Arc 10East Blade and the Senior Gathering

Lin Yi led East Blade through its first major Star Sea battles while building Silver Blue’s military and preparing for the tiered battlefield. After confronting the Kunmo threat and reuniting with Xu Chen’s disciples, he accepted gifts and a pact to advance his Space Rule studies and Silver Blue’s future.

  • Lin Yi welcomed Xingyi, learned that she had come through Xu Chen, and later received the Purple Gold Star Alliance’s recognition of Silver Blue as a Level Five Civilization before departing for the Star Sea.
  • Lin Yi and Irelia led East Blade to the K-77 battlefield, where Lin Yi killed powerful Kunmo attackers and the mercenary corps earned a promotion and a partnership with General Luger’s legion.
  • Lin Yi established Silver Blue’s military merit and title systems, then founded a training-camp team with Kenkes and five other recruits.
  • Lin Yi’s team cleared the seventh floor of the Team Endless Tower, and two years later East Blade deployed to Helios Base in the Ash Star Domain.
  • Lin Yi’s domain attacks and destruction of Zagar’s command core helped Helios Base repel the Kunmo, but a Kunmo expert later raided the base and killed its senior officers while seeking Lin Yi.
  • Lin Yi met Xu Chen and his fellow disciples at their gathering, where Xu Chen announced his attempt to break through to the Source Law Realm and urged Lin Yi to balance cultivation with Silver Blue’s development.
  • Cang Ming and the other disciples gave Lin Yi gifts to aid his Space Rule comprehension, while Qian Huan promised Silver Blue one hundred thousand life-bearing planets.
  • Zhen Yu offered to move Blue Star and its star system to the core of Qian Huan’s Star Domain and teach Lin Yi through the process, and Lin Yi accepted the pact.
Chapters 227–251 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 227Two Places Apart, Yan Realm's Visit (5K)

The East Blade Fleet departed Blue Star under Irelia’s command while Lin Yi stayed behind to receive visitors from the wider Star Sea. More than half a year later, a World-Deriving Rank visitor arrived at Blue Star’s defense perimeter, and Lin Yi went to meet her cautiously.

  • Lin Yi gave the East Blade Fleet a farewell speech, and Irelia led the fleet out of Blue Star orbit toward the Star Sea.
  • Lin Yi remained on Blue Star to welcome visiting powers, while Irelia took the fleet to begin its early mercenary missions.
  • Xingyi, a World-Deriving Rank leader of the Pan-Spirit Alliance Virtual Network Company’s Purple Gold Star Alliance branch, approached Blue Star in a customized ship and stopped outside its defense perimeter.
  • Blue Star’s defense system detected a threat beyond its rating limit, and Lin Yi identified the visitor’s ship as a customized World-Deriving Rank vessel.
  • Lin Yi placed the token from Xu Chen within reach, ordered Blue Star forces to stay alert without attacking, and flew out aboard the Shanming to meet Xingyi.

Ch. 228Spirit Radiance Rank Treatment, A Steady Stream of Visitors (51K)

Lin Yi received Xingyi’s invitation to join the Pan-Spirit Alliance Virtual Network Company but chose to consider it while weighing the interests of himself and the Blue of the Silver Moon Civilization. Seventeen years later, as the East Blade Mercenary Corps began operating, a powerful fleet entered the civilization’s airspace.

  • Lin Yi welcomed Xingyi to Blue Star, where she congratulated him and asked about his relationship with Xu Chen; Lin Yi revealed he was Xu Chen’s sixteenth disciple.
  • Xingyi offered Lin Yi Spirit Brilliance Rank resources and promised to seek Spirit Radiance Rank treatment, including access to the Annihilation Divine Kingdom and Xiwu Essence Liquid; Lin Yi asked about the terms and requested time to decide.
  • Xingyi left Lin Yi a starlight gift that granted him the ability to raise designated individuals’ Virtual Network authority to Green level, which he saw as valuable for Blue Star’s development.
  • Seventeen years passed as Lin Yi cultivated and handled civilization affairs, while Irelia registered the East Blade Mercenary Corps and accepted its first escort mission.
  • Xuanji detected a fleet of more than two hundred vessels, including at least ten with Star Domain Rank energy readings, approaching Blue of the Silver Moon Civilization, and Lin Yi realized they had arrived.

