Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi was approved for the Special Genius Training List and chose to relocate to Origin Star, where its resources and security could help him grow. He arranged for Lin Yao, Aurelia, Liu Yuan, Elizabeth, and Zhang Zhen to accompany him, then the official escort arrived at the border fortress.

• Lin Yi calculated that mastering the remaining rules without external aid would take thousands of years, then began studying the water rule.
• Thousand Illusions told Lin Yi that the Supreme Review Committee had approved his admission and explained the benefits of living on Origin Star.
• Lin Yi chose to relocate to Origin Star and selected Lin Yao and Aurelia to accompany him, reserving the other three places for the mercenary group's top merit earners.
• Lin Yi and Aurelia agreed that Liu Yuan, Elizabeth, and Zhang Zhen would receive the first three rotating places, while Lin Yi's clone stayed to manage the East Peak Mercenary Group.
• One month later, a spacecraft arrived near the border legion fortress carrying a man in a dark-blue battle robe and twenty armored figures.

An Imperial Guard Legion squad delivered the Supreme Council’s decree admitting Lin Yi to the Special Talent Cultivation Roster and began escorting him to Origin Star. After a yearlong voyage, Lin Yi and his companions reached the Human Race’s capital and saw its immense defenses and law-shrouded planet.

• Nagi Feng arrived at the Border Legion fortress with twenty guards and announced that he had come to find Lin Yi under Supreme Council orders.
• Nagi Feng presented Lin Yi with the decree admitting him to the Special Talent Cultivation Roster and assigned his squad to protect him.
• Lin Yi chose to relocate to Origin Star and brought Aurelia, Liu Yuan, Elizabeth, and Zhang Zhen, whose accompanying positions were granted for one hundred years.
• During the voyage, Nagi Feng explained why the Human Race no longer concealed the identities of Roster members.
• After about a year, the spacecraft entered the Origin Star Domain and revealed Origin Star, its companion stars, and its vast defensive network.

Lin Yi arrived at his Origin Star estate, completed his identity and permissions setup, and accepted an invitation to a welcome gathering hosted by Her Eminence Starweaver. After reviewing basic information about the powerful roster members who would attend, he examined the roster’s resource repository and its aids for understanding water rules.

• Lin Yi entered Origin Star’s Star Source District and settled into an estate assigned to roster members, where supervisor Lan Yuan completed his identity binding and arranged permissions for his companions.
• Lin Yi asked Lan Yuan to arrange a safe reception for his younger sister, Lin Yao, when she arrived in about two years.
• Lin Yi accepted Her Eminence Starweaver’s invitation to a gathering at Dawnlight Hall, where seven Eternal Divinities, fifteen World Derivation level members, and one Star Domain level member were expected to attend.
• Lin Yi settled into his room and asked Xuanji for public information about Starweaver and the other guests before preparing for his first formal roster gathering.
• Lin Yi opened the roster’s resource repository and reviewed his 10,000 contribution points and the available aids for comprehending the water rule, from inexpensive study tools to costly high-level resources.

Lin Yi arranged resources to accelerate his comprehension of the water rule, then attended a welcoming banquet where Starweaver explained why the Human Race expected him to win the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Battle. The chapter left Lin Yi realizing that victory could make him the alliance team leader in the Myriad Secret Realm, giving him enforcement authority and the chance to secure strategic support for his race.

• Lin Yi planned to redeem Deep Blue Aria, the Myriad Streams Return to Source Meditation Diagram, five portions of Clear Source Dew, Tide Simulation Room access, and a Basic Water Rule Structural Model, aiming to cut his water-rule comprehension time to thirty-five to forty years.
• Lin Yi traveled to Dawnlight Hall, where Starweaver welcomed him to the roster and introduced several prominent Eternal Divinities.
• Lin Yi met An Chen and He Mo, then struggled to join conversations about political and military developments across the alliance.
• Starweaver asked Lin Yi about the Genius Battle and explained that winning could reduce battlefield losses and secure Human Race advantages from the Spirit Race.
• Starweaver revealed that the Genius Battle champion would lead the Pan-Spirit Alliance in the Myriad Secret Realm and receive authority to punish or execute disobedient members.
• Lin Yi understood the weight of the expectations placed on him and resolved to listen and learn from the gathering.

Across more than eight centuries, Nie Chang watched the Silver Blue Civilization grow while following Commander Lin Yi’s rise, apparent stagnation, and changing reputation. As the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Battle approached, East Peak Military Academy registered its cadets, and Nie Chang wondered what Lin Yi would reveal to the watching starsea.

