficiently in the early stages to conserve resources, and then you need a burst of power to quickly kill high-strength Abyssal Beast in the later stages."

"The rankings are directly linked to your knockout stage opponents!"

Chen Yu's eyes lit up. "The Commander is definitely aiming for first place, so we have to try our best to score high. The Commander said that if we perform well, he'll personally give us pointers."

Pressure and motivation rose simultaneously in everyone's hearts.

On the day the qualifiers began, the entire Pan-Spirit Alliance Virtual Network seemed to be ignited once again.

Although it didn't have the explosive popularity of the first day of the preliminary rounds, the attention it received was more focused and in-depth.

All major mainstream media commentary channels, professional analysis platforms, and race-specific spectator rooms are now open.

Countless homes, taverns, plazas, fleet lounges, and academy auditoriums.

Almost everywhere there's a screen, they're showing live updates of the qualifiers or streams of key players.

Origin Star, Lin Yi Manor Living Room.

The enormous panoramic light screen was divided into dozens of screens, mainly displaying the individual spaces of Lin Yi, Chen Yu, Zhou Yuxuan, Kaliya, Lin Yao, and other members of their team, while the remaining smaller screens scrolled through other popular players or sudden battle situations.

Aurelia sat upright in the main control chair, her blue eyes calmly scanning the various screens.

Behind her, several auxiliary Mechanical Servants were on standby, recording data and analyzing energy fluctuations.

Blue Star, East Peak Military Academy Auditorium.

This place has been temporarily converted into a central observation and Command Center.

This is not only because Principal Lin Yi is participating in the competition, but also because most of the nearly 100,000 participants in the Silver Blue Civilization competition have direct or indirect connections with military academies.

Nie Chang sat in the front row, surrounded by Li Zhenguo, the chief executive officer of the Silver Blue Civilization, Zhou Donglai, the representative of the Military Commission, and other high-ranking officials.

Before everyone was a much larger and more complex information summary screen, which could access the perspective of any Silverblue contestant and displayed macro data such as the survival statistics of contestants on various planets in the Silver Blue Civilization and the average number of waves in real time.

The seats at the back and around the auditorium were filled with instructors from the East Peak Military Academy, outstanding student representatives, and invited guests from all walks of life.

Further out, the people of Blue Star and countless citizens throughout the entire Silver Blue Starfield, watching simultaneously through public networks, were all focused on this.

"All participants have been connected!"

Countdown: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!

"The qualifiers have begun!"

Lin Yi's independent space.

This is a desolate gray rock plain, with the sky hanging low, displaying a somber, dark red hue.

In the distance, the horizon was slightly distorted, as if space itself were unstable.

Lin Yi's figure solidified.

He was still wearing that dark blue combat uniform, his aura calm and unwavering.

Almost the instant his body stabilized, he didn't hesitate for a moment, his mind stirring slightly.

Beside him, a figure with the same appearance as him quietly appeared; it was his time clone.

Outside, countless online forums focused on the event saw a surge in comments.

"Clones! Time-space cultivators are so cunning. Except when facing another time-space cultivator, they're easy to exploit and don't know how to summon clones, they're really convenient in other situations."

"Nonsense, when else will the advantages of the spacetime rules be apparent if not now?"

"Look over there Edith! She's released a clone too!"

"Wow, double the territory, double the fun! Who can match this cleanup efficiency?"

The other prodigies must have had some swear words to say.

Lin Yi and his clone didn't even make eye contact; their tacit understanding was self-evident.

The two sat cross-legged at the same time, suspended in mid-air in the center of the plain.

Then.

A chaotic light erupted from Lin Yi's Main Body.

The light was not a single color; it seemed to contain countless tiny gray, silver, gold, blue, and green hues intertwined and flowed within, yet they were harmonious and unified, containing the vastness of time and space, the cycle of life and death, and the foundation of the five elements.

Immediately afterwards, another chaotic light of the same origin and nature surged out from the clone.

The double Ninefold Domain are not simply one plus one.

The moment they appear, they begin a mysterious superposition and resonance.

The area expanded rapidly, instantly covering the entire plain as far as the eye could see, and even extending towards the distorted horizon in the distance.

The rules within the domain were strongly unified and streamlined, the stability of space was enhanced, and the flow of time began to become subtle.

