Recaps

With three days until the first Abyss Tide, Lin Yi reflected on the academy’s growth and on Xia Kingdom’s progress in expanding safe zones, training Star Dust Rank fighters, and restoring industry and communications. The chapter left humanity preparing for the coming test, while Large Nest territory continued to encroach on a supposedly safe zone.

• Xia Kingdom established a Source Energy blueprint exchange program that awarded student slots and Contribution Points, prompting coalition members to contribute blueprints and increasing foreign enrollment at East Blade Military Academy.
• The Supreme Command Center’s Equipment Department gave Lin Yi an Agile Portable Photography Sphere for recording footage on missions.
• Lin Yi reached 6,100 Source Energy and the second tier of Star Dust Rank as East Blade’s fourth class of 4,800 students graduated.
• The Jinling City Settlement expanded several Cage Safe Zones, but the territory of a nearby Large Nest began swallowing part of the first zone.
• Liu Yuan and nearly ten other East Blade graduates, including Elizabeth, Andre, and Zhang Zhen, broke through to Star Dust Rank.
• Lin Yi helped destroy three Micro Nests and recover industrial equipment, enabling ammunition production to resume partially and settlements to restore wireless communications and internet access.

Lin Yi prepared for the first Abyss Tide, confident in Xia Kingdom’s defenses but worried about vulnerable regions elsewhere. When Micro Nests worldwide launched synchronized attacks, he ordered East Blade Military Academy’s command staff to identify the settlements under the greatest threat.

• Lin Yi reviewed Xia Kingdom’s Source Warrior forces and defense preparations as noon approached, while recalling how unchecked Abyss Nests had destroyed human civilization across Africa in his previous life.
• A few minutes after noon, Lin Yi received an urgent transmission and hurried to East Blade Military Academy’s operations command room.
• Nie Chang briefed Lin Yi that Micro Nests worldwide were sending organized waves of tens of thousands of Abyss Beasts toward settlements, with no Medium or Large Nests involved so far.
• Lin Yi ordered the staff to compare the threats facing Xia Kingdom’s major settlements with their defenses and highlight the ten locations under the greatest pressure.

Lin Yi organized support for ten Gathering Points threatened by an Abyss Tide and flew to the most endangered one. At Gathering Point No. 1, the defenders held their line while East Blade Military Academy cadets showed their growing combat strength.

• Nie Chang and Liu Qiying reported that the ten Gathering Points faced Abyss Tides made up of mostly low-level beasts, with armed forces and air support helping contain the threat.
• Lin Yi assigned rescue teams to Gathering Points No. 2 through No. 10, ordered the academy to defend Crane Deer Gathering Point, and sent himself to No. 1.
• Lin Yi left headquarters aboard Little Flying Ball and reached Gathering Point No. 1 two and a half hours later.
• Armed Police Force soldiers and local Source Energy Users fought to hold the perimeter against a seemingly endless horde of Abyss Beasts.
• Zhao Gang, Sun Miao, and Wang Lei coordinated with other cadets to kill three Swift Hunting Hounds that had broken through the fire line.

Lin Yi arrived at the defensive line and used his Little Steel Beads to annihilate nearly sixty thousand Abyss Beasts, saving the exhausted defenders before swiftly departing. At the Dragon Abyss Underground Command Center, Xia Kingdom’s leaders faced distress signals flooding the Blue Star Crisis Response Coalition from across the world.

• Li Yue recognized Lin Yi’s arrival and rallied the East Blade students and nearby fighters.
• Lin Yi stepped out of the Little Flying Ball and sent more than ten Little Steel Beads through the beast tide, erasing Abyss Beasts and opening a vast clearing.
• Zhao Gang, Sun Miao, and Li Yue watched Lin Yi’s power turn the battle and felt renewed relief and awe.
• Lin Yi cleared nearly sixty thousand Abyss Beasts, confirmed the defensive line was safe, and left in the Little Flying Ball.
• At the Dragon Abyss Underground Command Center, Xia Kingdom’s leaders saw distress signals spreading across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Zhou Donglai reported that Xia Kingdom’s settlements were holding and Lin Yi had broken the Abyss Tide threatening the worst-hit settlement. As the leaders debated answering foreign Coalition members’ distress calls, Zhou proposed using East Wind missiles for limited strategic strikes abroad.

