Recaps

Lin Yi began a nationwide purge of Large Nests while planning to assess regional conditions, and the students and soldiers training against his virtual Mirror Image struggled to last even a few seconds. The chapter ended with Liu Yuan explaining that Lin Yi’s real strength far exceeded what the simulation displayed.

• Lin Yi told Nie Chang to begin the purge operation the next day, keep local inspections practical, and have the Special Training Class prepare to show him their results.
• Liu Qiying asked Lin Yi to try a Virtual Helmet, and Lin Yi agreed after assigning him to retrieve the class’s next training plan.
• Over half a month, Lin Yi flew across Xia Kingdom in the Star Radiance fighter and eliminated each Large Nest within seconds before meeting local leaders and inspecting garrisons.
• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan compared their short times against Lin Yi’s Mirror Image and found a popular forum thread about students being defeated by it.
• Liu Yuan revealed that Lin Yi’s Mirror Image had instantly defeated him and that even the Stardust Rank training stage fought like a precise combat system.

Lin Yi continued eliminating Large Nest bosses while students at East Blade struggled against his mirror image in the virtual challenge. After Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan discovered that steady Source Energy flow helped them last longer, Lin Yi headed back to Helu City to train the students for future battles against Star Core Level Abyss Beasts.

• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan discussed the challenge rankings and concluded that Lin Yi's mirror image was overwhelmingly powerful.
• Lin Yi collected the seventeenth Spirit Radiance Crystal after defeating a Large Nest boss in Northern Xia Kingdom, and noted the uneven development of the regional Source Martial Army.
• Lin Yi read the students' forum discussion and decided to give them guidance when he returned, especially Liu Yuan.
• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan found that keeping their Source Energy flow steady made Lin Yi's mirror image hesitate, helping them last 3.8 and 4.3 seconds in new attempts.
• Lin Yi finished hunting the Large Nest bosses that were convenient to reach and plotted a course back to Helu City to continue training the students.

After returning from his nationwide patrol, Lin Yi examined his spoils and discovered a versatile Soul Weapon. He gave Nie Chang a Tier 1 Source Energy Evolution Fluid, and Nie Chang began using it to reach Stardust Rank.

• Lin Yi returned to East Blade Military Academy with seventeen Spirit Radiance Crystals and inspected the items they contained.
• Lin Yi activated the Myriad Manifestation Type I Soul Refining Orb, testing its ability to transform into a sword and shield.
• Lin Yi decided to exchange most of his remaining spoils for merit points and planned to station an upgraded Sentry and force-field shields at the academy.
• Lin Yi chose the Tier 1 Source Energy Evolution Fluid for Nie Chang, whose cultivation had stalled far below Stardust Rank.
• Nie Chang accepted Lin Yi's gift, crushed the crystal, and took out the Evolution Fluid while Lin Yi stood guard.

Nie Chang used Evolution Fluid to raise his Source Energy above 2,000 points, then Lin Yi asked him to obtain secret intelligence on suitable Star Core Level Abyss Beast targets. Lin Yi approved the Merit System and gave Liu Qiying a Little Flying Ball, then waited for the target data while handling academy business.

• Nie Chang drank Evolution Fluid and raised his Source Energy level past 2,000 points.
• Lin Yi asked Nie Chang to request top-secret information about isolated early-stage Elite Rank Star Core Level Abyss Beasts from the General Staff.
• Liu Qiying submitted the completed Merit System plan, and Lin Yi signed it and gave him a Little Flying Ball for official business.
• Nie Chang reported that Zhou Donglai had classified the request as top secret and that the General Staff was compiling suitable beast data.
• Lin Yi reassured Nie Chang that he understood the danger of hunting a Star Core Level Abyss Beast, then handled the academy's administrative work while waiting for the data.

Liu Qiying reported that East Blade Military Academy and the Source Martial Army had joined the Integrated Merit Management Platform, and Lin Yi entrusted him with rare crystals to submit for merit. Lin Yi then gave Nie Chang two crystals to deploy a shield and station a Sentry at the academy before studying a report about a dangerous Giant Elephant Abyss Beast.

