Chapter Summaries

Lin Yi fused his perfected Time and Space Laws, then spent the remaining time at the Myriad Return-to-Source Platform refining his secret arts. Seven years later, he arrived at Sacred Tree Star for the secret realm gathering, where the hall fell silent as an unidentified figure entered.

• Lin Yi used Spiritual Enlightenment Qi to guide the clashing Time and Space Law imprints into a single Space-Time imprint and created a fragile Spacetime Bubble.
• Lin Yi cultivated Space-Time Rend and the Veil of Delusion until his platform access expired, then learned from Xuanji that the Sacred Tree Secret Realm would open in seven years and that he had been granted sixty days of comprehension.
• Xuanji reported that many Star Source Society members had earned entry qualifications, and Lin Yi ordered her to send them a reply and warn them to prepare for competition.
• Seven standard years later, Lin Yi arrived at the Sacred Tree Secret Realm gathering on Sacred Tree Star, where Jianhe and the other cultivators assembled in the great hall.
• The gathered cultivators stood and fell silent as a figure entered the hall.

Lin Yi reunited with Star Source Society members before entering the Sacred Tree Secret Realm, where he learned that the Spirit Race might reduce its military support to the Human Race. Venerable Lord Moonlight explained the realm’s rules and gave Lin Yi a sixty-day qualification as the geniuses prepared for its opening.

• Lan He watched Lin Yi enter the hall and saw Star Vortex prodigies show him respect while Star Domain prodigies stood to observe him.
• A Spirit Race girl told Lan He that Lin Yi’s Space Law comprehension and Fearless War God mechanical divine body made him nearly equivalent to a powerful-level deity, though Star Domain rivals would still compete for important opportunities.
• Lin Yi’s companions warned that the Sacred Tree Secret Realm would hold fierce competition, and Edith told him the Spirit Race might withdraw some support from allied battlefronts based partly on each race’s military merits.
• Lin Yi realized that a reduction in Spirit Race support could worsen the Human Race’s already difficult position, but he thanked Edith and resolved to focus more aggressively on gaining strength.
• Venerable Lord Moonlight announced that the Sacred Tree Secret Realm allowed conflict, that its marks would teleport entrants away from fatal danger, and that Lin Yi could remain for sixty days; the geniuses received their marks and prepared for the opening.
• Lin Yi urged the Star Source Society members to prioritize safety, cooperate when circumstances allowed, and settle competition for major opportunities by ability as they awaited entry.

Lin Yi entered the Supreme Sacred Tree Secret Realm and climbed to a region guarded by powerful tree spirits, seeking Sacred Source Fruits to strengthen his source energy. After defeating a perfected Star Domain-level tree spirit and consuming its fruit, he advanced to the fourth tier of the Star Vortex level and improved his understanding of the Law of Life, then continued searching for more opportunities.

• The five Venerables opened the Supreme Sacred Tree Secret Realm, and Lin Yi entered after the Star Domain-level prodigies.
• Lin Yi surveyed the aerial roots and flew upward, aiming to strengthen his source energy before exploring the higher regions.
• Lin Yi found a high-grade Sacred Source Fruit guarded by a perfected Star Domain-level tree spirit and killed the spirit with Spacetime Bubble: Implosion.
• Lin Yi consumed the Sacred Source Fruit, completed his third Star Vortex, formed a fourth with 387 Star Cores, and raised his Law of Life comprehension by about 0.1%.
• Lin Yi collected the tree spirit core for Ellie and continued searching along the aerial roots.

Lin Yi gathered Sacred Source Fruits in the Sacred Tree Secret Realm, reached the ninety-nine Star Vortex Extreme Realm, and broke through to the Star Domain level. After helping Edith escape a World Derivation level tree spirit, he headed toward the secret realm’s higher region.

• Lin Yi collected Sacred Source Fruits until he formed seventy-nine Star Vortices, then spotted Edith fleeing a World Derivation level tree spirit.
• Lin Yi and Edith coordinated their laws of time and space to wound the tree spirit, forcing it to retreat.
• Edith gave Lin Yi the coordinates of a grove, and he collected its sixteen Sacred Source Fruits before refining them in a hidden tree hollow.
• Lin Yi hunted peak Star Domain level tree spirits and consumed Sacred Source Fruits until he formed ninety-nine Star Vortices.
• Lin Yi fused his ninety-nine Star Vortices into a Star Domain singularity and achieved the Star Domain level.
• Lin Yi set off along the Sacred Tree’s aerial roots toward the secret realm’s higher region.