• Zhou Donglai reported that Source Martial Army units and East Blade Military Academy teams had strengthened domestic defenses, while Lin Yi had destroyed more than sixty thousand Abyss Beasts and broken the main force of an Abyss Tide.
• Li Zhenguo asked whether Xia Kingdom should aid the Coalition countries whose settlements were in crisis.
• Zhou Donglai argued that Xia Kingdom should help its allies if it could secure its own territory, but Elder Wang warned that cross-border rescues were dangerous and opposed risking Lin Yi or the Source Martial Army.
• Zhou Donglai revealed that restored satellite links and command systems could support limited strikes with East Wind missiles against fixed areas anywhere on Blue Star.

Zhou Donglai persuaded Xia Kingdom’s leaders to consult Lin Yi before deciding whether to support the isolated island nation with strategic weapons. Lin Yi received the General Staff’s proposal to use East Wind missiles for long-range aid and realized restored satellite links could make the missiles effective again.

• The head of the Academy of Sciences and Zhou Donglai concluded that Xia Kingdom had enough long-range and intercontinental missiles for strategic support, though Zhou stressed they would not defeat the Abyss Tide for allied nations.
• The head of foreign affairs recommended helping the island nation, citing its Coalition membership and its new Xia-descended leadership’s Communist Society ties.
• Zhou Donglai urged Li Zhenguo to ask Lin Yi’s opinion before deciding whether to support the island nation, and Li ordered an encrypted briefing to Lin Yi.
• Lin Yi rested in the Little Flying Ball while absorbing Source Energy, then answered Zhou Donglai’s high-priority communication.
• Zhou Donglai briefed Lin Yi on the Coalition’s requests for help and the proposal to use East Wind missiles for long-range support, and Lin Yi recognized that restored military satellite links could make the missiles useful.

Lin Yi agreed that Xia Kingdom should support the island nation only if it first addressed its past wrongs, and Xia Kingdom launched strategic missiles to aid countries under attack by Abyss Beasts. The support reached settlements in Southeast Asia, England, and the island nation, where the final strike destroyed an abandoned site identified by the island nation’s leadership.

• Lin Yi told Zhou Donglai that Xia Kingdom could support the island nation if it first answered for its past actions.
• Zhou Donglai relayed Lin Yi’s condition to the conference, and Li Zhenguo ordered missile support for member states that submitted coordinates of their most threatened areas.
• Xia Kingdom launched hundreds of missiles toward targets across the world.
• Missiles struck the Abyss Beast tide threatening a Southeast Asian settlement, giving the surviving soldiers a chance to hold their defensive line.
• Elizabeth and Adams saw missiles hit the Abyss Beasts attacking the London Tower Settlement, easing pressure on its defenders.
• Missiles struck the Abyss Beasts near Jingdong Bay Settlement, then destroyed an abandoned site at coordinates supplied by the island nation’s leadership.

After East Wind’s missile support failed to stabilize every front, Lin Yi selected six Coalition regions still in danger and decided to help them himself. He used his soul power to reach toward one distant battlefield, beginning his intervention.

• Lin Yi returned to East Blade Military Academy after learning that the home settlements were stable and asked for a global situation update.
• Lin Yi identified the ten regions in greatest danger despite missile support, removed non-Coalition regions, and ordered the remaining six ranked by how many students their countries had sent to East Blade Military Academy.
• Lin Yi told Nie Chang and Liu Qiying that he would help the six regions himself, then left the command room.
• Lin Yi focused his soul power and extended his perception toward a distant battlefield, where scenes and information began to enter his mind.

