Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Yi’s clone continues repairing an ancient Law Inscription fragment. After more than six thousand epochs, it reaches 17% completion.
• Recognizing that repairing ancient inscriptions requires specialized expertise, Lin Yi purchases:
  • Detailed Explanation of Law Inscriptions from the Myriad Crystal Hub Chamber of Commerce for 100,000 Eternal Cosmos Crystals.
  • Constant Lord Eric Fanzhuo’s course crystal, Law Inscription Construction and Repair, for 500 Constant Island points.
• Using Spiritual Enlightenment Qi, Lin Yi’s clone rapidly absorbs the knowledge, allowing both the clone and main body to understand Law Inscriptions as a structured “language” of nodes, patterns, and circuits.
• Lin Yi realizes that failed repair attempts also benefit his Law comprehension by revealing incorrect paths in Law construction.
• After condensing his third Seal Pact, Lin Yi replaces the inscription-repair clone with a newly updated one.
• Over ten thousand epochs of cultivation, Lin Yi raises his Law comprehension to 25.1%, while the inscription repair progresses to 52.2%.
• His two operational clones make significant gains:
  • The Mist Sea City clone expands patrol operations, eliminates pirate groups, and earns about 2,600 contribution points.
  • The Black Mist Sea Frontline clone earns approximately 5,000 points while fighting Second-Order Black Silence Beasts.
• Lin Yi reviews the situation of his acquaintances and former companions from the Origin Universe Cosmic Clam. They successfully establish themselves in Mist Sea City, the Carlos Family, the Rui Family, and the City Lord’s Manor.
• Lin Yi remains firm that his influence must not be used for oppression or personal wrongdoing.
• The Black Silence Beast Tide worsens, with more Second-Order beasts appearing. Lin Yi’s clone saves Mo Lin from a potentially fatal attack, increasing Lin Yi’s concern about the future of the frontline.
• Lin Yi resumes cultivation. After another 19,000 epochs, his Law comprehension surpasses 30%, advancing him into the fourth level of the Eternal Source Realm.
• The ancient inscription reaches 97.7% completion. Lin Yi joins his clone in the final repair, using Spiritual Enlightenment Qi and synchronized engraving techniques.
• After 850 epochs, the inscription is fully restored. It is identified as an ancient reinforcement rune, considerably stronger than modern equivalents but requiring roughly 30% more energy.
• Lin Yi tests the rune by infusing it with Chaos Power, confirming that the repaired inscription functions properly.
• He stores the fragment and goes to report to Eric.
• Eric assumes Lin Yi has given up after finding the repair too difficult and praises him for recognizing his limits. The chapter ends as Eric permits Lin Yi to enter.

2. Character Developments

Lin Yi

• Becomes more knowledgeable and proficient in Law Inscription theory and repair.
• Demonstrates practical judgment by seeking expert knowledge instead of relying solely on talent.
• Advances from the third to the fourth level of the Eternal Source Realm, reaching over 30% Law comprehension.
• Shows a strong survival-oriented philosophy, valuing superior defensive power even at the cost of greater energy consumption.
• Develops into a responsible protector who supports his allies but refuses to let them abuse his reputation.

Lin Yi’s clones

• Function as specialized extensions of his abilities: one focuses on inscription repair, another on city patrols, and another on frontline warfare.
• Their achievements reinforce Lin Yi’s growing influence and efficiency.

Eric Fanzhuo

• Remains an accomplished inscription grandmaster and mentor figure.
• Misinterprets Lin Yi’s visit, believing he has abandoned the difficult repair task.

Lin Yi’s acquaintances

• Xiluo, his sister, the Rui Family, and former Venerables adapt successfully to life in the Chaos Tribunal Sea.
• Xuan Yan and Xuchen demonstrate their administrative talents by entering the City Lord’s Manor.

3. Significant Themes

• Knowledge versus talent: Understanding Law Inscriptions is not the same as repairing them; mastery requires specialized learning and practice.
• Persistence and strategic adaptation: Lin Yi does not stubbornly continue without preparation. He changes strategy, studies the field, and ultimately succeeds.
• Cultivation as the foundation of strength: Secret arts and Seal Pacts are amplifiers, but Law comprehension and Chaos Power remain the true basis of advancement.
• Responsibility and influence: Lin Yi protects his allies while insisting that his authority must not be used to harm others.
• Survival and defensive power: The ancient reinforcement rune reflects Lin Yi’s belief that overwhelming defense and surviving critical moments matter more than efficiency alone.
• Rising external danger: The increasing Black Silence Beast Tide foreshadows greater threats to Mist Sea City, Lin Yi’s friends, and the wider region.
• Misjudgment and dramatic irony: Eric believes Lin Yi has retreated from difficulty, unaware that Lin Yi has already completed the seemingly impossible repair.

4. Character Interactions

• Lin Yi’s main body and clones work in coordination, sharing knowledge and dividing responsibilities across cultivation, inscription repair, patrols, and battlefield operations.
• Lin Yi cooperates with another Constant Guard to eliminate a pirate group, though the colleague mainly values Lin Yi’s Blue-Armored Machine Servant.
• Lin Yi’s influence indirectly protects the former inhabitants of the Origin Universe Cosmic Clam, helping them gain opportunities while he establishes strict moral boundaries.
• Lin Yi’s clone saves Mo Lin from a Black Silence Beast, demonstrating his continued concern for old allies.
• Lin Yi studies Eric’s course and applies the instructor’s teachings to repair the ancient rune.
• The final exchange is based on a misunderstanding: Eric welcomes Lin Yi, believing he has wisely abandoned the repair, while Lin Yi arrives after successfully restoring it.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Yi, after completing the law inscription restoration mission, visits Eric Fanzhuo Constant Lord for evaluation.
• Eric, initially surprised by Lin Yi's progress, realizes Lin Yi's exceptional talent in both cultivation and inscriptions.
• Lin Yi is summoned by Vice Island Lord Xi Mo after Eric recommends him for a mission.
• Lin Yi and Eric teleport to the main tower of Constant Island, where Vice Island Lord Xi Mo resides.

Character Developments

• Lin Yi: Proves his exceptional talent in inscriptions and cultivation, receives recognition from Eric and is summoned by Vice Island Lord Xi Mo.
• Eric Fanzhuo Constant Lord: Initially underestimates Lin Yi but later recognizes his potential and recommends him to Vice Island Lord Xi Mo.

Significant Themes

• Talent and Potential: Lin Yi's exceptional talent in cultivation and inscriptions is a significant theme, leading to his recognition by Eric and Vice Island Lord Xi Mo.
• Mentorship and Guidance: Eric's role as a mentor figure is highlighted as he guides Lin Yi and recommends him for a mission.

Character Interactions

• Lin Yi and Eric: Their interaction shows Eric's initial underestimation of Lin Yi, followed by recognition and guidance.
• Lin Yi and Vice Island Lord Xi Mo: Though they haven't interacted yet, Lin Yi's summoning by Vice Island Lord Xi Mo hints at a potential mentor-mentee relationship.

Chapter Summary: “Cunning Kid”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Yi meets Dao Lord Xi Mo, Island Lord of Constant Island, and remains on guard in case Xi Mo detects the Purple Mist Space within his soul. He prepares to activate the Constant Union Seal Pact and escape if necessary.
• Xi Mo teases Lin Yi for appearing nervous, implying that any secrets or opportunities Lin Yi possesses are insignificant to him. Lin Yi is relieved, interpreting this as evidence that Xi Mo has not discovered the Purple Mist Space.
• Xi Mo reveals that Lin Yi qualifies for a rare top-tier trial. Although tempted by the trial’s rewards—at least one million points—Lin Yi is initially reluctant because his current cultivation and research methods are safe and steadily profitable.
• Eric explains that the trial is the Eternal Source Ring Ruins Trial, held in the ruins of the First Constant Domain. The Eternal Source Ring was once an Imperial Army facility used to test and identify exceptional Eternal Source Realm cultivators.
• The trial requires one hundred participants and consists of:
  • Three individual stages, which adjust dynamically to each participant’s strength.
  • Three team stages, whose difficulty is based on the combined strength of the surviving participants.
• Participants may withdraw from individual stages to preserve their lives, but refusing to withdraw when clearly unable to continue can result in death. In team stages, withdrawing only removes a participant from active combat; their share of the difficulty remains for the team.
• Lin Yi learns that the trial itself provides no surviving Imperial Army rewards. Constant Island offers only points and a completion record.
• Eric explains the true purpose of the mission: the Eternal Source Ring contains an immense and highly advanced Law Inscriptions system. Its dynamically changing inscriptions cannot be recorded externally and must be personally observed, understood, and memorized.
• Constant Island has organized six such trials, but the recovered inscription knowledge remains incomplete. One successful group alone recovered roughly forty percent of the total known information.
• Because Lin Yi possesses exceptional inscription-learning talent and enough combat strength to clear the individual stages, Constant Island wants him to participate.
• Dao Lord Xi Mo will personally escort the group into the dangerous ruins. The principal danger falls on the escorts, who must defend the participants from powerful Black Silence Beasts attracted by their life auras.
• Lin Yi finally realizes that the other ninety-nine participants are largely intended to protect him during the team trial so he can focus on studying the Law Inscriptions.