The first wave of the Devouring Race Insects surged out from the cracks at the edge of space at that very moment.

Those were tens of thousands of soldier insects, shaped like enlarged versions of metal beetles, a dark, dense mass, gleaming with a cold metallic luster, their mouthparts menacing, the buzzing of their flapping wings forming a tooth-grinding noise.

They possess energy reactions at the early stage of the Stardust level; individually they are not strong, but when they converge into a tide, their power is terrifying.

However, this vanguard of the insect swarm, which had just emerged from the rift and had not yet fully deployed its formation, was as if thrown into an invisible, enormous millstone the moment it entered the chaotic colored domain.

Puff puff puff puff!

A faint, almost imperceptible sound of annihilation rang out.

The soldier insects charging at the forefront suddenly developed countless fine cracks on their bodies, and then, like sand sculptures weathered over millions of years, silently disintegrated into the finest dust.

The worms followed one after another, but the result was exactly the same.

They didn't even get a meter forward before disappearing in droves.

Within the area, everything was clean.

Only a few wisps of chaotic energy that failed to completely dissipate prove that something once existed here.

". it's over?"

"The first wave is gone just like that?"

"The domain hasn't even fluctuated?"

"Is this the clearing efficiency of the Ninefold Domain? This is outrageous!"

"Look at the other seeded players, they basically all start with their domains to clear the field, but the range, speed, and that effortless feeling are far inferior."

"It's the same on Edith's side! Dual-domain coverage, the bugs disappear as soon as they appear!"

"The competition among these top talents is definitely not like the style of us mere mortals."

The spectators gasped in amazement.

For the vast majority of participants who lacked a designated area and had to rely on combat skills, movement techniques, and rule application to fight hand-to-hand with the swarm of insects, this scene before them was nothing short of a myth.

Take Chen Yu, for example.

He roared, his body engulfed in blazing white flames, charging through the swarm of insects like a human torch. Every punch and kick carried explosive fire-based power, incinerating large numbers of soldier insects into ashes.

While this was quite efficient, it was clearly very taxing, hence the sweat beading on his forehead.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yuxuan was surrounded by agile water currents, which sometimes transformed into tough water whips that lashed out, sometimes condensed into ice spikes that rained down like a storm, and sometimes formed whirlpools to trap and kill.

This tactic is ingenious, but it requires a high degree of concentration when facing a swarm of insects coming from all directions, and the margin for error is very low.

As for Lin Yao, she transformed into golden light and weaved back and forth among the insect swarm.

The golden longsword she wielded was incredibly Sharpness, often capable of wiping out a large swarm of insect soldiers with a single strike. However, when faced with the relentless onslaught of the insect horde, her space for maneuvering was constantly being compressed.

Time passed.

The qualifiers had no day or night, only endless waves.

A day has passed, and of the more than 93,000 participants from the Silver Blue Civilization, over 20,000 have been eliminated.

The strength of the insect horde has steadily increased, and the variety of species has also begun to increase, with special individuals appearing that can spray acid, release mental interference, and even have the ability to burrow underground for a short period of time.

For players without a specific area of expertise, the pressure increases dramatically.

Two days have passed, and the vast majority of participants have failed. Those who are still persevering have all demonstrated exceptional abilities.

On the list, Lin Yi, Edith, and the other top 100 seeded players still seem to be doing very well.

Soon, another three days passed, and the situation began to subtly change.

The number of athletes still persisting had dwindled to less than 10,000.

Of these, almost all the surviving players possess a domain.

The domain became the "ticket" to survive in this high-intensity, protracted war of attrition.

However, even these geniuses in their fields are beginning to feel the pressure.

At this point, the most ordinary soldier insects in each wave of the insect swarm had stabilized at the mid-stage Star Core level, while there were also many special elite insects that were equivalent to the late stage or even the peak of the Star Core level.

They exhibit significantly enhanced resistance to rule-based attacks and are more resilient.

Those first-level domain geniuses who chose to reduce the single-target damage of their domains in order to extend the domain's coverage time and save resources encountered trouble first.

Their domain is no longer able to instantly annihilate the swarming insectoids as it did initially.