Lin Yi demonstrated a long-range soul-linked attack and explained how fusing rule implications amplified its power. His Little Steel Bead annihilated a Leader Rank Abyss Beast and the surrounding Abyss Tide, saving the East Blade defenders.

• Lin Yi spotted a retreating group of East Blade soldiers threatened by a Leader Rank Abyss Beast and launched a Little Steel Bead at it using focused soul power.
• Lin Yi told Nie Chang and Liu Qiying that his soul link could send attacks anywhere in the world, though the journey consumed most of the attack’s Source Energy.
• Lin Yi explained that he had fused the Sharp Edge and Ferocity rule implications and raised his rule comprehension to around 16%, astonishing Liu Qiying with the resulting attack power.
• The black-lightning-wreathed bead struck the Leader Rank Abyss Beast across thousands of miles, killing it instantly and triggering an explosion that erased the main force of the local Abyss Tide.
• The surviving East Blade defenders witnessed the devastation, and one cadet recognized Lin Yi as the one who had saved them.

Lin Yi launched six long-range rule-based attacks to eliminate the most critical Abyss Beast threat zones and give six countries time to respond. Liu Qiying then informed him that Supreme Command had invited him to a high-level meeting about deeper international cooperation and deploying Xia Kingdom forces abroad, and Lin Yi agreed to attend.

• Lin Yi recovered between attacks and sent six Little Steel Beads toward the six most critical threat zones.
• Liu Qiying told Lin Yi that Supreme Command had invited him to a meeting at the Dragon Abyss Command Center.
• Liu Qiying explained that the meeting would consider strengthening the Blue Star Crisis Response Coalition and deploying Xia Kingdom forces in other countries.
• Lin Yi realized that Xia Kingdom's growing military power and his own global strike capability had made him a strategic decision-maker.
• Lin Yi told Liu Qiying that he would attend the meeting on time.

Lin Yi finished teaching his morning class at East Blade Military Academy and flew to the Dragon Abyss Command Center to attend a meeting. His arrival astonished Liu Qiying and the senior officials gathered there, and he entered the underground base with Dong Wang and Wang Lu.

• Liu Qiying reminded Lin Yi that his 10:30 meeting in the capital was more than 900 kilometers from the academy, but Lin Yi said he would travel after class.
• Lin Yi taught Fundamentals of Source Energy Theory in military uniform and finished the lecture at 9:50.
• Lin Yi told Liu Qiying to leave routine matters to Vice Principal Nie, then flew away in a golden streak as students watched.
• Lin Yi landed beside Dong Wang and Wang Lu at the Dragon Abyss Command Center, surprising them with his flight and introducing himself.
• Dong Wang introduced Wang Lu to Lin Yi, and the three followed staff into Dragon Abyss Base as the officials inside watched Lin Yi.

At a senior meeting, Zhou Donglai reported that the Abyss Tide was under control at home and in most allied countries, while more than a dozen isolated nations were near collapse. The officials approved forming the Blue Star Community and began discussing requests from over thirty countries for Chinese forces to help defend them.

• Li Zhenguo opened the meeting and invited Lin Yi to provide a younger perspective.
• Zhou Donglai reported plans to eliminate or contain domestic Micro Nests and described how Lin Yi’s global precision strikes had helped allied countries.
• Zhou Donglai revealed that roughly a dozen countries had lost contact and were close to collapse after failing to join the Blue Star Crisis Response Coalition.
• The Foreign Affairs Department and Zhou Donglai supported upgrading the coalition into the Blue Star Community, and the proposal won approval in principle.
• Li Zhenguo introduced requests from more than thirty countries for Chinese forces, especially the Source Martial Army, to deploy and assist with their defense.

Lin Yi argued against permanently stationing troops abroad and proposed establishing East Blade Military Academy branch campuses to train other countries’ Source Energy forces and strengthen their ties to Xia Kingdom. His proposal won Li Zhenguo’s approval, but Wang Lu questioned whether its goal was cultural assimilation.