• In New Era 391, Nie Chang learned that Lin Yi and several companions had moved to Origin Star for special cultivation, and he added an encouraging message about Lin Yi to his lesson plan.
• By New Era 603, Nie Chang inspected the nearly completed Seventh Star Ring Spaceport and worried after reading that Lin Yi remained at fourfold rule fusion despite continuing to rank highly at the training camp.
• In New Era 820, Nie Chang defended Lin Yi against online criticism after Longge Xing Tong reclaimed first place, then drew confidence from the evolution fluid Lin Yi had sent him.
• In New Era 1033, Nie Chang attended the maiden voyage of the Silver Blue Civilization’s first independently built Starsea-class warship, the Tiger Gate, and reviewed the civilization’s expanding strength.
• In New Era 1204, Nie Chang oversaw East Peak Military Academy cadets’ registration for the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Battle and saw Lin Yi ranked sixteenth among the predicted competitors despite his reported fourfold domain.
• After reading the fierce debate over Lin Yi’s ranking, Nie Chang watched the night sky and wondered what Lin Yi had prepared to show the starsea.

Iser warned the Radiance Lord that Lin Yi might have secretly advanced far beyond his public ranking, prompting the Spirit Race to send Edith and prepare her for the dangers of the Myriad Secret Realm. Meanwhile, Lin Yi registered for the Genius Battle, rallied the East Peak Mercenary Group to compete, and prepared for a final cultivation push in the Temporal Interstice.

• Iser told the Radiance Lord that Lin Yi might have reached the sixth or seventh level domain, and the Radiance Lord approved replacing Crystal Light with Edith as the Spirit Race representative.
• The Radiance Lord revealed that rival races had raised their top Star Core geniuses to the ninth-layer Domain and gave Edith a Sacred Source Crystal Core fragment to prepare her to fight them.
• Lin Yi reviewed the public debate about his hidden strength and learned that his next shipment of Enlightenment Crystals would arrive before his planned entry into the Temporal Interstice.
• Lin Yi registered for the Genius Battle and ordered all eligible East Peak Mercenary Group members to enter its preliminaries, with rewards for strong performances.
• Lin Yi reviewed the registered contestants, including Human Race and Spirit Race rivals, and returned to the cultivation room to continue preparing for the competition.

Lin Yi watched Edith Lanxing dominate the first day of the qualifiers, then faced growing public mockery over his lower ranking and fourfold domain. On the eve of his own competition, he hinted to Aurelia that his strength might reach ninefold, leaving her stunned.

• Lin Yi learned that Edith Lanxing had taken the top seed and pushed him to seventeenth, then watched Aurelia and his teammates defend him against online abuse.
• Edith Lanxing climbed Central Divine Mountain to its eighth floor, defeated Moros, and withdrew rather than challenge Losa's ninth-floor projection.
• Edith earned an overwhelming score and became the widely favored contender, while the media largely dismissed Lin Yi's chances.
• As Lin Yi's ninth competition day approached, Aurelia tried to reassure him and said the East Peak Mercenary Group would support him regardless of the result.
• Lin Yi told Aurelia the online comments could not affect him and hinted at his strength with a gesture, prompting her to suspect he had a ninefold domain.

Lin Yi stunned the Genius Battle spectators by rapidly climbing the Divine Mountain and defeating its ninth-floor guardian, the Spirit Race forebear Losa, after a fierce duel. He ended the chapter in first place with 511 million points, more than twice Edith’s score.

• Lin Yi went straight to the Central Divine Mountain and erased the first-floor guardian with a glance, earning one million points and shocking the spectators.
• Lin Yi swept through the lower floors, easily defeating their guardians and reaching the eighth floor in under fifteen minutes.
• Lin Yi defeated the eighth-floor Star Demon Race projection with a gray beam, bringing his total to 255 million points and tying Edith for first place.
• Lin Yi reached the ninth floor and faced the Spirit Race forebear Losa, who wielded a powerful Light-Dark Star Domain.
• Lin Yi adapted to Losa’s superior combat techniques, disrupted his footing and rule structure, then overwhelmed him in close combat and pierced his chest.
• Lin Yi defeated Losa and raised his score to 511 million points, taking first place with more than twice Edith’s score.

After Lin Yi defeated Losa's projection and claimed first place with 511 million points, he rested atop Central Divine Mountain while the Human Race celebrated and the Spirit Race prepared Edith to challenge him. When the competition ended, Lin Yi returned to Xuanji and learned that thousands of contact requests awaited him, including five with red clearance identifiers.