The domain's light swept over the swarm of insects, shattering the carapaces and mutilating their limbs. They hissed as their speed decreased significantly, but a considerable number still dragged their broken bodies and continued to charge fearlessly toward the main Main Body at the center of the domain.

"I need to finish him off!"

"The power of many prodigies' domains is no longer sufficient; we must manually eliminate those who have slipped through the net."

"Consumables are starting to build up; at this rate, the domain's duration will be significantly shortened."

In various programs featuring the Starry Sea, the specially invited commentators have pointed out the key points.

For those at the first level of the domain, the domain has transformed from an absolute barrier into a powerful weakening field. They are forced to distract themselves and use rule-based attacks or combat techniques to eliminate any remaining insects that manage to break through the domain's weakening effect.

This poses a severe test to their precision in controlling the rules, their ability to operate in multiple threads simultaneously, and their endurance.

Competition space number 4419.

Mo Yuan was panting heavily, his Long Spear already stained with thick, green insect blood.

He had already withdrawn his domain; maintaining it consumed too much energy, so it was better to use it to strengthen himself.

The Metal Rule coalesced on his body into a simple yet practical suit of armor; each thrust of his Long Spear pierced through several beetles.

However, his movements were no longer as fluid as they had been at the beginning.

They can't kill them all.

There's no way to kill them all.

Mo Yuan gritted his teeth and persevered, his Long Spear swirling into a curtain of light that shredded the approaching beetles.

However, his energy reserves have dropped to below 40%.

"For the next wave of Abyssal Beast, we must conserve sufficient strength."

His eyes were serious as he consciously began to control his output, focusing on defense and evasion.

Similar situations occur in countless competition spaces.

Not only the top talents in the first level of the domain, but also those who have begun to feel the pressure.

Even those at the second level of the domain have begun to change their tactics.

Only true powerhouses at the third level or above in their respective fields can maintain a relatively composed demeanor.

Kenkes, Mo Yuan, and other Human Race geniuses at the first level of the realm have also fallen into a similar predicament.

The domain's light still shone brightly, but it no longer held absolute control as it had initially, and the battle began to become busy and strenuous.

Two more days passed quickly.

Those at the first level of the domain, after experiencing more than a day of intense "domain weakening + manual finishing blows" mode, finally began to reach their limits one after another.

Either their mental energy was overexerted, causing their domain to become unstable and vulnerable, leading to their instant being overwhelmed by the swarm of insects; or their source energy recovery couldn't keep up with the high-intensity point-killing, leaving them exhausted; or when facing the Abyssal Beast Abyssal Beast, they were defeated due to poor condition or insufficient burst of power.

During the Zero Three wave of the insect swarm, Ling Xuan's domain finally became chaotic due to the impact of an elite insect's self-destruction, and the swarming insects instantly broke through his defenses.

He fought valiantly and killed dozens of them, but was eventually overwhelmed.

Upon elimination, his ranking in the preliminary rounds was 988th.

Kenkes fell to the claws of the Abyssal Beast that appeared in the 110th wave, and his final ranking was 821st.

Mo Yuan persisted longer, but in the 125th wave, facing a Crystal Abyssal Beast with powerful energy perception and area purification capabilities, he was forced to lose due to insufficient source energy, ranking: 769th.

Their performance is among the best in the Human Race, but on the current top stage where the entire star system gathers, this ranking means that they are only excellent, not top-notch.

The true hope of Human Race, apart from Lin Yi sits at the top of the list as if strolling in a garden, rests on the shoulders of a few others.

Xu Ning, a genius from the Human Race who joined the Pan-Spirit Alliance Virtual Network Company, is at the third level of the Domain, and her combat style is cold and precise.

She mastered the art of ice manipulation, sometimes freezing vast swarms of insects in extreme cold, sometimes conjuring countless ice crystal storms to annihilate them, and sometimes Incarnation an ice phoenix to swoop down from the sky. She persevered until the 180th wave, when she was defeated by a lava Abyssal Beast with extremely high resistance to ice-type rules.

Final ranking: 98th, breaking into the top 100!

Hui Yao, a renowned prodigy of the Human Race in the Star Core level training camp, is a master of the Domain Triple.

His fighting style is flashy and efficient. His Light Domain not only possesses powerful purifying and destructive capabilities, but also provides him with an extreme speed boost and a certain degree of healing and recovery.