Lin Yi hunted World Derivation tree spirits to strengthen his cultivation, then teamed up with Yaxi to defeat a powerful guardian protecting a grove of Sacred Source Fruits. After their agreed duel, Lin Yi decisively beat Yaxi, who yielded the fruits but paused as she was leaving.

• Lin Yi killed a newly advanced World Derivation tree spirit, consumed its Sacred Source Fruit, and formed twenty-seven star vortices in his second star domain.
• Over the next two days, Lin Yi hunted five more early-stage World Derivation tree spirits, formed his fourth star domain, and advanced to the mid-stage Star Domain level.
• Lin Yi discovered more than twenty World Derivation Sacred Source Fruits guarded by a powerful tree spirit and met Yaxi, who proposed they cooperate to defeat it before dueling for the grove.
• Lin Yi and Yaxi combined spacetime restraints and illusory attacks to kill the tree spirit approaching late-stage World Derivation.
• Yaxi used her illusions against Lin Yi, but he found her true body and defeated her with a single punch; she yielded the grove and turned to leave, then paused.

After defeating Yaxi, Lin Yi agreed to join her in hunting a powerful tree spirit guarding Sacred Source Fruits and a cluster of Sacred Source Crystals. When they arrived, they found Paslan and Xikan already fighting the guardian, and Lin Yi’s attempt to contact them was interrupted by a sudden force that exposed him and Yaxi.

• Yaxi told Lin Yi about a Sacred Source Fruit grove and Sacred Source Crystals guarded by a tree spirit near the peak of the World Derivation level, and proposed that they join forces.
• Lin Yi agreed to meet Yaxi in fourteen days and divide the spoils according to their contributions.
• Lin Yi hunted tree spirits and absorbed Sacred Source Fruits, expanding his power to twenty-one internal Star Domains before meeting Yaxi again.
• Lin Yi and Yaxi traveled to the grove, discovered Paslan and Xikan fighting the guardian, and decided to propose a temporary alliance.
• As Lin Yi sent Paslan and Xikan a voice transmission, a dark green force descended, suppressed Lin Yi’s power, dispelled his concealment, and revealed him and Yaxi.

Lin Yi escaped a God-level tree spirit’s Divine Kingdom Projection with Yaxi’s help, then recovered and began hunting tree spirits to grow stronger. He planned to investigate the Sacred Source Fruit grove again and possibly seize its treasures from the peak World Manifestation tree spirit.

• A God-level tree spirit projected its divine kingdom, seized the perfected World Derivation tree spirit, and struck Paslan, Xikan, Lin Yi, and Yaxi, sending Paslan and Xikan out of the secret realm.
• Yaxi used her ultimate secret technique to loosen the projection’s hold on Lin Yi, enabling him to escape with a space-time jump, while Yaxi was struck and expelled by her lifesaving talisman.
• Lin Yi emerged in the lower region, used Lanyuan Crystals to recover, and concluded that the God-level tree spirit had attacked to defend its territory and guard.
• Lin Yi planned to grow stronger before returning to investigate the grove, where he hoped to ambush the peak World Manifestation tree spirit before it could call for help.
• After recovering, Lin Yi hunted a late World Derivation tree spirit and killed it with Space-Time Shockburst: Internal Derivation Form.
• Lin Yi continued hunting over the following days, absorbing Sacred Source Fruits and improving his power and combat control.

As the prodigies learned that Secret Realm One had prompted a hundred-Epoch ceasefire, Edith was ordered to prepare for its exploration despite her slim chances. Lin Yi, unaware of the news, spent thirty days raising his strength to thirty-one internal star domains and returned to the Sacred Source treasures, where he found the World Derivation consummate tree spirit still alive.

• Edith and the other prodigies discussed how Lin Yi had escaped a god-level tree spirit's Divine Kingdom Projection.
• A Pan-Spirit Alliance emergency notice announced a hundred-Epoch ceasefire among the Spirit, Abyss, and Devouring Races so they could focus on Secret Realm One.
• Edith consulted Atra Starfall, who told her the secret realm's importance surpassed all previous ones and ordered the Starfall Family to prioritize her preparations.
• Edith told the gathered prodigies that Secret Realm One's secrets were beyond their current level and that they should prepare with all their strength.
• Lin Yi completed thirty days of cultivation, reaching thirty-one internal star domains through his gains from Sacred Source Fruits and Life Law comprehension.
• Lin Yi stealthily returned to the platform holding Sacred Source Fruits and a Sacred Source Crystal, where he discovered that the World Derivation consummate tree spirit had survived.

