Chapter Summaries

After hearing about Jinling Settlement’s struggle against a large nest, Lin Yi decided to fly there that night and handle its most urgent threat. His arrival was expected within an hour, prompting the settlement’s command to prepare for the unexpected reinforcements.

• Lin Yi judged that Jinling Settlement could not stop the large nest’s expansion with conventional forces and decided to help.
• Lin Yi told Nie Chang he would leave immediately, then departed East Peak Military Academy in the Little Flying Ball.
• Nie Chang contacted Jinling command, which provided landing and front-line coordinates and arranged a discreet reception.
• A communications officer reported Lin Yi’s imminent arrival to the Jinling command, and the duty officer urgently called the command center.

Lin Yi arrived at Jinling City Settlement and immediately left to confront the expanding nest. At the command center, Wang Weiguo and Li Changming watched him selectively eliminate the nest’s strongest Abyssal Beasts while conserving his Source Energy.

• Wang Weiguo and Li Changming were told that Lin Yi was coming and went to Landing Pad Three to meet him.
• Lin Yi arrived in Little Flying Ball, greeted the two leaders, and announced that he would clear out the nest first.
• Lin Yi flew toward the nest, prompting Wang Weiguo to lead the officials to the combat monitoring room.
• The monitoring display showed Lin Yi’s Source Energy decreasing by 30 as nearby powerful Abyssal Beasts vanished one by one.
• Li Changming realized that Lin Yi was picking off the strong enemies while leaving the weaker ones alone.

Lin Yi used his fused Rule Essences to eliminate 189 Elite Abyssal Beasts near Jinling City Settlement, temporarily easing the pressure on its defenses. After returning to the Command Center, he was asked to recommend a long-term solution to the still-growing nest.

• Lin Yi used Small Steel Balls enhanced by fused Rule Essences to kill Abyssal Beasts with around 5,000 Source Energy points while avoiding stronger targets.
• Wang Weiguo and Li Changming watched Lin Yi eliminate 189 high-energy targets and discussed the Defense Force’s inability to keep up with the nest’s growth.
• Wang Weiguo regretted doubting the need for a new military branch and military academies, and Li Changming urged him to adapt to the new era.
• Lin Yi returned to the settlement, where Wang Weiguo and Li Changming thanked him for easing the threat.
• Li Changming asked Lin Yi how the settlement should deal with the nest in the long term.

Lin Yi proposed using fortified perimeters to contain Miniature Nests and create safer areas for settlement expansion. Li Changming and Wang Weiguo agreed to test the “Cage” plan as Lin Yi departed for Helu City.

• Lin Yi suggested expanding into territories around lower-level nests instead of fighting High-level Nests over existing land.
• Lin Yi outlined how to surround a Miniature Nest with defensive fortifications, eliminate nearby wandering Abyssal Beasts, and establish outposts or settlements inside the perimeter.
• When Wang Weiguo asked what they should do if a nearby large nest intervened, Lin Yi advised withdrawing and trying another approach.
• Li Changming and Wang Weiguo agreed that the Jinling City Settlement would choose a target and test the plan.
• Lin Yi left for Helu City to teach the second batch of East Peak Military Academy students, while Li Changming and Wang Weiguo saw him off.

The first cohort of East Peak Military Academy cadets graduated and departed, carrying new training ideas and equipment back to their homelands. On the journey home, Zhang Zhen and another cadet used what they had learned to defeat an Abyssal Wolf pack, showing how East Peak’s influence would spread through its graduates.

• Elizabeth told Sir Howard that England should learn from the strongest and establish its own training system after her experience at East Peak.
• Andre assured Williams that he would bring his combat and teamwork lessons back to America.
• Zhang Zhen’s convoy encountered around twenty Abyssal Wolves near an abandoned industrial district.
• Zhang Zhen and another cadet attacked the wolves while the Armed Police soldiers provided cover, killing the entire pack in under five minutes.
• The returning cadets set out for their settlements, carrying East Peak’s equipment, knowledge, and influence with them.

As the Abyssal Tide approached, Lin Yi reflected on East Peak’s growing academy, humanity’s expanding strength, and Xia Country’s progress in rebuilding settlements and industry. With only three days until the first Tide, the story left humanity preparing for its first major test.