Ch. 229The Envoy's Goodwill, Setting Sail Across the Star Sea (74K)

Lin Yi welcomed the interstellar powers, secured Silver Blue Civilization’s Level Five recognition and the Moon’s inclusion in its relocation, then negotiated partnerships while protecting the civilization’s interests. After the fleet departed, he ordered Civilization Leap Level One Readiness and urged Silver Blue to build its own strength.

  • Lin Yi met envoy Lansi and heard the Purple Gold Star Alliance formally register Silver Moon Blue as the Level Five Silver Blue Civilization and Silver Blue Planet.
  • Lansi declared the Moon an inseparable asset, named it Silver Moon, and included it in the planet’s relocation plan.
  • Lin Yi joined the Universal Mercenary Alliance and negotiated framework agreements with the Chamber of Commerce, Star Sea Bank, and Star Realm Legion.
  • Lin Yi revealed that Xingyi had visited seventeen years earlier, prompting the representatives to soften their negotiating positions and offer valuable gifts and support.
  • After the visiting fleet departed, Lin Yi ordered Civilization Leap Level One Readiness and told the leadership to develop the skills needed to determine their own future.

Ch. 230Human Border, Urgent Reinforcements (55K)

Lin Yi left Silver Blue Planet and reunited with the East Blade Mercenary Corps on Zichen Star, where he chose a border supply mission that he knew would lead to an alien attack. When the outpost came under heavy assault, Lin Yi accepted the emergency support mission and ordered the fleet to intervene.

  • Lin Yi entrusted Silver Blue Planet's internal affairs to Li Zhenguo and its military and diplomacy to Zhou Donglai, then departed aboard the Flashing Star for the Star Sea.
  • Twenty years later, Irelia and the East Blade Mercenary Corps welcomed Lin Yi to Zichen Star and reported their progress.
  • Lin Yi selected a Level 2 supply mission to outpost K-77-JHD-93432, intending to reach the region before a nearby outpost was attacked.
  • The East Blade Fleet arrived near the K-77 star system as outpost K-77-JHD-93441 came under a heavy assault from alien combatants.
  • After the Star Realm Army issued a Level 4 emergency support mission, Lin Yi accepted it and ordered the fleet to rush to the outpost.

Ch. 231First Battle Against the Alien Race, Trial by Blood and Fire (53K)

Lin Yi led the East Blade Fleet to relieve outpost K-77-JHD-93441 and ordered the Star Core Level mercenaries to battle the Kunmo while Irelia guarded them from fatal blows. After the fleet devastated the enemy ships, the ground fight intensified, and Lin Yi drew the Kunmo warriors toward himself before a middle Star Vortex Rank commander confronted him.

  • Lin Yi assigned the Stardust Rank members to operate the fleet and ordered the Star Core Level teams to fight, while Irelia oversaw the battle and prevented needless deaths.
  • The East Blade Fleet arrived at K-77-JHD-93441, where Kalan recognized the North Wind Class warship and rallied the battered garrison.
  • Under Irelia's command, the fleet destroyed most of the Kunmo Bio-Warships, driving the surviving Kunmo into a frenzied assault.
  • Lin Yi sent the combat teams to the outpost, where Chen Yu, Andre, Liu Yuan, and Elizabeth fought the charging Kunmo while Irelia covertly protected the mercenaries from fatal attacks.
  • Lin Yi used his nine Thunder Orbs to kill dozens of Star Core Level Kunmo warriors, then drew the fury of a middle Star Vortex Rank Kunmo wielding a Bone Saw Warblade.

Ch. 232Slay, Aili!

Lin Yi killed a Star Nebula Rank Kunmo with a secret technique, then Irelia erased the remaining Star Nebula Rank attackers with her Life Rule Domain. After the Kunmo assault was defeated, Lin Yi accepted General Luger's invitation to visit the legion's base once his fleet had recovered.

  • Frost Ember and the arriving mercenary groups were awed by the East Blade Fleet's North Wind Class battleship, while the 93778th Frontier Legion welcomed its reinforcements.
  • A third-tier Star Nebula Rank Kunmo attacked Lin Yi, but Lin Yi used the Azure Brilliance World-Breaking Flash to kill it in one strike.
  • The remaining Star Nebula Rank Kunmo launched a desperate barrage at Lin Yi, and Irelia stopped their attacks and drained the attackers of life with her Life Rule Domain.
  • With their commanders gone, the surviving Kunmo troops lost morale and were hunted down or captured by the East Blade members, mercenaries, and outpost defenders.
  • Bark, other mercenary commanders, and Kalan thanked Lin Yi, and Kalan relayed General Luger's invitation to visit the legion's base.
  • Lin Yi agreed to visit General Luger after the battle was settled and the fleet had time to recover.