• Zhou Donglai presented the General Staff’s concerns about the political, logistical, and domestic costs of stationing troops abroad.
• Li Zhenguo asked Lin Yi for his view on the troop deployment request.
• Lin Yi warned that allies might later see stationed troops as an unwelcome presence and proposed opening East Blade Source Energy Training Centers instead.
• Lin Yi described how the centers could train local defenders, support regional security, and promote Xia Kingdom’s language and culture.
• Li Zhenguo approved of Lin Yi’s alternative, while Wang Lu asked whether the cultural program amounted to assimilation.

Lin Yi secured approval for East Blade Military Academy branch campuses and cultural education, then arranged to equip the academy with virtual training helmets. The first batch of fifty helmets was approved, with Zhao Bin promising to prioritize production.

• Lin Yi argued that voluntary cultural integration could unite humanity against the Abyss Nest without erasing ethnic identities, and Li Zhenguo approved his proposal for branch campuses and cultural education.
• Lin Yi listened to reports on Xia Kingdom's recovery before the meeting ended.
• Zhao Bin introduced Lin Yi to the Illusion Type I Virtual Helmet, which let users fight preset opponents, copies of themselves, and remotely shared virtual opponents.
• Lin Yi recognized the helmets as Realm helmets and explained how they could improve students' combat skills and reveal weaknesses.
• Lin Yi ordered fifty helmets for East Blade Military Academy, and Zhao Bin agreed to prioritize their production.

Lin Yi proposed a network-based Merit System to track contributions and let people exchange points for resources, while Zhao Bin and Dong Wang devised a way to build it using Source Wisdom Type I Intelligent Life. The chapter ended with Lin Yi entrusting the project to them and offering East Blade Military Academy and the Source Martial Army as pilot participants.

• Lin Yi proposed a nationwide contribution-points platform that could reward military service, reconstruction, research, and training with access to resources and guidance.
• Zhao Bin supported the Merit System but worried that existing computing centers could not handle its scale and complexity.
• Dong Wang revealed that the Academy of Sciences had been using Source Wisdom Type I Intelligent Life, whose computing power could support the platform.
• Dong Wang and Zhao Bin outlined a system using Source Wisdom to assess contributions and settlement and unit servers to manage records and exchanges.
• Lin Yi suggested adding task postings with point rewards, and Dong Wang agreed that the feature could encourage civilian participation.
• Lin Yi left the platform design to Zhao Bin and Dong Wang and offered East Blade Military Academy and the Source Martial Army for the pilot program.

Lin Yi returned to East Blade Military Academy and organized plans to address the shortage of instructors for overseas branch schools by training elite Source Energy Warriors. He left Nie Chang and Liu Qiying to prepare the Instructor Corps, Merit Exchange Platform, and Virtual Helmets while he focused on his own cultivation.

• Lin Yi decided that overseas branch schools needed powerful, experienced instructors and that the military should accelerate training a new generation of core fighters.
• Lin Yi told Nie Chang and Liu Qiying about the Blue Star Community and the proposed East Blade branch schools in several countries.
• Lin Yi announced a month-long Special Training Program for Source Energy Warriors with 200 points who were stuck at the Stardust Rank threshold.
• Lin Yi planned to select those who reached Stardust Rank to form the Source Martial Army Instructor Corps, which would teach, fight, and staff overseas branch schools.
• Lin Yi assigned Liu Qiying to coordinate the Merit Exchange Platform pilot with Dong Wang and tasked Nie Chang with receiving and testing fifty Virtual Helmets.

Lin Yi’s announcement of a month-long special training class drew applications from former East Blade Military Academy students and independent Source Energy Users who had reached 200 points but could not break through to Stardust Rank. On registration day, veterans including Zhao Gang, Sun Miao, Chen Yu, Zhou Yuxuan, and Adams returned to campus, impressing the current students.