Character Developments

• Lin Yi demonstrates caution, political awareness, and strategic thinking. He avoids rejecting Xi Mo’s proposal prematurely, instead gathering information before deciding.
• He continues to conceal the Purple Mist Space and remains ready to flee if necessary, showing that he does not blindly trust even a Dao Lord.
• Lin Yi’s priorities are clarified: he values safe, reliable cultivation and research over flashy but dangerous rewards.
• His rare talent for rapidly comprehending and retaining Law Inscriptions is revealed as the main reason Constant Island wants him involved.
• Dao Lord Xi Mo appears powerful, perceptive, and good-naturedly teasing. He recognizes Lin Yi’s nervousness but does not expose or pressure him directly.
• Eric acts as the primary explainer of the trial and reveals Constant Island’s strategic motivations.

Significant Themes

• Caution versus opportunity: Lin Yi must weigh a potentially valuable mission against the dangers and disruption it could cause to his stable cultivation path.
• Concealment and trust: Lin Yi constantly protects his secrets, especially the Purple Mist Space, even in the presence of a Dao Lord.
• The value of knowledge over material rewards: The Eternal Source Ring offers little direct treasure, but its Law Inscriptions could benefit the entire Constant Domain.
• Collective sacrifice and responsibility: The participants are not merely competing for personal advancement; most are expected to protect Lin Yi for the sake of recovering lost civilization-wide knowledge.
• Knowing when to retreat: The trial’s withdrawal system emphasizes judgment and self-awareness rather than reckless perseverance.
• Preservation of lost heritage: The expedition reflects the broader effort to recover Imperial technology and inscription techniques lost after the Black Mist Sea’s invasion.

Important Character Interactions

• Xi Mo lightly mocks Lin Yi’s nervousness, while Lin Yi responds with respectful self-deprecation to avoid revealing his true concerns.
• Lin Yi carefully phrases his willingness to participate as conditional, prompting Xi Mo to recognize him as a “cunning kid.”
• Eric explains the trial rules and its strategic purpose, while Xi Mo silently authorizes the explanation.
• Lin Yi questions the mission’s value when he learns there are no substantial material rewards. Eric then clarifies that recovering Law Inscriptions—not personal prizes—is the true objective.
• The chapter ends with Lin Yi understanding the unusual arrangement: the supposedly elite team of one hundred cultivators may primarily function as his protection detail.

Chapter Summary: “Six Drops? That Works”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Yi considers accepting Constant Island’s Eternal Source Ring Trial, a major archaeological and inscription-related mission intended to restore Imperial-Era inscription technology.
• The chapter explains the importance of

Eternal Source Inscriptions

• They are more powerful and practical than True Source Inscriptions.
• They are more widely applicable than the rarer Constant Source and Dao Origin Inscriptions.
• They support crucial infrastructure such as mothership shields, fortress weapons, energy networks, and long-distance communication systems.
• Their main limitation is difficulty with miniaturization and compression.
• Lin Yi asks Eric Constant Lord about the trial’s location and duration.
  • The ruins are near the former Imperial Army headquarters in the First Constant Domain, roughly one Constant Domain away.
  • Xi Mo Dao Lord can transport him there in less than half an epoch.
  • The full trial may last about 700,000 epochs, including its stages and allotted digestion periods.
• Lin Yi realizes that participating would prevent him from taking other missions and obtaining additional essence blood, which would slow the development of his cultivation and seal pacts.
• He boldly requests an advance on the trial’s rewards: six drops of essence blood, one from each of the top ten-ranked exotic beasts except the seventh and ninth.
• Xi Mo Dao Lord agrees, but makes the arrangement a debt:
  • The six drops will be deducted from Lin Yi’s future trial rewards at their listed prices.
  • If his rewards are insufficient, he must remain on Constant Island until the debt is repaid.
• Xi Mo Dao Lord uses a simple gesture to arrange delivery of the essence blood.
• Lin Yi leaves with Eric, realizing that the six drops will perfectly fill his remaining six seal pact slots.

2. Character Developments

• Lin Yi demonstrates careful judgment by examining the mission’s distance, duration, risks, and opportunity cost before accepting.
• He also reveals considerable boldness and confidence by requesting nearly one million points’ worth of essence blood before completing the mission.
• His strategic thinking becomes clear: he views the advance not as personal greed but as necessary preparation to improve the trial’s success rate.
• Eric Constant Lord becomes increasingly impressed by Lin Yi’s temperament. Rather than seeing his questions as hesitation, he recognizes Lin Yi’s caution and practicality.
• Xi Mo Dao Lord shows that she values Lin Yi highly enough to make an unprecedented exception for him, though she also maintains strict conditions and accountability.
• Lin Yi understands that Constant Island is not simply trusting him; both sides are making a calculated investment and accepting mutual risk.

3. Significant Themes

• Preparation versus opportunity: A powerful opportunity is only worthwhile if Lin Yi can prepare adequately for it.
• Risk and calculated responsibility: Lin Yi accepts the mission despite the danger, but first ensures that the terms and escape routes are acceptable.
• Mutual investment: Constant Island and Lin Yi are portrayed as partners in a high-stakes gamble, each expecting meaningful returns.
• Power and hierarchy: Xi Mo Dao Lord’s casual control over space and resources emphasizes the vast gap between Dao Lords and lower-level cultivators.
• Progress through resources: The essence blood represents both immediate power and long-term cultivation potential, making it central to Lin Yi’s development.
• Restoration of lost civilization: The Eternal Source Ring Trial reflects the broader goal of recovering Imperial-Era knowledge to strengthen the Constant Domain against the Black Mist Sea Frontline.

4. Character Interactions

• Lin Yi and Eric: Lin Yi asks direct, practical questions, while Eric patiently explains the trial’s logistics and later corrects Lin Yi’s interpretation of the arrangement as “trust.”
• Lin Yi and Xi Mo Dao Lord: Lin Yi respectfully but boldly requests the essence blood advance. Xi Mo responds with amusement and a conditional agreement, establishing a relationship based on expectation, authority, and mutual benefit.
• Eric and Xi Mo Dao Lord: Eric defers the reward decision to Xi Mo, recognizing that the top-tier mission exceeds his authority.
• Lin Yi and Constant Island: Their relationship becomes a formal wager: Lin Yi provides the capability and effort, while Constant Island supplies the resources needed to maximize his chances of success.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Yi exchanges his contribution points for three secret arts: <Nine Seal Cosmos Eternal Source Secret Art Collection>, <Pact Condensation>, and <Swift Thunder>.
• He also receives six drops of top-tier essence blood from Dao Master Xi Mo.
• A top-tier trial mission, "Eternal Source Ring (Phase Seven)," appears on Constant Island, with Lin Yi as the sole core member. The mission requires a team of up to 99 members to participate in three individual and three team stages of assessment.

Character Developments

• Lin Yi becomes the center of attention on Constant Island's inner island due to his role in the top-tier trial.
• Lin Yi's actions and decisions show his strategic thinking and careful planning.

Significant Themes

• The importance of preparation and planning in achieving success.
• The significance of top-tier trials and the rarity of such opportunities.

Character Interactions

• Lin Yi interacts with the Blue-Armored Machine Servant and a purple-robed servant construct, receiving his exchanged secret arts and the blood essence.
• The inner island trainees discuss and react to Lin Yi's role in the top-tier trial, expressing curiosity, excitement, and some disbelief.

Summary of Chapter

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Yi receives numerous invitations and messages due to his fame.
• He decides to send his avatar to handle social obligations while he focuses on cultivation.
• Lin Yi begins condensing the Voidless Time Titan Beast seal pact.
• He receives a notice about the Eternal Source Ring Trial's final team selection.
• Lin Yi decides to exchange contribution points for the Soul Source Slaying desperate-straits burst secret technique.

Character Developments

• Lin Yi's avatar is introduced as a separate entity that can handle tasks independently.
• Lin Yi's soul comprehension increases after condensing the Voidless seal pact.
• Lin Yi's understanding of his innate soul comprehension talent deepens.

Significant Themes

• The importance of social connections and networking in the cultivation world.
• The value of innate talent versus external enhancements in cultivation.
• The consequences of using desperate-straits burst secret techniques.

Character Interactions

• Lin Yi interacts with his avatar, delegating tasks to it.
• Lin Yi considers the invitations and messages he receives, deciding how to respond.
• Lin Yi's thoughts reveal his curiosity about the Emperor's creation of the Soul Source Slaying secret technique.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Yi acquires the secret art 'Soul-Maiming Source-Slaying' and discovers its powerful, yet costly, nature.
• He decides to put off learning it until his realm is higher.
• Lin Yi prepares to depart for the Eternal Source Ring Trial, where he meets his teammates and Constant Lords.

Character Developments

• Lin Yi gains a deeper understanding of his new secret art and its potential.
• His avatar has improved his social standing on Constant Island, with many students greeting him warmly.

Significant Themes

• The power and cost of secret arts, and the willingness of cultivators to use them.
• The importance of social standing and reputation in the cultivation world.

Character Interactions

• Lin Yi reunites with his teammates E Lan, You Na, and Tai Huan, who express their confidence in his abilities and their commitment to protecting him.
• Lin Yi notices an unfamiliar Constant Lord and ponders his origins.
• Both vice island masters, Ming Chi and Dawn Nightmare, appear to lead the trial team, which is unusual and hints at the trial's significance.