Lin Yi assassinated a perfected World Derivation tree spirit, seized its Sacred Source Crystal and grove of Sacred Source Fruit, then escaped a Divine Kingdom Projection’s crushing strike at the cost of grave injuries. After Moonlight Venerable took him away and placed him in a healing pool, Lin Yi began recovering and wondered what awaited in Secret Realm One.

• Lin Yi used a fused space-time law attack to destroy the tree spirit’s soul, then annihilated its body with Space-Time Rend: Annihilation Line.
• Lin Yi collected the tree spirit’s crystal core and the Sacred Source Crystal, then uprooted the grove of Sacred Source Fruit trees as a Divine Kingdom Projection descended.
• Lin Yi tore open the projection long enough to store the grove, but the giant hand struck him and left him gravely injured before a seven-colored light transported him away.
• In the great hall, the prodigies saw Lin Yi’s injuries and speculated that he had secured extraordinary gains before Moonlight Venerable took him for treatment.
• Moonlight Venerable placed Lin Yi in a healing pool, praised him for shattering a Divine Kingdom Projection, and urged him to perform well in Secret Realm One.
• Lin Yi began recovering and decided to ask Xuanji about Secret Realm One once he could retrieve his device.

Edith arranged for life source crystal to be sent to Lin Yi, while Lin Yi continued his recovery under World Lord Qinglin and retrieved Xuanji. After learning that Secret Realm One had prompted a hundred-epoch ceasefire among three rival forces, Lin Yi sought to uncover what lay behind it and requested a meeting with Xuan Yan.

• Edith contacted her brother and asked him to send life source crystal from the Starfall Family's core treasury for Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi traveled to the Healing Hall, where World Lord Qinglin treated his injuries and demonstrated her precise control of the life law.
• Lin Yi retrieved his stored belongings and reconnected with Xuanji through his silver bracelet.
• Xuanji told Lin Yi that Secret Realm One had been discovered in the Extinction Star Abyss and that the Pan-Spirit Alliance, Abyss Race, and Devouring Race had agreed to suspend their war for one hundred standard epochs.
• Lin Yi concluded that the secret realm could affect the balance of power and asked Xuanji to arrange a virtual meeting with Xuan Yan.

Lin Yi learned from Xuan Yan that Secret Realm One had ninety-nine floors and would become the three races’ new arena for competition during their hundred-epoch ceasefire. After recovering and sharing limited advice with his companions, Lin Yi revealed to Yaxi that he had successfully returned with Sacred Source Fruits and Sacred Source Crystals.

• Lin Yi asked Xuan Yan about Secret Realm One, and Xuan Yan explained that the ceasefire was driven partly by pressure, that the realm had ninety-nine floors, and that he would disclose more when Lin Yi reached the fiftieth floor.
• Xuan Yan told Lin Yi that the Eternal Beginning Dominator would survive but remain unable to fight for at least ten thousand epochs, and that the Human Race needed to earn military merits in Secret Realm One to offset its poor war record.
• Xuan Yan advised Lin Yi to strengthen himself before entering the realm, seek resources and higher floors inside it, and expel as many enemy contestants as possible.
• Edith, Green Leaf, Hui Yao, Valerie, and the other prodigies visited Lin Yi, who told them the truce would shift competition into Secret Realm One and urged them to prepare.
• After two days of recovery, Yaxi visited Lin Yi and asked whether he had returned to the dangerous spot in the Sacred Tree Secret Realm; Lin Yi showed her fifteen Sacred Source Fruits and ten standard portions of Sacred Source Crystals.

Lin Yi recovered on Sacred Tree Star, prepared for Secret Realm No. 1, and began cultivating the Life Law with rare treasures. He also commissioned Astra to forge a growth-type Eternal armor, then left the Ancient Tree Courtyard seeking more Sacred Source Crystals to finish mastering the Life Law.

• Lin Yi shared his secret-realm treasures with Yaxi, and they discussed Secret Realm No. 1 and the need to strengthen themselves before entering it.
• Realm Lord Qinglin finished treating Lin Yi and recommended the Ancient Tree Courtyard and Living Echo Valley as places to study the Life Law.
• After recovering, Lin Yi sold materials from the Sacred Tree Secret Realm, reserved three years in the Ancient Tree Courtyard, and bought a Life Source-Rune Crystal and Dew of All Living Things.
• Lin Yi met Forging Master Astra at the Sacred Forge and commissioned a growth-type Eternal armor that could evolve as he mastered more Laws.
• Lin Yi cultivated in the Ancient Tree Courtyard for three years, raising his Life Law comprehension from 21% to 77% with the aid of several treasures.
• Lin Yi left the Ancient Tree Courtyard and instructed Xuanji to contact Edith about obtaining more Sacred Source Crystals.