• Nie Chang posted the special training class notice on the Source Martial Army network and the academy website, inviting eligible applicants to apply.
• Zhao Gang, Chen Yu, Zhou Yuxuan, and Adams applied after learning about the class, while other qualified Source Energy Users submitted applications through various channels.
• Students who had not yet reached 200 points felt frustrated but resolved to train harder and qualify for a future opportunity.
• On registration day, veterans and foreign alumni arrived at East Blade Military Academy wearing East Blade Emblems and greeted one another as old comrades.
• Rookie students recognized several returning veterans and admired their strength, while the academy’s atmosphere of learning and competition intensified.

Lin Yi began the Special Training Class with a lesson in Source Energy control, challenging the students to cut tofu into fine strands. He then tested the academy’s first Virtual Helmets and prepared the Virtual Classroom for use.

• Lin Yi demonstrated how to gather, compress, shape, and stretch Source Energy, then assigned the students to slice tofu into Wensi Tofu-style strands.
• Lin Yi coached Zhou Yuxuan, Chen Yu, Zhao Gang, and Adams as the students struggled to control their Source Energy and shattered plates or cut uneven tofu.
• Nie Chang told Lin Yi that the first fifty Virtual Helmets had arrived, and Lin Yi ordered them installed in a classroom in Teaching Building Three as the Virtual Classroom.
• Lin Yi entered the Illusion Martial Arts System, claimed administrator privileges, and fought virtual opponents so the system could record his abilities and build his model.
• Lin Yi left the system pleased with the test and looked forward to seeing the students try the helmets that afternoon.

Lin Yi introduced virtual helmets for combat training, and Chen Yu explored the system before challenging Lin Yi’s mirror image. The challenge ended instantly in failure, leaving Chen Yu impressed by Lin Yi’s strength and the rising number of attempts.

• Lin Yi announced that students would use virtual helmets in groups of fifty and explained that clearing all seven Foundation Level stages would show they were ready to attempt Stardust Rank.
• Chen Yu entered the Illusion Martial Arts System, registered his student ID and name, and found its combat modes and empty rankings.
• Chen Yu selected Lin Yi’s mirror image challenge, despite Lin Yi’s instruction to focus on the training stages.
• Lin Yi’s mirror image defeated Chen Yu before he could react, and the system returned him to the starting area.
• Chen Yu checked the challenge list and saw that Lin Yi had been challenged eighteen times.

Chen Yu started Basic Training Level 1, expecting an easy challenge against an opponent with the same Source Energy and no weapon or martial techniques. The Lin Yi Mirror Image defeated him in 1.5 seconds, leaving Chen Yu stunned by the gap in their skill.

• Chen Yu chose the Challenge Training Course and found that only Basic Training Level 1 was unlocked.
• Chen Yu selected his combat blade and learned he only had to withstand a bare-handed opponent with 200 points of Source Energy for 10 seconds.
• Chen Yu began the challenge against the Lin Yi Mirror Image and focused on defense as the countdown ended.
• The Lin Yi Mirror Image rushed Chen Yu, flicked his blade aside with two fingers, and brushed his throat to defeat him.
• Chen Yu returned to the Pure White Space and realized the mirror image had beaten him in 1.5 seconds.

Chen Yu and the other students endured their first virtual training against mirror images of Lin Yi, revealing how far they had to go. After learning Zhou Yuxuan lasted four seconds by fleeing, Chen Yu returned to practicing Source Energy control as the second group entered the virtual classroom.

• Chen Yu repeatedly challenged a mirror image with his own parameters but could not survive ten seconds, and he left the virtual training excited to improve.
• The first group left the Virtual Classroom and teased the waiting second group about the difficult training before they went inside.
• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan returned to cutting tofu while Liu Yuan guided the students who remained in the lecture hall.
• Chen Yu learned Zhou Yuxuan had lasted four seconds by retreating, while Chen Yu had lasted only two by fighting head-on.
• Zhou Yuxuan and Zhao Gang returned to practicing Source Energy control, and the second group began its virtual training.