Summary of “The Thirteenth—Place a Bet”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xi Mo Dao Lord transports the hundred trial-takers and accompanying Constant Lords from Constant Island to the Eternal Source Ring. Lin Yi experiences the overwhelming speed and power of a Dao Lord firsthand.
• After roughly half an era, they arrive at the Eternal Source Ring, an ancient dark-cyan structure covered in slowly functioning inscriptions and surrounded by the Black Mist Sea.
• The area is infested with countless Black Silence Beasts, including nearly a thousand second-order beasts and several dozen third-order beasts.
• Ming Chi Dao Lord effortlessly eradicates every Black Silence Beast in the vicinity with a single wave of red-black energy.
• The Constant Lords establish defensive formations around the Eternal Source Ring. Eric Constant Lord creates a powerful protective barrier, while the other Constant Lords reactivate and secure the surrounding ruins.
• Xi Mo Dao Lord awakens the Eternal Source Ring by striking its central sigil, causing its inscription networks and nearby ruins to begin functioning again.
• One hundred trial portals are created on the central plaza of the ring. Using a mirror-like device, Xi Mo synchronizes the trial with Constant Island so spectators can watch the participants’ progress.
• On Constant Island, students crowd around the hundred projection screens as the trial-takers begin entering the challenges.
• Several prominent participants, including E Lan, You Na, and Tai Huan, appear first on the screens.
• He Mingyu opens a betting pool on which participant will be the first to complete the three solo challenges. Lin Yi is ranked thirteenth in the odds, behind the Nine Great Perfections and the top candidates in the high, middle, and initial Eternal Source stages.
• Despite Lin Yi’s relatively low ranking, many students place bets on him. Their wagers are motivated less by confidence that he will win and more by a desire to build a closer relationship with him.
• Even two initially skeptical high-stage students ultimately place bets on Lin Yi, recognizing the social and political value of showing allegiance.

Character Developments

• Lin Yi: Gains a deeper understanding of the terrifying strength of Dao Lords and the dangers of the Eternal Source Ring. His reputation has also grown considerably: although he is not considered the most likely winner, many influential students support him.
• Xi Mo Dao Lord: Demonstrates calm authority and immense power. She efficiently transports the trial-takers, awakens the Eternal Source Ring, synchronizes the trial with Constant Island, and gives only a brief command before the trial begins.
• Ming Chi Dao Lord: Reveals his overwhelming combat strength by exterminating the entire surrounding population of Black Silence Beasts with one attack.
• Eric Constant Lord: Shows his value as a defensive formation expert by protecting the Eternal Source Ring and the trial-takers with a sophisticated barrier.
• He Mingyu: Takes on the role of an organizer and opportunist, creating a betting pool that turns public excitement into a social event.
• Lin Yi’s acquaintances and supporters: Their willingness to bet on him shows that Lin Yi has built a network of allies and admirers through previous interactions, banquets, and missions.
• The two high-stage students: Their discussion reveals differing levels of social understanding. One initially views the bets as irrational, while the other recognizes them as deliberate gestures of loyalty; the skeptic ultimately follows suit.

Significant Themes

• The overwhelming power of the Dao Lords: Lin Yi’s inability to perceive or resist Xi Mo’s laws emphasizes the vast gap between ordinary cultivators and Dao Lords.
• Preparation and organization before danger: The Constant Lords methodically secure the area, activate the ruins, and create defensive formations before the trial begins.
• Reputation and influence: Lin Yi’s importance is measured not only by his combat potential but also by the number of people willing to publicly support him.
• Social alliances and political maneuvering: The betting pool is less about predicting the winner than about signaling allegiance and creating future bonds.
• Competition and uncertainty: The strongest contestants are favored, but the trial’s increasing difficulty means that superior cultivation does not automatically guarantee the fastest completion.
• Spectacle and shared observation: By broadcasting the trial across Constant Island, the event becomes both a personal test and a major public competition.

Character Interactions

• Xi Mo and Ming Chi coordinate smoothly, with Xi Mo asking whether he will clear the beasts and Ming Chi taking action without ceremony.
• The Constant Lords respond to Ming Chi’s silent command, showing their discipline and familiarity with the Dao Lords’ leadership.
• Xi Mo gives the trial-takers only one final instruction—“Go”—reflecting her confidence that they need no further encouragement.
• Spectators debate which elite will finish first, comparing the Nine Great Perfections with lower-realm prodigies such as Lin Yi.
• He Mingyu engages the entire plaza by proposing the betting pool, transforming the trial into a social and political gathering.
• Lin Yi’s supporters publicly demonstrate their loyalty through wagers, while the two high-stage students analyze the motives behind those actions and eventually join them.

Chapter Summary: “Instantaneous—Too Brutal”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Yi enters the first stage of the Eternal Source Ring’s individual trial, unaware that He Mingli has opened a betting pool based on how quickly the participants clear the stages. Lin Yi is ranked thirteenth in the odds.
• The trial space is an enormous void filled with hidden Law Inscriptions. Because Constant Island has already studied the inscriptions from the first three stages, Lin Yi ignores them and focuses on preparing for combat.
• Since external treasures are forbidden, Lin Yi strengthens his weak Chaos Power armor by personally drawing and embedding numerous simplified Fortification Inscriptions into it. The armor becomes dark-gold and considerably more durable.
• Three same-rank trial bodies appear: a burly hybrid resembling the Constant and Abyss Races, a thin, gaunt, cold-blooded-looking figure, and a standard Constant Race figure. Each possesses powerful Seal Pacts and combat instincts.
• Lin Yi immediately launches an all-out assault rather than cautiously testing the opponents:
  • He uses Blazing Condensation Void Pacts to restrain all three enemies.
  • He follows with Light of Eternal Silence, freezing and disintegrating them.
  • When they activate their divine-grade Seal Pacts to resist, Lin Yi uses Swift Thunder to close distance and Voidless to become intangible and ignore their counterattacks.
• Lin Yi focuses first on the gaunt trial body, repeatedly locking it down and striking it with Light of Eternal Silence until it is completely destroyed.
• He then charges the remaining two opponents directly. Their coordinated attacks, including ice vortexes and defensive shields, fail against Voidless. Lin Yi passes through their defenses and kills both in rapid succession.
• After all three trial bodies vanish, Lin Yi is transported to a private recovery zone. His screen in the Central Plaza goes dark, signaling that he has cleared the stage.
• The spectators are stunned because Lin Yi finishes before nearly everyone else has even completed their initial probing attacks. The plaza erupts in disbelief over his overwhelming speed and brutality.

Character Development

• Lin Yi: Demonstrates exceptional confidence, preparation, and tactical decisiveness. Rather than conserving resources or cautiously studying the trial bodies, he relies on his perfected Pact Condensation secret art and thirty pre-condensed Void Pacts. His combination of restraint, freezing, teleportation, and intangibility allows him to overwhelm opponents before they can properly respond.
• He Mingyu: Shows strong confidence in Lin Yi and challenges the assumption that Lin Yi has only a limited number of Void Pacts. He believes Lin Yi’s abilities exceed ordinary Inner Island standards.
• The spectators: Their initial analysis treats Lin Yi as a talented but resource-limited participant. His rapid victory forces them to reassess both his strength and the likely number of Void Pacts he possesses.
• Other trial-takers: E Lan and You Na are shown using cautious, methodical strategies—testing or enduring their opponents—providing a sharp contrast to Lin Yi’s immediate offensive approach.

Significant Themes

• Preparation versus improvisation: Lin Yi’s success comes from extensive prior preparation, especially the thirty carefully configured Void Pacts and his ability to reinforce his armor without external materials.
• Overwhelming speed and decisive action: The chapter emphasizes the advantage of ending a battle before opponents can fully deploy their strengths.
• Knowledge and confidence: Lin Yi understands the trial’s structure and his own abilities well enough to disregard conventional caution.
• Contrast between ordinary standards and true prodigy talent: Several spectators judge Lin Yi according to their own limitations, while He Mingyu recognizes that Lin Yi cannot be measured by normal expectations.
• Combat as a controlled system: Lin Yi analyzes the enemies’ Pact usage, identifies their greatest threat, and systematically removes them through restraint and targeted attacks.

Character Interactions

• Lin Yi interacts directly with the three emotionless trial bodies in a rapid, tactical battle. He interrupts their initial attacks, isolates the gaunt opponent, and then defeats the remaining two one at a time.
• The trial bodies coordinate effectively, using divine-grade Seal Pacts and combined attacks to counter Lin Yi, but their teamwork is neutralized by Voidless and Lin Yi’s superior tempo.
• In the Central Plaza, Luo Sen counts Lin Yi’s Void Pact usage and speculates that he has nearly exhausted his supply.
• A female low-order student and a male middle-order student agree that Lin Yi should have only a few Void Pacts remaining, but He Mingyu rebukes their assumptions and defends Lin Yi’s exceptional potential.
• The spectators’ astonishment culminates in the judgment that Lin Yi’s fighting style is “far too brutal,” establishing the extraordinary impact of his victory.