• Lin Yi sat quietly at the summit after defeating Losa's projection, while viewers and media across the Pan-Spirit Alliance reacted to his ninefold domains and first-place score.
• Starweaver and six other Human Race Eternal Divinities praised Lin Yi's strength, while people across Human Race territory celebrated his achievement.
• The Radiance Lord acknowledged Lin Yi as a valuable ally for the coming secret realm expedition and ordered Edith to train for five days on the Time Tower's fifth floor after reaching the Ninefold Domain.
• Edith watched Lin Yi defeat Losa, asked her brother to obtain Lin Yi's virtual contact imprint, and resolved to continue cultivating before meeting him as an equal.
• When the ninth day ended, Lin Yi returned from the competition and Xuanji reported 37,123 messages and 11,773 contact requests, including five with red clearance identifiers.

After reaching the Central Divine Mountain’s Ninth Floor, Lin Yi received contact requests from five Venerable Lords and consulted Xuan Yan and Sky Halberd Lord before responding. He gained a 500-credit gift, a promise of an opportunity if he won the Genius Battle, and a tier-one genius promotion with 2 billion training camp points, then prepared to hear Radiance Lord’s intentions.

• Lin Yi reviewed contact requests from Xuan Yan, Sky Halberd Lord, Lord Abyss Prison, Lord Yan Huang, and Radiance Lord, then accepted Xuan Yan’s request first.
• While Lin Yi met Xuan Yan, Aurelia and his companions waited in the manor and reacted with astonishment to news that several Venerable Lords had contacted him.
• Xuan Yan praised Lin Yi’s performance, warned him that Edith would improve, and granted him 500 racial merit credits.
• Lin Yi reported Radiance Lord’s request to Xuan Yan, who brought in Sky Halberd Lord; they advised Lin Yi to accept Radiance Lord’s mark and report anything unusual.
• Xuan Yan and Sky Halberd Lord explained that Lord Abyss Prison might be interested because Lin Yi’s senior brother Prison Suppressor served under him, and Lord Abyss Prison promised a significant opportunity if Lin Yi won first place.
• Lord Yan Huang promoted Lin Yi to tier-one genius and awarded him 2 billion training camp points; Lin Yi then accepted Radiance Lord’s contact request.

Lin Yi met with Radiance Lord, rejected the Spirit Race’s recruitment, and accepted the Xina Family’s former territory after revealing that he had already reported the meeting to Human Race Lords Xuan Yan and Sky Halberd Lord. The Lords praised his foresight, Sky Halberd Lord gave him the Sky-Evasion Shuttle for the Myriad Secret Realm, and Lin Yi left to rejoin his waiting family and friends.

• Radiance Lord offered Lin Yi resources worth 3,000 Human Race merit points and a place at Origin Sanctuary if he joined the Spirit Race, but Lin Yi firmly refused.
• Radiance Lord gave Lin Yi ownership of the Xina Family’s former territory in the Relyat Star Domain, and Lin Yi accepted after mentioning he had already informed Xuan Yan and Tiange about the meeting.
• Lin Yi returned to Evergreen Palace and recounted the meeting to Xuan Yan and Sky Halberd Lord, who recognized that his advance report had thwarted Radiance Lord’s scheme.
• Sky Halberd Lord gifted Lin Yi the Sky-Evasion Shuttle, a powerful weapon made of 108,000 sub-shuttles that could grow with Lin Yi’s control and Rule Comprehension.
• Xuan Yan urged Lin Yi to prepare for the Genius Battle finals, and Lin Yi returned to his cultivation room before going out to see his waiting family and friends.

After Lin Yi reached the summit of the divine mountain, he gave Aurelia the title to the Xina Family’s ancestral territory, prompting her family to plan a return branch while keeping its main body in Human Race territory. He then prepared for the Genius Battle by managing the surge of contacts and spending heavily on resources to comprehend the law of time.

• Lin Yi praised Zhou Yuxuan, Kaliya, and Lin Yao’s qualifier performances, advised them to train for tougher preliminaries, and told Chen Yu to focus on refining his follow-up attacks before his match.
• Lin Yi told Aurelia that the Radiance Lord had given him the title to the Xina Family’s former territory in the Relyat Star Region, and Aurelia accepted it while telling him her life would be his.
• Aurelia informed Matriarch Liyue, who decided to send an elder and willing relatives back to rebuild a branch while keeping most of the Xina Family in Human Race territory.
• Lin Yi declined Blue Star’s proposed celebration, instructed Xuanji to manage hundreds of contact requests, and received 100,000 special matter reward points.
• Lin Yi directed Xuanji to exchange for time-law treasures and training resources, then bought every selected item to prepare for comprehending the law of time before the finals.