Lin Yi sold four portions of Sacred Source Crystals to Edith, then spent nearly two years cultivating in the Ancient Tree Courtyard until he perfected the Law of Life and fused it with spacetime. The fusion restored his ability to create Time-Tracing Clones and resurrect others, and he left the courtyard resolved to return to his old friends and fallen warriors.

• Lin Yi offered Edith four standard portions of Sacred Source Crystals for thirty-two million golden battle merits, and she secured the funds from her brother before completing the transfer.
• Lin Yi renewed his Ancient Tree Courtyard access and used Xuanji to obtain the Seed of Life Veins, Immortal Azure Essence, and Primeval Vitality Halo to support his cultivation.
• Lin Yi combined the treasures with Sacred Source Crystals and Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, raising his Law of Life comprehension from 77% to 100%.
• Lin Yi fused the Law of Life imprint with his spacetime imprint, which removed his soul fatigue and restored his ability to summon Time-Tracing Clones and resurrect others.
• After using the rest of his courtyard time to review and consolidate his cultivation, Lin Yi left the Ancient Tree Courtyard to return to his old friends and bring back warriors who had died in the war.

Lin Yi returned to the Human Race after establishing the Star Source Society as a public alliance and spending half a standard year cultivating during the journey. As his ship approached Zi Chen Star, the Purple Gold Star Union’s leaders and major factions prepared to welcome him and pursue closer ties.

• Lin Yi proposed publicly establishing the Star Source Society, and its core members unanimously approved the alliance and its membership rules.
• More than twenty prodigies became reserve members before Lin Yi and the other Human Race prodigies departed Sacred Tree Star for Origin Star with Ethan escorting them.
• After reaching Origin Star, Lin Yi met with Human Race prodigies, then took his Fearless War God Clone back to the Purple Gold Star Union aboard the Shadow Shuttle.
• Ming Luo informed the Purple Gold Star Union’s senior officials that Lin Yi was approaching Zi Chen Star, and they arranged to welcome him at the spaceport.
• The Star Realm Legion, Galactic Mercenary Alliance, and Human Interstellar Chamber of Commerce prepared gifts and plans to strengthen their relationships with Lin Yi and his associated organizations.

After returning to Zi Chen Star, Lin Yi reunited with Aurelia and East Peak Mercenary Group and reassured Purple Gold Star Union officials that he would not disrupt their work. When he learned the veterans could not reach Silver Blue Star in time for New Year, he used Space Law to take the entire group home.

• Lin Yi arrived at Zi Chen Star with the Fearless War God Clone and greeted Ming Luo, Aurelia, and Xing Yi at the spaceport.
• At the Executive Committee headquarters, Lin Yi listened to reports, affirmed Ming Luo's leadership, and gave the senior officials spacetime escape talismans.
• Lin Yi teleported with Aurelia and the Fearless War God Clone to East Peak headquarters and reunited with Liu Yuan, Elizabeth, Zhou Yuxuan, Andre, and the other veterans.
• Lin Yi learned that interstellar travel would keep the veterans from reaching Silver Blue Star for New Year and promised to take them home.
• Lin Yi used the Fearless War God Clone's Space Law to transport himself, Aurelia, and several thousand East Peak members away from headquarters.

Lin Yi brought thousands of Eastern Edge veterans home to Silver Blue Star and visited the memorial forest, where he learned the final words and sacrifices of the fallen, including generations of the Yue family. After reuniting with Silver Blue's aging leaders, Lin Yi revealed that he intended to resurrect the dead heroes and bring them home as well.

• Lin Yi teleported the veterans from Zi Chen Star to Silver Blue Star and brought them to the East Peak Military Academy's forest of monuments.
• Lin Yi and the veterans viewed the memorial recordings of fallen soldiers, including Nie Chang, Chen Yu, and Liu Qiying, and learned of their final words.
• Lin Yi discovered that generations of the Yue family had died in battle over more than four thousand years, each leaving a farewell for their father.
• Li Zhenguo and the other Silver Blue leaders arrived, and Lin Yi saw that years of pressure had caused them to burn through their vitality and age prematurely.
• Li Zhenguo asked whether Lin Yi would preside over the annual memorial ceremony, and Lin Yi clarified that he had returned to reunite the living veterans and the fallen.
• Lin Yi confirmed to Li Zhenguo and the others that he intended to resurrect the heroes who had died for Silverblue.