Chapter Summary: “Genius’s Fighting Style”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Lin Yi’s overwhelming victory in the first stage of the Eternal Source Ring Trial, the Inner Island students discuss whether he can become the first person to clear all three solo stages.
• Many students doubt him, arguing that later stages are more complex and that Lin Yi’s fourth-level Eternal Source Realm cultivation and limited number of Seal Pacts will disadvantage him.
• Others point out that Lin Yi has cultivated for less than one hundred thousand epochs and has repeatedly achieved results far beyond normal standards.
• He Mingyu suggests that the bottlenecks experienced by other geniuses reflect limitations in comprehension—limitations Lin Yi may not share. This causes many students to reconsider their expectations and secretly increase their bets on Lin Yi.
• During the hundred-thousand-epoch rest period, Lin Yi cultivates in the trial’s rest area:
  • He advances from 40% to 50% law comprehension, breaking through from the fourth to the sixth level of the Eternal Source Realm.
  • He condenses the fifth Seal Pact, Awakening Radiance, using essence blood from the Radiant Nirvana Mantis.
  • He condenses the sixth Seal Pact, Nine Nether, using essence blood from the Nine Nether Qilin.
  • He briefly attempts to comprehend the powerful secret art Soul-Maiming Source-Slaying, but concludes that he needs at least one more Seal Pact before he can truly cultivate it.
• When the second stage begins, the trial is revealed to be a challenge-above-one’s-level stage. Each participant receives three trial-body teammates and must fight a stronger opponent.
• Lin Yi is expected to face a seventh-level Eternal Source Realm trial body. Before spectators can assess his situation, he instantly appears before the enemy and pierces its chest with a black-flamed sword, leaving the entire plaza stunned.

Character Development

• Lin Yi demonstrates astonishing growth. In only one hundred thousand epochs, he advances two cultivation levels, reaches the sixth level of the Eternal Source Realm, and increases his Seal Pacts from four to six.
• His new abilities greatly expand his combat versatility:
  • Awakening Radiance lets him perceive weaknesses in energy, laws, defenses, and treasures.
  • Nine Nether allows him to control, devour, assimilate, and redirect energy, potentially enhancing his existing attacks and defenses.
• Lin Yi becomes increasingly confident and strategically minded. He recognizes the limitations of his Light of Eternal Silence and deliberately chooses abilities that compensate for its reliance on line-of-sight attacks.
• He Mingyu is portrayed as shrewd and manipulative. He uses his understanding of Lin Yi’s talent to adjust betting odds while protecting himself from financial losses.
• The other Inner Island geniuses experience a shift from superiority and skepticism to uncertainty and reluctant admiration as Lin Yi continues to exceed conventional expectations.

Significant Themes

• Genius versus common standards: The students repeatedly debate whether Lin Yi can be judged by ordinary cultivation experience. His progress suggests that conventional bottlenecks and time requirements may not apply to him.
• The widening gap between geniuses: Even elite prodigies realize that their own achievements are insignificant compared with Lin Yi’s effortless mastery.
• Preparation and versatility: Lin Yi does not merely pursue greater destructive power. He selects abilities that cover weaknesses and create a complete offensive, defensive, and control system.
• Perception and understanding as power: Awakening Radiance and Lin Yi’s study of Law Inscriptions emphasize that seeing the structure and weaknesses of reality can be more valuable than brute force alone.
• Expectation versus reality: The students’ predictions are repeatedly overturned by Lin Yi’s actual accomplishments, reinforcing the chapter’s focus on surprise and the limits of conventional judgment.
• Risk and opportunism: The betting subplot reflects how even Lin Yi’s doubters recognize the possibility of his success and quietly try to profit from it.

Character Interactions

• The plaza’s students debate Lin Yi’s chances, with some emphasizing the difficulty of later stages and others arguing that his extraordinary talent makes normal comparisons meaningless.
• He Mingyu indirectly challenges the students’ excuses by asking why they themselves encountered bottlenecks, implying that Lin Yi’s superior comprehension may allow him to bypass them.
• Several students criticize or mock one another for publicly doubting Lin Yi while secretly betting on him.
• A woman exposes one student’s hypocrisy when she catches him pretending to oppose Lin Yi while quietly preparing to increase his wager.
• Lin Yi has no direct interaction with the spectators, but their arguments and changing opinions frame his cultivation progress and heighten the impact of his sudden opening attack in the second stage.
• The chapter ends with the spectators reacting in shock as Lin Yi, now equipped with his new black flames and sword, appears to fatally wound a seventh-level opponent before the battle has properly begun.

Chapter Summary: “Digging for Talent? Targeting a High-Order Expert”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Yi completes the second stage of the Eternal Source Ring trial by instantly killing a seventh-order Eternal Source Realm trial body with a single sword strike.
• His victory shocks the surrounding Inner Island students. Many initially believe he may be at the sixth order, but his overwhelming performance resembles that of a peak Eternal Source Realm expert.
• The spectators struggle to understand how Lin Yi won so quickly. Even powerful students who looked away for only a moment miss the decisive exchange.
• Lin Yi’s achievement causes many students to reevaluate him as a potential Dao Lord-level prodigy. Some seek to strengthen their friendships with him before his status and future power make him difficult to approach.
• He Mingyu immediately changes the betting odds, moving Lin Yi from third place to first and setting nearly impossible odds of 1:1.00001. Students complain that he has eliminated any meaningful profit, but He Mingyu argues that Lin Yi’s victory makes his first-place finish almost certain.
• Outside the Eternal Source Ring, countless Black Silence Beasts attack the defensive formation. The Constant Lords easily maintain the barrier, while Dao Lords Ming Chi and Xi Mo casually eliminate the more dangerous third-order beasts.
• Several Constant Lords praise Lin Yi’s combat ability, judgment, and potential. They speculate that he could certainly reach the Mid Constant Source Realm and might eventually surpass the high-order threshold.
• The Constant Lords discuss the possibility of recruiting Lin Yi to Constant Island, but acknowledge that he is an exchange student from the Constant Guard and cannot be poached without Dao Lord involvement. Neither Ming Chi nor Xi Mo shows interest in the trial.
• In the rest area, Lin Yi analyzes his victory. He confirms that his combination of Nine Nether Fire, Light of Eternal Silence, Awakening Radiance, Voidless, and multiple virtual contracts allowed him to overcome both the trial body’s offensive and defensive divine-grade imprint contracts.
• Lin Yi concludes that his combat system has finally taken shape. With only one stage remaining and his law comprehension near the High Order threshold, he believes one hundred thousand epochs should be enough to break through.

Character Developments

• Lin Yi: Demonstrates extraordinary combat strength, tactical awareness, and rapid cultivation progress. He remains calm and analytical, recognizing that his victory depended on precise preparation and the use of seven virtual contracts rather than raw power alone. His confidence grows as he approaches the High Order of the Eternal Source Realm.
• He Mingyu: Reveals sharp business instincts by instantly adjusting Lin Yi’s betting odds. His relaxed, teasing attitude contrasts with his efficiency and opportunism.
• Inner Island students: Shift from surprise and skepticism to admiration and fear. Many now regard Lin Yi as comparable to a young Dao Lord-level prodigy and hope to establish friendships with him.
• Constant Lords: View Lin Yi as an unusually promising genius. Their praise also reflects their own past ambitions and the difficulty of advancing beyond the Constant Source Realm.
• Dao Lords Ming Chi and Xi Mo: Remain detached and unmoved by Lin Yi’s performance, emphasizing the vast gap between Eternal Source Realm geniuses and true Dao Lords.
• Eric: Understands the Dao Lords’ indifference and recognizes that Lin Yi’s current accomplishments, though impressive, are still insufficient to attract their attention.

Significant Themes

• Genius and perspective: Lin Yi appears nearly invincible to ordinary students, yet remains insignificant to Dao Lords, showing how evaluations change according to one’s level of cultivation.
• The difficulty of long-term advancement: Past brilliance does not guarantee future success. Even former prodigies can become stuck at major cultivation thresholds.
• Talent versus judgment: Lin Yi’s success depends not only on power but also on his ability to identify weaknesses, act decisively, and combine abilities efficiently.
• Opportunity and status: Lin Yi’s rising reputation makes him valuable to Constant Island, while his affiliation with the Constant Guard creates political and institutional barriers to recruiting him.
• Friendship and investment: Some students genuinely admire Lin Yi, while others see his future status as a reason to establish connections before he becomes unreachable.
• The limits of recognition: Extraordinary achievement may earn admiration from peers and Constant Lords, but the highest beings remain concerned only with whether Lin Yi can eventually reach their level.

Character Interactions

• Students openly debate Lin Yi’s strength, with some joking that his opponents should simply surrender after witnessing his one-strike victory.
• Several students discuss approaching Lin Yi for friendship and drinking companionship before his future advancement separates him from them.
• He Mingyu dismisses complaints about his harsh betting odds, calmly defending his decision to place Lin Yi first.
• Constant Lords Kroen and his companions tease one another about their former cultivation speed and past reputations as prodigies, while acknowledging that few geniuses ultimately reach the highest realms.
• The Constant Lords discuss recruiting Lin Yi but concede that only a Dao Lord could authorize such a move.
• Lin Yi has no direct interaction with the spectators in this chapter; instead, he privately reconstructs the battle and evaluates the effectiveness of his techniques.