Lin Yi and the other Silver Blue Civilization contestants entered the Pan-Spirit Alliance Genius Battle preliminaries, where Lin Yi dominated the endless-defense challenge with his overlapping Ninefold Domains. As only the top ten remained, Edith revealed a domain that appeared to have also reached the ninth layer, setting up a contest between the two prodigies.

• Lin Yi studied the Great Evolution Timewheel Deduction Model for a hundred days while the Silver Blue Civilization prepared for the preliminaries, and 93,319 of its contestants qualified.
• The preliminaries began with each contestant fighting alone against escalating Devouring Race insect swarms and Abyss Race behemoths, while Lin Yi summoned his time clone and quickly cleared the first waves with his overlapping Ninefold Domain.
• As the insect waves grew stronger, most contestants were eliminated; Xu Ning ranked 98th, Hui Yao ranked 76th, and Longge Xing Tong ranked 14th.
• By the seventh day, only ten contestants remained, and Lin Yi and Edith continued advancing beyond three hundred waves by using their domains to weaken enemies and their avatars to finish them off.
• Analysts realized Edith's domain and avatar seemed far stronger than an eighth-layer domain, and spectators began speculating that she had also reached the ninth layer.
• Spirit Race viewers celebrated Edith's apparent breakthrough while Human Race spectators worried, but Aurelia trusted that Lin Yi had not based his chances on his opponent being weak.

Lin Yi won the preliminaries by clearing wave 1000, defeating the second-tier Star Domain Abyssal Beast with a clone’s self-detonation and his Return to Stillness technique. After receiving 2,000 racial merit points and advancing through the elimination rounds, he spent three months studying time laws until his returning clone arrived on Origin Star.

• Lin Yi conserved his energy through wave 999, then slowed the wave 1000 Abyssal Beast, sacrificed his clone to wound it, and destroyed its claw with Return to Stillness.
• The preliminaries ended with Lin Yi in first place at wave 1000 and Edith Lanxing in second at wave 999, prompting celebrations and debate about their prospects in the finals.
• Lin Yi reviewed Edith’s final battle, accepted Lord Xuan Yan’s advice, and received 2,000 racial merit points as a reward for winning the preliminaries.
• Lin Yi reassured Aurelia, Chen Yu, Zhou Yuxuan, Kaliya, Lin Yao, and the others that he would keep improving, then defeated his elimination-round opponents instantly alongside Edith.
• During the three-month break, Lin Yi focused on the Great Evolution Timewheel Deduction Model and time-law comprehension.
• Xuanji informed Lin Yi that his clone had reached Origin Star and requested permission to dock; Lin Yi ordered it guided to the manor’s underground secret chamber.

Lin Yi used Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, rare treasures, and the Temporal Interstice to break through the threshold of the Law of Time. He left with 1.3% comprehension and the breakthrough foundation he needed for the approaching finals.

• Lin Yi secured his cultivation room, set aside twelve of the twenty-eight boxes, and began absorbing Spiritual Enlightenment Qi from Dawn Crystals.
• After twenty days of preparation, Lin Yi traveled to the Temporal Interstice, where his permission had been raised to Eternal level.
• Lin Yi entered the time-law corridor and combined eight portions of Spiritual Enlightenment Qi with rare treasures to deepen his comprehension.
• Lin Yi's nine rule imprints reorganized around time, and he formed a law secret pattern, officially crossing into law cultivation.
• Lin Yi continued cultivating until his reserved time expired, reaching approximately 1.3% comprehension of the Law of Time.
• Lin Yi left the Temporal Interstice pleased with his breakthrough and ready for the approaching finals.

Lin Yi revealed to Thousand Illusions that he had grasped the time law, and she advised him on cultivating laws and the risks involved in creating a divine kingdom. As Lin Yi began consolidating his new power before the finals, Eternal Rock searched for safe work to rebuild his resources, but a new mission appeared just as he was about to accept one.

• Lin Yi returned to the manor, hinted to Aurelia that he had made progress, and kept his breakthrough secret.
• Lin Yi visited Thousand Illusions, told her he had advanced the time rule into a law, and received guidance about cultivation and the path to eternity.
• Thousand Illusions explained that multiple laws could strengthen a divine kingdom but might interfere during its construction unless they were fully comprehended and fused.
• Lin Yi received Thousand Illusions' notes and began practicing control of his time law ahead of his departure for Spirit Race territory.
• Eternal Rock reviewed low-risk missions to rebuild his racial merit after being resurrected and chose a long-term garrison post.
• A new mission appeared at the top of Eternal Rock's list just before he confirmed his choice.