• Liu Qiying told Lin Yi that the Merit System had provisionally allocated 1.5 billion merit to the military academy and 8.7 billion to the Source Martial Army, and Lin Yi ordered notices and a platform shortcut posted online.
• Lin Yi gave Liu Qiying a suitcase and cookie tin filled with rare crystals to deliver to Minister Wang at the Equipment and Logistics Department, asking that as many as possible be offered through the Merit System.
• Nie Chang brought Lin Yi documents and photographs, and Lin Yi gave him two gold-veined blue crystals to deploy a shield and station the Sentry at the military academy.
• Lin Yi reviewed the documents and focused on a report about an early Star Core Level Giant Elephant Abyss Beast active northwest of the academy.
• Nie Chang returned to his office with the crystals and reflected on the responsibility of protecting the academy with the Sentry.

Liu Qiying carried Lin Yi’s crystals to the capital as East Blade Military Academy unveiled an Integrated Merit Management Platform stocked with powerful techniques, weapons, and devices. Students and officers reacted to the new system’s possibilities and high prices, while Liu Yuan considered its advanced offerings.

• Liu Qiying traveled to the capital with a box and biscuit tin of crystals Lin Yi had entrusted to him.
• Chen Yu found the Integrated Merit Management Platform on the academy forum and explored its listed techniques and equipment.
• Adams learned that the merit system was restricted to Xia Kingdom military academy students and Source Martial Army members.
• Officers at a Source Martial Army base examined costly offerings, including a Swift Shadow Fighter and a Dark Flame Spear.
• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan browsed special devices, discovered they had zero merit, and resolved to work hard.
• Liu Yuan examined the Ultimate Technique Manuals and a Vanguard Type I Mechanical Guard, reflecting on what the system meant for him and the academy.

The military academy introduced a Merit System that energized its trainees and officers, while Lin Yi handed responsibility for the academy to Nie Chang and flew out to test his ideas. He reached a position near a Star Core Level Abyss Beast and observed the colossal creature without being detected.

• Liu Yuan reflected on the Merit System and the overwhelming gap between himself and the mysterious Principal.
• Trainees and officers discussed the Merit System’s items and how to earn Merit Points on the academy forum.
• Liu Qiying reported that the Merit System had launched successfully, and Lin Yi asked him to summon Nie Chang before leaving the academy in their care.
• Lin Yi took the Star Radiance Fighter to coordinates XM-DU and stopped 50 kilometers from a Star Core Level Abyss Beast.
• Lin Yi released his Soul Weapon and sensed the giant dark-purple elephant, which searched for him but could not detect his location.

Zhou Donglai put the military on alert while Lin Yi attacked the Abyss-Underworld Giant Elephant from fifty kilometers away. Lin Yi’s Black Silver Spike pierced the elephant’s shield and its head, leaving its fate unclear.

• Zhou Donglai ordered satellites to track Lin Yi’s Star-Glitter Fighter and put all East Wind short-range ballistic missile units on Level One alert.
• Lin Yi used rule suppression to hinder the Abyss-Underworld Giant Elephant’s control of Source Energy, causing it to rampage and devastate the Gobi.
• Lin Yi transformed the Soul-Weapon Myriad-Phenomena Sphere into a black lightning-infused Black Silver Spike.
• The Abyss-Underworld Giant Elephant formed a thick Source Energy shield, but Lin Yi’s Black Silver Spike pierced it and struck through the elephant’s head.

Lin Yi killed the Abyss-Underworld Giant Elephant and obtained an advanced Shadow Print Device, then hunted defensive Star Core Level Abyss Beasts until he found the Star Source Initial Evolution Fluid. He headed for the Dragon Abyss Supreme Command Center, intending to settle his concerns about Li Zhenguo and focus on training students to clear smaller nests.