Chapter Summary: “I’m Afraid Big Brother Lin Won’t Adapt”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After more than a hundred Universal Epochs of cultivation, Lin Yi learns through his frontline clone that the Black Silence Beast Tide has intensified again. Stronger Second-Order beasts are appearing more frequently, and the latest wave is larger than any previous attack.
• Lin Yi transfers his consciousness to the clone stationed aboard the Black Rock Mothership’s Seventy-First Fleet. Though the clone is only at the third stage of the Eternal Source Realm, his many Light of Eternal Silence contracts, secret techniques, and three silver-armored mechanical servants make him a major force on the battlefield.
• While moving through the mothership, Lin Yi is greeted with deep respect by the soldiers. The fleet’s casualties have fallen since his arrival because he repeatedly fills defensive gaps and appears wherever the fighting is most dangerous.
• Lin Yi encounters reinforcements from major families, including the Rui Family and Carlos Family. Xiluo Carlos has gone directly to the frontline, while the Rui Family has sent both powerful elders and younger elites.
• Lin Yi meets Zhaoyue, Frost Rainbow, Mo Lin, and the veterans of the Sixteenth Squad. He gives each of them a golden talisman capable of blocking one attack from an early Eternal Source Realm opponent. He also warns them not to use desperate secret techniques that damage their Soul Origins, even if death seems unavoidable.
• Lin Yi launches his Constant Ban Spaceship toward the frontline. The battlefield is overwhelmed by low-grade, First-Order, and increasingly numerous Second-Order Black Silence Beasts.
• Xiluo, in her Dark Nether Armored Dragon form, is fighting a mid-stage Second-Order Black Mist Wolf but becomes surrounded by several other powerful beasts. Lin Yi arrives at the critical moment, destroying one attacker and forcing the others to redirect their attention.
• Xiluo eagerly joins Lin Yi, calling him “Big Brother Lin,” and asks to fight alongside him. Lin Yi enhances her with twelve inscriptions that improve her defense, impact resistance, perception, recovery, and resistance to corrosion and penetration attacks.
• Lin Yi and Xiluo attack a large pack of Black Mist Wolves. Lin Yi uses the Binding Secret Art to restrain them, while Xiluo unleashes dragon breath and Lin Yi uses the Light of Eternal Silence Void Pact to destroy them. Their coordinated assault wipes out the entire group and causes the surrounding beast tide to collapse.
• Lainiadun and the three mechanical servants also achieve decisive victories elsewhere on the battlefield. The Seventy-First Fleet successfully survives the wave with minimal losses.
• Afterward, Lin Yi returns to the mothership to recover, having expended nearly eighty percent of the clone’s Chaos Source Sea. Xiluo accompanies him and secretly contacts her brother, attempting to persuade him to become Lin Yi’s mount or battle companion.
• Xiluo’s brother, who has been handling rear-area logistics, decides to exchange positions with her and go to the frontline. Xiluo jokingly warns him to control his size so that Lin Yi will not have difficulty adapting to him—suggesting that her brother may also take a dragon or mount-like form.

Character Developments

• Lin Yi: Demonstrates increasing responsibility as both a frontline commander and protector. He is respected not merely for his overwhelming strength but for his awareness of battlefield formations and concern for his comrades’ long-term survival. His combat style combines lavish use of void pacts, precise inscription work, binding techniques, and cooperation with allies.
• Xiluo Carlos: Becomes increasingly attached to fighting alongside Lin Yi. Her energetic, impulsive, and fearless personality is emphasized, especially through her enthusiasm for charging into danger and her dependence on Lin Yi’s defensive support. She openly admires his strength and seems eager to deepen their partnership.
• Lainiadun: Continues to act as a capable and reliable commander. His silent acknowledgment of Lin Yi reflects their established trust and familiarity after fighting together for an extended period.
• The Sixteenth Squad and frontline soldiers: Their respect and pride in Lin Yi deepen. They view him as a powerful protector whose presence directly improves their chances of survival.
• Xiluo’s brother: Though initially stationed in the rear, he appears to be persuaded by Xiluo’s praise of Lin Yi and chooses to enter the frontline, suggesting a developing interest in cooperating with Lin Yi.

Significant Themes

• Escalating war and mounting pressure: The Black Silence Beast Tide is steadily growing stronger, forcing the Imperial Army to mobilize wider reinforcements and placing even the safest defensive lines under increasing strain.
• Leadership through action: Lin Yi earns loyalty by personally appearing at critical points, protecting soldiers, and giving practical aid rather than relying solely on authority or reputation.
• Cooperation and synergy: The battle highlights the effectiveness of coordinated combat—Lin Yi’s inscriptions and binding techniques complement Xiluo’s durability and destructive power, while the mechanical servants function as a highly efficient unit.
• Protection versus self-sacrifice: Lin Yi urges his allies not to destroy their Soul Origins through desperate techniques, showing that survival and preserving future potential matter even during a catastrophic war.
• Power and resources: Lin Yi’s abundance of divine-grade void pacts gives him a fighting style that Lainiadun recognizes as extravagant and difficult to imitate. His strength reflects not only talent but also exceptional resources.
• Comradeship and belonging: The reactions of the old veterans, the family reinforcements, and the soldiers show how Lin Yi has become a central figure within the Seventy-First Fleet.

Important Character Interactions

• Lin Yi calmly encourages exhausted soldiers and reminds them to recover before the next attack.
• He meets the Rui Family but chooses not to interrupt their preparations.
• He gives the Sixteenth Squad protective talismans and warns them against using Soul-Origin-damaging techniques.
• Xiluo joyfully reunites with Lin Yi on the battlefield and insists on fighting beside him.
• Lin Yi enhances Xiluo’s body with twelve golden inscriptions, reinforcing their established combat partnership.
• During the battle, Lin Yi stands atop Xiluo’s head while she charges through enemy attacks, creating a striking image of trust and cooperation.
• Lainiadun silently acknowledges Lin Yi after killing a Second-Order beast, reflecting their mature battlefield understanding.
• Xiluo privately praises Lin Yi to her brother and encourages him to join the frontline, while also teasing him about becoming Lin Yi’s mount.
• The chapter ends on a humorous note, with Xiluo planning to make her brother adapt to Lin Yi rather than worrying about whether Lin Yi will adapt to him.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The author announces a change in update schedule, moving it back to between 10 and 11 p.m.
• The author reveals a plan for mass updates, aiming to write 10,000 words daily, with at least 8,000 words, for at least a month.

Character Developments

• The author (as a character in the narrative) expresses gratitude for readers' support and tips.
• The author shows a sense of responsibility and appreciation towards readers, fulfilling a promise made earlier.

Significant Themes

• Gratitude: The author expresses thanks to readers for their support and encouragement.
• Responsibility: The author feels obligated to fulfill promises made to readers.
• Ambition: The author sets a challenging goal for mass updates, showing a desire to improve and produce more content.

Character Interactions

• The author interacts with readers by addressing them directly, expressing gratitude, and seeking their support through monthly votes.
• The author's actions reflect a connection with readers, fostering a sense of community and engagement.

Chapter Summary: “Who Protects Whom? Thanks?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Yi withdraws his consciousness from his clone on the Black Mist Sea Frontline after the latest beast tide retreats. Although the frontline is becoming increasingly dangerous, his main concern is that the Imperial Army’s recruitment is weakening the defenses of major cities and allowing pirates and other hostile forces to resurface.
• His main body has reached the sixth order of the Eternal Source Realm, possessing six divine-grade seal pacts and three divine-grade void pacts. His clone remains stationed at the frontline, relying on thirty Light of Eternal Silence pacts and the Dark Nether Armored Dragon.
• Lin Yi exchanges contribution points for two advanced Law Inscription texts: Advanced Mastery of Law Inscriptions and General Compendium of Inscription Arrays. His clones begin studying them and researching practical inscription arrays.
• After tens of thousands of eras of cultivation, Lin Yi’s Chaos Law comprehension rises from 50% to 59.99%. He becomes stuck at the threshold for nearly sixteen thousand eras before finally breaking through to 60%, entering the High Order of the Eternal Source Realm.
• The breakthrough greatly expands and strengthens his Chaos Source Sea, increasing his Chaos Power, Soul Power, energy circulation, and overall combat ability.
• Lin Yi extracts the Soul Devouring secret art from the essence blood of the fifth-ranked Calamity Abyss Soul-Devouring Python and successfully forms his seventh Chaos Source Seal Pact.
• Soul Devouring allows him to absorb and convert others’ Soul Power, permanently increasing his own Soul Power up to threefold and temporarily controlling much larger amounts. Lin Yi plans to combine it with Nine Nether Fire and Light of Eternal Silence.
• He orders his clone to exchange for Soul Shatter and Soul Nexus, intending to develop offensive and defensive soul techniques. He also resumes studying the Emperor-created secret art Soul-Maiming Source-Slaying, though he still cannot fully activate it.
• The third stage of the Solo Trial begins. The trial environment is the Frost Vortex, a powerful Cosmic Sea Wonder that suppresses Chaos Power and creates dangerous ice-crystal storms.
• The trial also contains a horde of Mystic Frost Ice Centipedes: one sixth-order leader, six early-order elites, and hundreds of weaker creatures.
• Lin Yi unveils a new composite technique combining:

Light of Eternal Silence

Nine Nether Fire

Soul Devouring

• He names the resulting technique Silent Nether Soul Fire. It forms both defensive flaming armor and an offensive stream of fire.
• The centipedes’ powerful extreme-cold attacks are completely swallowed by the Silent Nether Soul Fire. The fire grows stronger as it absorbs the attacks and eventually consumes the entire beast horde.
• Observers conclude that the technique snowballs in strength and could only be stopped by an overwhelming, immediate attack—possibly requiring multiple divine-grade techniques from an Eternal Source Realm Completion expert.
• The spectators jokingly remark that although trial participants are normally expected to protect Lin Yi in the upcoming team stage, it may instead be Lin Yi protecting everyone else.
• Elsewhere, in a mysterious hall in the Seventh Constant Domain, powerful figures discuss Lin Yi. One pale-cyan elder thanks Commander Lan Chen for “that little fellow,” leaving Lan Chen confused about who Lin Yi is and what exactly he is being thanked for.