• Xia Country established a Union research department that exchanged source energy blueprints for trainee slots and contribution Points, prompting member states to contribute blueprints and increasing the number of foreign trainees.
• The Equipment Department gave Lin Yi a Nimble Portable Camera Orb, which he accepted for recording material during solo operations.
• Jinling’s Cage Tactics secured several Miniature Nests and expanded a safe zone, but the neighboring large nest’s territory began to encroach on it.
• Liu Yuan and nearly ten East Peak graduates, including Elizabeth, Andre, and Zhang Zhen, broke through to Stardust level.
• Lin Yi destroyed more Miniature Nests and helped troops recover industrial equipment, while engineers restored ammunition production and wireless communications in several settlements.
• Lin Yi completed his cultivation at 6,100 source energy and second-rank Stardust level, with three days remaining until the first Abyssal Tide.

As the first Abyssal Tide began worldwide, Lin Yi learned that Abyss beasts from every monitored Miniature Nest were gathering to attack settlements. He ordered East Peak Military Academy’s command center to identify the ten settlements facing the greatest mismatch between threats and defenses.

• Lin Yi worried that countries outside Xia Country might lack the organization and forces needed to withstand the first Abyssal Tide.
• A few minutes after noon, Lin Yi received an emergency report and raced to East Peak Military Academy’s Command Center.
• Nie Chang reported that Abyss beasts from monitored Miniature Nests worldwide were forming assault waves, with no medium or large nests yet involved.
• Lin Yi ordered staff to compare threats with available defenses and display the ten settlements under the greatest pressure.

Lin Yi assigned support teams to settlements facing Abyssal Tides and flew to Settlement No. 1, where East Peak graduates helped hold off Abyssal Beasts. The settlement’s defense remained under attack as the students swiftly killed three beasts that broke through the firing line.

• Nie Chang and Liu Qiying reported that the Abyssal Tides came from Miniature Nests and that the settlements had forces and support capable of containing them.
• Lin Yi assigned himself to Settlement No. 1, dispatched instructors to support Settlements No. 3 through No. 10, and left Liu Yuan to assist Settlement No. 2.
• Lin Yi ordered Nie Chang to coordinate operations from military headquarters and Liu Qiying to manage intelligence, resources, and communications.
• Lin Yi boarded the Little Flying Ball and flew to Settlement No. 1.
• At Settlement No. 1, Armed Police troops and Source Energy users fought the Abyssal Tide while East Peak graduates reinforced the defenses.
• Zhao Gang, Sun Miao, and Wang Lei killed three Swift Hunting Hounds that broke through the fire line.

Lin Yi arrived at the defensive line and annihilated nearly sixty thousand Abyssal Beasts, saving the exhausted defenders before departing. At the Dragon Abyss Underground Command Center, Xia Country’s leaders faced a global emergency as distress signals flooded in from across the world.

• Li Yue recognized Lin Yi’s aircraft and shouted that the Principal had arrived, lifting the spirits of the Eastern Edge cadets and nearby fighters.
• Lin Yi stepped out above the battlefield and used more than ten Small Steel Balls to erase vast numbers of Abyssal Beasts.
• Zhao Gang, Sun Miao, and Li Yue watched Lin Yi’s power clear the pressure from the defensive line and felt awe and relief.
• Lin Yi cleared nearly sixty thousand Abyssal Beasts, left the remaining threat scattered at the edges, and departed in Little Flying Ball.
• At the Dragon Abyss Underground Command Center, Xia Country’s leaders saw distress signals flooding in from across Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas.

Zhou Donglai reported that domestic settlements had held against the Abyssal Beasts, with Lin Yi and the Source Martial Army helping stabilize the crisis. As leaders debated whether and how to aid countries requesting help, Zhou proposed using East Wind missiles for limited long-range strikes, leaving the meeting to consider a new form of rescue.

• Zhou Donglai reported that domestic settlements were holding and that Lin Yi had killed more than sixty thousand Abyssal Beasts at the most endangered settlement.
• Li Zhenguo asked whether Xia Country should aid the Union’s countries and how it could do so.
• Zhou Donglai argued that Xia Country should help its allies if domestic defenses remained secure, while Elder Wang objected that cross-border rescue was dangerous and warned against risking Lin Yi or the Source Martial Army.
• Zhou Donglai revealed that restored satellite links and command systems could support limited strategic missions using East Wind missiles.
• Zhou Donglai said East Wind missiles could reach any corner of Blue Star in need of aid and could carry either destruction or hope.