• Lin Yi killed the Abyss-Underworld Giant Elephant, and Zhou Donglai canceled the missile units’ standby status and ordered the battle footage classified.
• Lin Yi discovered that the elephant’s crystal contained an advanced Shadow Print Device, then flew off to search for a defensive Abyss Beast holding what he needed.
• Lin Yi killed a giant tortoise and a stone giant, finding a shield generator and a rule manual instead of his target.
• Two days later, Lin Yi killed a Crystal-Armored Beast and found the Star Source Initial Evolution Fluid inside its crystal.
• Lin Yi set course for the Dragon Abyss Supreme Command Center and planned to train Stardust Rank students to clear miniature and small nests.

Lin Yi brought a medicine made from a Star Core Level Abyss Beast's Spirit Radiance Crystal to treat Li Zhenguo's organ failure. Li Zhenguo urged Lin Yi not to risk himself fighting stronger Abyss Beasts, warning that he was irreplaceable to the Xia Kingdom.

• Lin Yi contacted Zhou Donglai and said he was heading to Dragon Abyss to resolve Li Zhenguo's health problems.
• Zhou Donglai told Li Zhenguo that Lin Yi had killed Star Core Level Abyss Beasts, and Li Zhenguo said the military should prioritize supporting and protecting Lin Yi during the transition.
• Zhou Donglai met Lin Yi at the landing pad and explained that Li Zhenguo's condition stemmed from organ failure caused by age and years of overwork.
• Lin Yi showed Li Zhenguo a blue medicine that appeared after he shattered a Spirit Radiance Crystal dropped by a Star Core Level Abyss Beast.
• Lin Yi explained that he had taken a chance on the crystal yielding a better Evolution Fluid, and Li Zhenguo cautioned him against risking his life against Leader Rank Abyss Beasts.

Lin Yi gave Li Zhenguo the Star Source Initial Evolution Fluid, restoring his health and granting him Stardust Rank power. Li Zhenguo summoned the leaders to a meeting, where he announced Lin Yi’s victory over a Star Core Level Abyss Beast and revealed the fluid’s effects.

• Lin Yi told Li Zhenguo that he could not be replaced and urged him to drink the Star Source Initial Evolution Fluid.
• Li Zhenguo drank the fluid and regained his youth, health, and Source Energy, reaching Stardust Rank through a shortcut that would not let him advance further.
• Li Zhenguo said he wanted to witness Lin Yi lead an assault on the Main Nest, then asked Lin Yi and Zhou Donglai to attend a meeting.
• Li Zhenguo summoned the officials to the Dragon Abyss Command Center, where they reacted with surprise and relief at his recovery.
• Li Zhenguo announced that Lin Yi had killed a Star Core Level Abyss Beast and explained that its drop, the Star Source Initial Evolution Fluid, had restored him.

Li Zhenguo revealed that Lin Yi had killed a Star Core Level Abyss Beast and proposed using the Evolution Fluid and Xia Kingdom’s growing strength to establish a closer Blue Star Community. The meeting ended with plans to support other countries, open East Blade Branch Schools, and destroy the Small Nest in Helu City after the students graduated.

• Li Zhenguo told the officials that the Evolution Fluid had restored his health and given him Stardust Rank strength, then praised Lin Yi’s victory as hope for the country.
• Li Zhenguo proposed announcing Lin Yi’s achievement at the Crisis Response Union meeting, connecting Community member states to the Merit System, and eventually making more Evolution Fluid available for exchange.
• Chief Wang questioned whether foreign countries might outbid Xia Kingdom citizens for the Evolution Fluid, and Lin Yi explained that it could also be obtained from blue, gold-veined crystals.
• Lin Yi proposed sending military academy graduates to open East Blade Branch Schools abroad while he cleared Leader Rank bosses and eligible Star Core Level Abyss Beasts in those countries.
• Lin Yi asked for military support to destroy the Small Nest in Helu City after the students graduated, and Zhou Donglai pledged the General Staff’s full cooperation.