Character Development

• Lin Yi becomes more cautious and strategically minded. He recognizes that the worsening frontline situation and weakened city defenses could produce broader political and military consequences.
• His breakthrough to the High Order of the Eternal Source Realm marks a major increase in strength, especially in Chaos Power, Soul Power, and the efficiency of his Source Sea.
• By obtaining Soul Devouring, Lin Yi begins addressing one of his few weaknesses: inadequate soul offense and defense. He shows considerable tactical creativity by merging it with Nine Nether Fire and Light of Eternal Silence.
• Lin Yi remains ambitious but patient. Even after failing to master Soul-Maiming Source-Slaying, he is not discouraged and continues studying it.
• The Inner Island students increasingly view Lin Yi as an exceptional prodigy whose abilities are far beyond what his realm suggests.
• Ze’en, a top-ten Inner Island prodigy, gives a serious assessment of Lin Yi’s new technique and acknowledges that most experts would be forced to surrender if they allowed it to fully develop.
• Commander Lan Chen is introduced as someone connected to Lin Yi’s growing reputation, though he is unaware of the specific reason for the elder’s gratitude.

Significant Themes

• Strength versus realm: Lin Yi’s combat power continues to vastly exceed his cultivation level, reinforcing the idea that talent, techniques, and preparation can overcome conventional boundaries.
• Accumulation and breakthroughs: His progress emphasizes the immense time and persistence required to cross major cultivation thresholds.
• Synergy between abilities: The Silent Nether Soul Fire demonstrates how combining several specialized powers can create an effect far greater than their individual strengths.
• Adaptation to threats: Lin Yi does not merely acquire stronger techniques; he designs them to exploit weaknesses in enemy defenses and energy systems.
• Growing danger beyond the battlefield: The escalating Black Mist Sea crisis, weakened cities, pirates, and hidden figures suggest that wider conflicts are developing around Lin Yi.
• Reversal of protection roles: The chapter humorously and symbolically questions who protects whom, as Lin Yi appears more capable of protecting stronger allies than of needing their protection.

Character Interactions

• Lin Yi communicates with his clone through the Constant Guard insignia, directing exchanges for Law Inscription and soul-related techniques.
• Lin Yi’s clones continue cultivating while his main body focuses on law comprehension, breakthroughs, and the creation of new combat methods.
• In the Central Plaza, He Mingyu, other students, and Ze’en debate Lin Yi’s likely performance and analyze the mechanics of his Silent Nether Soul Fire.
• Ze’en explains that the technique becomes increasingly dangerous the longer it absorbs enemy power and suggests that only multiple stacked divine-grade attacks might destroy it immediately.
• The students contrast Lin Yi’s abilities with their own difficulty in practicing the Nine Source Eternal Pact Art.
• In the final scene, the mysterious elder thanks Commander Lan Chen for Lin Yi’s existence or achievements, but Lan Chen does not understand the meaning of the gratitude, hinting at influential forces taking notice of Lin Yi.

Chapter Summary: “Bring Him to Me, and Put Him Down”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Constant Island Lord privately thanks Lan Chen, implying that someone under the Constant Guard has made an exceptional contribution. Curious, Lan Chen orders his subordinate Luo Mi to investigate Lin Yi.
• Luo Mi reveals that Lin Yi:
  • Repaired a fragment of the Ancient Law Inscriptions in far less time than expected.
  • Was selected by Xi Mo Dao Lord as the sole core member responsible for observing and recording the Eternal Source Ring’s Law Inscriptions.
  • Won the Eternal Source Ring’s solo trial by overwhelming force and set a new completion record.
• Lan Chen realizes Lin Yi’s achievements could help Constant Island recover a significant portion of ancient inscription technology and orders Luo Mi to bring Lin Yi to him after the exchange period.
• During more than twenty thousand epochs of cultivation, Lin Yi completes the secret art Genesis Soul Source Slaying. He then continues improving his law comprehension, eventually reaching 66.8% before the team trial begins.
• Lin Yi is transported to the Eternal Source Ring’s team-trial arena alongside ninety-nine other participants. The team members, having witnessed his solo performance, are surprised and impressed by his strength.
• Lin Yi strengthens the entire team by inscribing a protective network onto everyone’s armor. He also prepares his Silent Nether Soul Fire, combining the Light of Eternal Silence, Nine Nether Fire, and Soul Devouring.
• The first team stage begins as the group faces an ancient Imperial fleet and an Eternal Radiance-class fortress ship. The team divides its responsibilities:
  • The nine perfected Eternal Source Realm experts suppress the fortress ship.
  • Lin Yi’s Silent Nether Soul Fire attacks and devours the escort fleet.
  • The remaining participants eliminate stragglers and support the main formation.
• Lin Yi’s fire rapidly consumes nearly half the enemy fleet, greatly exceeding the team’s expectations. When the fortress ship targets it with its main cannon, Lin Yi uses other warships as cover.
• The team adapts by concentrating attacks on the fortress ship, allowing the Silent Nether Soul Fire to spread unchecked through the fleet.
• Meanwhile, Lin Yi focuses on his actual mission: observing and memorizing the Eternal Source Ring’s complex Law Inscriptions. Although he recognizes the individual components, he cannot yet understand their deeper principles and decides to memorize them first for later analysis.
• The first stage ends with only seven casualties, all early-stage Eternal Source Realm participants. No mid- or high-stage members, and none of the nine perfected experts, are lost—an unprecedentedly strong result.

Character Developments

• Lin Yi demonstrates that his power is not limited to solo combat. His Silent Nether Soul Fire becomes a decisive battlefield weapon, while his inscription ability allows him to protect and support the entire team.
• He remains humble about his achievements, acknowledging that the perfected Eternal Source Realm experts are still stronger than him in direct combat.
• Lin Yi also shows strategic maturity by prioritizing his assigned mission of recording the Law Inscriptions instead of recklessly joining the battle.
• Lan Chen becomes interested in Lin Yi after learning that he may be responsible for Constant Island’s major technological gains. He plans to personally meet him.
• E Lan, You Na, and Tai Huan develop greater respect for Lin Yi. Their initial assumption that they would need to protect him changes into an acknowledgment that he can meaningfully influence the battle himself.
• Eric Van Zor is quietly pleased that Lin Yi has lived up to his expectations, though he deliberately downplays his approval.
• The observing Dao Lords and Constant Lords begin considering Lin Yi an extraordinary talent worthy of recruitment, potentially even as a personal assistant or core subordinate.

Significant Themes

• Exceptional talent and recognition: Lin Yi’s achievements attract attention from increasingly powerful figures, suggesting that his reputation is rapidly expanding beyond Constant Island.
• Practical power versus theoretical understanding: Lin Yi can recognize and record the ancient inscriptions but cannot yet understand their underlying logic. The chapter emphasizes that memorization, combat ability, and true comprehension are separate accomplishments.
• Teamwork and adaptation: The team succeeds because its members quickly reorganize around Lin Yi’s unexpected strength instead of resenting or restricting him.
• Humility amid greatness: Lin Yi refuses to overestimate himself, while other characters’ restrained praise reveals how extraordinary his performance truly is.
• The recovery of lost civilization: The trial is not merely a contest; it is also a means of restoring ancient Imperial-era technology. Lin Yi’s role may benefit the entire Seventh Constant Domain.
• Public scrutiny and reputation: Lin Yi is aware that the trial is being broadcast and feels exposed, yet his performance under observation only increases his fame.

Important Character Interactions

• Lan Chen and Luo Mi: Lan Chen orders an investigation into Lin Yi, and Luo Mi explains Lin Yi’s achievements and importance.
• Lin Yi and E Lan: E Lan admits that Lin Yi’s solo performance surpassed all expectations and tells him he need not remain passive during the team battle.
• Lin Yi and You Na: You Na openly challenges Lin Yi to a future fight, revealing both her competitiveness and her excitement at finding a powerful opponent.
• Lin Yi and Tai Huan: Tai Huan gives rare praise to Lin Yi’s composite flame, signaling genuine respect from an otherwise cold and reserved prodigy.
• Lin Yi and the team: Lin Yi reinforces everyone with inscriptions and promises to help whenever possible, while the team accepts his expanded battlefield role.
• Kroen and Eric: Kroen enthusiastically praises Lin Yi and credits Eric for recognizing his talent. Eric responds with restrained satisfaction.
• The Constant Lords: Their reaction to the team’s unprecedented survival rate shows that Lin Yi’s contribution has dramatically changed the trial’s outcome. Even the normally expressionless Dao Lords appear pleased and may be preparing to recruit him.