Ch. 233Luger's Invitation, Level 2 Battlefield (5.8K)

After East Blade helped defend the outpost, the corps earned a promotion and traveled to the 93778th Frontier Legion base. General Luger invited Lin Yi and eligible East Blade members to join the forthcoming K-77 Star Domain tiered battlefield, where Level 2 combat would be restricted to Star Core Rank fighters.

  • Lin Yi ordered East Blade to finish clearing the battlefield and depart for the 93778th Frontier Legion base, while the allied mercenaries and Shina Family members discussed the battle and East Blade’s fighting strength.
  • The Mercenary Alliance promoted East Blade from Level 1 to Level 2 after the corps completed the emergency outpost support mission with no fatalities.
  • Lin Yi cultivated and analyzed his final attack during the fleet’s journey, and the Blue Star-born warriors and Spirit Race members began learning about one another.
  • The fleet passed security checks and arrived at the 93778th Frontier Legion base, where General Luger personally received Lin Yi and Irelia.
  • Luger invited Lin Yi and eligible East Blade members to take Level 2 mercenary missions in the K-77 Star Domain tiered battlefield as tensions with the Kunmo Race increased.

Ch. 234The Storm Was About to Break, with Titles and Peerages to Be Granted! (5K)

Lin Yi accepted General Luger’s offer for East Blade to join the Level 2 battlefields through the Star Realm Army’s military merit system, while warning Blue Star’s leaders that larger wars might be approaching. They established a merit-based title system and planned to expand recruitment, leaving East Blade’s soldiers and Silver Blue Civilization eager for the coming battles.

  • Lin Yi agreed to cooperate with Luger after confirming that East Blade would receive military merit records, redemption access, and a designated mission through the Star Realm Army.
  • Lin Yi briefed Blue Star’s leaders on the battlefields and proposed a system tying military service to titles, honor, resources, and future planetary tax revenues.
  • Li Zhenguo and the other leaders approved drafting the Silver Blue Pioneering Decree and Twenty-Rank Military Merit System, while also agreeing to buy transport ships and build a personnel rotation and training pipeline.
  • The Star Realm Army’s 93778th Legion finalized its cooperation agreement with East Blade, and Blue Star’s leadership announced the new title system.
  • East Blade soldiers, families, and young people across Silver Blue Civilization responded with excitement, while an elder of the Shina Family considered the opportunities the expansion might bring.

Ch. 235Source Law Lord, Team Invitation (64K)

Lin Yi entered the Universal Mercenary Alliance’s fifty-year Star Core Elite Training Camp, where he assessed its resources and met fellow trainees. After rejecting invitations from two established squads, he considered building his own team while keeping his focus on the coming tiered battlefield.

  • Lin Yi received a Level 4 admission permit to the training camp and placed Irelia in charge of the East Blade Mercenary Corps during his absence.
  • Lin Yi arrived at the Starry Sky Plaza, met Kenkes, and learned about several notable trainees, including Lan Shuang and Shi Man.
  • Yanhuang, a Lord of Source Law, opened the camp and explained its competition; Lin Yi examined the points system and booked courses and training facilities.
  • Xing Yu invited Lin Yi to join the Starlight Squad, while Qing Feng offered him a place in the White Fang Squad, but Lin Yi declined both because he might leave for border missions.
  • Lin Yi decided that building his own team could give him more freedom to prepare for the tiered battlefield and compete in the camp’s team rankings.

Ch. 236Forming an Independent Team and Recruiting Members (54K)

Lin Yi recruited Kenkes as the first member of his new team by promising he could fuse two Rule Domains before the training camp ended. Kenkes then brought in five promising newcomers, leaving Lin Yi with a seven-person founding team ready to build experience together.