Lin Yi expanded plans for virtual training and the Contribution Point System, then asked the General Staff to find isolated Large Nest leaders he could fight. He chose the Blazing Obsidian Python at Zifeng Tower as his first target.

• Liu Qiying reported that the Contribution Point System was ready for trial operation, and Lin Yi ordered it connected to the academy and army networks with guides posted online.
• Lin Yi told Liu Qiying to join the Special Training Class and work toward Stardust Rank.
• Lin Yi asked Nie Chang to request 500 more Virtual Helmets and a batch of tactical wrist devices for training, missions, and system alerts.
• Lin Yi asked Nie Chang to coordinate with the General Staff to identify isolated Leader Rank Abyss Beasts in Large Nests for combat practice.
• Nie Chang brought Lin Yi profiles of eleven suitable targets, including the nearby Blazing Obsidian Python at Zifeng Tower in Jinling City.
• Lin Yi chose the Blazing Obsidian Python as his first target and vowed to stop it from reaching Star Core Level.

Lin Yi prepared to hunt the Blazing Obsidian Python and planned to use the rewards from stronger beasts to upgrade his equipment and support his allies. After greeting the Jinling Settlement officials, he flew toward Zifeng Tower, where the target was marked at a threat value of 99900.

• Nie Chang informed the Jinling Settlement about the operation, and Zhang Weiguo promised full logistical support.
• Lin Yi decided to hunt Star Core Level Abyss Beasts soon to obtain a Star Source Constitution Evolution Fluid for Li Zhenguo and other useful rewards for his team.
• Lin Yi arrived at the Jinling Settlement, greeted Zhang Weiguo and the officials, and said he would leave as soon as he killed the target.
• Lin Yi flew toward Zifeng Tower while Zhang Weiguo and the others watched his approach on the Source Energy Monitor.

Lin Yi killed the Blazing Obsidian Python wrapped around Zifeng Tower, obtained a Gold-Veined Blue Crystal, and used it to create the Star Radiance aircraft. He flew toward Helu City Academy Headquarters, while Zhang Weiguo’s team watched the threat marker vanish and understood why Lin Yi had been invited to a high-level meeting.

• Lin Yi used black lightning-wrapped Little Steel Beads to pierce the Blazing Obsidian Python and destroy it without damaging Zifeng Tower.
• Lin Yi collected the Gold-Veined Blue Crystal and transformed it into the Star Radiance aircraft.
• Star Radiance reported its specifications and identified Lin Yi as its highest-privilege user.
• Lin Yi ordered Star Radiance to fly at maximum cruising speed toward Helu City Academy Headquarters.
• Zhang Weiguo and the monitoring staff watched the python’s marker disappear and Zhang Weiguo remarked that Lin Yi’s high-level meeting invitation made sense.

After Lin Yi eliminated the Blazing Obsidian Python, Li Zhenguo publicized the victory to strengthen support for the Blue Star Community. Lin Yi then planned to hunt down the remaining Leader Rank Abyss Beasts while visiting settlements and inspecting local Source Martial Army garrisons.

• Zhang Weiguo reported that Lin Yi had killed the Blazing Obsidian Python in Jinling in three seconds without damaging Zifeng Tower.
• Li Zhenguo ordered the foreign affairs department to announce the victory to member nations, prompting several countries to support the Blue Star Community and East Blade Military Academy.
• Lin Yi returned to East Blade Military Academy aboard Star Radiance and received the General Staff's announcement from Nie Chang.
• Lin Yi told Nie Chang he would eliminate the remaining Leader Rank Abyss Beasts from Large Nests one by one.
• Lin Yi asked Nie Chang to plan an efficient route and arrange settlement meetings, garrison inspections, and opportunities to identify promising students.