Chapter Summary: “Two Levels in a Row, Origin Law True Body”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Yi’s team quickly completes the first stage of the Eternal Source Ring’s team trial. Their combined forces destroy an Eternal Source-class fortress ship and its escort fleet.
• Lin Yi’s Silent Nether Soul Fire devours the destroyed ships and their scattered energy, growing stronger but eventually becoming too large for him to control directly.
• Of the ninety-three participants, only seven die, giving the team an unusually low casualty rate.
• During the recovery period, Lin Yi uses the dense energy and Spiritual Enlightenment Qi to advance his law comprehension:
  • He reaches the eighth level of the Eternal Source Realm.
  • He later breaks through the bottleneck at 79.9% comprehension and reaches the ninth level.
• Lin Yi uses the Scarlet Swirl Whale’s blood essence to form his eighth Chaos Source Seal Pact, Roaming, a movement-focused pact. The process is unusually easy because the blood essence’s lingering will is passive and non-hostile.
• He then uses the Ashen Rift Kui Ox’s blood essence to create another pact based on Total Rupture, enhancing the Silent Nether Soul Fire with Ashrend power.
• The flame evolves into the Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame, combining:
  • Black devouring power
  • Blue freezing power
  • Purple soul-devouring power
  • Gray Ashrend power
• While Lin Yi cultivates, the Black Silence Beast Tide worsens. The Imperial Army retreats its defensive line three times, increasing the danger to Mist Sea City and the communities Lin Yi protects.
• The second team trial begins. A single trial entity appears, revealing itself to be a First Rank Constant Source Realm opponent.
• The team devises a strategy: the stronger cultivators will stall and harass the entity while weaker participants feed energy into Lin Yi’s flame before the main battle.
• The chapter ends as the trial entity manifests its enormous Origin Law True Body, signaling the start of the decisive battle.

2. Character Developments

• Lin Yi becomes significantly stronger:
  • Advances from the seventh to the ninth level of the Eternal Source Realm.
  • Gains his eighth divine-grade seal pact, improving his movement.
  • Develops a vastly stronger four-colored flame capable of threatening Constant Source Realm experts.
• Lin Yi shows growing strategic maturity. He recognizes the Silent Nether Soul Fire’s weakness—its vulnerability before it grows—and plans around it rather than relying on brute force.
• He also becomes increasingly conscious of the future. His seal pacts are being chosen not only for immediate combat but also to build a balanced and powerful Origin Law True Body after entering the Constant Source Realm.
• E Lan, You Na, and Tai Huan demonstrate their status as elite prodigies. They quickly analyze Lin Yi’s flame, understand its limitations, and willingly place him at the center of the team’s battle strategy.
• The other participants improve during the recovery period and return to the second trial in peak condition.
• Lin Yi’s avatars remain active elsewhere, with one defending Mist Sea City and another fighting on the Black Mist Sea frontline, emphasizing his growing responsibilities.

3. Significant Themes

• Strategic cooperation over individual strength: The team recognizes that numbers and coordination are their only reliable advantages against a Constant Source Realm opponent.
• Preparation for future realms: Lin Yi’s choice to create a movement-type pact reflects the importance of planning for the eventual Origin Law True Body rather than focusing only on short-term power.
• Growth through controlled risk: Lin Yi repeatedly pushes his abilities—cultivating through bottlenecks, refining dangerous blood essences, and enhancing the Silent Nether Soul Fire—while carefully managing potential weaknesses.
• The cost of power: The worsening Black Silence Beast Tide contrasts with Lin Yi’s personal advancement. Even as he grows stronger, the broader crisis continues to intensify.
• Dependence and mutual benefit: Lin Yi accepts the Carlos siblings’ reliance on him, viewing relationships of support as natural in the Chaos Cosmic Sea.
• Offense as defense: The Ashen Rift Kui Ox’s Total Rupture ability strengthens the flame’s offensive potential while also undermining enemy defenses, reinforcing Lin Yi’s belief that overwhelming offense can compensate for defensive weaknesses.

4. Character Interactions

• E Lan and Lin Yi: E Lan asks about the energy and concentration required to control the Silent Nether Soul Fire, then later helps formulate the plan to use the flame against the Constant Source Realm trial entity.
• Tai Huan and Lin Yi: Tai Huan accurately identifies the flame’s early-stage weakness and suggests creating opportunities for it to grow, demonstrating his sharp analytical ability.
• The team and Lin Yi: The elite participants agree to protect and buy time for Lin Yi’s flame, placing their survival and the success of the trial partly in his hands.
• Lin Yi and the early-rank participants: Lin Yi directs them to attack the flame in waves so their otherwise limited combat value can be converted into energy for its growth.
• Lin Yi and his avatars/allies: His thoughts about the Carlos siblings show a pragmatic but accepting attitude toward alliances based on mutual dependence.
• The chapter closes with the entire team silently preparing for battle as the trial entity reveals its Origin Law True Body.

• Lin Yi faces the Origin Law true form of the Constant Source Realm in the trial space.
• He uses his Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame to defeat the Origin Law true form after a fierce battle.
• The Constant Source Realm experts discuss Lin Yi's power and the potential danger of his flame if left unattended.
• Dao Master Xi Mo and Dao Master Ming Chi discuss altering their plan to involve Lin Yi and the other trial participants in their future actions.

Chapter Summary: “Clearing the Trial, Imperial Level-Two Medal”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• After the second stage of the Eternal Source Ring Trial, Lin Yi returns to the rest area with nearly 200,000 eras before the third stage.
• He continues cultivating with Spiritual Enlightenment Qi and the enhancement of his nine divine-grade seals. His Law Comprehension rises steadily from 82.6% to 89.9%.
• After being stalled for 15,000 eras, Lin Yi breaks through the final barrier to the tenth level of the Eternal Source Realm, reaching 90% Law Comprehension.
• His Chaos Source Sea expands, and he continues cultivating, eventually reaching 95.6% comprehension before the third stage begins.
• Lin Yi checks on his external clones:
  • His Black Silence Sea frontline clone becomes a core combatant, working effectively with Xiluo, the Dark Nether Armored Dragon.
  • His Mist Sea City clone helps City Lord Ote suppress pirate groups and maintain stability.
• The third stage begins as a siege mission. The trial team must attack a fortified island protected by defensive towers, a grand formation, numerous Eternal Source and True Source Realm entities, and a First Order Constant Source Realm opponent.
• Before the battle, Lin Yi strengthens everyone’s armor with improved Law Inscriptions. The team organizes a defensive formation while several Early Order Eternal Source Realm participants charge the Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame.
• The enemy launches defensive-tower bombardments, followed by a powerful attack from the Constant Source Realm entity in its Origin Law True Body form.
• The team successfully blocks the attacks and immobilizes the Constant Source Realm opponent with layered defenses, Void Contracts, and control-type divine-grade seals.
• Lin Yi transforms the growing Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame into a massive four-colored sword:
  • It first destroys the True Source Realm trial bodies.
  • It then eliminates the Eternal Source Realm trial bodies, including two Completion-level entities.
  • Finally, it strikes and completely devours the Constant Source Realm Origin Law True Body.
• The team clears the Eternal Source Ring Trial and receives a second-level imperial medal and 100,000 imperial honor points.
• The group realizes they have also earned the trial’s more valuable rewards: one million points and an opportunity to undergo a top-tier trial.
• White teleportation light appears, preparing to return all participants from the trial space.

2. Character Developments

Lin Yi

Makes a major breakthrough to the tenth level of the Eternal Source Realm and continues advancing rapidly toward Completion. His control over the Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame becomes vastly stronger, allowing him to destroy an entire fortified force and a Constant Source Realm opponent. He shifts from being a powerful team member to the decisive force behind the group’s victory.

E Lan

Displays growing trust in Lin Yi and takes command of the defensive strategy. He recognizes that Lin Yi has fundamentally changed the difficulty of the trial and coordinates the team around protecting him.

Tai Huan

Shows increased confidence in the team’s new strategy. He helps organize the defensive formation and directly neutralizes the weakened thunder spear launched by the Constant Source Realm enemy.

You Na

Remains outspoken and practical, initially underestimating the enemy’s bombardment but later helping defend against it. She also questions the practical value of the imperial medal and honor points.

The trial participants

Their attitude toward Lin Yi changes from cooperation to near-total confidence. They eagerly volunteer to charge his flame, effectively allowing him to carry out the battle while they protect and support him.

He Mingyu and the observers

Recognize that the siege stage would normally be exceptionally difficult, but conclude that Lin Yi’s presence turns it into an almost guaranteed victory.

3. Significant Themes

Power transforming strategy

Lin Yi’s Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame changes the team’s approach from direct assault to defensive stalling. Instead of storming the fortress, they simply protect Lin Yi while his weapon grows.

Accumulation and patience

Lin Yi’s breakthrough occurs only after prolonged cultivation and 15,000 eras of waiting at the bottleneck. His calm persistence is contrasted with the urgency of battle.

Teamwork supporting individual brilliance

Although Lin Yi delivers the decisive attacks, the team’s formations, control abilities, defenses, and willingness to charge the flame are essential to his success.

The value of preparation

Lin Yi’s improved inscriptions, the team’s prearranged battle roles, and their careful management of divine-grade seals allow them to withstand the enemy’s opening attacks.

Changing perceptions of reward and status

The imperial medal and honor points appear outdated and of limited practical value, yet they may still provide access to ancient imperial ruins. The chapter also emphasizes that the more meaningful achievement is breaking the trial’s historical record.

4. Character Interactions

• Lin Yi strengthens the armor of every participant, prompting E Lan to notice that his abilities have improved again.
• E Lan and Tai Huan openly discuss how Lin Yi’s flame makes the fortress’s defensive advantage irrelevant.
• The Early Order participants enthusiastically compete to become the first “charging crystal,” volunteering to feed energy into Lin Yi’s flame.
• E Lan coordinates the defense and warns the team not to underestimate the initial bombardment.
• Tai Huan and the other Completion-level experts cooperate to block and destroy the Constant Source Realm entity’s thunder spear.
• The observers in the Central Plaza debate whether the team’s luck is good or bad, ultimately agreeing that the stage is ideal because Lin Yi’s flame is perfectly suited to siege warfare.
• After victory, You Na complains about the practical value of the official rewards, while E Lan suggests that the medal and honor points may prove useful in ancient imperial ruins. Their exchange ends in laughter as the group celebrates surpassing the trial’s previous record.