The leadership discussed using East Wind missiles to provide strategic support to allied countries facing Abyssal Beasts, while debating whether to aid the Island Country. Zhou Donglai arranged to ask Lin Yi for his opinion, and Lin Yi heard the proposal as he replenished his Source Energy aboard the Little Flying Ball.

• The Scientific Research Institute head and Zhou Donglai discussed the available long-range missile stockpile and agreed that missile support could offer allies help and reassurance but could not defeat an Abyssal Tide for them.
• The Foreign Affairs Department head argued that the Island Country should receive support because it was a Union member and its new Xia-descended leadership belonged to an organization that had aided Xia Country in the past.
• Zhou Donglai recommended consulting Lin Yi before deciding whether to support the Island Country, and Li Zhenguo approved contacting him.
• Aboard the Little Flying Ball, Lin Yi replenished his Source Energy and considered the limits of his flight abilities.
• Zhou Donglai briefed Lin Yi on the Union's crisis and the proposal to use East Wind missiles for long-range support, surprising Lin Yi with the idea.

After Lin Yi agreed to support the Island Country on the condition that it account for its past, Xia Country’s leaders approved the proposal and launched missile strikes to aid countries under attack by Abyssal Beasts. The strikes relieved several defensive lines, while a final missile destroyed a surviving complex in the Island Country.

• Lin Yi told Zhou Donglai that Xia Country could support the Island Country if it first accounted for what had happened in the past.
• Zhou Donglai conveyed Lin Yi’s condition to the meeting, and Li Zhenguo ordered Xia Country to request target coordinates and provide long-range missile support.
• Xia Country launched hundreds of missiles toward areas facing the greatest Abyssal Beast threat.
• Missiles struck a Southeast Asian settlement’s attacking beast tide, allowing its soldiers to hold the line.
• Missiles hit Abyssal Beasts near Lundun Tower Settlement, easing the pressure on Elizabeth, Adams, and the defenders.
• Missiles shattered the Island Country’s assaulting beast forces, and another missile destroyed a surviving complex near East Capital Bay Settlement.

After confirming that East Wind’s missile support had not eased the worst battles abroad, Lin Yi selected six Union countries for further aid. He began extending his Soul Power toward one distant battlefield, leaving Nie Chang and Liu Qiying uncertain how he planned to help.

• Lin Yi returned to East Peak Military Academy and learned from Nie Chang that the domestic situation was basically stable.
• Lin Yi reviewed the global situation map and ordered the command room to identify the ten most endangered regions, then narrow the list to Union members and rank them by how many students they had sent to East Peak Military Academy.
• Lin Yi declared that he would help the six remaining countries as East Peak’s principal and left the command room, followed by Nie Chang and Liu Qiying.
• Lin Yi gathered his Soul Power and sent a compressed thread of perception toward a distant battlefield.
• Lin Yi found the battlefield and sensed its brutal scenes, emotional turmoil, and energy signatures.

Lin Yi used a newly developed long-range Soul Power technique to strike a distant battlefield and destroy a Leader-level Abyssal Beast and the Abyssal Tide around it. He revealed that fusing Rule essences amplified his attacks and that his Rule Comprehension had risen to 16%.

• Lin Yi spotted an East Peak student retreating with a broken arm while a Leader-level Abyssal Beast approached their failing defensive line.
• Lin Yi launched a Small Steel Ball across tens of thousands of miles using focused Soul Power, explaining the technique to Nie Chang and Liu Qiying.
• Lin Yi revealed that he had fused the Sharpness and Ferocity Rule essences and increased his Rule Comprehension from 12% to around 16%.
• The Small Steel Ball struck the Leader-level Abyssal Beast, killing it and triggering an explosion that vaporized the surrounding Abyssal Tide.
• An injured Eastern Edge student recognized Lin Yi as the one who had saved them and shouted that only the Principal could wield such power.

Lin Yi remotely struck the six most critical threat nodes, giving six countries temporary relief from the Abyssal Tide. Afterward, he accepted an invitation to a high-level Supreme Command meeting about forming a closer international alliance and stationing Xia Country forces abroad.

• Lin Yi launched six long-range steel-ball attacks at critical targets, recovering between strikes until all six were hit.
• Liu Qiying told Lin Yi that Supreme Command had invited him to a meeting at the Dragon Abyss Command Center the next day.
• Lin Yi considered how his global strike capability had changed Xia Country's position and pushed other countries to seek closer cooperation.
• Lin Yi recalled his former life as a frightened survivor and recognized how far his circumstances had changed.
• Lin Yi told Liu Qiying to inform Supreme Command that he would attend the meeting.