  • Lin Yi invited Kenkes to join his team and said he was confident he could fuse two Rule Domains before the camp ended.
  • Kenkes consulted his older brother Kelsen, decided the risky founding-member role offered better prospects than joining an established team, and obtained confidential team-mission strategy materials.
  • Kenkes returned to the plaza, formally joined Lin Yi's team, and volunteered to lead recruitment and screening.
  • Lin Yi directed Kenkes to focus on promising newcomers, especially members of the Human Race, rather than veteran members who had not joined teams.
  • Kenkes introduced Mo Yuan, Star Firefly, Lei Hao, Awen Whisper, and Amber to Lin Yi, who responded to each recruit's strengths and welcomed them.
  • Lin Yi agreed the seven members formed a suitable core team and planned to gain experience together before recruiting more members.

Ch. 237Beneath the Endless Tower, Under Everyone's Gaze (5K)

Lin Yi used Spirit Enlightenment Qi to raise his Life Rule comprehension to 82%, then began training to make the unstable gains his own. At the Endless Tower, his team displayed its strengths, and Lin Yi stunned observers by clearing seventeen floors before exiting.

  • Kenkes explained the Endless Tower's rewards and difficulty levels, and Lin Yi's team agreed to share spectating permissions and test themselves together.
  • Lin Yi absorbed Spirit Enlightenment Qi, raising his Life Rule comprehension from 53% to 82%, then practiced the Star-Deriving Essence Tempering Art to stabilize his new strength.
  • The next day, Kenkes, Awen Whisper, and Lei Hao each reached floor nine, while Mo Yuan reached floor ten, Star Firefly floor thirteen, and Amber floor twelve.
  • Lin Yi climbed steadily through the tower, cleared floor seventeen, and drew the attention of veteran teams and their scouts.
  • Lin Yi's marker disappeared before he could be seen clearing floor eighteen, and he emerged from the tower.

Ch. 238Aftermath and Its Impact, Contacting the Sect (55K)

After Lin Yi’s seventeenth-floor achievement, he gathered his team to review their battles and agreed they would spend a month strengthening themselves before taking on a team challenge. As Lin Yi continued refining his Life Rule, Xuanji reported that a contact mark labeled “Ninth Senior Brother” had accepted his response, suggesting he had finally reached someone from his sect.

  • Lin Yi exchanged contact marks with representatives of other squads, including Xing Yu and Qing Feng, who offered support to his team.
  • Lin Yi explained that he had stopped at the seventeenth floor because his recently improved rule comprehension was still difficult to control, and his teammates shared combat advice with one another.
  • Lin Yi proposed that the team spend a month improving individually before attempting the team challenge, and everyone agreed.
  • Lin Yi trained in the Tree of Life simulation and refined his comprehension of the Life Rule while discussion of his achievement spread among higher-ranked talents.
  • Xuanji told Lin Yi that a contact mark labeled “Ninth Senior Brother” had accepted his response, and Lin Yi realized he might have contacted someone from his sect after more than forty years.

Ch. 239Three Great Pinnacles, Beyond One's Control

Lin Yi met his Ninth Senior Brother, Cang Ming, who offered to seek a battlefield supervisor assignment near Lin Yi’s planned campaign in Star Domain K-77. Cang Ming warned him that the border conflicts were proxy wars engineered by the three pinnacle races, leaving Lin Yi with a new understanding of the forces shaping the universe.

  • Lin Yi accepted Cang Ming’s invitation and learned that only eight of Master Xu Chen’s sixteen disciples were still alive, including two who had attained eternity.
  • Cang Ming offered to request assignment as a supervisor for the graded battlefields near Lin Yi in Star Domain K-77 and warned him that pinnacle-race geniuses might arrive in six or seven thousand years at the earliest.
  • Lin Yi asked why the Spirit Race would send geniuses to help in border conflicts, and Cang Ming revealed that the three pinnacle races had created buffer zones by relocating and manipulating other races.
  • Cang Ming explained that the pinnacle races used wars among buffer-zone races as proxy conflicts and training grounds for their own geniuses, and Lin Yi realized his civilization was being treated as a piece on their chessboard.

Ch. 240Senior Brother's Welcome Gift, Team Challenge

Lin Yi confirmed with Cang Ming that he could challenge top-race prodigies within the battlefield rules, then received Life Source Fruit as a welcome gift and focused on combat training. After half a month, he led his improved team into their first Team Endless Tower challenge under the scrutiny of other squads.