Faced with the ever-growing swarm of insects and Abyssal Beast, he Incarnation into a dazzling stream of light, traversing the domain with incredible speed and power, incinerating all the insects and beasts that passed through his light sword.

He persevered until the 190th wave, and finally, facing a strange Abyssal Beast at the late- Star Vortex level with the ability of Shadow Corrosion, he fought fiercely for half an hour, killing it at the cost of severe injuries. However, his own condition also plummeted, and he could not survive the subsequent swarm of insects. Final ranking: 76th.

A truly remarkable achievement.

Meanwhile, on the Spirit Race side...

Long Ge Xing Tong, the Spirit Race genius who had long held the top spot on the training camp leaderboard, also showed a steady and outstanding performance.

Although his speed in clearing the swarm of insects was not as exaggerated as Lin Yi's or Edith's, it was still far beyond that of ordinary third Fourfold Domain practitioners.

He persisted until wave 230 and above, ultimately ranking 14th.

An achievement that any race could be proud of, but within the Spirit Race, especially when faced with Edith and Lin Yi's inhuman performance, it inevitably appeared somewhat overshadowed.

Other Spirit Race geniuses, such as Youlan Yingge ranked 23rd, and the Spirit Race occupied a large number of seats in the top 100, demonstrating their terrifying overall strength.

Powerful races such as the Holy Radiance Race, Crystal Spirit Race, and Li Race also have geniuses who have broken into the top 100 or even the top 20.

But no one could take their eyes off the two names at the very top.

Lin Yi, Edith.

Their wave count has already exceeded three hundred, and it is still climbing at a steady pace.

The time has come to the fifth and sixth days.

By the seventh day of the competition, only ten participants remained.

At this stage, the form of combat changes once again.

The average strength of the insect swarm has reached the early stage of the Star Vortex level, with elite individuals even comparable to the late stage of the Star Vortex level.

They are highly resistant to rules, have strong vitality, and employ a variety of attack methods in perfect coordination.

Even these top geniuses at the fifth and sixth levels of the domain can no longer rely solely on their domains to "instantly wipe out" the entire swarm of insects as they did at the beginning.

Their domain still shines brightly and covers a wide area, but the swarms of insects that rush into their domain, although they will suffer heavy damage, their speed will be greatly reduced, and their strength will be significantly suppressed, are now very difficult to completely annihilate in an instant.

The area of effect has changed from an "extinction aura" to a "super gravity field + continuous damage aura".

The top ten geniuses had to start getting more actively involved in the battle.

They either manipulate the rules within the domain to condense into giant weapons, such as light spears, thunder swords, and rock fists, to sweep across the area, or they transform into streaks of light to traverse the domain and target Elite Unit within the swarm.

The Abyssal Beast that appear every ten waves are even more terrifying in strength.

From the 200th wave onwards, none of the individual Abyssal Beast that appeared possessed strength lower than the peak of the Star Vortex level.

After the 250th wave, even more terrifying behemoths began to appear, comparable to those at the initial stage of Star Domain level.

The top ten geniuses were all on high alert when facing these Abyssal Beast.

They need to concentrate their power, use their most powerful and secret combat techniques to kill it and obtain that precious "status recovery".

The battle became increasingly difficult.

Everyone is gritting their teeth and persevering; every time they hold on for another wave, it represents a victory of strength, will, and tactics.

However, the two at the very top still have a somewhat unique style.

Lin Yi's independent space.

The light in the superimposed Chaos Domain seemed more condensed and profound than at the beginning.

Those insect swarms, whose strength was comparable to that of the Star Vortex level, remained like flying insects trapped in Amber after entering the domain.

Their struggles slowed to more than ten times their previous speed, and their bodies continued to disintegrate, only at a slower pace than before.

But there were only a few.

When the swarm had trudged halfway through the depths of the territory, only the elite individuals remained, each one broken and exhausted.

At this point, Lin Yi's time clone will slowly stand up.

The clone was covered by a layer of rule-based armor that flowed with chaotic colors.

In his hand, a Long Spear shimmering with gray light materialized.

Then, the clone moved.

His speed was so fast that he left afterimages in the view of an ordinary spectator, flashing across the vast area.

