Chapter Summaries

After the capital meeting, Lin Yi planned to prepare East Peak Military Academy for overseas branch campuses by rapidly training stronger fighters and organizing an elite instructor corps. He assigned Nie Chang and Liu Qiying to advance the training program, contribution platform, and virtual helmet preparations while he focused on his own cultivation.

• Lin Yi decided that overseas branch campuses needed powerful, adaptable instructors and that humanity should strengthen its high-level fighters before the next Abyssal Tide.
• Lin Yi told Nie Chang and Liu Qiying about the Blue Star Community and the proposed overseas campuses, then announced a one-month program for Source Energy Warriors with 200 Source Energy Units to pursue Stardust breakthroughs.
• Lin Yi proposed forming a Source Martial Army Instructor Corps from the strongest graduates, with members serving as instructors, combat leaders, and candidates to head overseas campuses.
• Lin Yi assigned Liu Qiying to coordinate the Contribution Point Platform pilot and draft possible contribution rules.
• Lin Yi assigned Nie Chang to receive and test fifty Illusion Type I Virtual Helmets for future training experiments.

East Peak Military Academy announced a month-long special training class for Source Energy users who had reached 200 units but could not advance to Stardust, prompting eligible graduates and independent users to apply. On registration day, veterans returned to the academy, exciting the rookie cadets and intensifying the school’s competitive atmosphere.

• Nie Chang published Lin Yi’s notice announcing the special training class and its eligibility requirements across the Source Martial Army network and the academy website.
• Zhao Gang applied after returning from a mission, then hurried to tell Sun Miao about the opportunity.
• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan registered after seeing the notice, while Adams confirmed his registration and asked Elizabeth to arrange his trip to Xia Country.
• Independent Source Energy users also submitted applications, while students who had not yet reached 200 units reacted with frustration and renewed their training.
• On registration day, veterans including Zhao Gang, Sun Miao, and Adams arrived at East Peak Military Academy and reunited with former classmates as rookie cadets watched in awe.

Lin Yi began the special training class with exercises in precise source energy control, then tested the academy’s new Virtual Helmets and prepared the Virtual Classroom for use. The system recorded his combat data, and he looked forward to the students trying it that afternoon.

• Lin Yi demonstrated compressing, shaping, and stretching source energy, then assigned the students to cut tofu into uniformly fine shreds.
• Lin Yi inspected the students’ practice and gave Zhou Yuxuan, Chen Yu, Zhao Gang, and Adams individual guidance, but nobody completed the task before class ended.
• Nie Chang told Lin Yi that the Equipment Department had delivered fifty Virtual Helmets, and Lin Yi ordered them installed in Teaching Building Three’s Virtual Classroom.
• Lin Yi entered the virtual system, gained administrator access, and fought virtual opponents so it could record his combat data and build his character model.
• Lin Yi exited the system and told Nie Chang he wanted to see the students’ reactions when they tried the helmets that afternoon.

Lin Yi introduced Virtual Helmets for combat training and brought the first group of trainees into the virtual classroom. Chen Yu explored the system, challenged Lin Yi’s mirror, and was defeated before he could react.

• Lin Yi explained that completing seven Basic-level challenges would show trainees had the foundation to attempt a breakthrough to Stardust level.
• Chen Yu entered the Illusory Realm Combat System and viewed its blank rankings and Real-Time Battle options.
• Chen Yu found Lin Yi’s mirror on the Challenge Mirror list and chose to fight it despite Lin Yi’s instructions to focus on training stages.
• The challenge ended instantly with Chen Yu’s failure, and he saw that Lin Yi’s mirror had already been challenged eighteen times.

Chen Yu entered Basic Training, Stage One, expecting an easy challenge against an unarmed opponent with the same Source Energy as him. He was defeated by Lin Yi’s mirror image in 1.5 seconds, leaving him stunned by the gap in their combat skill.

• Chen Yu selected the saber and read the Stage One requirement to remain undefeated for ten seconds against an unarmed opponent with 200 points of Source Energy and no combat skills.
• Chen Yu began the challenge and saw that his opponent was another mirror image of Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi’s mirror image rushed across the arena and knocked Chen Yu’s saber aside with a flick of two fingers.
• Lin Yi’s mirror image brushed Chen Yu’s throat, and the system declared the challenge failed after 1.5 seconds.
• Chen Yu returned to the starting space and realized that the defeat had exposed a vast gap in combat ability.

Chen Yu and the other trainees struggled against Lin Yi’s mirror image in virtual training, revealing how much they still needed to improve. After returning to source energy practice, Zhou Yuxuan explained why evasion had only earned him four seconds, and the second group entered the Virtual Classroom.