  • Lin Yi asked whether a Human Race prodigy could compete with top-race prodigies without facing retaliation outside the rules, and Cang Ming assured him the rules would protect anyone below the threshold of a Lord of Source Law.
  • Cang Ming promised Lin Yi Life Source Fruit for comprehending Life Rule, and Lin Yi returned to reality, asked Xuanji to watch for the delivery, and intensified his combat-technique training.
  • After half a month, Lin Yi met Kenkes, Awen Whisper, Lei Hao, Mo Yuan, Star Firefly, and Amber, who reported their progress and prepared for the team's first tower challenge.
  • Lin Yi submitted the team's challenge application, drawing the attention of Qing Feng, Xing Yu, and representatives from other squads who gathered to assess them.
  • Lin Yi reviewed the Team Endless Tower's escalating team-based trials, reminded his teammates to follow their practiced formation, and led them through the entrance as the first-floor light ring illuminated.

Ch. 241A Wild Charge, Shattering the Source Sea (48K)

Lin Yi's team advanced through the tower, using coordinated Rule domains and Source Sea bursts to clear six levels. They appeared on the seventh floor, where seven powerful mirror images began to form.

  • Amber destroyed the first-floor mirror image with one punch, and the team cleared the level instantly.
  • The team coordinated their attacks to clear the second and third levels, then used overlapping Rule domains and Lin Yi's Thunder Orbs to defeat the fourth-level opponents in ten seconds.
  • Lin Yi's team picked off five mirror images on the fifth level, clearing it in under a minute despite Lei Hao suffering severe injuries and the team nearly exhausting their Source Energy.
  • On the sixth level, Lin Yi's team shattered their Source Seas and unleashed their strongest attacks to defeat all six mirror images in fifteen seconds.
  • The team arrived on the seventh floor, where seven mirror images began forming in a chaotic void of pure energy.

Ch. 242Reverse Fate to Source: The Battlefield Opens

Lin Yi and his team sacrificed themselves to clear the Endless Tower’s seventh floor, then spent two years training. When the Ash Star Domain battlefield opened, Lin Yi received East Blade’s first Tier 2 combat mission and ordered the fleet to prepare for departure.

  • Star Firefly, Amber, Mo Yuan, and Lei Hao destroyed four mirror images at the cost of their lives, while Awen Whisper empowered Lin Yi and Kenkes distracted the remaining enemies.
  • Lin Yi used Reverse Fate to Source and the Black Annihilation Thunder Spear to destroy the final four mirror images, clearing the seventh floor before his body disintegrated.
  • Lin Yi led the restored team out of the tower, declined to attempt the eighth floor, and received congratulations and offers of support from Hui Yao, Qing Lan, and other prodigies.
  • Over the next two years, Lin Yi and his team trained intensively and improved their teamwork after reviewing the sacrifices made in the tower.
  • Xuanji informed Lin Yi that the Ash Star Domain battlefield had opened and that East Blade had received a Tier 2 mission; Lin Yi ordered Level One combat readiness and set the fleet’s destination.
  • East Blade’s fleet departed the 93778th Frontier Legion outpost for the Ash Star Domain as other mercenary corps watched its movements and prepared to offer support.

Ch. 243A Precarious First Step onto the Battlefield (52K)

Lin Yi and the East Blade Mercenary Corps were sent to reinforce Helios Base on Red Blood Star and hold it until reinforcements arrived. As the base faced a massive Kunmo assault, East Blade’s drop pods struck the battlefield, and Lin Yi emerged from the central pod.

  • Kaila assigned Lin Yi’s 532 Star Core Level warriors to defend Helios Base and protect the Deep Space Source Energy Condenser for seven days.
  • Lin Yi ordered the East Blade Mercenary Corps to board drop pods while Irelia stayed with the North Wind in orbit.
  • Cang Ming watched the drop pods descend toward Red Blood Star and wondered what Lin Yi would prove in the battle.
  • Commander Tavik learned that the Thunder Spear Corps would not arrive for seven days and that East Blade was approaching as backup.
  • The Kunmo assault overwhelmed Helios Base’s outer defenses, forcing Tavik to head for the eastern line as Noah took temporary command.
  • East Blade’s drop pods slammed into the landing field, crushing nearby Kunmo units, and Lin Yi stepped out of the central pod.

Ch. 244Are Only Your Human Race’s Young Geniuses Worthy?

Lin Yi used an immense Domain Extension to erase the low-level Kunmo swarm around Helios and cripple its stronger forces, allowing the Star Realm Army and East Blade to reclaim ground. Kunmo commander Zagar learned the attack obeyed battlefield rules and requested a Blade Prince-level genius to assassinate Lin Yi.