Chapter Summary: “Discovering the World, Lightless City”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Eternal Source Ring Trial concludes successfully. Xi Mo Dao Lord deactivates the ring’s inscriptions, and the participants are praised for their performance.
• Lin Yi receives the trial rewards: one million points, a top-level trial attempt, and an Imperial second-grade medal. His law comprehension has risen to 95.6%, bringing him close to Eternal Source Realm Completion.
• Instead of returning to Constant Island, Xi Mo Dao Lord reveals that she and Ming Chi Dao Lord have tracked a Lightless City, one of the hidden strongholds of the Lightless Alliance.
• The group is offered an advanced temporary mission: assist the Imperial expeditionary force in destroying the city for an additional 100,000 points.
• Lin Yi initially considers returning to cultivate, but his identity as a member of the Constant Guard compels him to participate. He also recognizes the opportunity to capture wanted criminals and obtain enormous resources.
• E Lan, You Na, Tai Huan, and the other trial-takers follow Lin Yi’s lead. Everyone accepts the mission.
• Xi Mo Dao Lord transports the group through the Black Mist Sea toward the Lightless City. The Constant Lords, initially relaxed, become alert and prepare their abilities for battle.
• The chapter then shifts to the Lightless City itself, which is built from the wreckage of countless starships and hidden inside an Ice Thunder Tornado, a powerful Cosmic Sea Wonder.
• The city is shown as a brutal, lawless society divided into slave laborers, ordinary residents, Eternal Source Realm elites, and a central ruling district. Its only principle is “might makes right.”
• Young slaves discuss rumors that the Imperial Army and Constant Guard may rescue them, but an older youth dismisses the idea and urges them either to accept slavery or become Lightless Ones.
• The chapter ends dramatically when two enormous deep-purple hands tear open the Ice Thunder Tornado, shattering its sealing formations and exposing the city to the approaching attackers.

Character Developments

• Lin Yi demonstrates both responsibility and ambition. Although he prefers safe cultivation and a breakthrough into the Constant Source Realm, his duty as a Constant Guard member pushes him to join the dangerous operation.
• He also reveals a pragmatic, resource-focused side, planning to use his Constant Union Seal Pact as an escape route while hunting valuable wanted criminals.
• Xi Mo Dao Lord remains calm, playful, and confident. Her casual proposal disguises the seriousness of the coming battle, and her satisfaction with the students suggests she approves of their courage.
• Ming Chi Dao Lord remains silent and emotionally unreadable, but his increasingly dense aura indicates that he is preparing for combat.
• E Lan, You Na, and Tai Huan all display confidence in their abilities and quickly support Lin Yi’s decision.
• The Constant Lords shift from relaxed observers into cautious combatants, revealing that even with overwhelming strength, they respect the danger posed by the Lightless City.
• The enslaved youths illustrate how prolonged oppression has destroyed hope. The pale-eyed girl still retains curiosity and a faint belief in rescue, contrasting with the older youth’s resignation and fanaticism toward the Lightless Ones.

Significant Themes

• Duty versus personal advancement: Lin Yi must choose between safe cultivation and fulfilling his responsibilities as a member of the Constant Guard.
• Power and moral corruption: The Lightless City is structured around violence, exploitation, and the idea that strength alone determines status.
• Hope versus resignation: The slave youths embody different responses to oppression—hope, numbness, acceptance, and allegiance to the oppressors.
• The hidden scale of the universe: The revelation of the Lightless Alliance and its Dao Lord-protected cities expands the story’s political and military world.
• Opportunity amid danger: The mission is both a perilous battle and a chance for Lin Yi and the other prodigies to gain points, resources, and experience.
• Order confronting chaos: The Imperial forces and Constant Guard are preparing to strike a city born from fugitives, wreckage, and lawlessness.

Character Interactions

• Xi Mo Dao Lord praises the trial-takers, then surprises them by offering the new mission.
• Lin Yi’s decision to participate influences the entire group. E Lan, You Na, and Tai Huan visibly support him, prompting the rest of the students to join.
• You Na enthusiastically encourages Tai Huan, while Tai Huan responds with his characteristic calm approval.
• The Constant Lords silently prepare for battle, with Eric activating inscription sigils and other experts revealing their combat readiness.
• Within the Lightless City, the enslaved youths discuss newly captured prisoners and the possibility of rescue, but their conversation is dominated by hopelessness and fear.
• The chapter closes without the battle beginning, leaving the invading force poised to clash with the Lightless City after its defenses are violently breached.

Chapter Summary: “Three Against One, Dreams”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dao Lord Xi Mo tears open the Ice Thunder Tornado with a single gesture, simultaneously breaching Lightless City’s outer defenses. Her overwhelming power astonishes Lin Yi and the Constant Island prodigies.
• The Imperial Army’s Seventh Constant Domain arrives with Deputy Commander Wei Shuo Dao Lord, more than thirty Constant Source Realm generals, hundreds of commanders, and over twenty Constant Guard members. Their forces had clearly been coordinated with Constant Island.
• Lin Yi realizes the operation is unusually large and supported by two Dao Lords from Constant Island because the Imperial Army’s other Dao Lord-level forces are likely occupied by a serious crisis at the Black Mist Sea Frontline.
• Wei Shuo, Xi Mo, and Ming Chi formally acknowledge one another before Xi Mo detects that the Lord of Lightless City is attempting to escape. Xi Mo and Ming Chi immediately pursue him, followed by Wei Shuo.
• Wei Shuo creates a powerful cyan barrier across the inner wall of the tornado, preventing the Lightless Ones from escaping. He orders the allied forces to eliminate all resistance while prioritizing the Lord of Lightless City.
• General Ka Lie leads the Constant Lords into the city to engage the Lightless City’s Constant Source Realm experts. The Eternal Source Realm cultivators follow afterward.
• Inside the breach, the Lightless Ones desperately attack the cyan barrier. Their expressions and actions show that they are fighting for survival, knowing that surrender will not save them.
• The battle erupts across the metallic ruins of Lightless City. Constant Source Realm experts clash above while Eternal Source Realm cultivators fight below to stop the barrier from being damaged.
• Lin Yi searches for a valuable target and finds Huo Han attempting to break through the barrier.
• Huo Han recognizes Lin Yi and is horrified by his greatly increased strength. He activates an origin-burning secret art to increase his power, but Lin Yi’s control technique completely suppresses him.
• Lin Yi forms a small four-colored flame at his fingertip and presses it against Huo Han’s forehead, ending the confrontation and leaving Huo Han’s fate implied.

Character Developments

• Lin Yi demonstrates growing confidence and combat strength. He remains calm amid the battlefield chaos, evaluates the situation strategically, and easily suppresses Huo Han despite Huo Han’s desperate power boost.
• Dao Lord Xi Mo is revealed to possess strength far beyond that of an ordinary Dao Lord. Her casual destruction of the tornado’s defenses and immediate detection of the city lord’s escape emphasize her terrifying perception and power.
• Dao Lord Ming Chi displays a fierce, destructive combat aura, preparing overwhelming fire-based attacks before pursuing the Lord of Lightless City.
• Wei Shuo Dao Lord acts as a disciplined military commander, providing battlefield support by sealing the tornado’s interior and organizing the assault.
• Huo Han has risen from the third to the fourth stage of the Eternal Source Realm after joining Lightless City, but his confidence collapses when he realizes Lin Yi has become vastly stronger. His hatred and desire for revenge drive him to fight even when escape is impossible.
• The Lightless Ones are portrayed as desperate and cornered rather than united. Their refusal to surrender stems from the Imperial Army’s reputation for killing all Lightless Ones, regardless of compliance.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and hierarchy: Xi Mo’s effortless destruction of the Ice Thunder Tornado illustrates the enormous gap between ordinary experts and Dao Lords.
• Desperation and survival: The Lightless Ones know they are trapped and attack with suicidal determination, showing how fear and hopelessness shape their choices.
• Revenge versus reality: Huo Han’s long-held dreams of killing Lin Yi contrast sharply with his actual inability to resist him.
• Duty and larger crises: The operation reveals that even a major extermination campaign is affected by the greater emergency at the Black Mist Sea Frontline.
• Fate and consequences: Huo Han’s earlier choices—joining Lightless City for freedom and rapid advancement—ultimately place him directly in the path of its destruction.

Character Interactions

• The Constant Island students react with awe to Xi Mo’s display of power, while E Lan and You Na analyze the deeper implications of her attack.
• Xi Mo and Ming Chi coordinate instinctively when the Lord of Lightless City attempts to flee.
• Wei Shuo formally thanks Xi Mo and Ming Chi, establishing cooperation between the Imperial Army and Constant Island.
• General Ka Lie directs the Constant Lords and later orders the Eternal Source Realm fighters to protect the barrier and intercept the Lightless Ones.
• Lin Yi’s encounter with Huo Han brings their past conflict in Mist Sea City to its conclusion. Huo Han recognizes Lin Yi as the source of his nightmares, but Lin Yi now possesses such overwhelming superiority that Huo Han’s final resistance is meaningless.