Lin Yi received permission to broadcast the resurrection of Silver Blue Civilization’s fallen heroes and used the River of Time to bring soldiers and allies back to life at East Peak Military Academy. The chapter ended with millions of revived heroes and their comrades celebrating a New Year’s feast as Lin Yi welcomed them home.

• Lin Yi secured civilization-wide broadcast permission from Xing Yi, and Li Zhenguo announced that the fallen heroes would be resurrected.
• Families, soldiers, and citizens across Silver Blue watched the emergency broadcast and reacted with shock and hope.
• Lin Yi retrieved fallen soldiers from different points in history, including Nie Chang and Chen Yu, and revived them above East Peak Military Academy.
• Lin Yi also revived Liyue and two Xina Family elders, while Aurelia reunited with her grandmother and explained the passage of time.
• Li Zhenguo organized a New Year’s feast on floating platforms, where the revived heroes reunited with their families and comrades.
• Lin Yi raised a glass and welcomed everyone home as the soldiers and viewers answered with a thunderous cheer.

After the resurrected warriors celebrated peace, Lin Yi spent fifteen days with family and friends, restored the Silver Blue Civilization’s leaders, and established a fund to secure its future. He returned to Origin Star to prepare for Secret Realm One, gave Aurelia a Sacred Source Crystal, and claimed ten million roster points for fully mastering the Life Law, hoping to master the Death Law before the selection.

• At a banquet on East Peak Military Academy, Lin Yi let the veterans celebrate the end of the war and agreed with Li Zhenguo that it was over for their lifetimes.
• Lin Yi visited the families of Nie Chang, Chen Yu, Liu Yuan, and the Yue Family, then used his power to ease the exhaustion of Li Zhenguo, Zhou Donglai, and other senior leaders.
• Lin Yi appointed Xuanji to oversee the civilization development guarantee fund and its transparent allocation of resources.
• Fifteen days later, Lin Yi said farewell to the Silver Blue Civilization and traveled with Aurelia to Origin Star after speaking with Ming Luo on Zi Chen Star.
• Lin Yi gave Aurelia a Sacred Source Crystal to support her future Life Law breakthrough and confirmed that he had already mastered the Life Law.
• Lin Yi submitted his Life Law mastery for review, received ten million roster points, and considered using the points and an expected racial merit subsidy to master the Death Law before Secret Realm One.

Cang Ming told Lin Yi that he had been revived after the ceasefire freed the Human Race’s Time Venerables to resurrect fallen experts, with Prison Suppressor paying the merit cost. Lin Yi joined the lineage gathering for the opening of Secret Realm One, where his senior brothers and sisters praised his achievements and Thousand Illusions arrived after recovering from her injuries.

• Cang Ming explained that the ceasefire had moved his resurrection forward, partly because Lin Yi’s achievements in the Two Realms Abyss had earned the Human Race honor, and said Prison Suppressor had paid for his revival.
• Cang Ming praised Lin Yi’s rapid rise to divinity-level combat power and invited him to a lineage gathering where Prison Suppressor would discuss Secret Realm One.
• Lin Yi connected to the gathering the next day and met Cang Ming, Lieyang, Xuanshu, Bingling, and Henghuan, who welcomed Cang Ming back and recognized Lin Yi’s accomplishments.
• Thousand Illusions arrived at the courtyard, drawing the group’s attention after Lin Yi had learned that she had been recovering from serious injuries.

Prison Suppressor briefed Lin Yi and the other disciples on Secret Realm One’s ninety-nine floors, its points and exit rules, and the threat of unknown races. When Lin Yi asked for advice on cultivating the death law, he revealed that he had already mastered the life law.

• Thousand Illusions greeted Lin Yi and Cang Ming, explaining that Xuan Yan had stabilized her injuries so she could enter Secret Realm One.
• Prison Suppressor arrived and explained that entrants would be assessed and assigned starting floors according to their talent, potential, and strength.
• Prison Suppressor described how points could be earned, traded, stolen by defeating opponents, and required to reach higher floors; he warned that leaving anywhere but a random exit point would cost them points and carried resources.
• Prison Suppressor warned that the advance legion had encountered unknown races in the realm, which the sovereigns had ordered them to treat as hostile.
• Prison Suppressor invited Lin Yi to ask about improving his strength, and Lin Yi asked for advice on death-law cultivation and revealed he had completely mastered the life law.