  • More than five hundred East Blade warriors formed squads to reinforce the front while twenty peak Star Core Level Spirit Race warriors guarded Lin Yi.
  • Lin Yi spread his domain across the plateau, turning hundreds of millions of low-level insects into motes and heavily injuring the surviving high-level Kunmo units.
  • Commander Tavik ordered a counterattack, and the Star Realm Army and East Blade eliminated many wounded insects and retook outer positions.
  • Lin Yi told Tavik that the attack had drained him and that he needed time to recover, while Tavik warned that the Kunmo would adapt for another assault.
  • Zagar demanded an investigation, learned that Lin Yi's domain attack complied with battlefield rules, and requested a Blade Prince-level genius for a decapitation mission.

Ch. 245I’ll Be Right Back

Lin Yi used Spirit Enlightenment Qi to locate the Kunmo Race command core and launched a solo strike that destroyed it, throwing the enemy forces around Helios Base into chaos. He returned to the base exhausted but successful, leaving the defenders with several days to recover and await reinforcements.

  • Zagar changed the Kunmo Race’s tactics to sustained attacks intended to exhaust Helios Base and force Lin Yi to use his large-scale attack.
  • Tavik warned Lin Yi that the attacks were a trap, while East Blade fighters helped keep the exhausted Star Realm Army’s morale from collapsing.
  • Lin Yi used Spirit Enlightenment Qi to work out how to detect synchronized signals in the Kunmo Race mental network and found its command core beneath a crater northeast of the base.
  • Lin Yi refused Tavik’s offer of support and raced alone to the crater, where he destroyed Zagar and the command core’s gathered forces with a focused domain attack.
  • The Kunmo forces lost coordination and retreated in confusion as Lin Yi returned to Helios Base, and Tavik estimated that rebuilding their command structure would take four or five days.

Ch. 246Cang Ming Sends a Message, A Shocking Change on Red Blood Star

After East Blade helped secure Helios Base and earned substantial Battle Merit, Lin Yi honored the fallen and returned with the corps to recover. Cang Ming told Lin Yi that their master would attend a gathering in six months, and the chapter ended with Bark warning that something had happened on Red Blood Star.

  • Star Realm Army reinforcements arrived on Red Blood Star, and the defenders pushed back the Kunmo Race while engineers began building a second Deep Space Source Energy Condenser.
  • Xuanji awarded East Blade members Battle Merit and Gongshi ranks, and Lin Yi announced triple Battle Merit and inheritable benefits for the 23 fallen comrades.
  • Lin Yi arranged for the fallen soldiers' remains to be returned with honors and offered the corps a choice of retirement or future home leave; the members chose to stay.
  • Cang Ming told Lin Yi that their senior gathering would take place in six months and that their master had agreed to attend.
  • After a month of rest and training, Bark visited Lin Yi and warned him that something had happened on Red Blood Star.

Ch. 247The Kunmo Race's Bloody Revenge

Lin Yi learned that a powerful Kunmo had attacked the Helios base on Red Blood Star while searching for him, killing Tavik and the other officers who refused to reveal his whereabouts. After watching the footage, Lin Yi sought help from his senior brother Cang Ming so he could learn the Kunmo’s capabilities and plan his revenge.

  • Bark told Lin Yi that a Kunmo expert had raided the Helios base’s Command Headquarters, killing its senior officers, though the base and defensive line held.
  • Lin Yi suspected the attack was retaliation for killing a Kunmo commander and asked General Luger for details and access to the surveillance footage.
  • General Luger showed Lin Yi footage of the Kunmo using a Domain to incapacitate the Command Center, questioning the wounded officers about Lin Yi, and killing them when they refused to answer.
  • General Luger warned Lin Yi not to approach Red Blood Star or a Level 2 battlefield until the legion learned more about the Kunmo, and Lin Yi left without making a promise.
  • Lin Yi returned to his quarters and asked Xuanji to arrange an immediate Virtual Network meeting with Cang Ming to learn the Kunmo’s strength, abilities, and whereabouts.

Ch. 248Let It Come Looking for Him, the Sect Gathered (56K)

After learning that the Kunmo Blade Prince had left the K-77 Star Domain and was beyond his current strength, Lin Yi resumed cultivation and spent half a year preparing for a sect gathering. He met several powerful senior siblings at the gathering, including the Eternal Deities Zhen Yu and Qian Huan.