Each time he appeared, with a casual sweep of his Long Spear, the remaining Zerg, already on the verge of collapse under the suppression of his domain, were completely annihilated and reduced to nothingness.

The clones are extremely efficient, often able to clean up any stragglers from the previous wave before the next wave of insects fully arrives.

Lin Yi's Main Body remained seated cross-legged in the void from beginning to end, his eyes slightly closed, as if he were simply meditating. Only the domain that enveloped heaven and earth proved that he was the master of all this.

On the other side, in Edith's space.

The scenes are extremely similar!

A realm of overlapping layers, where brilliance and profundity intertwine, and holiness and darkness coexist.

As the swarm of insects surged in, they suffered terrifying torment and annihilation amidst the violent shifts in light and darkness and the stagnation and distortion of time and space.

While it cannot be instantly cleared, the degree to which it is weakened and slowed down is almost the same as Lin Yi's side.

Edith's light and dark clones were also clad in armor of rules, wielding longswords interwoven with light and darkness as they gracefully and efficiently traversed the star field. With each flash of the sword, they precisely took away the last life of a surviving Zerg.

Her Main Body also sat serenely atop the illusory Light-Dark Throne at the center of the star field, her silver eyes calm and still, her golden hair moving without wind, like a goddess surveying her own kingdom.

"No, something's not right!"

Many advanced practitioners or professional analysts had already noticed something was amiss.

"Edith's domain shouldn't be this powerful."

"Given the current strength of the Zerg waves, they've already exceeded the capabilities of an eighth-level domain. The strength of this domain, the density of its rules, is definitely more than eight levels!"

"Look at her weakening effect on the swarm of insects and her suppression of the Abyssal Beast. Although she's not as smooth and skillful in the details as Lin Yi, she's not far behind in terms of absolute power."

"And those clones! The agility of their movements, the solidity of their armor, and their kill efficiency—this is simply not what one would expect from someone who has just entered the eighth level!"

"Could it be... that she also broke through? Reached the ninth level in such a short time?"

"Given the Spirit Race's resources, it's hard to say."

"Ninefold. Princess Edith has also reached the Ninthfold? The Ninefold Domain?"

The speculation spread like wildfire, instantly igniting all the spectator channels.

Across the Spirit Race's territory, deafening cheers erupted from countless battlefield observation posts.

"Ninefold, Edith is also ninefold!"

"This is going to be interesting, a duel between two top-tier experts."

"Both are at the ninth level; the outcome is still uncertain! Good luck, Your Highness!"

"Our foundation! This is the foundation of our Spirit Race; in crucial moments, we can always create miracles."

The hearts of many people in the Human Race realm were on edge.

"Edith has reached the ninth level too? How could she have done it so quickly?"

"The Spirit Race must have used forbidden methods; this is unfair!"

"What should we do? Does Lin Yi still have an advantage?"

"Ninefolds of Time and Space: Light and Darkness. It doesn't sound much different from the Ninefolds of Time and Space: Life and Death."

"I believe in Lin Yi! He fought his way up!"

"But the Spirit Race's heritage and resources."

On the Virtual Network, the numerous alien accounts that had previously been silenced by Lin Yi's performance suddenly became active again, as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

"Oh, so the number one genius of the Human Race isn't the only one anymore?"

"The Spirit Race has made its move; this is going to be interesting."

"I thought we had it in the bag, but the Spirit Race countered with a ninth-level attack. Surprised or not?"

"It's hard to say who's stronger between the life-and-death struggle of time and space versus the light and darkness of time and space. I think Edith's domain is more magnificent!"

"Human Race, wanting to compete with the Spirit Race, are ultimately lacking in foundation; they're about to suffer a crushing defeat."

"If Edith can catch up now, she can overtake them in the final! I'm just waiting for Lin Yi to get a lesson in the final."

Silver Blue Civilization, East Peak Military Academy Auditorium.

The enthusiastic atmosphere seemed to have been doused with cold water, and suddenly became much quieter.

Li Zhenguo, Zhou Donglai, and others frowned, staring intently at the screen, while Nie Chang's hands, resting on his knees, clenched slightly.

At the Origin Star Manor, a hint of worry flashed in Aurelia's blue eyes, but more so in her trust in Lin Yi.

Because she understood Lin Yi; that man would never place his hopes for victory on the weakness of his opponent.