Lin Yi set a Stardust Rank requirement for the Special Training Class graduation assessment, which would involve clearing a Small Nest, and urged the trainees to prepare through training. As the assessment approached, the class grew stronger while Xia Kingdom assembled forces and supplies for the operation.

• Lin Yi told Liu Yuan that the graduation assessment would be a Small Nest-clearing mission open only to Stardust Rank trainees, and promised merit points for those who reached that rank.
• Liu Yuan announced the assessment in the class group chat, prompting the trainees to discuss the dangers and resolve to train harder.
• The Special Training Class intensified its Source Energy, tactical coordination, and battlefield survival training as Liu Yuan helped the first-tier trainees progress.
• Xia Kingdom's Foreign Affairs Department, Equipment and Logistics Department, and General Staff began preparing branch schools and assembling forces for the operation.
• Lin Yi briefed the trainees on Small Nest reinforcements and the importance of teamwork, while more trainees approached Stardust Rank.
• As graduation neared, East Blade Military Academy entered readiness, and the Stardust Rank trainees practiced in the Virtual Training Room and on the training grounds.

With the Small Nest campaign two days away, Lin Yi lectured the Special Training Class after all its trainees reached Stardust Rank. He explained how to understand and apply the rules, then left the trainees to reflect on their own forms and state of heart.

• Liu Yuan told Lin Yi that everyone in the training class had reached Stardust Rank ahead of schedule.
• Lin Yi announced that he would explain the rules to the trainees the next day, and Liu Yuan shared the news with them.
• Lin Yi told the packed lecture hall that rules were a comprehension of the universe's laws and could take forms suited to each person's understanding and preference.
• Lin Yi demonstrated his Metal Element Rule through purple, gold, and red lightning, explaining how different intents changed its effects.
• Lin Yi demonstrated choosing different forms and combinations of intent for different combat situations, then stressed that a person's chosen form should harmonize with their heart.

Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan entered Endless Mode to practice adapting to Stardust Rank power, and Chen Yu charged into the defense of Outpost 7. As Abyss Beast waves grew stronger and Chen Yu ran low on Source Energy, the commander saved a breach and ordered the defenders to conserve their strength and use the fortifications.

• Chen Yu dragged Zhou Yuxuan to the Virtual Classroom, where they activated Endless Mode.
• Chen Yu appeared at Outpost 7 as the Abyss Tide began, facing nearly a thousand low-tier Abyss Beasts.
• Chen Yu leaped over the wall and cut through the first waves while the soldiers and Source Warriors held the other sides of the outpost.
• Elite and unusual Abyss Beasts appeared in later waves, forcing Chen Yu to spend more Source Energy and slow down.
• A Leader Rank Abyss Beast attacked a weak point in the wall, and Chen Yu wounded it with a Source Energy Impact before exhausting most of his reserves.
• The Stardust Rank commander cut down the elites at the gap and ordered everyone to conserve Source Energy, rotate shifts, and use the fortifications for cover.

Chen Yu failed Endless Mode after reaching the ninth wave, recognizing that his reckless energy use and poor teamwork had cost him, and immediately restarted. Zhou Yuxuan held out until the tenth wave through precise, economical attacks but concluded that he needed a stronger offensive technique.

• Chen Yu adapted to the early waves by conserving Source Energy and coordinating with the rotating Source Warrior groups, but the eighth wave brought breaches and heavy casualties.
• Three Leader Rank Abyss Beasts led the ninth wave, and Chen Yu was overwhelmed after charging back into battle with almost no Source Energy; the system recorded that he had held eight waves.
• Chen Yu reviewed his mistakes and chose to restart, determined to fight differently.
• Zhou Yuxuan carefully observed the defense and used precise ice-blue darts to kill weaker Abyss Beasts and support allies while conserving Source Energy through the early waves.
• As the attacks intensified, Zhou Yuxuan slowed a Leader Rank beast and later tried to block a breach with ice darts, but the defense collapsed and the system recorded that he had held nine waves.
• Zhou Yuxuan decided to spend his recent merit on an offensive technique because his control and damage were insufficient against the stronger enemies.

Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan adapted to Endless Mode through repeated failures, while Lin Yi revealed that he designed it to prepare Blue Star for future interstellar warfare on the Tribal Battlefield. The chapter left the wider purpose of Civilization Promotion Assessments tied to the neighboring races of each star region.

• Chen Yu conserved Source Energy, coordinated with his teammates, and led a flank defense until his group fell in the twelfth wave after holding through the eleventh.
• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan continued their attempts, refining their battlefield tactics before their training session ended and they compared their progress.
• Lin Yi reviewed students’ forum posts about Endless Mode and saw that they were learning from their failures.
• Lin Yi considered the Tribal Battlefield and the need to prepare Blue Star for prolonged, coordinated warfare beyond the Abyss Tides.
• Lin Yi reflected that Civilization Promotion Assessments were designed around the characteristics of the foreign races neighboring each star region.

East Blade Military Academy and the military launched an assault on No. 7 Small Nest, with Lin Yi observing the battle to select future instructors. Chen Yu led his unit against the beast tide with disciplined teamwork as the fight began.

• Nie Chang addressed the assembled cadets and ordered the forces to move out toward No. 7 Small Nest.
• Lin Yi flew ahead in the Star Radiance fighter and used his soul power to observe the operation and assess potential instructors.
• The ground forces surrounded the Nest while ten Stardust Rank instructors began neutralizing its Source Energy, provoking a large Abyss Beast tide.
• Nie Chang ordered the troops to engage, and artillery, helicopters, and cadet-led units met the charging beasts.
• Chen Yu directed his squad to suppress the Abyss Wolves and target Shield-Armored Beasts, then worked with a cadet to kill an attacking Sting Scorpion.
• During a lull, Chen Yu replenished his Source Energy with a crystal while staying ready at the defensive line.

Lin Yi observed the students’ performance in battle as they applied what they had learned to defend their positions. When reinforcements from the Medium Nest arrived, he erased the strongest beasts but left weaker threats for the students to face, setting up a test for the rising stars.

• Zhou Yuxuan used the rubble and precise attacks to protect his sector, while Zhao Gang conserved his strength by deflecting an elite rhino’s charge.
• Adams supported threatened positions and saved a student from a Blade Giant Ant, while Lin Yi monitored the battlefield and eliminated dangerous beasts in time.
• Nie Chang warned that powerful reinforcements from the Medium Nest had entered the battlefield.
• Lin Yi used the Myriad Phenomena Orb to erase the Abyss Beasts with more than 10,000 points of Source Energy, leaving weaker ones for the students to fight.

Liu Yuan mastered the Azure Nether Sky-Breaking Sword by killing a Shadow Hunter at the brink of death, becoming the second person on Blue Star to touch the threshold of rules. Elsewhere, Chen Yu, Zhou Yuxuan, Zhao Gang, Adams, and Sun Lei defeated a stronger Lava Giant Rhino through teamwork as Lin Yi watched and recorded promising students.

• Liu Yuan faced an 8,900-Source-Energy Shadow Hunter and, under mortal pressure, mastered the Azure Nether Sky-Breaking Sword and killed it with one strike.
• Lin Yi recognized that Liu Yuan had become the second person on Blue Star to touch the threshold of rules.
• Zhou Yuxuan directed Sun Lei and Zhao Gang to block a 6,500-Source-Energy Lava Giant Rhino while Adams disrupted its senses.
• Chen Yu and Zhou Yuxuan struck the rhino's weak points as Sun Lei and Zhao Gang held its charge, and the five students killed it together.
• Lin Yi approved of the students' teamwork and continued recording promising names as the battle went on.

After the Small Nest was destroyed, Lin Yi established the Source Martial Army Instructor Corps and announced overseas branch assignments. Chen Yu was selected for both and hoped to be assigned to England to search for his missing uncle.