• Chen Yu repeatedly challenged Lin Yi’s mirror image but failed to survive ten seconds, then left the virtual space eager to keep improving.
• The first group returned their helmets and teased the waiting second group with vague promises about the training.
• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan resumed cutting tofu while Liu Yuan guided the trainees in source energy control.
• Chen Yu asked Zhou Yuxuan how long he had lasted, and Zhou Yuxuan said he had survived four seconds by retreating instead of fighting head-on.
• Zhou Yuxuan explained that Lin Yi’s mirror image caught up and used three beams of source energy to block his escape routes, while Zhao Gang admitted he had lasted only 2.2 seconds.
• The second group entered the Virtual Classroom as the special training class continued under Lin Yi’s demanding program.

Lin Yi advanced the Contribution Points System and arranged to expand virtual training and issue tactical wristbands. He then obtained intelligence on isolated leaders of large nests and chose the Blazing Sun Obsidian Python near Jinling City as his next target.

• Liu Qiying reported that the Contribution Points System was ready for trial, and Lin Yi ordered it connected to the military academy and Source Martial Army networks with guides published online.
• Lin Yi told Liu Qiying to join the special training class and work toward reaching the Stardust level.
• Lin Yi asked Nie Chang to arrange an order for 500 Virtual Helmets and obtain tactical wristbands for soldiers.
• Lin Yi directed Nie Chang to coordinate with General Staff intelligence to find isolated Leader-level Abyssal Beasts from large nests for him to fight.
• Nie Chang brought Lin Yi a list of eleven suitable targets, including the Blazing Sun Obsidian Python at Zi Feng Tower in Jinling City.
• Lin Yi chose the Blazing Sun Obsidian Python as his first target and vowed to stop it from advancing to the Star Core level.

Lin Yi traveled to Jinling to hunt the Blazing Sun Obsidian Python, while considering how rare treasures from stronger Abyssal Beasts could help Li Zhenguo, Nie Chang, and his equipment. After greeting Zhang Weiguo, he headed for Zi Feng Tower as the settlement watched his approach.

• Nie Chang informed the Jinling City Settlement that Lin Yi had confirmed the Blazing Sun Obsidian Python as his target, and Zhang Weiguo promised full support.
• Lin Yi planned to hunt Star Core-level Abyssal Beasts to obtain a Star Source Physique Evolution Fluid for Li Zhenguo and treasures that could aid Nie Chang and upgrade his equipment.
• Lin Yi flew to the Jinling Settlement aboard the Little Flying Ball and briefly greeted Zhang Weiguo and the other officials.
• Lin Yi departed for Zi Feng Tower, and Zhang Weiguo rushed to the monitoring room to track him approaching the target marked 99900.

Lin Yi killed the Blazing Sun Obsidian Python without damaging Zi Feng Tower and obtained a Starflare Fighter from its crystal. He then flew toward Helu City Academy Headquarters, while Zhang Weiguo watched the python’s signal vanish and understood why Lin Yi had been invited to the highest-level meeting.

• Lin Yi opened the Little Flying Ball’s hatch near the Blazing Sun Obsidian Python and used black-lightning-wrapped Small Steel Balls to kill it.
• The python dissolved into energy particles, leaving a gold-patterned Blue Crystal that Lin Yi collected and crushed.
• The crystal transformed into a Starflare Fighter, whose systems identified Lin Yi as its highest-authority holder and reported its specifications.
• Lin Yi ordered Starflare to fly at maximum cruising speed toward Helu City Academy Headquarters.
• Zhang Weiguo watched the crimson marker disappear from the surveillance screen and remarked that Lin Yi’s invitation to the highest-level meeting now made sense.

After Lin Yi eliminated the Blazing Sun Obsidian Python in Jinling, Xia Country publicized the victory to advance the Blue Star Community. Back at East Peak Military Academy, Lin Yi planned to clear the remaining large-nest leaders while visiting settlements and inspecting local Source Martial Army garrisons.

• Zhang Weiguo reported that Lin Yi had killed the Blazing Sun Obsidian Python in three seconds without damaging Zi Feng Tower.
• Li Zhenguo ordered the Foreign Affairs Department to share proof of the kill with Coalition members, accelerating support for the Blue Star Community.
• Lin Yi returned to East Peak Military Academy aboard Starflare and demonstrated that he could store the aircraft in his waist.
• Lin Yi told Nie Chang he would eliminate the remaining Leader-level Abyssal Beasts in large nests one by one.
• Lin Yi asked Nie Chang to plan an efficient route and arrange settlement meetings, garrison inspections, and recruitment of promising local talent for East Peak Military Academy.

Lin Yi began a nationwide campaign to clear large nests while East Peak Military Academy students trained against virtual projections of him. The chapter left the students awed by Liu Yuan’s report that even a Stardust-level fighter could not react to Lin Yi’s projection.