Eternal Rock accepted a Supreme Council mission to protect Lin Yi and took over as his guard, while Lin Yi and his companions traveled to the Spirit Race’s Ultimate Arena for the Genius Battle ranking round. When the Yong Yan Family watched the contestants arrive, they recognized Eternal Rock standing guard behind Lin Yi.

• Eternal Rock accepted mission SS-00173 to protect Lin Yi, drawn by its generous payment and promise of a free resurrection.
• Eternal Rock handed family affairs to Yong Feng, then traveled to Origin Star and took over Lin Yi’s protection from Nagi Feng’s squad.
• Lin Yi welcomed Eternal Rock and prepared to attend the competition with his companions, while Eternal Rock completed the guard handover.
• Lin Yi and his companions traveled with Eternal Rock to the Ultimate Arena in Spirit Race territory for the ranking round.
• The Yong Yan Family watched the contestants’ arrival footage and realized Eternal Rock was serving as Lin Yi’s guard.

Yong Feng concluded that Yong Yan’s public bodyguard mission for Lin Yi reflected the Human Race’s determination to protect a potentially extraordinary talent, and he ordered the Yong Yan Family to build goodwill with Lin Yi’s allies. At the Ultimate Arena, the ranking match began under rules based on crystal-pillar height, and Lin Yi immediately challenged the contestant on the highest pillar.

• Yong Feng and Musto reasoned that Yong Yan’s visible protection of Lin Yi would deter attacks and might connect the Yong Yan Family to Lin Yi’s future, so Yong Feng ordered the family to support Lin Yi and monitor his matches.
• Aurelia explained that the Ultimate Arena could protect and restore contestants, as one thousand crystal pillars rose to host the ranking match.
• The contestants learned that rankings depended on their pillars’ final heights, with limited challenges and only the top 128 advancing to the finals.
• Yong Yao described strategies for claiming and defending pillars, while Lin Yi recognized that the rules tested judgment and adaptability for the later Myriad Secret Realm.
• The pillars stopped moving and their barriers vanished; Lin Yi challenged the Holy Radiance Race contestant on the tallest pillar, who gave it up and flew to a lower one.

Edith challenged Lin Yi atop the highest crystal pillar, turning their first ranking-stage match into a widely watched clash between Human and Spirit Race prodigies. After Edith asked him in Silver Blue Language to fight at full strength, Lin Yi answered by revealing his Time Law Mark and freezing her opening attack.

• Edith used spatial folding to appear beside Lin Yi atop the highest crystal pillar, and the arena's contestants and spectators stopped to watch their confrontation.
• Observers across the Pan-Spirit Alliance and Blue Star followed the matchup, while Xuan Yan recalled taunting Dark Extinction over Lin Yi's chances against Edith.
• Before the match, Edith had studied Lin Yi's preliminaries battle, trained in seclusion, and learned Silver Blue Language to address him respectfully.
• Edith asked Lin Yi to fight with his full strength, and he agreed that it was precisely what he desired.
• Edith launched an all-out punch infused with space-time and light-and-dark rules, but Lin Yi remained still as time froze her attack thirty centimeters from his face.
• A silver secret mark appeared on Lin Yi's forehead, and the Skywave Starsea Media host identified it as a Time Law Mark.

Lin Yi revealed the Law of Time and decisively defeated Edith in the ranking match, but pushed her from the crystal pillar instead of killing or humiliating her. Their respectful exchange won admiration across the Star Sea, while Lin Yi’s achievement sparked widespread excitement and media coverage.

• Lin Yi used the Law of Time to freeze Edith’s attack, shocking the spectators and commentators with his Star Core-level mastery of a higher law.
• Lin Yi pushed Edith off the crystal pillar rather than striking her down, and Edith accepted her defeat, thanked him, and bowed in respect.
• Edith claimed the second-highest crystal pillar after its Crystal Spirit Race contestant voluntarily yielded, while Lin Yi sat down to rest atop the highest pillar.
• Xuan Yan and the Radiance Lord praised Lin Yi’s restraint and Edith’s composure, while the Annihilation Lord angrily condemned their conduct.
• Star Sea Express publicized Lin Yi’s achievement across the Pan-Spirit Alliance, and Spirit Race Observer reported the defeat objectively and praised both contestants’ conduct.
• People across Human Race territory celebrated Lin Yi, and a Human Race family ordered better terms for businesses linked to the Silver Blue Civilization and higher priority for the East Peak Mercenary Group.