• Lin Yi announced the establishment of the Source Martial Army Instructor Corps, with himself as commander and its members responsible for training soldiers.
• Lin Yi said some members would be sent overseas to lead East Blade Military Academy branches and train local talent.
• Chen Yu received notice that he had joined the Instructor Corps with 20,000 additional monthly merit points and was proposed as an overseas branch principal.
• Chen Yu learned that Zhou Yuxuan was also proposed for an overseas assignment, while Zhao Gang and the others had not received one.
• Chen Yu told Zhou Yuxuan that he hoped to go to England to find his missing third uncle, and Zhou Yuxuan encouraged him to discuss the request with Lin Yi.

Chen Yu asked Lin Yi to appoint him to the English branch so he could search for his third uncle, and Lin Yi agreed to escort him to England. English officials prepared to receive them after Elizabeth advised them to keep the welcome simple and revealed Chen Yu was Lin Yi’s close friend.

• Chen Yu explained his plans and his third uncle’s situation to Lin Yi, who agreed to appoint him principal of the English branch and help search survivor registration records.
• Lin Yi changed his overseas itinerary to make England the first stop and told Liu Qiying to coordinate Chen Yu’s assignment and their arrival.
• English officials received notice that Lin Yi would personally bring Chen Yu to take up his post and discussed how to welcome them.
• Elizabeth advised the officials to avoid tedious formalities and described Chen Yu as talented, reliable, and close to Lin Yi.
• The English officials realized Chen Yu’s friendship with Lin Yi made his appointment especially significant and resolved to treat him carefully.

Lin Yi arrived in Britain to support the East Blade Branch School, advise its graduates, and eliminate the Leader Rank Abyss Beasts in six Large Nests. He left British officials stunned by his offer and said they needed to make no preparations.

• Lin Yi landed in London with Chen Yu and Adams, where Elizabeth and the British officials welcomed him.
• Lin Yi said he had come to support Chen Yu as principal of the East Blade Branch School.
• Lin Yi offered to spend half a day answering questions and advising the East Blade Military Academy graduates led by Elizabeth.
• Lin Yi announced that he would eliminate the Leader Rank Abyss Beasts in Britain's six Large Nests.
• The Speaker offered to arrange support, but Lin Yi said no preparations were needed.

Lin Yi demonstrated the Myriad Phenomena Orb’s power during a tour of the London Tower branch campus, secretly destroying six Large Nest leaders across England and sending their Spirit Radiance Crystals to his fighter. The chairman discreetly confirmed the threats were gone, while Elizabeth and Chen Yu shared an understanding of the political awkwardness as the tour continued.

• Lin Yi transformed the Myriad Phenomena Orb into six black blades, then asked Elizabeth to show him the campus and demonstrate her progress.
• The six blades silently killed the leaders of England’s six Large Nests, and their Spirit Radiance Crystals flew to the Star-Glitter Fighter.
• The chairman sent a senior official to verify the six threats had been eliminated, then continued the tour without acknowledging the exchange.
• Elizabeth noticed the chairman’s maneuver and felt embarrassed, while Adams shared her discomfort.
• Chen Yu understood Elizabeth’s awkwardness and reassured her with a wink, and the group continued its campus tour.

Lin Yi asked England’s Speaker of Parliament to look for Chen Yu’s missing relative, Chen Hang. Half a month later, English officials found Chen Hang at a settlement and asked whether he was related to Chen Yu.

• Lin Yi toured the East Blade Branch School and answered cultivation questions from Elizabeth and other East Blade graduates.
• Lin Yi asked England’s Speaker of Parliament to search for Chen Hang, a relative of Principal Chen Yu who had gone missing after the disaster.
• Half a month later, Chen Hang worked as a supply clerk in a southern England settlement, where improved conditions for Xia Kingdom citizens had given him a safer life.
• Two English officials arrived with the settlement administrator and asked Chen Hang whether he had a relative named Chen Yu.