• Lin Yi told Nie Chang to begin the clearing operation the next day, ordered practical inspections, and promised to review the special training class after his missions.
• Liu Qiying asked to try the virtual helmet, and Lin Yi agreed after assigning him to bring the class’s next-day plan.
• Over half a month, Lin Yi used the Starlight fighter to swiftly eliminate large-nest leaders across Xia Country and inspect local settlements and Source Martial Army garrisons.
• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan discussed their repeated failures against Lin Yi’s virtual projection and checked a popular forum thread about the challenge.
• Liu Yuan reported that Lin Yi’s projection had knocked him out instantly and described the Stardust-level training stage as a flawless, lethal combat system.

Lin Yi finished hunting the leaders of seventeen large Abyss Beast Nests and prepared to return to the academy, while trainees discovered that stable source energy helped them last longer against his virtual mirror image. The challenge craze continued as Lin Yi headed back to train them before taking on Star Core-level Abyss Beasts.

• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan read the challenge rankings and discussed how even Liu Yuan had been defeated instantly by Lin Yi's mirror image.
• Lin Yi collected a Spirit Shine Crystal from the Frost Giant Bear, reflected on the uneven development of source martial forces, and spotted the trainees' forum discussion.
• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan noticed that Lin Yi's mirror image reacted to unstable source energy and shared their discovery on the forum.
• Chen Yu lasted 3.8 seconds and Zhou Yuxuan lasted 4.3 seconds after focusing on stabilizing their source energy.
• Lin Yi finished clearing the convenient large-nest leaders and set Starflare's course back to East Peak Source Martial Military Academy.

After returning to East Peak Military Academy with spoils from a nationwide hunt, Lin Yi examined a soul weapon and decided how to use his other rewards. He gave Nie Chang a Tier 1 Source Energy Evolution Fluid, and Nie Chang began taking it under Lin Yi’s protection.

• Lin Yi returned to the academy with seventeen Spirit Shine Crystals from Leader-level Abyssal Beasts and inspected their contents.
• Lin Yi used the Myriad Forms Type I Soul-Refining Orb, testing its transformations into a sword and a shield before deciding it suited his soul control.
• Lin Yi planned to exchange the less useful rewards through the Merit System and reserve an advanced Sentinel and defensive shields for the academy.
• Lin Yi summoned Nie Chang and gave him the Tier 1 Source Energy Evolution Fluid to help him reach the Stardust level.
• Nie Chang accepted the gift, crushed the crystal, and took out the evolution fluid as Lin Yi watched over him.

Lin Yi arranged to hunt a solitary early-stage Star Core-level Abyssal Beast and asked Nie Chang to obtain classified target data from the General Staff. He approved Liu Qiying’s Merit System preparations and gave him a Little Flying Ball, then waited for the intelligence while handling official duties.

• Nie Chang drank evolution fluid, broke through 2,000 Source Energy Units, and agreed to request data on solitary early-stage Star Core-level Abyssal Beasts.
• Lin Yi ordered Nie Chang to keep the request secret, and Nie Chang classified it as top-level military secrecy through Chief of Staff Zhou Donglai.
• Liu Qiying reported that the Merit System preparations were complete, and Lin Yi signed the integration document and gave him a Little Flying Ball.
• Nie Chang told Lin Yi that the General Staff was compiling suitable target data, while Lin Yi confirmed that he intended to hunt a Star Core-level Abyssal Beast.
• Lin Yi waited for the target information while processing military and academy affairs.

Lin Yi arranged East Peak Military Academy and the Source Martial Army’s access to the Merit System, then sent a cache of rare crystals to be listed for exchange. After assigning Nie Chang a Stardust Level 7 Sentinel to guard the academy, Lin Yi studied a report on a powerful elephant-type Abyss Beast.

• Liu Qiying told Lin Yi that the Merit System had granted the academy an annual allocation of 1.5 billion merit and the Source Martial Army 8.7 billion, and Lin Yi ordered staff to announce the pilot program and publish its manual.
• Lin Yi gave Liu Qiying a suitcase and biscuit tin filled with rare crystals to deliver to the Equipment Logistics Department, asking that crystals not reserved for equipment or blueprints be listed for exchange on the Merit System.
• Nie Chang brought Lin Yi documents and photographs from Chief of Staff Zhou Donglai, and Lin Yi gave him two Gold-Pattern Blue Crystals to deploy a shield and activate a Sentinel to guard the military academy.
• Lin Yi examined the reports and focused on an early-stage Star Core-level giant elephant Abyss Beast with defensive laws, while Nie Chang reflected on the responsibility of commanding the Sentinel.