Lin Yi taught Source Energy Theory Fundamentals at East Peak Military Academy before flying to the Dragon Abyss Command Center for a meeting. He arrived just before it began, where senior officials recognized him and welcomed him into the conference room.

• Liu Qiying reminded Lin Yi that his class ended shortly before the meeting, but Lin Yi decided not to reschedule and said he would make it in time.
• Lin Yi finished his lecture at 9:50 and told Liu Qiying to handle routine matters through Vice Principal Nie and contact him about urgent matters.
• Lin Yi flew away in a golden streak as Liu Qiying and the students watched in amazement.
• Lin Yi landed at the Dragon Abyss Command Center, where Dong Wang recognized him and asked whether he had flown there himself.
• Lin Yi greeted Dong Wang and Wang Lu before entering the underground base with them, while officials in the conference room watched him.

Lin Yi attended a senior meeting where officials reviewed the Abyssal Tide campaign and discussed strengthening international cooperation. The Blue Star Crisis Response Union was approved in principle for expansion into the Blue Star Community, and the meeting turned to requests for foreign troop deployments.

• Li Zhenguo opened the meeting and invited Lin Yi to offer a younger perspective on the global order.
• Zhou Donglai reported that the Abyssal Tide was under control domestically and that Lin Yi’s long-range strikes had helped stabilize allied countries.
• Zhou Donglai described more than a dozen small countries whose governments had collapsed after they lost contact and failed to join the Blue Star Crisis Response Union.
• The Foreign Affairs Department and Zhou Donglai supported upgrading the union into the Blue Star Community, and officials approved the proposal in principle.
• Li Zhenguo introduced requests from more than thirty countries, including Island Country, for Chinese forces and the Source Martial Army to station troops in their territories.

Lin Yi argued against permanently stationing troops abroad and proposed establishing East Peak Military Academy branches to train local Source Energy forces while fostering cultural ties. Wang Lu questioned whether the plan amounted to cultural assimilation, leaving the meeting to consider the implications of Lin Yi’s proposal.

• Zhou Donglai outlined the logistical and strategic risks of stationing troops abroad and asked Lin Yi to give his assessment.
• Lin Yi warned that countries might eventually reject foreign troops and proposed opening East Peak Military Academy branches instead.
• Lin Yi explained that the branches could train local defenders, respond to crises, and promote Xia Language and culture.
• Wang Lu challenged Lin Yi, asking whether his plan for cultural affinity was actually cultural assimilation.

Lin Yi secured approval for East Peak Military Academy branch campuses and cultural education, then learned about a virtual training helmet and ordered fifty for the academy. The chapter left Zhao Bin preparing to prioritize production and delivery.

• Li Zhenguo approved Lin Yi's proposal for branch campuses with language and cultural education, assigning departments to develop a careful plan.
• Lin Yi listened to reports on Xia Country's reconstruction and left the meeting after it concluded.
• Zhao Bin introduced the Illusion Type I Virtual Helmet, which let users fight virtual opponents, their own mirror images, and other trainees' mirrors.
• Lin Yi recognized the helmet's training value and ordered an initial batch of fifty for East Peak Military Academy.
• Zhao Bin promised to prioritize production and arrange the helmets' delivery as soon as possible.

Lin Yi proposed a digital merit system to reward contributions and let people exchange points for resources or take on posted missions. Zhao Bin and Dong Wang saw that the [Source Wisdom Type I Intelligent Life] could support the platform, and Lin Yi offered East Peak Military Academy and the Source Martial Army as pilot organizations.

• Lin Yi and Zhao Bin reached a preliminary agreement to purchase the [Illusion Type I Virtual Helmet].
• Lin Yi proposed a network-based merit system that would quantify contributions to combat, reconstruction, research, and training and let people redeem points for resources.
• Dong Wang explained that the [Source Wisdom Type I Intelligent Life] could provide the processing power needed to assess contributions and run the platform.
• Zhao Bin and Dong Wang outlined a system using the Source Wisdom core, settlement and military Node Servers, and encrypted data synchronization.
• Lin Yi suggested allowing the military and government to post missions for civilians and teams, and Dong Wang agreed that Source Wisdom could assess their completion.
• Zhao Bin proposed eventually expanding the platform across the Blue Star Community, and Lin Yi offered East Peak Military Academy and the Source Martial Army as pilot organizations.