  • Lin Yi asked Cang Ming about the Kunmo that had killed his comrades, and Cang Ming explained that it had left the region after failing to find him.
  • Cang Ming warned Lin Yi that the Kunmo had fused two second-level Domains and advised him to flee prepared opponents; he also explained that Lin Yi could lure the Kunmo by doing something it could not ignore, at great risk.
  • Lin Yi thanked Cang Ming, resolved to grow stronger, and returned to cultivation; half a year later, Xuanji notified him of Cang Ming's invitation to a sect gathering.
  • Lin Yi joined Cang Ming at the Star Banquet Platform in the deeper levels of the Pan-Spirit Alliance Virtual Network.
  • Zhen Yu arrived and assessed Lin Yi's foundations, then Qian Huan greeted him and invited him to visit her Qianhuan Heaven.
  • Lie Yang welcomed Lin Yi with a challenge to spar, while Xuan Shu offered to help him and Bing Ling greeted him before sitting apart to meditate.

Ch. 249Impacting the Source Law, The Third Rule

Xu Chen gathered his disciples to warn them that the border clashes might conceal a larger crisis and announced that he would attempt to enter the Source Law Realm. After he left for seclusion, the disciples discussed his decision, and Cang Ming asked Lin Yi about his next rule.

  • Heng Huan arrived from the Abyss Cave and warned Lin Yi that the Divisional Battlefield was only a trial compared with the real front.
  • Xu Chen revealed his suspicions about the border clashes and announced that he would risk his life to break through to the Source Law Realm after gaining access to the Primordial Source Sea.
  • Xu Chen assigned responsibilities and offered cultivation advice to each disciple, asking Qian Huan to help Zhen Yu guide the others and telling Lin Yi to balance his cultivation with the development of the Silver Blue Civilization.
  • Xu Chen departed for seclusion, leaving his disciples concerned about his attempt and the dangers facing the Human Race.
  • Cang Ming eased the tense mood and asked Lin Yi what rule he planned to pursue next.

Ch. 250Higher-Order Rules, a Divine Being's Handiwork

At the sect gathering, Lin Yi chose to study the difficult Space Rule, and his senior brothers and sisters gave him powerful tools and resources to support him. Qian Huan then offered a hundred thousand life-bearing planets to help develop Silver Blue, leaving Lin Yi stunned.

  • Lin Yi told Cang Ming and the others that he intended to comprehend the Space Rule, prompting them to discuss its difficulty and potential.
  • Cang Ming gave Lin Yi a Void Escape Shadow Shuttle to help him experience the Space Rule directly.
  • Bing Ling gave Lin Yi a Space-Condensing Cold Jade for meditation and protection, while Xuan Shu offered an Air Domain Stability Canon to help him control spatial power.
  • Lie Yang gave Lin Yi a one-use Void-Burning Fire Ring containing his fist intent, and Heng Huan promised him a Red Armor Guard combat puppet.
  • Qian Huan said she had no suitable Space Rule treasure, then offered Lin Yi a hundred thousand life-bearing planets to support Silver Blue's development.

Ch. 251A Hope That Wouldn't Leave Anyone Behind

Qian Huan gifted Lin Yi’s Silver Blue Civilization sovereignty over one hundred thousand developed life-bearing planets. Zhen Yu then offered to move Lin Yi’s home star system to the new Star Domain if Lin Yi reached ten percent comprehension of Space Rule within a hundred years, leaving Lin Yi having accepted the pact and assured that his civilization’s Alliance standing would be protected.

  • Qian Huan gave Lin Yi a coordinate token and promised the Silver Blue Civilization one hundred thousand life-bearing planets, along with ownership documents, access keys, and planetary systems.
  • Zhen Yu said he could not match Qian Huan’s gift with wealth, but proposed a pact tied to Lin Yi’s Space Rule comprehension.
  • Zhen Yu offered to move Blue Star and its entire star system to the rich core of Qian Huan’s Star Domain while letting Lin Yi observe and learn from the process.
  • Qian Huan explained how difficult and costly the move would be, emphasizing the value of Zhen Yu’s personal instruction.
  • Lin Yi accepted the pact, and Zhen Yu promised an equivalent alternative if Lin Yi missed the goal while guaranteeing that the Silver Blue Civilization’s rights in the Purple Gold Star Alliance would not worsen.
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