Liu Qiying delivered Lin Yi’s treasures to the Equipment Logistics Department, while East Peak Military Academy and the Source Martial Army discovered the new Comprehensive Merit Management Platform. Its valuable exchange items excited students and officers, though Liu Yuan focused on the Ultimate Skill Codices and a powerful mechanical guardian.

• Liu Qiying carried Lin Yi’s box and biscuit tin to the Equipment Logistics Department in the capital.
• Chen Yu opened the newly launched Comprehensive Merit Management Platform and found Stardust-level techniques and Lin Yi’s Flowing Cloud Armor listed for merit.
• Adams learned that foreign students could not access the internal platform and hoped the Blue Star Community might eventually grant them access.
• Source Martial Army officers examined expensive aircraft and weapons on the platform, seeing them as goals to pursue.
• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan browsed special equipment and discovered they had zero merit points.
• Liu Yuan studied the Ultimate Skill Codices and Pioneer Type I Mechanical Guardian, then considered the platform’s impact on the academy.

Lin Yi left the military academy in the Starflare Fighter to investigate a Star Core-level entity near XM-DU. He located a colossal Abyssal Beast without being detected and prepared to observe it from nearby.

• Liu Yuan considered the Merit System’s impact and wondered about the Principal’s strength and the source of the rewards.
• Students and officers discussed the Merit System online, and forum users posted lists of available items and ways to earn merits.
• Liu Qiying reported to Lin Yi that the items had reached the Equipment Department and the Merit System had been launched.
• Lin Yi asked Nie Chang to oversee the military academy, then flew northwest in the Starflare Fighter toward XM-DU.
• Starflare detected a Star Core-level entity, but Lin Yi ignored its warnings and stopped fifty kilometers from the target.
• Lin Yi used his soul perception to locate a giant purple elephant Abyssal Beast, which sensed something nearby but could not find him.

At the General Staff Department, Zhou Donglai placed missile units on standby while satellites tracked Lin Yi and the Nether Abyss Giant Elephant. Lin Yi used rule suppression and a black lightning-forged weapon to pierce the giant elephant’s defenses and strike its head.

• Zhou Donglai ordered satellites to track Lin Yi’s Starflare Fighter and East Wind missile units to prepare for fire support.
• Lin Yi used rule suppression to make the Nether Abyss Giant Elephant struggle to control its Source Energy.
• The giant elephant rampaged beneath the golden thunderclouds, unable to locate Lin Yi or break the suppression.
• Lin Yi shaped the Myriad Forms Sphere into a black cone infused with fused lightning.
• The giant elephant raised a powerful shield, but Lin Yi’s black spike pierced it and passed through the creature’s head.

Lin Yi defeated the Nether Abyss Giant Elephant and hunted defensive Star Core-level Abyssal Beasts until he obtained the Star Source Initial Evolution Elixir. He returned to the Dragon Abyss Supreme Command Center, planning to focus on training fighters and clearing Micro and Small Nests.

• Lin Yi killed the Nether Abyss Giant Elephant, obtained its Spirit Shine Crystal, and the General Staff canceled the missile units’ standby status and classified the battle recording as a top military secret.
• Lin Yi found an advanced Shadow Copy Device inside the crystal and flew off to hunt defensive Star Core-level Abyssal Beasts.
• Lin Yi killed a giant turtle and a stone giant, but their crystals contained a source-energy shield generator and a rule codex rather than the item he sought.
• After two days of searching, Lin Yi killed a Crystal Armor Beast and obtained the Star Source Initial Evolution Elixir.
• Lin Yi set course for the Dragon Abyss Supreme Command Center and planned to train Stardust-level fighters before wiping out the Micro and Small Nests.

Lin Yi brought a newly obtained vial of Source Energy Evolution Fluid to the ailing Li Zhenguo, hoping to resolve his physical condition. Li Zhenguo recognized the danger Lin Yi had faced to obtain it and warned him that Xia Country needed him more than it needed Li Zhenguo.

• Lin Yi contacted Zhou Donglai and said he was heading to Dragon Abyss Command Center to meet Li Zhenguo.
• Zhou Donglai told Li Zhenguo that Lin Yi had killed a Star Core level Abyssal Beast, and Li Zhenguo discussed preparing Zhou Donglai to support Lin Yi and ensure a smooth transition.
• Zhou Donglai greeted Lin Yi at the command center and explained that Li Zhenguo was suffering from organ failure caused by age and overwork.
• Lin Yi told Li Zhenguo he had brought a way to address his condition, then used a Spirit Shine Crystal from a Star Core level Abyssal Beast to reveal a glowing vial.
• Lin Yi explained that the vial was a stronger Source Energy Evolution Fluid than the one he had given Nie Chang, and Li Zhenguo warned him not to take reckless risks because he was irreplaceable to Xia Country.